Pakistan army personnel on Wednesday fired seven rounds of small arms at Indian army posts in Copra of Rajouri sector in Jammu and Kashmir, in the eighth violation of the ceasefire in 2009.The violati..Read More
With two major infiltration bids along the Line of Control in the last month, Army today said it had "redeployed" its troops and increased surveillance capabilities to prevent the terrorists' fro..Read More
After successfully reopening Daulat Beg Oldi and Fuk Che airfields in Ladakh last year, India is now working to operationalise the Neoma Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) this year for the Indian Air Forc..Read More
Less than a fortnight after Pakistan promised to stop cross-border firing, its troops today shelled Indian posts, again violating the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu an..Read More
After the Royal Marines, the US marines will also be holding a joint military exercise with the Indian Army in Ladakh. US Army Chief General George Casey along with his Indian counterpart Deepak Kapoo..Read More
With India opening the forbidding Siachen Glacier for civilian trek last year, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to open more Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) for aircraft operations, aimed at pro..Read More
India has deployed its top fighter jets in its part of disputed Kashmir bordering Pakistan, officials and a report said Wednesday. At least six Soviet-built Sukhoi-30MKI jets, capable of carrying nucl..Read More
The police and army will be provided light-weight bullet proof jackets, head-gear and sniper suits ahead of the elections in Jammu and Kashmir."Army's northern command headquarter looking after ..Read More
In yet another breach of the bilateral ceasefire, a posse of Pakistan army soldiers intruded into the Indian side of the Line of Control in the Lipa sector in north Kashmir Kupwara district, and resor..Read More
Pakistani troops today fired heavily at Indian forces at a forward post in Krishna Ghatti sector in Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said here. However, the Indian troops exercised restraint and..Read More
On Saturday the Indian Air Force pilots landed a Russian-built Antonov-32 transport aircraft at the Daulat beg Oldi air base in Ladakh district of Jammu & Kashmir. At an altitude of more than 4,93..Read More
On the eve of India-Pakistan talks, an Indian soldier was killed in firing from Pakistan across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Krishna Ghati sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning - a second ..Read More
Violating a truce that has been in force since 2003, Pakistani troops opened fire on Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an incident that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ..Read More
The terror infrastructure in Pakistan is still operational and the neighboring country is harboring militants, a top army officer said on Tuesday."The terror infrastructure is intact in Pakistan for t..Read More
The presence of terror camps in Pakistan continues to haunt the security establishment in India, which still feels that ISI-sponsored outfits like JeM, LeT and Al-Badr are responsible for carrying out..Read More
As per the available reports, the details of estimated infiltration that took place in the State of Jammu and Kashmir from across the border, during the last five years are given below:2003 - 1373
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Security forces Saturday gunned down two guerrillas of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant outfit after a fierce gunfight in south Kashmir Pulwama district.Police said troops of anti-insurgency 44 Rashtri..Read More
The Indian Army has vacated all the school, hospital and other official buildings in Kashmir as per the directives of Defence Minister A.K. Antony, a military spokesman said here Saturday.'We hav..Read More
Lieutenant General A.S. Sekhon, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 15 Corps, has said that infiltration still posed a threat in Kashmir. Lieutenant General Sekhon said rebels continue to cross ov..Read More
Defence Minister A K Antony will review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir today. Antony on Friday said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir was improving compared to the past, and expressed th..Read More
Nine militants, suspected of belonging to al-Badar, were killed in a three-day long operation carried out by the Army that ended today morning in Tangmarg area of Baramulla District.The Indian Army lo..Read More
A trekking expedition to the Siachen Glacier has begun, despite objections from the Pakistan Government. "The first of its kind expedition left for the Siachen Glacier on Tuesday," army spokesman Lieu..Read More
Security forces on Tuesday morning shot dead five militants in two separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora District. According to defence sources, three militants were killed when a ..Read More
NewsBlaze reports according to the India Army perhaps as many as 5,000 well trained Islamic militants in Pakistan or in the part of Kashmir controlled by Pakistan are ready to attempt infiltration int..Read More
At least 25 soldiers, including fire services personnel, were injured in a major fire at the ammunition depot in Khandroo army camp of Anantnag District.Two helicopter took the injured to the Badamiba..Read More
Defence Minister A.K. Antony will visit the Kashmir Valley later this month to study the ground situation against the backdrop of demands for reducing troop levels in the area.'I will be going la..Read More
Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt, beginning a two-day visit of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday, held a meeting to assess if the situation was right for 'relocation and reconfiguration' of troops in..Read More
Nine militants were killed and five securitymen injured after an infiltration bid was foiled in Jammu and Kashmir, where two teenaged boys lost their lives in an explosion and a Hizbul Mujahideen mili..Read More
Continuing infiltration across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir is a matter of 'concern', Defence Minister A.K. Antony said here Monday.'The continuing infiltration is of ..Read More
Three armed militants trying to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir through the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan in Baramulla district were killed by Indian Army soldiers Sunday.A group of heavily ar..Read More
Demanding "total" pullout of troops from Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan has warned of continued activities by 'jihadi' groups if "there is no tangible move forward" on resolving the vexed issue..Read More
Pakistan will have to authenticate the Actual Ground Position Line in the Siachen Glacier before any forward movement could be made to resolve the issue, Defence Minister A K Antony said on Monday."Th..Read More
The Indian Army on Sunday said any agreement with Pakistan on demarcation of Siachen glacier should be on the present control reports news agency Press Trust Of India."Pakistan does not have any edge ..Read More
Television Channel 'Times Now' reports that two terrorists of the Pakistan Based Lashkar E Taiba, have been arrested for plotting to attack the holy shrines of Vaishno Devi and Amarnath.The ..Read More
Ruling out the presence of Al Qaeda in Jammu and Kashmir, the army said on Sunday that nothing has been established so far to corroborate reports about the terror group's operatives in the state...Read More
Indian Army Tuesday gunned down two Pakistani terrorists in Kashmir trying to infiltrate through the line of control (LoC) into the Indian side.'Two militants were killed by the troops of 2 Garhw..Read More
Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir went into a tizzy after a compact disc purportedly containing propaganda material of the international terror group al Qaeda was circulated among the media in the ..Read More
With the arrest of 14 terrorists, Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday claimed to have busted two modules of Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit, involved in two recent IED blasts and other attacks in n..Read More
"Elements in the Pakistan Army" are backing the infiltration of militants into India across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, Army Chief General J J Singh said on Wednesday."There is always so..Read More
Pressing for demilitarization of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has offered to withdraw his troops from the Line of Control as part of an overall settlement of the Kashmir issu..Read More
A Pakistani national was among the two Al Badr militants killed by security forces in a fierce gun-battle at Wuyan in south Kashmir today, police said.Personnel of 55 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and the Jam..Read More
At least three militants trying to infiltrate into India from Pakistan across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's mountainous Poonch district have been killed.The incident took place..Read More
Braving terrorist threats, war-weary Kashmiri youth were queuing in hope of impressing officers running the Indian Army Recruitment Drive in Srinagar on 23rd of May 2007.The number of young men attend..Read More
A MIG-21 fighter plane has crashed in the hills of Mahore in Jammu and Kashmir.'Times of India' Reports - According to defence sources, the fighter took off from Udhampur airbase Tuesday mor..Read More
Two terrorists, including a Pakistani national, belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammad, were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Pulwama district on Monday morning, officials said.Acting on a tip-off..Read More
Two Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba militants have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir, army officials said on Thursday. Officials said the militants, who received intensive training in Pakistan, were ..Read More
Terrorists sneaking into India from across the border are increasingly using GPS devices in their ventures, posing problems to the Army who have no equipment to track them. According to the soldiers m..Read More
The Army is set to equip soldiers with handheld multi-role computers to enable them to pinpoint their field locations in difficult-terrain tactical warfare and for counter-insurgency operations.The de..Read More
The Supreme Court today gave a clean chit to the Indian Army facing allegations of killing one Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Regoo, an advocate who was suspected to be a Pakistan trained militant and an ex-divis..Read More
The General Commanding-in-Chief (GOC) of 15 Corps Lt Gen A S Sekhon today said that the issue of demilitarisation should not be taken with emotions, and any decision on it should be arrived only after..Read More
Armed forces guarding the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir should not lower their guard though infiltration from across the border has come down "to a large extent", Defence Minister A K Ant..Read More
Army troops today unearthed a militant hideout and recovered explosives and ammunition during two separate search operations in Doda and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.
