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Traffic movement on the Jammu-Pathankot national highway was suspended on Wednesday afternoon after a suspicious bag was found lying outside an Army camp in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Army and the police cordoned off the area and a bomb disposal squad was called in to check the bag that was found outside the Army camp in Maheshwar, they said. Subsequently, Army troops and the police halted traffic movement on the highway as a precautionary measure. The bomb disposal squad has reached the spot and is inspecting the bag, the officials said.
The Border Security Force opened fire after noticing suspicious movement along the international border in Punjab's Pathankot district, said an official on Saturday. The movement of two suspects from Pakistan was spotted on Friday evening, he said, adding that the suspects were captured at the thermal camera of the BSF. The BSF troops at Paharipur post in Pathankot fired seven rounds, and hence the two suspects fled back towards the Pakistan side, the official said. A thorough search operation was also conducted on Saturday but nothing was found, he added.
As much as Rs 80,000 cr investment is envisaged in setting up city gas infrastructure in 61 geographical areas, including Jammu, Nagpur, Pathankot and Madurai.
A grenade blast occurred outside a gate of the Army cantonment here, prompting authorities to sound an alert, police said on Monday.
The incident took place at Thariyal village in Punjab's Pathankot district on the night intervening August 19 and 20, police said
Parliamentary panel said scenario is as 'vulnerable' as was 'exposed' during Uri, Pathankot attacks
Punjab Police and other security agencies were carrying out searches in the area, police officers said
Manohar Parrikar had said that six terrorists were involved in the attack
A terror alert has been sounded in border districts of Gurdaspur and Pathankot after a call from Pakistan was intercepted by security agencies
He said government has been informed about it and security of the strategically important facility beefed up
Rijiju's comment comes after NIA chief reportedly said that so far there is no hand of Pak govt in helping JeM carry out Pathankot attack
NIA, after consultations with govt, decided to bury the bodies at an undisclosed location in the garrison city
While the specially trained canine has been recommended for a 'Sena medal', Niranjan has been recommended for a 'Shaurya Chakra' along with two other commandos
Geo News quotes sources as saying Pak investigators were allowed to enter military airbase only from narrow adjacent routes
Director General of NIA presented JIT with 'concrete evidence' against office bearers of JeM who conspired in attack along with terrorists
Anti-terrorism expert says Islamabad is yet to do even a tenth of what Bangladesh has done against terrorists targeting India from its soil
Dalbir Singh, a constable, said it has been 80 days of not lowering guard even for a minute
Security Expert Uday Bhaskar said whether it was Mumbai in November 2008 or Pathankot in 2016, views hold Pakistani establishment is supporting these groups
Govt made it clear Pak team will have 'restricted' access to air base with NIA taking them to a select areas
Sources said India will seek "knowledge" about action taken by Pakistan against perpetrators of attack on IAF base