Jammu and Kashmir administration is actively assessing the damage and expediting relief efforts in border areas affected by recent shelling from across the Line of Control (Loc), the union territory's Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo said.
Following the chaos and all the skirmishes that had kept the areas along the northern and western International Borders (IB) up during the night for the past few days, the region has largely remained peaceful during the intervening night of May 11 and May 12, the Army stated.
Security is to be upgraded at technical and scientific installations located in the border areas of J&K, Punjab, and northwestern locations of Rajasthan and Gujarat. In addition, the vital IMD installations in Srinagar and Leh are to receive bolstered security.
The focus of the meeting was on reviewing the security preparedness of research and scientific facilities, especially at the border and sensitive zones of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Ladakh, and the Northwestern region of India.
Security is to be upgraded at technical and scientific installations located in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Chandigarh, and the Northwest locations of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Speaking to ANI, Bhupinder Singh, who is bringing his relatives' belongings to safer locations from border areas, stated that the situation near the border is tense and that around 12-14 villages are evacuating.
Amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, the holy saroops of Sri Guru Granth Sahib were shifted to Gurdwara Ramsar Sahib in Amritsar from the Singh Sabha Gurdwara in Havelian village of Tarn Taran on Friday.
Amid the rising tension between India and Pakistan, Uttarakhand's Pushkar Singh Dhami held a high-level meeting at the Secretariat on Friday. He directed the concerned officials to be fully prepared for every situation, exercise special vigilance in the border areas, and keep the administrat