Security forces gunned down four separatist terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) while in another incident a senior ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader survived an attempt on his li..Read More
The Pakistan based jihadi terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Muhammad is fast reorganising itself under its new commander Mufti Abdul Rauf, younger brother of Maulana Masood Azhar.According to the Daily T..Read More
A Cheetah helicopter of the Indian Air Force crashed in the main Siachen glacier on Wednesday morning. Two pilots were on board the helicopter.The chopper took off from Siachen base camp at 0630 hrs I..Read More
Four militants, including two Pakistanis, and an Army havaldar were killed in two separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Two police personnel were injured and a large quantity of arms and..Read More
Pakistan has expressed readiness to meet India's demand to authenticate troops positions on Siachen provided New Delhi agrees not to use it to make a legal claim over the glacier in the future, a..Read More
Islamic terrorists on Wednesday made an abortive attempt to target Central Reserve Police Force personnel, posted in a defunct cinema hall here, with a grenade, official sources said.The grenade, hurl..Read More
Three top terrorists of the Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Tayiba group were arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police in Srinagar on Wednesday night.The trio, identified as Faisal alias Vicky and Salahuddin, Ah..Read More
A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) terrorist was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Anantnag district on Thursday night. Acting on a tip-off about presence of militants at Dachan-Jullian, jawans o..Read More
There has been a decrease in terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir during the last three years. The details are shown below:Year No. of terrorist incidents
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Security forces smashed two militant hideouts in Doda and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered a big cache of arms, including 51 explosive devices and 523 rounds of ammunition, official..Read More
India's advanced light helicopter (ALH) Dhruv has successfully cleared all test trials for regular high-altitude operations, especially in the Siachen glacier area of Jammu and Kashmir. The Dhruv..Read More
After decades spent squared off against Pakistani troops on the Siachen glacier -- the world's highest battleground -- the Indian Army is waging war on a different enemy -- tonnes of rubbish scat..Read More
Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged small arms fire on Thursday after an attempt by anti-India militants to cross their heavily guarded border in the disputed territory of Kashmir, an Indian army sp..Read More
Ruling out a timeframe to work out an agreement to pull back troops from the worlds highest battlefield on Siachen, India on Saturday said there was still some way to go to reach an understanding with..Read More
Four hardcore foreign militants - commanders of three different outfits - were killed in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Thursday, the Army said here.Its spokesman Lt. Col..Read More
Four Pakistani terrorists belonging to Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami were killed in a gun-battle with security forces in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir today, a defence spokesman said.On a tip-off, ..Read More
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will replace Border Security Force (BSF) in the hinterland of Kashmir Valley for counter-insurgency operations by March.Ten new units of the CRPF would be deployed ..Read More
Two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said here today.Lashkar-e-Toiba is a Pakistan based terrorist..Read More
Security forces busted two terrorist hideouts and arrested a Pakistani terrorist in Doda, Poonch and Jammu districts during last 24 hours, officials said today.During search operations, security force..Read More
Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Sunday that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's latest proposals on solving the Kashmir issue had nothing new in them and Islamabad should stop abetting terror..Read More
Army today shot dead an armed infiltrator near the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.Troops guarding the LoC observed some movement near a forward post in Kanga Nallah are..Read More
A grenade explosion Wednesday at a bus stand in the capital of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir wounded six people, including two soldiers, police said.One of the injured civilians was in crit..Read More
The estimated infiltration into Jammu & Kashmir into October, 2006 is 515 as compared to 540 during the same period in 2005. In 2006, in J&K, there have been 9 incidents of grenade lobbying/firing on ..Read More
A militant hideout in Baramulla district has been busted and security forces unearthed a huge cache of explosives, including 32 Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) grenades and three 60-mm mortor bom..Read More
