Arun Sharma

4 days ago | indianexpress.com | Arun Sharma

All was relatively quiet on India’s north-western front Saturday night after three days of cross-border shelling and drone attacks in the border areas of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Rajasthan. This comes after a ceasefire to put an end to days of military action between India and Pakistan. In Jammu’s Udhampur Saturday evening, where some cross-border shelling was reported last evening, blazing guns fell silent soon after, with officials reporting no more violations since.

5 days ago | indianexpress.com | Arun Sharma

Within ten minutes, sirens started blaring in Udhampur, followed by a complete blackout, while residents said they heard loud sounds. Earlier in the day, the Border Security Force destroyed a terrorist launch pad in Pakistan’s Sialkot district opposite Akhnoor sector, even as Pakistan continued targeting the civilian population in Jammu province with artillery shelling and loitering munitions. “On May 9, from about 2100 hrs, Pakistan initiated unprovoked firing on BSF posts in the Jammu Sector.

5 days ago | indianexpress.com | Arun Sharma

For retired forest official Khalil Ahmad Bandey, 70, the ceasefire between India and Pakistan brings much-needed relief. The Poonch resident has two sons — one is an advocate practising in the High Court at Jammu, and the other is a bank employee posted in Subderbani. And, earlier this week, as Pakistani shelling escalated in Poonch, Bandey sent his married daughter and her minor children to her matrimonial house in Rajouri.

5 days ago | newageislam.com | Fidel Rahmati |Arun Sharma |Islamic Feminism |Arab Women

10 May 2025 AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi PTI ------- -------- India Arab World Europe South Asia Mideast North America Africa Southeast Asia Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau URL: https://newageislam.com/islamic-world-news/pakistan-quranic-military-escalation-justify/d/135495 ----- Pakistan Distorts Meaning Of The Quranic Phrase 'Bunyan Al-Marsoos' To Justify Military Escalation AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi Pakistan launched a pre-dawn missile and drone offensive on India from Friday...

5 days ago | indianexpress.com | Arun Sharma

Raj Kumar Thappa, 55, the Additional District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, who was killed in the artillery shelling by Pakistan early morning Saturday was a 2001-batch officer of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services. A well-liked and popular officer, he was very active on the ground and known to be the main face of the Rajouri district administration in any emergency.