Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir at a high-level meeting in Jammu attended by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and stressed the need for a strong coordination among various agencies to stamp out militancy there.
A terrorist holed up in a border village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district was killed by security forces on Wednesday in a more than 15-hour operation during which his partner was also shot dead and a CRPF jawan lost his life, officials said.
The Army chief is likely to visit Jammu and discuss the recent and ongoing counter-terrorist operations and the casualties that have been suffered in the recent terror attacks there, defence sources said.
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A suspected militant was killed as the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid after a fierce gunbattle along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Troops guarding the border line in Laam forward area in Nowshera sector observed the movement of some militants around 3.30 pm today and launched a search, Army officials said.
The police are also patrolling border villages.
'There is no such area that we have left unguarded. Our surveillance team is keeping a tight watch and regularly patrolling the areas'
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Sonowal, who steered the BJP to victory in the elections, has put the issue of infiltration and attempts to check them as his government's priority.
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India is expected to seek voice samples of Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Saeed and other handlers of 26/11 attackers during the visit of Home Minister P Chidambaram to Islamabad later this month.
Security personnel on Friday night foiled an infiltration bid, after a brief encounter with militants along the Line of Control in Balakote area, nearly 190 km from Jammu. Troops patrolling the forward area along the Line of Control in Balakote in Poonch district observed some movement of militants and opened fire on them, said Brigadier General Staff, 16 Corps, Gurdeep Singh. Firing started from across the border, resulting in an exchange of gunfire for a brief period.
The infiltration attempts were scuttled by the alert troops in Arnia sector of Jammu and Ramgarh sector in Samba district in the early hours of the day, the BSF spokesperson said.
New Delhi's decision not to call for a flag meeting underlines its conviction that the military cost will soon become too high for Pakistan.
Bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice is an important task to finish for Pakistan, which also needs to look into the issue of Hafiz Saeed, accused by India of masterminding the terror strike, besides preventing cross-border infiltration, the United States has said.
He visited areas falling under the operational command of the Rising Star Corps, including Kathua, Samba, Jammu and Pathankot, to review the security situation.
The move to equip BSF personnel with force multipliers like the hand held thermal imagers and CCTVs is on the pattern adopted in Jammu and Kashmir along the Line of Control.
The Pakistani Frontier Corps has been heavily infiltrated and influenced by Taliban militants, according to classified US documents appeared in a daily in London on Sunday.
According to the proposal, the MHA is working on a new 'model' where the burden of internal security duties, including conduct of elections, will be largely borne by the country's largest paramilitary force, the CRPF.
After India carried out a daring surgical strike and took out terrorists in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Uri attack in which 19 soldiers were killed, Border Security Force and army personnel are on full alert all along the 198-kilometre long international border and 744-km long Line of Control, to thwart any 'mischief' by Islamabad.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has said that 35,000 troops have already been withdrawn from the state as part of the gradual troop reduction even though he admitted cross border infiltration had picked up in recent months.
General Officer Commanding in chief (GOC-in-C), Northern Command, Lt-Gen P C Bhardwaj told media persons that terrorists and their leadership are under severe pressure due to the elimination of their top cadre.
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The army has foiled an infiltration bid by armed militants, who tried to intrude under the cover of firing from the Pakistan side along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, making it the fourth such incident this week, police said.Armed militants from across the border tried to intrude into Jammu and Kashmir, under the cover of firing from Pak Rangers on Friday night, making it another incident of cease-fire violation.
The ceasefire violation comes after nearly seven months as last such incident took place on September 18, 2015 in the Balakote sector of Poonch district.
Over 100 border dwellers have been evacuated and put in safe shelters
Chief of Army Staff General N C Vij said his troops were ready to face any eventuality.
Infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir is on the rise, with nearly 100 terrorists sneaking into the Valley this year from across the Line of Control taking routes, including those chosen by Pakistani raiders in 1947, to move towards south, which has emerged as the epicentre of militancy.
Following an infiltration bid on Saturday morning and ceasefire violations over the last 24 hours, the Border Security Force has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan Rangers over the incidents along the International Border in Jammu
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A new phenomenon called 'legal infiltration' is causing concerns among security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir as reports emerge that youths are visiting Pakistan on regular visas, which are extended to facilitate their basic training in handling explosives and weapons.
He said India will continue to adopt a 'wait and watch' strategy on Pakistan's commitment on ending cross-border terrorism.
Keeping in view infiltration bids by militants from Pakistan and the forthcoming Republic Day celebrations, the Border Security Force has been put on high alert along the country's western border. The decision to put the border guards on top alert was taken in the wake of reports received by the Home Ministry with regard to rocket firing incidents near Attari border on Saturday and Sunday, official sources said.
The Army has foiled an infiltration bid in Kerni sector of Poonch district after exchanging heavy fire with terrorists that left an officer injured, a defence spokesman said on Wednesday.
Pakistan Rangers, the border force of Pakistan, resorted to sniper attacks at Indian posts at Hira Nagar in Kathua at around 9.35 am.
Steps to resolve disputes on common areas of concern between India and Bangladesh were discussed at the four-day Border Security Force-BanglaDesh Rifles border coordination meeting in Kolkata.
'The Galwan clash in 2020 resulted in a large number of troops being moved from J&K to Eastern Ladakh which caused a thinning of deployment in the Jammu area.'
