India and Pakistan are scheduled to hold a flag meeting on Friday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district to address the rising incidents of ceasefire violation.
The two Indian Army soldiers, Captain Karamjit Singh Bakshi and Naik Mukesh Singh Manhas, who tragically lost their lives in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Laleali area of Akhnoor sector, Jammu district, on Tuesday, were due to get married in two months’ time.
Defence sources said on Thursday that the Pakistan Army suffered heavy casualties late Wednesday evening when the Indian Army retaliated to ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Ghati sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district.
The Pakistani terrorists on Friday foiled an infiltration bid and killed two heavily armed Pakistani terrorists at the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch sector.
Defence spokesman Lt Colonel Suneel Bartwal said that Havaldar Baldev Singh (Retd), a revered war hero, passed away Monday due to natural causes in his hometown of Naushera.
An encounter broke out on Thursday between security forces and infiltrating terrorists in north Kashmir's Keran sector of the Kupwara district.
Top brass of the Army, J&K Police, CRPF and intelligence agencies was present in the meeting, said a defence spokesman on Thursday.
The Army Chief during his visit to the forward locations was accompanied by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lt General Suchindra Kumar, and the General Officer Commanding of the Nagrota-based White Knight Corps, Lt General Navin Sachdeva.
Reports said that the IEDs were recovered near the Line of Control (LoC) in a joint search operation by the Rashtriya Rifles of the Indian Army, CRPF and J&K Police.
These quadcopters (a type of helicopter or multicopter that has four rotors) were noticed hovering between 6.30 am to 7 am.
