Pakistani troops continued breaching the ceasefire along the LoC on Tuesday resorting to unprovoked firing. Pakistani rangers targeted 40 border outposts, villages and four sub-sectors in heavy mortar shelling and firing along international border, injuring three people.
The firing started around 9 PM last night which is still going on. Two civilians were injured in the firing in R. S. Pura sector. BSF troops have been retaliating to the firing from across the border effectively.
As many as 40 BSF posts in R S Pura and Akhnoor Sector were reportedly targeted. BSF troops gave a strong and befitting reply.
Firing is reportedly still continuing at some places in Pargwal.
There are no reports of loss or damage to the BSFso far.
A day ago, at least five people were killed and 25 other injured in a ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir's Arnia sector.
23:18 IST Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Fresh ceasefire violation in Poonch; JCO among 3 armymen injured
Heavy firing exchange erupted this evening between Pakistani and Indian troops along the International Border and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir in which a JCO and two other armymen were injured.
According to a senior Army official, shelling carried out by Pakistan along the LoC in the Sabjian area of Poonch district left one JCO and two armymen injured. The injured have been hospitalised, the official added. Read more
21:37 IST Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Army, Air Force Navy chiefs meet Defence Minister Arun Jaitley
Against the backdrop of ceasefire violations along the border with Pakistan, the three service chiefs on tuesday met Defence Minister Arun Jaitley. The army, air force and navy chiefs are understood to have discussed with Jaitley the prevailing security situation, defence officials said in New Delhi.
The meeting comes at a time when there have been frequent ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) and the talks between Army officials of the two sides have failed to resolve the issue. Read more
21:10 IST Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Narendra Modi should take up ceasefire volation issue with Pakistan: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Condemning attack by Pakistan as "abominable and inhumane", senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seriously take up the issue of cease fire violation with Pakistan and to put an end to it.
"It is abominable and inhumane on the part of Pakistan to target civilians, more so on the eve of Eid and this deserved to be condemned unequivocally and strongly". Azad was on a tour of a number of villages in Arnia Sector including Rehaal, Deoli, Salher and Arnia Town, that have come under heavy fire by Pakistan. Read more
20:37 IST Tuesday, 7 October 2014
India puts off flag meeting proposal
India on Tuesday put off a proposal for a flag meeting at the last minute and decided to observe Pakistan's "behaviour" in the coming days before any engagement at the commander level along the border in Jammu and Kashmir. A message was sent to BSF Director General DK Pathak earlier in the day for seeking a commander-level flag meeting to de-escalate the tension which mounted last night again when firing was reported from nearly 40 posts along the border and Line of Control, official sources said. Read more
19:18 IST Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Narendra Modi's chest is 5.6 inches and not 56, says Congress
Congress on Tuesday launched a stinging attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue of ceasefire violations by Pakistan questioning his silence even as it wondered why the government was running with a "part- time" Defence Minister. Taking potshots at the Prime Minister, Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed said Modi during his Lok Sabha campaign had talked about 56-inch chest but "it has now been reduced to just 5.6 inches". Read more
19:14 IST Tuesday, 7 October 2014
DGMO officials of India, Pakistan discuss ceasefire violations
Amid escalation of cross-border firing in Jammu and Kashmir, top military officials of India and Pakistan today discussed the ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and International Border but failed to address the issue.
Officials of the Directorate Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) talked over hotline for five minutes during which both sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire, Army sources said here. They said the telephonic talk did not take place between the Director Generals of Military Operations -- Lt General rank officer from Indian side and Maj General rank officer from Pakistani side -- but lower rank officials, in deviation from the regular practice. Read more
18:49 IST Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Fearing another attack many residents abandon Arnia town
Otherwise bustling with commercial activities, the town of Arnia now wears a deserted look with many of its residents having abandoned their houses in search of safety, fearing another attack from the Pakistani troops.
In one of the worst ceasefire violations, heavy mortar shelling and firing by Pakistani troops targeting hamlets and outposts along the International Border in Jammu district yesterday that left five villagers dead and 34 other wounded. All the business establishments closed and locks could be seen hanging at the gates of almost every household here. Read more
18:23 IST Tuesday, 7 October 2014
Pakistan will get 'befitting reply' for ceasefire breach: Prakash Javadekar
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday condemned the repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan and warned Islamabad of "a befitting reply" by the Indian Government to the "provocative" firing and shelling along the border in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Pakistan should remember there is a new Government in power now. What they are doing at the border is provocative and intolerable. India will not bend before these tactics used by Pakistan and will give them a befitting reply," the Information and Broadcasting Minister told reporters here. Read more
8:00 IST Monday, 6 October 2014
In one of the worst ceasefire violations by Pakistan, five villagers were killed in overnight heavy mortar shelling and firing from across the international border and Line of Control in Jammu and Poonch sectors even as two more violations took place since evening.
