MORNING NEWS * Terror seems to have returned to the Indo-Pak border areas in Jammu and Kashmir, where heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan Rangers since the past twelve hours, has triggered migration from the affected border villages. (JLN) * Pakistani troops targeted villages and 13 border outposts in heavy shelling since last night along the border in Kathua and Samba districts in Jammu and Kashmir, leaving six civilians injured. (JLN) * After conducting three days of continuous ceasefire violation in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan appeared to threaten India with retaliation today, saying it will communicate communicate in the language they (India) understand. (JLN) * Two Army personnel were charred to death and two others security personnel received serious burn injuries in a wild fire on Line of Control (LoC) at Tanghdar sector of north Kashmir. (JLN) * After nearly two weeks of consultations with its leaders, the Peoples Democratic Party is likely to begin structured talks with the BJP on government formation next week. (JLN) * There was some respite from biting cold wave conditions in vast swathes of north India today as mild rains and heavily overcast skies pushed up minimum temperatures by several notches, even as parts of Himachal Pradesh shivered following a fresh spell of snowfall. (JLN) * Calling for an end to “lazy banking”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he is against any political interference in functioning of banks but supports necessary “intervention” in the public interest. (JLN) * A new political outfit was launched today to address the issues of the youth in the Valley. ‘Jammu and Kashmir Itihad-ul-Muslimeen’ was announced by a group of youth promising to focus on the issues of the younger lot. (JLN) * As stalemate continued in Jammu and Kashmir over Government formation, BJP chief Amit Shah today said his party is looking at “all possibilities” and hoped that a decision will come “anytime”. (JLN) * BJP President Amit Shah today said that under the NDA regime Indian security forces have been retaliating strongly whenever Pakistan resorts to ceasefire violations along the Indo-Pak border and will continue to take similar action in future. (JLN)
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 02:48:13 +0000