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  • Youth joining terrorism in Kashmir comes down, LoC reports no ceasefire violation since February end

    Express News Service
    NEW DELHI: The Valley of Kashmir (UT of J&K) seems to be witnessing a phase of relative peace as per the data shared by the armed forces. While the number of youth joining various terror organisations has decreased substantially, the ceasefire violations have witnessed a sharp decline.

    As per sources till June 1 only 58 youth picked up guns which were 81 in the corresponding period of the year 2020. A total of 166 locals from Kashmir had joined terrorism in 2020 with 119 joining in 2019.

    In various operations up to 8 July this year, the Army sources said to have neutralised 68 Terrorists. The figures in the corresponding period last year were 127.

    “For the forces, the good part is that the number of youth picking guns is lesser than the number of terrorists killed in the same period,” told the source.

    The decrease of terrorist-related activities on various parameters is also attributed to this year’s February 25 reiteration of the Ceasefire Violation agreement which has not been violated by the Pakistan Army, confirmed the source.

    As per the figures shared there have been only 592 Ceasefire Violations (CFV) this year and those all were prior to ceasefire agreement. The decline stands out as the violations in the year 2020 in the corresponding period (till July 1, 2020) was 2301. 

    If the same is compared with the previous years’ data, the decline is noteworthy. There were 4,635 CFVs in the year 2020 and it was 3233 in 2019.

    The forces are not putting their guards down as the terrorists have not stopped the activities. There were 57 Terrorist Initiated Incidents (TIIs) this year till 01 July which stood at 68 in the corresponding period in the year 2020. There were 173 TIIs in 2019 and it was 142 in 2020.

    The soldiers along the 740 km long Line of Control continue with the same drills which they used to follow before the February CFV reiteration.

  • Ceasefire agreement between India, Pakistan shows result; no incident of cross-firing along LoC in March

    Express News Service
    NEW DELHI: The ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan is showing results as per latest statistics which show that March did not witness even a single incident of cross-firing along the International Border as well as the Line of Control, this newspaper has learned.

    This year, a total of 66 cross-border firing incidents have taken place but all such incidents took place in the first two months-44 in January and 22 in February, according to sources in security establishment.

    A BSF personnel was also injured in January during one such incident.

    Official data reveals that ceasefire violations have been increasing drastically from 2018 to 2020. In 2018, 2,140 ceasefire violations took place, which further increased in 2019 (3,479) but saw a massive jump in 2020 where such violations were 5,133 in which 46 security force personnel were killed.

    On February 25, India and Pakistan released a joint statement announcing a ceasefire along LoC from February 25, following talks between their Directors General of Military Operations. While there have been zero incidents of cross-border firing in March, there has been no let-up in smuggling of drugs along the entire 3323-km IB as well as along 740-km LoC, despite strict vigil being maintained by security agencies.

    Last week, the union ministry of home affairs had informed parliament that terror attacks, incidents of violence and infiltration attempts in Jammu and Kashmir have come down in the last two years, but ceasefire violations have been on the rise.

    During the past three years, there has been a significant decline in terror incidents and attempts of infiltration from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir.

    Reddy said the terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have come down from 614 in 2018 to 244 in 2020. He further said killings of civilians have come down from 39 in 2018 to 37 in 2020 and deaths of security personnel from 91 in 2018 to 62 in 2020.

  • Don’t test Indian Army’s patience: Gen MM Naravane sends clear message to China, Pakistan

    Express News Service
    NEW DELHI: In a strongly worded message to China and Pakistan, Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said that no one should try to test the military’s patience with regard to defending the country’s borders.

    “We are committed to finding the resolution of our disputes through discussions and political efforts but no one should commit the mistake of testing our patience,” he said in an address at the Army Day parade in Delhi’s Cariappa Parade ground.

    While there is palpable tension with China along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh, with armies of the two countries deployed in standoff position, Pakistan is resorting to unprovoked ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and is resorting to a proxy war in Kashmir.

    Naravane assured the countrymen that the sacrifice of soldiers in Galwan Valley will not go in vain. 

    In May last year, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army unilaterally tried to change the status quo at multiple locations along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh.

    On June 15, 2020, violent clashes took place which led to casualties on both sides.

    While 20 Indian soldiers were martyred, China did not make its count public despite admitting to casualties. 

    Naravane also said that the army had eliminated over 200 terrorists in Kashmir in the last year alone. 

