In an audacious and provocative attack, Pakistani troops entered Indian territory along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir late Monday night and ambushed a patrol killing five Indian soldiers.

A moderate intensity earthquake, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar and Doda districts and parts of the Valley Saturday, a day after a similar quake hit the region.

Pakistani troops violated ceasefire by targeting Indian posts along the Line of Control in Poonch district with RPGs and heavy machine guns this morning leading to heavy firing exchanges.

Eleven persons, including 10 devotees, have died due to medical reasons during the ongoing pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.

A small batch of 706 pilgrims Tuesday left Jammu base camp for Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas.

Protests rocked several areas of Jammu division Friday to protest the firing incident in Ramban where curfew remained in force even as authorities stopped a fresh batch of Amarnath pilgrims from leaving for the shrine.

Pakistani troops on Friday fired on Indian forward posts along the International Border (IB) in this district of Jammu and Kashmir, a Border Security Force (BSF) officer said.

A fresh batch of 1,558 pilgrims today left the Jammu base camp for Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas.

An Army jawan was injured this morning in a mine blast along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, an Army official said.

Violating the truce, Pakistani troops on Monday fired at Indian soldiers while they were trying to evacuate two porters who were wounded in a blast, triggered by suspected militants, along the LoC in