The downpour has disrupted daily life, with floodwaters entering homes & vehicular traffic disrupted. Officials said farmers have also reported extensive damage to land and crops.
Hailing from a humble family, Deepak Chingakham was fatally injured in Pakistani shelling in R S Pora. He leaves behind parents & a younger brother in Imphal East district.
Shelling has impacted residents in J&K's border villages, with many displaced & living in camps or hiding in bunkers. Their livelihoods have taken a hit too, they find on return home.
People from the region are no strangers to the sounds of explosions coming from afar. But this time the action is right above their homes in the heart of Jammu.
Jammu airport was also targeted and at least 6 blasts were reported from across the city, it is learnt. It is not clear at this time if these were Pakistani strikes or interception by Indian air defence systems.
According to PRO BSF, the troops stationed along the border in the region observed suspicious movement in the area where an individual was seen crossing the IB.
Tunnels were identified as a “lacunae” that may have been used by terror operatives to infiltrate into India. BSF is also deploying scanners on experimental basis to detect such tunnels.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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