    “Around 300-400 terrorists are waiting in training camps near the border to infiltrate into the Indian territory. Number of ceasefire violations went up by 44 per cent last year, which shows the nefarious intentions of Pakistan,” he said.

    Talking about the insurgency in the Northeast, the Army Chief said there has been some improvement on that front.

    “Over 600 terrorists have surrendered and seized a large of cache of arms and ammunition. With the help of the Myanmar Army, we conducted operations and got huge success,” Naravane said.

    Naravane also talked about the challenges surrounding the modernisation process and said there have been Capital procurements and steps have also been taken to develop future military technologies.

    “We have procured arms and ammunition worth Rs 5,000 crore under emergency and fast track schemes and under capital procurement, we have signed contracts of Rs 13,000 crore this year,” he added.

    Works on new-age technologies like Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, quantum computing, unmanned systems, directed energy weapons, and swarm drones are continuing in collaboration with the institutions like Indian Institute of Technology (IITs)

    Indian Army has identified 29 projects worth Rs 32,000 crore for its modernisation initiative as part of the ‘Make in India’ initiative.

  • Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in J&K’s Poonch 

    By PTI
    JAMMU: The Pakistan Army Sunday violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing and intense mortar shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said.

    The firing and shelling from across the border in Mendhar sector started at 4.15 pm, prompting a befitting retaliation by the Indian army, the spokesman said.

    He said the exchange of fire was on when the last reports came in.

    There was no report of any damage on the Indian side, the spokesman said.

  • Pakistan Summons India’s Envoy In Bid To Frame Army As UNMO Vehicle Targeted Along LoC

    Even after military sources in New Delhi have rejected the allegations, Pakistan on Saturday summoned India’s Charg d’Affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia to register a protest after a United Nations Military Observers (UNMO) vehicle was targeted in the country’s Chirikot sector along the Line of Control (LoC).

    The Indian diplomat was summoned to the Foreign Office (FO) in Islamabad a day after the Pakistan Army accused the Indian Army of “deliberately” targeting the UNMO, an allegation dismissed by India as completely false, baseless and factually incorrect. The FO said that the UN Observers were on their way to Polas village to meet with the victims of ceasefire violations when their vehicle was targeted. “While the vehicle was damaged, the two UNMOs remained unharmed,” it said.

    According to news agency PTI, military sources in New Delhi have rejected the allegation, saying reports of targeting the UN vehicle are not true.

    The allegations came after Pakistan claimed that India was planning a surgical strike against the country. In a statement at a press conference in Dubai, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said that he had credible information that India was planning a surgical strike against Pakistan. According to Dawn, Pakistan Army had been put on high alert amidst a possible threat of another attempt by India to conduct a surgical strike inside Pakistani territory.

  • Two Pakistan Army soldiers killed along LoC opposite Naushera sector by Indian Army: Sources

    Two Pakistan Army soldiers killed along LoC opposite Naushera sector by Indian Army while retaliating to ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army there yesterday, said Sources on Wednesday.

    On Sunday, security forces gunned down two Pakistani terrorists in Durgan Poshana area of Jammu and Kashmir’s district. The foreign terrorists have been identified as Sajid and Bilal, both members of proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). One terrorist has also been caught alive from the encounter site

  • Tension on LAC decreases, China agrees to retreat in East Ladakh

    The long-standing dispute between India and China is now coming to light. It has started with China’s decision before Diwali. Actually, the Chinese army has agreed to retreat in Pangong. It is known that there has been tension between China and India since the violent clash in June and the Chinese army moved 8 km west of the LoC last 6 months ago, but now the Chinese army is ready to move into PLA Finger 8 is.

    According to official sources, China has agreed to go back with tanks and ammunition. Although sources say that no agreement has been reached in this matter, but India is looking at it as an offer. While talks are still on to withdraw from some other areas.

    The seventh round of talks was held on 12 October. So far, there has been no success on the issue of repelling troops from the conflict sites. Sources say that China is ready to retreat when a meeting was held on 6 November between Lt Gen PGK Menon of India and Major General Liu Lin of China. Till now India and China had talks in 7 rounds, but this time the talks were face to face.

    After the violent clash between India and China, it was decided on 22 June that the two armies would retreat as agreed on 6 June. After this, its full details were also decided in the meetings related to it at the lower level, but its boss has not even started returning from the Chinese side. Let me tell you, this condition on LAC was made from 22 June.

  • Editorial :- पूूरे पागल दुश्मन पाक से तो निपट लेेंगे पर आधे पागल जयचंदों से कैसे निपटे?

