REPORT SAYS CHINA CONTINUES TO AID PAKISTAN’S MISSILE PROGRAMMES THROUGH SALES OF SENSITIVE DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGY

NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s continued use of front companies and other deceptive methods to obtain dual-use goods for its nuclear programme means it cannot “expect to be welcomed” into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a new report by experts at King’s College of London has said.

The report contends that the scale of Islamabad’s procurement of sensitive material from Beijing is “so substantial that it must be concluded that the Chinese state is either complicit in supplying Pakistan’s programmes, or negligent in its control over stateowned enterprises”.

“Pakistan’s strategic nuclear and missile industries”, prepared by Project Alpha of the Centre for Science and Security Studies at King’s College, concluded Pakistan has a “deliberate strategy of using deceptive methods to obtain dual-use goods” that has been demonstrated by its “systematic use of front companies to supply its strategic industries”.

Islamabad maintains a network of at least 20 trading companies in mainland China, Hong Kong, Dubai and Singapore that it uses to “covertly funnel dualuse goods to its strategic programmes”.

“While the full extent of their overseas operations are not clear, these trading companies probably purchase goods from manufacturers in China, Europe, the United States and elsewhere and then arrange their export to Pakistan,” the report said.

The deceptive methods of acquiring dual-use goods undermines “Pakistan’s claim that it is a responsible actor in the nonproliferation domain: Pakistan cannot expect to be welcomed into the NSG when it continues to secretly and systematically undermine NSG members’ national export control systems by targeting companies through the use of front companies and other deceptive techniques,” the report said.

With educational institutions remaining closed for about five months now, the ‘School Chalo’ programme is gaining popularity in the Valley. a file photo

Awantipora/New Delhi, Nov 6After ‘Operation Calm Down’ in south Kashmir, the Army is now focusing on another operation —‘School Chalo’, under which it identifies areas and provides students with free coaching and make them participate in extra-curricular activities.“We know we have to deal with the situation on the internal front and we are doing that with the desired results. During my interaction with locals, I felt they were worried about the studies of their children, but at the same time anxious about their security. That is when I asked my boys to work out a plan for providing education to students,” says Maj Gen Ashok Narula, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Victor Force.The Army had launched Operation Calm Down in August-September to clear various parts of the Valley of militants and protesters using minimum force.With educational institutions remaining closed for about five months now and over 30 schools being burnt down over the past weeks, Major General Narula’s directions under the ‘School Chalo’ programme is becoming increasingly popular in the Valley.Various formations under his command have started identifying teachers in localities, urging them to hold classes in schools or community houses to impart education to children, who have been deprived of it ever since the unrest broke out on July 9 this year, a day after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter.“Besides being an Army officer, I am the father of two children. So here I approached the issue as a father and not as an Army officer and ensured that these children should hold books in their hands, rather than a stone,” the GOC said.Using a local slogan, ‘chyem ne zaroorat daulat-o-rubab, faqat gochum school te kitab (I don’t need money and fame, I need books and school)’, Army officers and men now perform a different kind of task — to convince the parents to send their children to makeshift dwellings to study.The Army officer cited the performance of 292 students of Army Goodwill School, Pahalgam, who were being taught by well-qualified teachers.“Unhindered by the turmoil which has engulfed the state, these students have not only finished and revised their syllabus but have also participated wholeheartedly in various functions like Eid and Independence Day. These (activities) were also the reasons given to parents in other localities to convince them to send in their children,” said Major General Narula. — PTI

New Delhi, November 3 The suicide case of ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal which triggered a political row has been handed over to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police, considering “the sensitivity of the matter”.Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Taj Hassan confirmed the development and said the Crime Branch has initiated inquest proceedings in the case.The 70-year-old ex-serviceman from Haryana’s Bhiwani district consumed poison in the lawns behind Jawahar Bhavan, which houses some offices of the Ministry of External Affairs, on November 1. He was rushed to RML Hospital where he died later.Grewal’s suicide had yesterday snowballed into a huge political showdown in the capital with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi being detained twice by Delhi Police amid high drama and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also being detained by the policemen.”The case has been transferred from New Delhi district to Crime Branch keeping in mind the sensitivity of the matter.District police, especially the New Delhi district police, is usually busy with law and order duties. The New Delhi district is a sensitive area since it houses the residences of MPs and important landmarks,” said another senior police officer.Grewal, along with three of his companions, had come to the city apparently to submit a memorandum to the Defence Ministry over the issue of OROP. — PTI

