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28 Jun

Army opens fire on two drones in Jammu’s Ratnuchak-Kaluchak military area

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Alert Army troops fired at two drones found hovering over the Ratnuchak-Kaluchak military areas, a defence spokesperson said on Monday, a day after two drones dropped bombs at an IAF station. One drone was spotted at 11.45 pm on Sunday and the other at 2.40 am on Monday, the officials said. Both drones "flew away" after alert sentries fired at them. He said a high alert was sounded immediately and Quick Reaction Teams engaged the drones with firing, Jammu-based Army PRO Lt Col Devender Anand said in a statement here. "Both drones flew away. A major threat was thwarted by…

28 Jun

High alert sounded: after two drones seen near the military station in Jammu

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Two drones were spotted hovering near a military camp twice in Jammu on Sunday night hours after two explosives-laden drones crashed into the high-security Indian Air Force station at Jammu airport. The incidents took place on Sunday night and again on Monday morning. An army sentry at Army Garrison at Kalu Chack had spotted an object hovering over brigade headquarter between 11 pm and 11:30 pm on Sunday. The quick reaction teams opened fire on noticing the suspected drone. The drone was again seen by the sentry around 3 am and quick reaction teams swiftly opened fire to bring it…

21 Jun

Jammu & Kashmir’s statehood to be restored, PM Modi to share roadmap at June 24 all-party meeting

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The all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24 is a major step towards the restoration of Jammu & Kashmir's statehood, a report said on June 20. Among those invited for the meeting include former J&K chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and Ghulam Nabi Azad. The media report, which cited official sources, claimed that Modi would be discussing the roadmap for restoring J&K's statehood with the representatives of all political parties to be present at the meeting. Discussions, however, have been ruled out on restoring Article 370 - the now-abrogated law which granted J&K…

06 May

Forces in Jammu & Kashmir bring down three militants

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Three militants were killed, while one surrendered before security forces during an encounter in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Kanigam area of the South Kashmir district during the night following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said as the presence of four newly recruited local militants of Al-Badr outfit got ascertained, the security forces exercised maximum restraint and tried their best to persuade them to surrender. The militants turned down the offer to surrender and opened firing and lobbed…

03 May

Pakistan opens fire along International Borders: Violates ceasefire agreement

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Pakistani Rangers violated the ceasefire by opening fire along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Monday, a senior BSF officer said. A BSF spokesman said this is the first-ever ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the IB after the two countries signed a fresh agreement to maintain calm along the border on February 25 this year. “Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing along IB at 0615 hours in Ramgarh sector”, Inspector General of BSF, Jammu frontier, N S Jamwal, told PTI. There was no casualty in the firing. The BSF spokesman said Pakistani troops opened unprovoked…