    पीएम मोदी ने कल मध्यप्रदेश के धार में कहा था कि पाकिस्तान अभी भी नहीं सुधरा तो उन्हें बता दिया गया है कि हम क्या करेंगे?  

    इस चेतावनी के बाद पाकिस्तान डर के मारे दिखाने के लिये ही सही पर मसूद अजहर के भाई समेत ४४ आतंकियों को हिरासत में लिया है। तथा पाकिस्तान स्थित सभी प्रतिबंधित संगठनों की संपत्ति भी जप्त करने का आदेश दिया है। घबराए पाकिस्तान ने एलओसी पर हलचल बढ़ाई है, अतिरिक्त सैन्य टैंको की तैनाती भी की है।  

    सर्जिकल स्ट्राईक और एयर स्ट्राईक करके हमने बता दिया है और हमारी इस आतंकविरोधी मुहिम में पूरे विश्व के देशों का साथ मिल रहा है। इस्लामिक या मुस्लिम बाहुल्य देशों से भी हमें समर्थन मिल रहा है। पाकिस्तान से तो हम निपट लेंगे अर्थात पूरे पागल को तो जैसे जेल में डाल दिया जाता है वैसे ही हम आतंकिस्तान को अपनी  गिरफ्त में ले लेंगे।

    समस्या तो यह है कि आधे पागलों का क्या किया जा सकता है? इसी प्रकार से ओसामा जी, हाफिज साहब, अफजल गुरू जी कहने वालों और  सर्जिकल स्ट्राईक जैसे ही एयर स्ट्राईक पर सबूत मांगने वाले जयचंदों का क्या किया जाये?  आधे पागलों को जेल में तो डाला नहीं जा सकता। हां आगरा के पागल खाने में या सुधार ग्रह में भेजा जा सकता है।

    ओसामा को ‘जीÓ और हाफिज को ‘साहबÓ क्यों कहते हैं दिग्विजय?

    अब सवाल उठता है कि क्या दिग्विजय सिंह को ‘दुर्घटनाÓ और ‘आतंकी घटनाÓ का शाब्दिक अर्थ नहीं मालूम या फिर उनसे कोई चूक हुई है। या उनके ट्वीटर अकाउंट को हैंडल करने वाली टीम से यह गलती हुई है। हालांकि, इस बीच दिग्विजय पुलवामा आतंकी हमले को ‘दुर्घटनाÓ बताने वाले अपने बयान पर कायम हैं और उनका कहना है कि किसी की हिम्मत है तो उन पर केस करे। कांग्रेस इस मामले को जबरन तूल देने का आरोप लगा रही है। जबकि भाजपा के कई बड़े नेताओं से लेकर खुद प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी इसे लेकर दिग्विजय पर हमलावर हो चुके हैं। ऐसा कतई नहीं है कि इस मामले में सिर्फ दिग्विजय सिंह की ही जुबान फिसली है, भारतीय जनता पार्टी के नेता और यूपी के उपमुख्यमंत्री केशव प्रसाद मौर्य भी पुलवामा हमले को बड़ी ‘दुर्घटनाÓ बता चुके हैं।

    जनरल विके सिंह ने स्पष्ट कर दिया है किसे दुर्घटना कहते हैं और किसे आतंकवादी घटना।

    यदि पुलवामा में जेईएम के आत्मघाती दस्ते द्वारा हमारी सेना के ४० जवानों की शहादत हुई  यदि यह दिग्विजय सिंह जैसा कह रहे हैं वैसे दुर्घटना थी तो राजीव गांधी की हत्या भी क्या दुर्घटना थी आतंकवादी घटना नहीं।

    >> एयर स्ट्राईक के तुरंत बाद टीवी चैनल्स में यह बताया जा रहा था कि अजहर मसूद का भाई और अन्य कौन-कौन मरे, कितने मरे आदि।

    इसके अलावा यह भी टीवी चैनल में बताया जा रहा था कि पाकिस्तान वहॉ से सभी सबूतों को खून को मिटाने का प्रयास कर रहा है। लाशें भी गायब कर रहा है जिससे कि फॉरेन के मीडिया को बुलाकर दिखाया जा सके कि यहॉ बालाकोट में कोई भी आतंकी गतिविधियां नहीं होती हैं।