Security at Army installations again under scrutiny as fidayeen penetrate highly protected zone

Army personnel at the 16 Corps headquarters in Nagrota that came under terror attack on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: Inderjeet Singh

Amir Karim Tantray

Tribune News Service

Nagrota, November 29

Jammu and Kashmir today woke up to another terror attack on an Army installation at Kour Jagir in the Nagrota area of Jammu district in which seven soldiers, including two officers, were killed. Three terrorists were eliminated in the attack.The attack has raised several questions which the Army and intelligence agencies will have to answer in the coming days. From where did the militants arrive and how were they able to storm into the Army camp are queries that need immediate attention. After the September 18 Uri attack, in which 20 soldiers were killed, the Defence Ministry had called for a security audit of all Army installations. Now, the loopholes which the militants exploited will have to be ascertained.Around 5:13 am, the three militants targeted an Army unit of 16 Corps on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway which passes through Nagrota town. They stormed inside after hurling grenades and killing the sentry on the gate. There was heavy exchange of fire in the morning. Towards the afternoon, its intensity had reduced but intermittent firing continued till the evening.In the initial assault, the militants possibly carried out the maximum damage. Soon after the attack, the whole area was cordoned off by the Army and the militants were confined to a particular area. Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force personnel also reached the spot, providing security cover to the camp.Choppers, bullet-proof vehicles and Special Forces personnel were also pressed into service even as all traffic movement in the area was stopped. This area is well fortified with high walls and two layers of barbed-wire fence. For an ordinary person, it is next to impossible to enter the unit premises.This is for the first time that the 16 Corps (White Knight Corps) headquarters has come under fidayeen attack. The area is situated on northern side of the Tawi in dense forest. The unit that was targeted is on the rear end of the headquarters, which is spread over hundreds of kanals. While coming from the Srinagar side, the unit is at the entrance and houses several residential quarters.‘Terrorists were in police uniform’ “The militants were in police uniform and took advantage of the darkness when they fired on a sentry,” said an eyewitness at the encounter site. Another eyewitness, Kartar Singh (55), whose house is situated near the Army unit, said: “When I heard gunshots, I thought it was a routine exercise as the firing range is near and we hear gunshots often. But when grenades were hurled by militants and the sound of alarm started coming from all sides, my family members and I huddled in one room.”Udhampur, Katra on high alertUdhampur: Udhampur district and Katra-Vaishno Devi in Resai district have been put on high alert after three terrorists were killed during an encounter with security forces in the neighbouring Samba district along the International Border on Tuesday. Udhampur Senior Superintendent of Police Shailendra Mishra said, “Udhampur is on high alert following the militant attack. The inputs came early and all our men and officers are on ground. We have been conducting regular checking of vehicles. All suspects are being questioned or being stopped and there are a few detentions as well.” Talking about the security of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the SSP said, “The highway is facing a perpetual threat. It had happened last year also when there had been multiple attacks on the highway, besides, there had been a couple of attacks in Udhampur. So, we can never be complacent about it. There is always going to be a possibility that militants might target this lifeline to the Valley.” —ANI

Post-surgical strikes, spike in fidayeen attacksSrinagar: Even after India carried out surgical strikes after the Uri attack on September 18, Pakistan-backed militants have carried out four fidayeen (suicide) attacks in the past nearly two months.While security forces have successfully foiled three of them in Kashmir, however, the militants managed to sneak into the Army installation in Nagrota.The Uri attack that left 19 soldiers dead was followed by surgical strikes along the Line of Control (LoC) on militant-launching pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). However, these strikes, it seems, failed to have an impact on the ground situation in strife-torn J&K. Since surgical strikes, 18 Indian soldiers and Border Security Force (BSF) men have been killed in either Pakistani firing or militant attacks along the LoC. The first fidayeen attack after surgical strikes was foiled on October 2 in north Kashmir’s Baramulla town. A BSF man was killed and another was injured when militants attempted to sneak into an Army battalion headquarters of a Rashtriya Rifles unit in Baramulla town. — TNS

