# India

Civilian injured in Pakistan firing in J&K

A civilian was injured on Thursday in firing and shelling by Pakistan Rangers on the international border in Jammu and…

IANS | Jammu | September 21, 2017 10:43 pm

Civilian injured in Pakistan firing in J&K

A civilian was injured on Thursday in firing and shelling by Pakistan Rangers on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jammu district while firing was also on in Samba district, police said.

“Unprovoked heavy firing and shelling was started by Pakistan Rangers in Ramgarh sector of Samba district. One civilian was injured earlier today in firing and shelling by Pakistan Rangers in Arnia sector of Jammu district,” police said.

BSF troopers have “strongly and effectively retaliated” at both these places, it 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

Fire inside house: Retired DSP, 5 others of family die of asphyxiation in J&K

Six persons of a family, including two children, died of asphyxiation when a fire erupted in a house in Jammu's Kathua early Wednesday, officials said.

# India

Subsidised helicopter service approved for border area of Mendhar

In a significant development, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has accorded approval to a subsidised helicopter service for the people of the border area of Mendhar sector in the Poonch district.