    एयर स्ट्राईक  के तुरंत बाद पाकिस्तान की संसद तक में इमरान खान के प्रति शेम शेम के नारे सांसद लगा रहे थे। वे कह रहे थे कि मोदी से बढ़़कर कोई भी हिन्दुस्तान का प्रधानमंत्री पाकिस्तान का दुश्मन नहीं रहा है।

    भारत में कांग्रेस तथा अन्य वंशवादी पार्टी के नेताओं को क्या हो गया है पता नहीं कोई सबूत मांग रहा है तो कोई लाशों की संख्या पूछता है। उनके  प्रोपोगेंडा करने वाले टीवी चैनल्स के द्वारा कहलवाया जा रहा है कि अमित शाह ने २५० की संख्या कैसे बताई?  उसके बाद से ही विपक्ष लाशों की संख्या पूछ रहा है।

    >> अरे भई! अमित शाह २५० बता रहे हैं तो वंशवादी विपक्षी पार्टियां कोई नहीं मरा, एक मरा दो मरा यह कह सकते हैं यह कहने के लिये उन्हें कौन रोकता है। जनता अपने आप समझ जायेगी कि कौन हिन्दुस्तान में ही छोटे -छोटे पाकिस्तान  पाल रहा है। यहॉ यह उल्लेखनीय है कि पश्चिमी बंगाल के टीएमसी के एक सांसद ने पाकिस्तान के प्रतिनिधिमंडल को बुलाकर एक स्थान विशेष ल ेजाकर कहा था कि देखो यह हमारे यहॉ का मिनी पाकिस्तान है

    सर्जिकल स्ट्राईक के बाद अमित शाह और भाजपा के नेता मिठाई खाये वितरित किये इस पर भी उन्हें आपत्ति हुई। आपत्ति करने वालों को कौन रोक रहा था मिठाई खाने और जश्र मनाने के लिये वो क्यों मुंह लटकाये रहते हैं।

    श्रीनगर लोकसभा सीट के चुनाव के दौरान स्थानीय लोगों द्वारा चुनाव कार्य में तैनात अद्धसैनिक बलों के साथ दुव्र्यवहार और उन पर पथराव के बाद एक वीडियो सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल हुआ था .जिसमें मेजर गोगोई को चुनाव में तैनात सुरक्षा बलों की रक्षा के लिए एक स्थानीय नौजवान को जीप पर बांधकर ले जाते हुए दिखाया गया था. इस कारण से पत्थरबाज जीप में बंधे अपने साथी पर पत्थर नहीं फेंस सके थे।

    अतएव इसी प्रकार से यदि अगली बार एयरस्ट्राईक होने के समय सुखोई या मिराज-२१ में उन लोगों को बैठाकर पाकिस्तान ले जाया जाये जिससे कि वे वहॉ मरने वाले आतंकियों के शवों की गिनती कर सकें।

  • India, Pakistan trade fire on LoC

    The Indian and Pakistani armies traded fire on the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, a defence spokesman said.

    “The Pakistan Army violated ceasefire at around 9 a.m., by resorting to unprovoked firing on the LoC in Sunderbani area,” Defence Ministry spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand said here.

    “Indian positions retaliated effectively and there were no reports of casualty or damage from our side.”

  • Rahul Gandhi insulting slain Army soldiers: Shah

    BJP chief Amit Shah Saturday alleged that Congress president Rahul Gandhi was insulting slain Army soldiers by claiming that the 2016 surgical strike across the LoC was conducted to win the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

    He said that today Army jawans have developed a sense of pride that their government is standing behind them rock solid.

    “Prime Minister Narendra Modi took revenge for Army martyrs. Rahul Gandhi is saying that surgical strike was conducted to win Uttar Pradesh election. You insult the martyrs of the country. You could not even show some courage,” Shah said at a public meeting in Phalodi town of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

    Addressing a gathering at Udaipur in poll-bound Rajasthan earlier Saturday, Rahul Gandhi alleged that the surgical strike was made public as the BJP was fighting elections in Uttar Pradesh.

    He also told the gathering, “Like during the Narendra Modi government, surgical strike was conducted thrice during Manmohan Singh government. Are you aware of it? Modi actually reached into the Army’s domain and shaped surgical strike into a political asset.”

    Hitting out at the Congress, Shah said, “On one hand there is a troop of patriots under leadership of Narendra Modi and on the other hand there is a troop which doesn’t have a leader, policy and principles.”

    He also took a dig at Gandhi’s party for not declaring its chief ministerial candidate, and wondered how can an “army” win which has not been able to finalise its leader.