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Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

A principal correspondent, Ravi Krishnan Khajuria is the bureau chief at Jammu. He covers politics, defence, crime, health and civic issues for Jammu city.

Articles by Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

Pak opens mortar fire on Indian posts, villages in Jammu, Rajouri

Pakistan Army on Tuesday violated the ceasefire by targeting Indian Army positions with mortar and small arms fire in Noushera sector of Rajouri district, prompting the army to give a “befitting response”.

BSF personnel patrol along the fence at International Border in Jammu.(PTI file)
Updated on Oct 25, 2016 01:37 PM IST
ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Hindustan Times, Jammu

Children in Jammu write their exams amid mortar explosions

Seven-year-old Gaurav Kumar is one of the several small children writing his examination in the lawn of Bal Kisan Academy in Fatehpur Brahmana village under Ranbir Singh Pora tehsil of Jammu district.

Children attend a school near the India-Pakistan international border in R S Pura on Monday.(Nitin Kanotra/HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 25, 2016 10:10 AM IST
By, Fatehpur Brahmana (rs Pura)

BSF jawan, 6-year-old boy killed as Pak forces pound villages in Jammu sector

A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan and a six-year old boy were killed while a BSF officer and another jawan were among six others injured as Pakistan Rangers used mortars and heavy machine gun fire through Sunday night in Jammu sector.

Pakistani Rangers resorted to repeated ceasefire violations killing one BSF jawan and a 6 year old boy.(HT file photo)
Updated on Oct 24, 2016 06:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

J-K: BSF soldier killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in RS Pura

A Border Security Force (BSF) soldier died and another was injured as Pakistan Rangers violeted ceasefire twice on Sunday night in R S Pura sector of international border (IB), using mortar shells and firing small arms.

BSF personnel patrol along the fence at International Border in RS Pura Sector in Jammu.(PTI Photo)
Updated on Oct 24, 2016 08:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

Heavy shelling on Indian posts, villages along border in RS Pura sector

Pakistan Rangers shelled Indian posts and villages along the International Border in RS Pura sector of Jammu district. A Border Security Force soldier, constable Gurnam Singh, was also critically injured in a sniper attack at Bobiya on Friday morning.

Pakistan Rangers shelled Indian posts and villages along the International Border in RS Pura sector of Jammu district.(Nitin Kanotra/HT File Photo)
Published on Oct 22, 2016 06:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

J-K: ‘Spy’ arrested in Samba for giving information on army to Pakistan

A suspected Pakistani spy was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district for passing on vital information about the deployment and movement of security forces to Pakistan.

A suspected Pakistani spy was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Friday.(AFP File Photo)
Updated on Oct 22, 2016 02:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

7 Pakistani Rangers killed in retaliatory firing along Jammu border: BSF

The Border Security Force said on Friday that it killed seven Pakistani Rangers and a militant in retaliatory firing along the border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district.

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel patrol along the fence at International Border in RS Pura Sector in Jammu on Wednesday.(PTI)
Updated on Oct 22, 2016 01:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

J-K: BSF says killed 1 Pak Ranger in crossfire at Hiranagar, 1 jawan injured

A Pakistani ranger was killed and Border Security Force (BSF) jawan injured when a gun battle broke out in Bobiya, Hiranagar sub-sector in Kathua district, on Friday morning.

A soldier patrols near the Line of Control in Poonch. Firing broke out at BSF post in Bobiya, Hiranagar sub-sector, with the BSF claiming one Pakistani ranger’s life.(Representative Photo/AP)
Updated on Oct 21, 2016 04:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

Jammu: BSF foils intrusion bid in Kathua, one Pak ultra killed

A terrorist in a six-member team trying to infiltrate into the Indian territory was believed to have been killed, as the BSF in Kathua district fired back at them across the border with Pakistan, a defence official said on Thursday.

Pakistan has stepped up firing and shelling on Indian posts and villages since India’s September 28 surgical strikes on terror launchpads across the LoC.(PTI file)
Updated on Oct 20, 2016 10:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

Pakistan opens heavy fire on Indian posts in Naushera

Pakistani troops on Tuesday resorted to unprovoked shelling and firing on Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu region’s Rajouri district.

The shelling and firing in the Naushera sector began at 8.30 pm on Monday night and continued till 1.30 am on Tuesday, defence sources have said.(Reuters file)
Updated on Oct 18, 2016 09:52 AM IST
ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Hindustan Times, Jammu

One soldier killed in Pakistan sniper fire at forward post in J-K

A soldier of the Indian Army was reportedly shot dead in sniper fire from Pakistan on Sunday evening on a forward Indian post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote sector of Poonch district.

