Pakistan halts firing at LoC
June 21st, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, June 21 (IANS) Pakistani troops have stopped firing at Indian positions on the Jammu and Kashmir border but have not agreed to a meeting with the Indian Army, officials ... Read more...
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India warns Pakistan against ceasefire violations
May 15th, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 15 (IANS) India Sunday warned Pakistan against ceasefire violations on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, Border Security Force (BSF) officials said.The stern message was delivered to ... Read more...
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Indian, Pakistani forces exchange fire, infiltration foiled (Second Lead)
May 1st, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 1 (IANS) India's Border Security Force (BSF) personnel exchanged heavy gunfire with Pakistani Rangers at the Jammu and Kashmir border and foiled an attempt by militants to sneak into the ... Read more...
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Indian, Pakistani forces trade fire, infiltration foiled (Lead, Superseding earlier story)
May 1st, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 1 (IANS) Indian border guards exchanged heavy gunfire with Pakistani forces at the Jammu and Kashmir border and foiled an attempt by militants to sneak into India, officials said Saturday.
The ... Read more...
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Infiltration bid foiled, Pakistan opens fire at the Jammu and Kashmir border
December 22nd, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 22 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) hindered major infiltration bids by militants to enter Indian territory on Tuesday as Pakistani troops fired at two forward posts ... Read more...
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Resolving Kashmir issue “absolutely critical” to establish peace in South Asia: Mullen
December 9th, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec.9 (ANI) : US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen has said that the resolution of the Kashmir issue is critical for establishing peace in the region and ... Read more...
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Another Kashmiri woman dies after alleged assault
July 9th, 2009 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 9 (IANS) A Kashmiri woman has died after she was allegedly assaulted by a Territorial Army man in a north Kashmir border village, an official said Thursday.
Ashiq Hussain of the ... Read more...
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Pak’s ISI has close links with Al-Qaeda, Taliban: Admiral Mullen
March 28th, 2009 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.28 (ANI): US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen has confirmed media reports that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has close links with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban network, and ... Read more...
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Rising extremism in Pak cannot be countered as long ISI bred terrorists: Report
March 22nd, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar.22 (ANI): As Pakistan creeps towards normalcy after a week long political bedlam, experts believe that it would be very difficult for it to overcome the menace of rising extremism ... Read more...
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No troop build-up on border with India: Pakistan military
November 30th, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 30 (IANS) There is no troop build-up by Pakistan on its border with India following the Mumbai terror attack, the military said Sunday, even as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani ... Read more...
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Indo-Pak Home Secretary-level talks commenced
November 25th, 2008 - 10:14 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 25 (ANI): The fifth round of Home Secretary level talks between India and Pakistan on terrorism, drug trafficking and related issues commenced in Islamabad on Tuesday as a part ... Read more...
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Security, terrorism to figure prominently in Indo-Pak Home Secretary level talks
November 25th, 2008 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.25 (ANI): Terrorism, counterfeit currency, drug -trafficking, exchange of prisoners and visa regime will be high on the agenda at the fifth round of Home Secretary level talks between ... Read more...
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Security matters to dominate India-Pakistan home secretary talks
November 24th, 2008 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
Amritsar, Nov 24 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta looks forward to addressing various security related aspects during the Home Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan which begin in Islamabad on ... Read more...
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Three workers killed in Kashmir bridge collapse, probe ordered (Second Lead)
November 16th, 2008 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 16 (IANS) Three labourers died and 19 were missing after a bridge across the Jhelum river collapsed in a north Kashmir border town Sunday, the police said.Jammu and Kashmir Governor ... Read more...
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Infiltrators from Pakistan cross into Jammu and Kashmir (Lead)
August 26th, 2008 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 26 (IANS) A group of infiltrators Tuesday entered the Indian territory from across the international border in Kana Chak sector and were headed towards this winter capital of Jammu and ... Read more...
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Infiltrators cross into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan
August 26th, 2008 - 10:30 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 26 (IANS) A group of infiltrators Tuesday entered the Indian territory from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Kana Chak sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Border Security Force (BSF) ... Read more...
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Scottish Muslim lawmaker suspended for teaching his kids to fire AK47s in Pakistan
August 8th, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Edinburgh, Aug.8 (ANI): A millionaire Scottish Muslim lawmaker has been suspended by his party after photographs were published of him teaching his family, including his five-year-old daughter, how to fire an ... Read more...
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Halt terror to end strains in India-Pakistan ties, PM tells Gilani (Lead)
August 2nd, 2008 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Colombo, Aug 2 (IANS) A blunt Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told his Pakistani counterpart here Saturday that the suicide attack on the Indian mission in Kabul, rising ceasefire violations ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan talk peace in ‘new democratic environment’ (Night Lead)
May 20th, 2008 - 9:36 pm ICT by admin
By Manish Chand and Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 20 (IANS) Days after bomb blasts in Jaipur killed over 60 people and firing across the Kashmir border, India Tuesday asked Pakistan to jointly fight ... Read more...
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Prayers offered for those buried in Kashmir mass graves
April 11th, 2008 - 7:01 pm ICT by admin
Srinagar, April 11 (IANS) Funeral prayers were offered by the moderate Hurriyat group, led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, for the 940 unidentified people whose graves were discovered last month in north Kashmir's ... Read more...
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Kashmiris retrieving their woollens to avoid April chill
April 8th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by admin
Srinagar, April 8 (IANS) With rain and snow lashing Kashmir for the past two days, people here are retrieving the woollens that they had packed away after fairly warm weather in March. ... Read more...
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