The Pakistani terrorists made the abortive attempt to sneak into the Kalal area of Nowshera from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on May 28 but were killed in the subsequent counter-infiltration operation, the officials said.
Authorities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir released the four detained workers of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba's front organisation and also withdrew police guards posted at the home of the group's regional head, Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi.
A Pakistan-based conglomerate of militant groups active in Kashmir, headed by Syed Salahuddin, has temporarily dissolved itself with its leaders going underground in the wake of the crackdown on Jamaat-ud-Dawa and other banned terrorist outfits, a media report said on Saturday.The United Jehad Council -- which comprises Hizbul Mujahideen of Salahuddin, Harkat-ul-Ansar, Jamiat-ul- Mujahideen, Al-Jihad, Al-Barq, Ikhwan-ul-Mussalmin and Tehrik-ul-Mujahideen -- has closed offices
Masood Khan, Pakistan's Ambassador to China, said that a feasibility study of the railway had been conducted but there was still no time-table for starting the construction.
Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service suspended over arrest of Pakistani truck driver carrying contraband.
'Is China's intention not clear?' 'Do we still think that if we are nice to China, it will be good to us?'
As the ice-covered parts of the Arctic Ocean melt due to climate change, China has flagged its interest to take part in building 'Polar Silk Road', raising prospects for the emergence of a new sea route.
Hardening its stance further, India has once again virtually rejected Pakistan's latest invitation for talks on Kashmir.
In a tweet on Monday, she said officials of the Sena-ruled civic body visited her office and may demolish the property on Tuesday.
'This reluctance to respond forcefully to Chinese PLA provocations and outright aggression has as much to do with Prime Minister Modi personally, as with the institutional mindset of the MEA or even the Indian Army.' 'They are scarred by the 1962 War and are still cowed by China.'
Vajpayee had said on Tuesday night that if talks were to resume with Pakistan on Kashmir issue, they will have to be on the one-third portion of Kashmir which is under Pakistani occupation.
PoK PM Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan supported the division of the state between Hindu and Muslim majority areas.
A new Congress leader may make an electoral impact by his very presence. Congress voters who had moved away from the party, after being influenced by the BJP's 'family rule' campaign, can now return with a certain moral satisfaction, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has emerged as the single largest party in the legislative assembly elections in the strategically-located Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Youths from Malaysia, South Africa and Sudan too were trained in these camps.
India has conveyed its concerns to Beijing over the presence of Chinese troops and their activities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
India on Tuesday flagged its objections to elections being held in Gilgit-Baltistan, which forms a part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and termed the move as an attempt to camouflage the 'forcible and illegal' occupation of the region.
More than 300 million British pounds of aid for victims of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake has been diverted by President Asif Ali Zardari's government, raising fears that this will deter donors coming to the aid of flood devastated people in the country., a report stated.
Sardar Mohammad Abdul Qayyum Khan, former president and prime minister of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, said that there is tremendous difference between his first visit to India in 2005 and second visit in 2007.
Cross-LoC trade between two sides of Kashmir could not resume on Thursday as no Pakistani truck arrived at the crossing point from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.
Thousands of misguided Kashmiri youth were receiving training in different militant training camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), says an arrested Hizbul Mujahideen militant.
'India would not like to see Pakistani domination and tutelage of Afghanistan against Indian security and economic interests.'
Speaking in the legislative assembly on the condolence motion, Thackeray, without taking any names, said, "Some people have gratitude towards the city where they live and earn their livelihood, but some don't."
Describing Kashmir as the 'jugular vein' of Pakistan, president of Pakistan occupied Kashmir, Raja Zulqarnain has criticised the government for not including any Kashmiri in the senate's standing committee on Kashmir.
'Terrorists have targeted US diplomats and diplomatic facilities in the past, and information suggests they continue to do so'
Pakistan's ruling party PML-N has swept the PoK's legislative assembly elections, bagging 30 of 41 directly elected seats, with a two-thirds majority to form the new government.
Only outstanding issue between India and Pakistan with respect to Kashmir is the status of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Ram Madhav said.
Dismissing reports that the terror infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has been destroyed by the October 8 quake, the army Friday said that militant infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir "is the same as before".
Modi talking about Balochistan, PoK and Gilgit is a tectonic shift in India's policy towards Pakistan, says Abhay Jere.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia on Wednesday said the Nehru-Liaquat Ali pact in regard to protecting religious places should be implemented in both Pakistan and India.
In the past, 'shallow infiltration' has been carried out by terror groups, in which either some army men were killed or damage was caused to an army installation, the officials said.
It will require a political and tactical genius to, first, assuage the hurt feelings of the locals over the denial of their state's privileged status, and then to accommodate the national objectives of integration and development as spelt out by New Delhi, points out Amulya Ganguli.
Geelani termed as 'futile' the Centre's move to open three rehabilitation points along the LoC.
The chargesheet, filed by the State Investigation Agency, has highlighted several instances where parents were taken across the border using valid travel documents but were later compelled to pay extra money for their wards' admission to universities and colleges there.
India immediately rejected the charge, saying it was carrying out operations to stop large-scale infiltration from across the border.
The sources further suggested that the two choppers remained in the Indian territory for about 10 minutes before heading back.
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