Line of Control

Three civilians, including two women, were injured Friday when Pakistani troops targeted forward posts and civilians areas with mortars and small arms firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district

Seven Pakistani posts across the LoC were destroyed as the Indian Army retaliated to cross border shelling by Pakistani troops who targeted border areas in Rajouri and Poonch districts, officials said Tuesday.

Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief B S Dhanoa on Monday said that Rafale jets will the best combat aircraft in the Indian sub-continent and once these are inducted, Pakistan won’t dare to come near the Line of Control (LoC) or the international border.

Two Pakistani fighters were detected on Tuesday night going at supersonic speed, 10 km short of the Line of Control in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir territory in Poonch sector.

Pakistani troops Sunday resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violations targeting forward posts and villages at four places along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said.

Amid border tensions with Pakistan, Army chief General Bipin Rawat has asked his troops to be prepared for “all eventualities” in close coordination with the Air Force.

With Pakistani troops continuing to indulge in unprovoked firing in civilian areas, the Indian Army has warned that “any further provocation or misadventure” from the Pakistani side.

Indian and Pakistan armies clashed on the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nowshera sector.

The IAF’s massive pre-planned day-night exercise in Rajasthan’s Pokhran desert close to the Pakistan border on February 16 underwent certain changes in its format following the Pulwama attack after the government considered an air strike option across the LoC

An MiG-21 shooting down an F-16 in a dogfight over Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday is being hailed as some sort of a military aviation feat, but experts said IAF aircraft.