In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops targeted Indian posts along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, forcing Indian forces to retaliate effectively.
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Amid a war of words between India and Pakistan over cross-border firing, Pakistan's Defence Minister has alleged that India wants to keep his country busy in a "low-intensity war".
Asking Pakistan to stop ceasefire violations, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said while India has been offering its hand of friendship, Pakistan was repeatedly targeting border areas in India.
India and Pakistan agreed on a ceasefire along the border in J&K, the first formal truce between the two armies since the outbreak of militancy in the state.
Corps Commander Lt Gen K J S Dhillon of the Chinar Corps also requested mothers of Kashmiri militants to persuade their sons to surrender.
After a brief lull, Pakistan on Saturday violated ceasefire twice along International Border and Line of Control in Poonch and Jammu district, drawing strong retaliation from India.
Airport sources in Chennai said Rangasamy was scheduled to take the 0640 Indian Airlines flight, but his ticket was cancelled.
The ceasefire violations and firing from across the Line of Control are "quite serious" and the government wants a "quick resolution" of the problem there, IAF Chief Arup Raha said.
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The shelling was so intense that the deafening sound of mortar shell explosions was even heard in the Jammu city, residents said.
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Defence Minister A K Antony condemned the "dastardly attack" by terrorists on security posts in Jammu region on Thursday and said the forces will not leave any stone unturned to deal with the terrorists with a firm hand.
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Fearing disturbances from across the Indo-Pak border, Jammu and Kashmir government will relocate 125 polling stations along the borderline in Jammu district to safer places to ensure border dwellers vote freely.
After failing to deliver when it mattered most, India's ace archer Deepika Kumari blamed her mediocre showing in the 4-5 defeat to Russia in the quarter-finals of the women's recurve competition at the Rio Olympics on windy conditions.
A senior police officer said four heavily-armed terrorists stopped a vehicle on the Jammu-Pathankote national highway on Friday morning and opened fire at the occupants of the vehicle, killing one person on the spot and seriously injuring three others.
Archer Deepika Kumari expressed bewilderment after a dismal show during the women's team event where the Indian team finished a dejecting seventh in the qualification round of the Rio Olympics Games.
These fresh violations came after a gap of one month and four days along Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir.
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With no let up in the ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the International Border in the Jammu region, the state government is formulating a contingency plan to deal with the situation.
Pakistani Army resorted to shelling of mortars besides automatic and small arms firing in forward areas along LoC in Hamirpur and Bhimbher Gali (BG) sub-sectors of Poonch district from 0630 hours, a defence spokesman said.
Protesting against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, Congress MP from Rayalseema region Rayapati Samba Siwaa Rao resigned from the primary membership of the party on Friday while heaping praise on Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Neeraj's gold and three other athletics silver medals, along with Saina Nehwal's badminton singles bronze, propelled India's overall medal count to 41 (8 gold, 13 silver, and 20 bronze).
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Pakistani troops heavily shelled 15 border outposts and hamlets along the international border overnight, leaving three persons injured, one of them seriously in Jammu district.
The Congress on Saturday said that twin attacks were the direct fall out of Mufti playing footsie with Pakistan
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