Anger pours in

Attack is on military installationsThe Nagrota terror strike wasn’t targeted at civilians as the militants seek local support. Statistics have shown that the attack is on military installations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been briefed on it. —

Manohar Parrikar, Defence minister Resolve to fight terrorism strengthened

Such dastardly acts won’t lower our resolve to fight terrorism. I feel pained at the loss of Army men in the Nagrota attack. My heartfelt condolences to the families of these bravehearts. 

Mehbooba Mufti, Chief minister It’s a ‘message’ to India

The terror attack at Nagrota is a “message” sent by Pakistan’s newly appointed army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa to India. His policy will be same as followed by his predecessor… We (also) need to send across a message to him. India will hit back harder every time it is targeted. 

RK Singh, Former home secretary

Another strike needed

Ever since the Uri attack happened, Pakistan has turned the heat and unleashed a string of attacks on us while we are still beating the drum about the lone surgical strikes. Yes, we did carry out surgical strikes, but clearly that has not silenced Pakistan. PM Narendra Modi should order Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to launch an all-out attack against the hostile neighbour. Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena leader

Major militant attacks in 2016

November 25: Two policemen killed and another critically wounded in a militant attack near the Kulgam bus stand in south Kashmir

October 15: An SSB jawan killed and nine others wounded in a militant attack in Zakoora, near Srinagar

October 10: Two fidayeen attacked the EDI building at Sempore. Both militants killed

September 18: Militants storm an Army base in Uri killing 19 soldiers and wounding 23 others. Four fidayeen militants killed

August 15: A CRPF Commandant and a policeman killed and nine security men wounded after militants targeted old Srinagar on Independence Day. Two militants neutralised

June 25: Militants intercept a CRPF convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway killing eight security men and injuring 22 others. Two militants killedJ

June 3: Three BSF jawans killed and seven others injured after militants ambush a convoy at Bijbehara in south Kashmir

May 23: Three policemen killed in two attacks in Srinagar

February 20-22: Three elite para commandos, including two Captains, two CRPF men, three militants and a civilian killed in Sempore gunfight.

Forces fatalities 76

Totalultras killed 125

(Compiled by Majid Jahangir)

Nagrota martyrs

• Major Gosavi Kunal Mannadir (33) from Pandharpur village, Solapur district, Maharashtra. He is survived by his wife Uma K Gosavi.
• Major Akshay Girish Kumar (31) from Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka. He is survived by his wife Sangeeta Ravinderan.
• Havildar Sukhraj Singh (32) from Maan Nagar village, Gurdaspur district, Punjab. He is survived by his wife Harmeet Kaur.
• Lance Naik Kadam Sambhaji Yeshwantro (32) from Janapuri village, Nanded district, Maharashtra. He is survived by his wife Sheetal.
• Grenadier Raghvendra Singh (28) from Gadijatar village, Dholpur district, Rajasthan. He is survived by his wife Anjana Sikaewal.
• Rifleman Asim Rai (32) from Ratanchha village, Nepal. He is survived by his wife Madhu Kala Rai.
• Seventh soldier yet to be identified.

Chandigarh: Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) at the Army Headquarters, has been appointed as the General Officer Commanding of 1 Corps, the strike formation based at Mathura.

He will take over from Lt Gen Shoukin Chauhan, who moves as the Director General, Assam Rifles, a Central Armed Police Force under the administrative control of the home ministry that has officers deputed to it from the Army. As DGMO, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh had come into public limelight when he, along with a representative from the MEA, had announced the Army’s surgical strikes in PoK. The new DGMO, Lt Gen AK Bhat, is a recently promoted Gorkha officer. Lt Gen Ranbir and Chauhan are also from the Infantry. TNS

Lt General AK Bhatt appointed as new DGMO

NEW DELHI: The government has cleared the appointment of Lt-General A K Bhatt as the next director-general of military operations (DGMO), even though it is yet to announce the names of the next Army and IAF chiefs despite both General Dalbir Singh Suhag and Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha slated to retire on December 31.

