Out of the five personnel of the Rashtriya Rifles Unit who were killed in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, four belonged to Punjab, said Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed by Army Chief General Manoj Pande on the death of five soldiers in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, defence sources said on Thursday.
The army personnel detained by Punjab Police in connection with firing at Bathinda Military Station has confessed his involvement in killing four of his colleagues, said Indian Army on Monday.
The Army said that the incident took place in Bathinda Military Station on Wednesday evening. The Army added that it has "no connection" with the incident that took place at the Bathinda Military Station yesterday in which four jawans succumbed to injuries.
"It is a very sad incident. There should be a high-level inquiry into the incident," Senior SAD leader Prem Singh Chandumajra said in a press conference in Chandigarh.
Punjab Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against two unknown persons in the Bathinda Military Station firing where at least four jawans were killed.
A Pakistani infiltrator was apprehended by Border Security Force personnel on Tuesday at the International Border in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, according to an official statement.
Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya met Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawans at Malari Base Camp in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on Friday.
The Border Security Force (BSF) team apprehended one Bangladeshi smuggler and seized 40 biscuits worth Rs 2.78 crores, which were hidden below the fish boxes in the truck
According to information, the injured soldiers are from CRPF 137TH Batallion. They were patrolling in a Quick Response Team (QRT) vehicle when a truck hit the vehicle from behind.