Terrorism News
The militants opened fire on an Army camp at Langate in Kupwara district at around 5 am, which was retaliated by the alert jawans.
The 30 Rashtriya Rifles camp in Langate in Handwara region came under the fire on Thursday morning.
An eerie calm prevailed along the Indo-Pak border here as guns fell silent overnight after a series of ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops in the past week.
The early morning attack on the Uri Army base on September 18 claimed the lives of 18 Indian soldiers.
The firing violates the 2003 ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan along the international boundary and the LoC.
The deadly terror attack in Uri which claimed the life of 18 Army soldiers threw the entire in shock on a Sunday morning, but no one was more crushed and broken that Naik SK Vidyarthi`s father who is still mourning the loss of his son.
Pakistan has denied any involvement in an attack on the Uri Army base in Jammu and Kashmir that left 18 Indian soldiers dead.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday morning chaired a high-level security review meeting at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) over the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir post Uri terror attack.
The Narendra Modi government is under huge pressure to “teach a lesson” to Pakistan in the wake of the cross-border terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri base.
It is now to be seen how the Modi government responds to the demands of citizens that Pakistan should be taught a lesson this time.
A 20-year-old soldier injured in the Uri terror attack died of injuries in a Delhi hospital on Monday, taking the toll to 18, officials said.
Heavily-armed militants suspected to be from Pakistan-based JeM had yesterday stormed an Army base in Uri in Kashmir, killing 18 jawans.
Dubbing the terror attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir`s Uri town as the failure of the political leadership, the Congress on Monday said the Narendra Modi-led government`s Pakistan policy was "confused".
Four heavily-armed terrorists said to be "foreigners" sneaked into an Army camp near the Line of Control with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
The Pakistani Taliban in particular routinely target minority groups, and in 2011 gunned down Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian who was federal minister for minority affairs.
While no terror group has claimed responsibility, reports said the attack in Kokrajhar was carried out by members of the NDFB(S).
Recently, an Islamic State module was busted in Hyderabad, ringing an alarm bell for authorities.
Two more US citizens have been confirmed killed in last week`s Brussels suicide bombings, a State Department official said on Sunday, bringing the death toll for Americans to four.
Belgium has charged a second man linked to a foiled French attack with involvement in a terrorist group, the federal prosecutor said on Sunday.
Loading...