Lt-Gen Bhatt, who was commissioned into the Gorkha Rifles, will take over the crucial DGMO appointment from Lt-General Ranbir Singh, who captured the popular imagination after he declared at a hurriedly-called press briefing by the external affairs ministry that Army Special Forces had conducted “surgical strikes” against terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir on September 29.

Lt-Gen Bhatt, who has earlier served in the military operations directorate as a brigadier, is currently posted as the additional director general of the complaints and advisory board at the Army HQ here after he commanded the 21 Division in Assam.Lt-Gen Singh, in turn, will now head the 1 Corps (headquarters at Mathura), which is one of four “strike corps” among the 14 corps of
the 1.3 million strong Army. He will replace Lt-Gen Shokin Chauhan, who in turn has been appointed as the director-general of Assam
Rifles.

The Army and IAF are eagerly awaiting the announcements of their new chiefs, which as per tradition should have been declared two months in advance. Eastern Army Command chief Lt-Gen Praveen Bakshi and IAF vice-chief Air Marshal B S Dhanoa are tipped to be the new chiefs.
While the DGMO post is crucial, the command of a corps (each roughly has over 60,000 troops) is critical for a Lt-General to be considered for the next rank of an Army commander. Three of the strike corps, 1 Corps (Mathura), 2 Corps (Ambala) and 21 Corps (Bhopal) are geared
towards Pakistan, the fourth is the new 17 Mountain Corps being raised as a deterrent against China. In all, the Army has 14 Corps under six operational or regional commands.

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GENERAL BIKRAM SINGH, former chief of Army staff In the international environment, Bajwa’s conduct was outstanding and he was an extremely professional soldier

NEW DELHI: Newly appointed Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa served in a UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2007 under an Indian Army general.

As a brigade commander, Bajwa then reported to Major General Bikram Singh (later General and Indian Army chief). Bikram Singh was then the General Officer Commanding Eastern Division (multi-national division) and Bajwa’s brigade was one of the brigades under him.

General Bikram Singh told HT, “In the international environment, Bajwa’s conduct was outstanding and he was an extremely professional soldier.”

While border violations by Pakistan fuel tensions in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian and Pakistani troops are making joint efforts to see peace return to the war-scarred African paradise. General Singh said under the UN banner, the approach of international armies is different as they are working for a common cause. “However, in your own country, primacy of national interest governs your conduct.”

Senior Army officers described Bajwa as an “old Kashmir hand” with firsthand experience of operational aspects related to Line of Control and Kashmir. He commanded the Pakistan Army’s 10 Corps responsible for guarding the LoC. A senior officer said it was too early to say whether Bajwa would carry forward a legacy or evolve an approach of his own

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on one of his frequent sojourns around the country, came to Bathinda on Friday. The Indian army’s elite strike corps is garrisoned not far from where he spoke. The border too is not too far away. Its villagers had felt the pain of tensions with Pakistan when they were asked to evacuate their homes in the middle of the harvest season while their compatriots in Rajasthan stayed put.  There is no doubt the relationship with Pakistan seems irretrievably settled in a deep hole. These days the battle is being fought in Kashmir and both sides have expelled eight diplomats each.Pakistan’s main foreign policy point person Sartaj Aziz has signalled his intent to attend an international conference on Afghanistan to be held in Amritsar. Clearly, this was an opportunity for South Block to extricate itself from its self-spun web of inconsistent policy statements. Modi, however, feels there should be no looking back from the kadak policy he has fashioned for Pakistan. That is why, almost as if he was turning a screw on Pakistan’s leadership, the Prime Minister spoke against letting a drop of “India’s water” to enter Pakistan. As the rising body-count of Indian soldiers after the “surgical strike” shows, Modi may have kept his domestic audience engrossed with his reality shows. But it is another matter to try and impose them on Pakistan.Pakistan, more than India, has played this game with greater dexterity and with mightier adversaries like the Soviet Union and the US.  It will be happy to match skills with the Indians in Modi’s shoot and scoot policy. And it is making it difficult for the Prime Minister to walk back from this path, especially because he was singularly responsible for building the anti-Pakistani mindset dominating the Indian domestic public opinion. Aziz’s visit can hardly alter the deep structural divide that has engulfed India and Pakistan. But it could provide the opportunity to reduce the possibility of emotions and tensions getting out of control. Unless the Modi strategy is to let tensions simmer and bring them to a boil whenever there is depletion in his political capital.

