Jammu, Jan 3 (IANS) A woman was killed and eight other people were injured Saturday in Pakistani shelling along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba and Kathua districts, police said.
The woman identified as 45-year-old Toshi Devi, wife of Somnath and a resident of Mangu Chak village in Samba district, was injured in the shelling and succumbed to her injuries at a hospital.
The eight injured were being treated in the same hospital in Jammu, a police officer told IANS.
The shelling forced scores of villagers to migrate.
Reports from the border villages of Manyari, Paansar, Bobia, Londi, Sadechak, Chailari, Chachwal, Mangu Chak, Regaal, Mawa, Sadho and Chak Fakira said dozens of families started migrating to safer places because of the shelling.
Police also said Pakistan Rangers had fired at Border Security Force outposts around 9.30 p.m. Friday.
The BSF retaliated to the Pakistani firing.
The firing exchange that stopped at 3.30 a.m. Saturday resumed in Hiranagar, Ramgarh and Samba sectors of the international border, police said.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party activists carried out a protest march in Jammu against the Pakistani shelling.
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sharman and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla held a bi
Hyderabad: Oxygen tanker driver lost its way, 7 patients lost their lives due to delay
After coming under the grip of corona infection, there is a lack of oxygen in many people, due to
Tiger 3 Advance Booking Collection: The pair of Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif is returning to the
The agitation of the farmers against the agricultural laws of the Center has gone beyond the door
Vivo V20 may knock in India next month, will challenge this phone
Smartphone company Vivo has recently launched Vivo V20, V20 Pro, and Vivo V20 SE smartphones in t
Concern: Blood clotting after taking the vaccine, one patient died, six continue to be treated
Cases of blood clotting after taking the vaccine have now also been reported in India. Till now s
Weather Update: Rain alert from Delhi to UP-Bihar, snowfall in Uttarakhand affected Char Dham Yatra
As soon as the month of May begins, the weather has become pleasant due to rain in many states of
Wheat Price: There is a plan to control the rising prices of wheat. For this, the government can
PIB Launches Webpage on Vivekananda
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Press Information Bureau (PIB) Monday launched a webpage to mark t
A two-day (15-16 November) nationwide coastal defense exercise Sea Vigil and TROPEX (Theater Leve
