BJP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister, Kavinder Gupta, on Monday claimned a conspiracy against India in the wake of a firing incident and an IED blast in Rajouri district which left at least five civilians dead and 11 injured.
J-K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday met the family members of the four civilians who were killed in two separate terrorist attacks and said that the perpetrators of this attack will be punished soon.
Speaking at a joint press briefing with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, Jaishankar said he spoke with Austrian leaders about threats to international peace posed by terrorism.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday condemned the terrorist attack that killed four civilians in Dhangri village of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district and expressed her condolences.
The first pledge underlines Washington's desire to help Islamabad curb terrorist attacks from Afghanistan that have become a major threat for Pakistan.
In the latest terror attack, a child was killed and five others injured after a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast that took place in Rajouri's Upper Dangri village on Monday morning, the police said.
An incident of firing was reported in Dangri area of Rajouri on Sunday in which four people were killed and six injured, police reported. The firing was done by two terrorists at three houses separated at a distance of around 50 metres from each other at upper Dangri village.
Terror group Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack on a police checkpoint in Egypt's Suez Canal city of Ismailia that killed at least four people, including three police.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces remained under the grip of criminal activities as Pakistan suffered close to 376 terror attacks the previous year, Dailytimes reported citing a report by the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) on Sunday.