Former chief minister

The veteran politician and acclaimed author is the Congress face in the Punjab assembly elections early next year. The 74-year-old has authored many books on Sikh history and wars. He resigned twice from Parliament — first in 1984 in protest against the army action during Operation Blue Star and in 2016 after the Supreme Court verdict on the Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal water-sharing agreement. He joined the army in 1963 after graduating from the National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy but resigned in 1965. However, he soon rejoined the army and served as captain in the 1965 India Pakistan war.

The Last Sunset: The Rise & Fall of the Lahore Durbar

‘Honour and Fidelity:

India’s Military Contribution to the Great War 1914 to 1918’ was formally launched yesterday. I have dedicated the book to Smt. Sonia Gandhi, our party president. I have served the people under various capacities under her visionary leadership.
I also thank all those who graced the occasion of the book launch at Delhi by their august presence.Amarinder Singh

Amarinder’s book on 1965 Indo-Pak war

Singh has penned the book ‘The Monsoon War: Young Officers Reminisce 1965 India-Pakistan’ along with Lieutenant General Tajindar Shergill, who was the Troop Leader 1 Troop C Squadron Deccan Horse during the war.

“I was in the thick of the action. I was ADC to the GOC-in-C (Western Command) Harbaksh Singh. And most of the action took place in the Western Command only. So, I wanted to present the right perspective of the war. The book tries to put the record straight,” Singh said told PTI about what motivated him to write the book, launched at an event here yesterday.

During the event, the authors shared their experiences about working on the book, the Congress MP serving as ADC to Harbaksh Singh, situation back home after Shergill was put in prison by Pakistan, and putting forth their account of the war.

The attendees mostly comprised of serving and retired defense personnel.

Replying to an often-debated question of who was the actual winner of the war as both the countries claim victory for it, Shergill said it was India given the objectives set out to armed forces by then Central Government and the context in which it was fought.

They also gifted copies of the book, published by Roli Books, to the kins of war heroes, including wife of Veer Abdul Hamid, Rasoolan Biwi, and Harbaksh Singh’s daughter Harmala Gupta.

A documentary on the war was also screened during the event.

In the past, the Congress leader has penned several books, including ‘Honour and Fidelity: India’s Military Contribution to the Great War 1914-1918’ and ‘The Last Sunset: The Rise and Fall of the Lahore Durbar’.

Shergill, winner of Param Vishisht Seva Medal, has in the past written a book ‘Counter-Insurgency Support to a Host Nation’. —PTI

Captain Amarinder Singh (born 11 March 1942) is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress. Head of the royal family of the erstwhile State of Patiala, he was Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007.^[1] Presently, he is the sitting President of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC),^[2][3][4] and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha, having been chosen for the position after his election as a Member of Parliament from Amritsar, where he defeated the prominent BJP leader Arun Jaitley.

Personal life

Singh is the son of Maharaja Yadavindra Singh and Maharani Mohinder Kaur of Patiala belonging to the Phulkian Jat dynasty of Sidhu Brar descent.^[5] He attended the Welham Boys’ School and Lawrence School Sanawar^[6] before going to The Doon School,^[7] Dehradun. He has one son, Raninder Singh, and one daughter, Jai Inder Kaur, who is married to a Delhi-based businessman, Gurpal Singh.^[8] His wife, Preneet Kaur, served as an MP and was Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs from 2009 to 2014.

