The Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing from small arms and intense shelling of mortars along the LoC in Poonch, a defence spokesperson said.
The Army chief, who is on a 2-day J&K visit, also discussed issues concerning the present security situation in the Union Territory with Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.
Lt Gen B S Raju of XV corps said the terrorists holed up in the Valley have been facing acute shortage of arms and are desperately looking for help from across the border.
Due to 'indiscriminate and unprovoked firing' in the Rakhchikri Sector of the LoC Saturday, one civilian sustained serious injuries, the Foreign Office statement said.
Singh was accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat & Army Chief General MM Naravane. He also visited the Amarnath temple on the second day of his J-K visit.
The new rifles will replace the existing Indian Small Arms System (Insas) rifles used by the forces and manufactured locally by the Ordnance Factories Board.
According to govt figures, April, May and June (as of 25th) have seen 387, 382 and 302 ceasefire violations, respectively — a three-fold rise since 2018.
The wealthy float above the crisis—insulated in air-purified cars, weekend getaways at farmhouses, and vacations timed perfectly to coincide with Delhi’s worst weeks.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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