Pakistani troops indulged in heavy and unprovoked firing and shelling of mortars on 10 border outposts (BoPs) and civilian areas along international border (IB) in Arnia belt of Jammu district from 10.00 pm spilling over to this morning, a BSF spokesman said. As many as 34 people were also injured in this incident.
In a fresh ceasefire violation between 1540 hours and 1600 hours, Pakistani troops fired at a forward area along Line of Control (LoC) in Kerni belt of Poonch district, a defence spokesman said. "They fired mortar bombs, automatic and small arms during the firing," the spokesman said. There was no loss of life or injury to any person in the firing and shelling.
At 2100 hours again, Pakistan resorted to heavy mortar shelling and firing in Mankote sector of Poonch district, the spokesman said. There have been a dozen ceasefire violations along Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir during the last four days.
The exchange of fire was on, he said, adding no casualty has been reported so far on the Indian side. BSF troops retaliated effectively and gave a befitting reply in the overnight ceasfire violation, the spokesman said.
In the shelling, five villagers were killed and 34 injured in several hamlets, SSP, Jammu, Uttam Chand told PTI.
Centre and Jammu and Kashmir government take note
In New Delhi, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley deplored the ceasefire violations from across the border and said the Indian armed forces were "fully ready" and are responding to each of these provocations from across the border. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, "Pakistan should stop ceasefire violations now and understand the reality that times have changed in India."
J-K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah strongly condemned the shelling on civilians, saying targeting them exposed the frustration of the Pakistani government after its failure to gain international attention on the Kashmir issue. Omar attended cremation of those killed in Arnia and also visited the village which came under heavy Pakistani shellingin the wee hours of today.
The Chief Minister said he will brief Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the situation in the wake of frequent ceasefire violations by Pakistan.
A PTI correspondent, who visited some of the affected areas hit by the shelling, saw blood stained beds, torn off roof-tops and windows punctured by bullets besides splinters of mortar bombs lying scattered around. There were some reports of people moving out of the affected areas, fearing fresh attacks.
The Pakistani troops also resorted to mortar shelling and firing on forward posts along LoC in Bhimber Gali belt of Poonch district since 0830 hours today, a Defence spokesman said.
BSF assures that the force will take whatever retaliatory action it has to
Saying that it did not expect Pakistan to carry out such an intensified shelling and firing in Jammu on the day of Eid today, BSF has assured that the force will take whatever retaliatory action it has to. "Whatever retaliatory action BSF has to take, will be undertaken," Director General of BSF D K Pathak told reporters here.
"Our force is a professional force and we will respond very professionally to the Pak firing," he said. Read more
Politicos react
After party criticism for Narendra Modi praise, Shashi Tharoor slams government over Pakistan ceasefire violations
After the warning by the Congress in Kerala that he stop praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday appeared to do some damage control, slamming the BJP government over ceasefire violations by Pakistan.
"Deeply concerned by reports of 5 killed&50 injured in Pakistani shelling today. Over 100 ceasefire violations on LoC since BJP came to power!," Tharoor tweeted. Read more
Under NDA govt, India giving fitting reply to Pakistan violations: Amit Shah
As the latest ceasefire violation by Pakistan left five persons dead and 34 others injured on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP chief Amit Shah said that Indian forces have been giving a fitting reply to such acts by the neighbouring country ever since the NDA government came to power.
"There was firing at the border earlier as well. But there is a difference; earlier, Pakistan started the firing and ended it too from across the border, (but) under the BJP government now, Pakistan starts the firing but Indian forces silence it. They are being given a fitting reply," Shah told a rally here. Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi busy campaigning for assembly polls while Pakistan violates ceasefire: Raj Thackeray
A day after making a scathing attack on Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray once again severely criticised him, saying that while Pakistani troops were firing along the international border, the Prime Minister was busy campaigning for the assembly polls.
Addressing a rally in Maharashtra's Dombivali, Raj Thackeray said, "Pakistani troops are firing on border posts and our jawans are being killed, but our Prime Minister is busy campaigning for the assembly elections. Today, on the occasion of Eid, we sent sweets to Pakistan and in return they are sending us bombs. What was happening during the UPA regime, is happening even today. Are these acche din?" he questioned. Read more
With agency inputs
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