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Security forces in North Kashmir successfully detected and neutralized an improvised explosive device (IED) planted along the Baramulla-Handwara road, preventing a major security threat in the region.Police reported the discovery of three suspicious cylinders linked together with wires, lying alongside the road in Handwara district, North Kashmir. The unusual presence of these objects led a
JAMMU: The Army detained a 25-year-old resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district early Friday.“The man was identified as Irshad Ahmad. Alert troops found him roaming very close to a forward area in Poonch’s Kirni-Qasba sub-sector and detained him,” said an official source.The detainee appeared to be “mentally unsound” and
Killed by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s Sialkot area, Shahid Latif, a most-wanted terrorist, had orchestrated the 2016 Pathankot terror attackWithin days after the killing of the dreaded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist, Mufti Qaiser Farooq in the city of Karachi, one more of India’s most wanted terrorists and mastermind of Pathankot terror attack was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Pakistan’s
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has achieved a significant milestone in the fight against terrorism this year so far as the Union territory witnessed the lowest number of terror incidents and civilian deaths in over three decades, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said on Thursday.“The security situation has drastically improved in Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier, the best year in terms of security
New Delhi: India and China held the 20th round of Corps Commander-level talks at Chushul as part of the ongoing efforts for overall disengagement and de-escalation to resolve the stand-off in eastern Ladakh.The meeting was held at Chushul-Moldo border meeting point on the Indian side on October 9-10.According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the two sides exchanged views in a frank, open and
Geneva: Senior Kashmiri Journalist and author Khalid Jehangir during his intervention at the 54th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) reiterated that Pakistan continues to support cross-border terrorism in India’s Jammu and Kashmir.Jehangir, who is also the president of the International Centre for Peace Studies (ICPS), said, "Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism has
India’s Territorial Army, celebrating its 75th year of existence, has recruited a batch of Mandarin language experts to serve as interpreters during Border Personnel Meetings between India and China. The TA is also in the process of hiring cyber security experts. The TA, which operates on the concept of a ‘citizen soldier’s army’, provides an opportunity for volunteer citizens of India to serve
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is enhancing its radar power in order to match China’s capability to see deep within India.The force is now embarking on a robust Mountain Radar Project along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), as China’s radars and extended-range systems far outnumber those of India’s.Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal (ACM), V.R. Chaudhari said the IAF keeps
"China’s assertiveness is more evident with its rise. India has a major dispute on its northern borders with China and will have to play the strategic autonomy card," he addedNEW DELHI: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Thursday said China’s assertiveness is more evident now with its rise and India will have to take this aspect into account in its overall "strategic calculus".Delivering
Founded in 1998 by Shah, a prominent separatist leader in Jammu and Kashmir, JKDFP was a constituent of the separatist amalgam Hurriyat ConferenceThe Centre on Thursday banned jailed separatist Shabir Ahmad Shah’s Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) for five years for its “anti-India” and “pro-Pakistan” activities, according to an official notification.The ban was ordered under the