With reports of Tuesday's talks between India and Pakistan possibly leading to the demilitarisation of the Siachen Glacier, former Defence Minister George Fernandes has objected to it vehemently...Read More
A jehadi terrorist said on Saturday he was paid $20 to throw a grenade during Friday prayers in Kashmir that killed five people including four children. Police said Ghulam Nabi Mir belonged to Hizbul ..Read More
Amidst talk of resolving the stand-off between India and Pakistan on the world's highest battlefield, army officials guarding Siachen appear to be averse to demilitarizing the glacier which they ..Read More
As Indo-Pak political leaders inch towards efforts to demilitarise the world's highest battlefield, Indian soldiers on the battlefront prepare themselves for another harsh winter. The 72 km-long ..Read More
A huge cache of arms and ammunition, including two kilograms of RDX, was recovered from a militant hideout in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesman said today.Acting on a tip off, ..Read More
Army troops today defused two landmines found in a field in the Bobiya area of Samba sector, officials said.A civilian, Sanjeev Kumar, detected an anti-tank mine and an anti-personnel mine in the fiel..Read More
Twenty-one terrorists from several Islamist outfits surrendered before the Indian army in strife-torn Kashmir on Wednesday. The militants came from Pakistani outfits such as the Hizb-e-Islami, the Jai..Read More
Three policemen were killed and eight wounded when Islamist militants attacked a security camp in the heart of Srinagar, police and witnesses said. Four civilians were also hurt in the attack which be..Read More
Seven Pakistani nationals were killed by soldiers in two separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan as they attempted to illegally cross from Pakistan, security officials said on Sunday. Fo..Read More
Visiting Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that while the peace process between India and Pakistan is progressing well it is worrying that infiltration into his border state h..Read More
A U.S.-based human rights group on Thursday accused Pakistani security forces of using torture and other rights abuses in Pakistan's part of Kashmir. "Most incidents of politically motivated tort..Read More
Security forces have gunned down three terrorists from the Pakistan based Lashker-e-Toiba terror organizaton in separate encounters in Jammu division, police sources said.Police and Army troops shot d..Read More
In a major breakthrough, security forces in Jammu's Medhar region have recovered two video CDs containing a film of a training camp being operated by the Al-Qaeda at an undisclosed location, an A..Read More
Infiltration of terrorists from Pakistan into the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Kashmir had marginally increased this year due to relaxation of restrictions imposed by Pakistan, a top..Read More
Pakistan Army has reportedly increased activities such as construction of concrete bunkers and reinforcement of manpower along the Line of Control; just as the Manmohan-Musharraf meet at the NAM summi..Read More
Pakistan based terrorist groups active in Kashmir are enticing youth with drugs getting them addicted and blackmail them into terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.Army troops deployed in Baramull..Read More
Huge quantities of Chinese arms and explosives, including 5.6 kgs of RDX and four kgs of TNT explosives, have been recovered from two terrorist hideouts in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Kashmir, off..Read More
Maintaining that Pakistan has not dismantled the terror infrastructure existing on its soil, India today said the neighbouring country's intelligence agency ISI continues to provide "directions" ..Read More
Security forces have raided a terrorist hideout in Poonch district and recovered arms and explosives, including hand grenades and improvised clamore mines, defence spokesman said today.The security fo..Read More
Security forces today unearthed a terrorist hideout and recovered ammunition and explosives, including 10 kg of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) fitted with a remote control, in a village of Bhaderwa..Read More
A constable in Srinagar has been critically injured in a hit-and-run shooting by terrorists on Thursday afternoon.Terrorists fired at constable Fayaz Ahmed at point-blank range in Kanikadal in downtow..Read More
Five heavily armed Pakistani terrorists were killed by Army troops while they were trying to sneak into Indian territories from Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir in Machil sector in Jammu and Kashmir in the w..Read More
Pakistani troops fired at an Indian post in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir late Monday afternoon, critically wounding one soldier.Sepoy Manoj Kumar of the Gorkha Regiment was injured when the ..Read More
Four terrorists along with arms and ammunition surrendered at Uri in north Kashmir immediately after they returned back from a training camp in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).Official sources said al..Read More
