# Cities

Educational institutes shut in J-K border areas

Educational institutes close to the international border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir remained shut on Thursday following overnight Pakistan shelling.…

IANS | Jammu | September 21, 2017 11:54 am

Educational institutes shut in J-K border areas

Educational institutes close to the international border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir remained shut on Thursday following overnight Pakistan shelling.

“All schools within 5 km from the IB in Jammu district will remain closed until further notice,” authorities said here.

The Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate shelling targeting 12 villages and Border Security Force (BSF) posts in Arnia sector since Wednesday night.

“BSF troopers retaliated effectively,” the police added.

# Bengal

Pakistani mortar shell recovered near India-Bangladesh borders in Bengal’s Cooch Behar

When one of the construction workers first noticed the shell, he mistook it as some ordinary explosive and panicked.

# India

BSF intercepts Pakistani drone carrying drugs in Jammu region

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# Bengal

Cattle smuggling continues amid unrest in Bangladesh

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