His elder sister Heminder Kaur is married to former foreign minister K. Natwar Singh. He is also related to Shiromani Akali Dal (A) supremo and former IPS Officer Simranjit Singh Mann. Mann’s wife and Amarinder Singh’s wife, Preneet Kaur, are sisters.

Army career

He joined the Indian Army in June 1963 after graduating from the National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy before resigning in early 1965. He rejoined the Army again as hostilities broke out with Pakistan and served as Captain in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War.^[9][10]

Political career

He was inducted into the Congress by Rajiv Gandhi, who was his friend from school and was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980. In 1984, he resigned from Parliament and from Congress as a protest against the Army action during Operation Blue Star. Subsequently he joined the Shiromani Akali Dal was elected to the state legislature from Talwandi Sabo and became a minister in the state government for Agriculture, Forest, Development and Panchayats.

In 1992 he broke away from the Akali Dal and formed a splinter group named Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthic) which later merged with the Congress in 1998 (after his party’s crushing defeat in Vidhan Sabha election in which he himself was defeated from his own constituency where he got only 856 votes) after Sonia Gandhi took over the reign of the party. He was defeated by Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra from Patiala Constituency in 1998 by a whooping margin of 33251 votes. He served as the President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee on two occasions from 1999 to 2002 and 2010 to 2013, he also became Chief Minister of Punjab in 2002 and continued until 2007.

In September 2008, a special committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha expelled him on the count of regularities in the transfer of land related to the Amritsar Improvement Trust by the Akali Dal–Bharatiya Janata Party led government.^[11] In 2010, the Supreme Court of India held his expulsion unconstitutional on the grounds it was excessive and unconstitutional.^[11]

He was appointed as chairman of Punjab Congress Campaign Committee in 2008. Captain Amarinder Singh is also a Permanent Invitee to the Congress Working Committee since 2013. He defeated senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley by a margin of more than 1,02,000 votes in 2014 general elections. He has been a member of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha for five terms representing Patiala (Urban) thrice, Samana and Talwandi Sabo once each.

On 27 November 2015, Amarinder Singh was appointed President of Punjab Congress in the run up to Punjab elections slated for 2017.^[12]

President of All India Jat Maha Sabha

Capt Amarinder Singh is president of the All India Jat Maha Sabha. He had been associated with the Jat Maha Sabha for last 30 years as its patron since 1980 when Capt Bhagwan Singh was its president. He demanded reservation for Jats under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.^[13]

Books

He has also written books on war and Sikh history which include A Ridge Too Far, Lest We Forget, The Last Sunset: Rise and Fall of Lahore Durbarand The Sikhs in Britain: 150 years of Photographs. Among his most recent works are Honour and Fidelity: India’s Military Contribution to the Great War 1914 to 1918 released in Chandigarh on 6 December 2014, and The Monsoon War: Young Officers Reminisce – 1965 India-Pakistan War– which contains his memoirs of the 1965 Indo-Pak war.^[14][15]

A villager showing remains of a mortar shell in Rajouri. PTI

Srinagar/ Rajouri: A day after three soldiers were killed in Machil sector, the Army on Wednesday launched a major fire assault along the Line of Control in Kashmir, causing “substantive damage” and disrupting Pakistani army’s movement in the Neelum Valley,  a 144-km bow-shaped thick forest area in occupied Kashmir.Defence sources claimed some Pakistani soldiers had been killed. On Tuesday, Pakistani commandos and irregulars had crossed the LoC, ambushed a counter-infiltration patrol of 57 Rashtriya Rifles near Shalabatu and killed three soldiers, beheading one of them. “We have punished Pakistan. All calibre weapons  were used.”Meanwhile, seven security personnel and three civilians were injured in cross-border shelling. Three men of Madras Regiment, Subedar Satwinder Singh, Naik Baldev and gunner Sarbjit Singh, manning the LoC in Kalal area of Nowshera, were injured. Also, two BSF jawans of 163 Battalion manning Bhimber Gali sector received minor injuries. In Kupwara, two civilians were injured. — TNS