An Indian border post near the fencing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote Sector in Poonch on Sunday.(PTI)
Updated on Oct 16, 2016 11:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

J-K: Pakistani troops violate ceasefire along LoC in Rajouri district

After a week-long lull, Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire by firing from small arms on forward posts along the LoC in Rajouri district, drawing retaliation from Indian troops.

Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire by firing from small arms on forward posts along the LoC in Rajouri district.(Reuters File Photo)
Updated on Oct 16, 2016 03:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

Pakistan restricts Army movement

HT Image
Published on Oct 11, 2016 08:14 AM IST

Border outposts in India on alert after Pak red flags hostility

“Beware! Move inside trenches. They (Pak army) have hoisted red flags on their posts to indicate hostilities and a sort of warning that they can open fire on any unusual movement”, an Indian army officer tells scribes at the forward post here on Monday.

A soldier takes position near the Line of Control in Nowshera sector on Monday.(Nitin Kanotra/HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 11, 2016 07:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Loc, Naushera Sector (rajouri)

Pakistan opens heavy fire on Indian posts in Poonch

After Indian troops opened preventive fire in wee hours on Friday after suspicious movement on the Line of Control (LoC) in Malti sector of Poonch district, Pakistan army opened fire and shot mortars on nearly six Indian posts in the area.

The gun-duel lasted till 7.30 am and now intermittent exchanges are on.(Photo: PTI)
Updated on Oct 07, 2016 01:00 PM IST

Pak resumes shelling along LoC, India apprehends nine fishermen

After a brief lull on the intervening night of October 4 and 5, Pakistan army on Wednesday evening resumed shelling at a major portion of the Line of Control in Akhnoor sector of Jammu, Sunderbani sector of Rajouri and Mendhar, Balakote and Mankote sectors of Poonch.

Indian soldiers on alert near the Line of Control in Pallanwal sector on Tuesday.(PTI)
Updated on Oct 06, 2016 12:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

Pakistan violates ceasefire again, one soldier injured in Akhnoor

Intensifying attacks, Pakistani troops again violated ceasefire on Tuesday by resorting to mortar shelling and firing on Army posts and civilian areas along the LoC in three areas of Noushera sector in Rajouri district.

There has been five ceasefire violations in over 24 hours along the Line of Control (LoC).(HT File Photo)
Updated on Oct 05, 2016 01:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

5 injured, fuel dump damaged as Pakistan opens fire along LoC in Poonch

Five people, including a police officer, were injured and a defence fuel dump caught fire on Monday as Pakistan opened fire and rained mortar shells on villages and Indian posts along the LoC in Poonch sector.

Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers standing guard during a night patrol near the fence at the India-Pakistan International Border at the outpost of Akhnoor sector, about 40 km from Jammu, on Sunday, October 02, 2016.(Nitin Kanotara / HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 03, 2016 09:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

“I still remember when bombs rained on this village”

Residents of villages near the Indo-Pak border in Jammu’s Akhnoor district say that previous wars have only brought death and destruction

Durgi Devi, an octogenarian and a resident of Jourian village near the Indo-Pak border, still remembers the gory days of Partition, and the Indo-Pak wars. She has she wouldn’t know where to go if there’s a war again.(Nitin Kanotra/Ht)
Updated on Jul 26, 2019 12:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By

Pak violates ceasefire in J-K’s Akhnoor with mortar shelling, machine gun fire

Pakistan violated ceasefire on Saturday morning in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor district.

Pakistan violated ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor district.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Oct 01, 2016 01:01 PM IST
HindustanTimes | By, Jammu

Pakistan army opens small arms fire on Indian posts along LoC in Jammu’s Akhnoor

Pakistan army opened fire on Indian posts in Chapriyal and Samwan along the Line of Control in Akhnoor sector of Jammu early on Friday morning.

Army soldiers keep guard on the outskirts of Srinagar, on September 29, 2016.(Reuters)
Updated on Sep 30, 2016 09:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

Ceasefire violation in Poonch, two Pakistani soldiers killed in ‘retaliation’

Two Pakistani soldiers were reported killed, as Indian forces retaliated to “unprovoked firing” by Pakistani troops at two different areas along the Line of Control in Poonch district through Wednesday night.

The two truce violations by Pakistan led Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a Cabinet Committee on Security meeting on Thursday, and review the situation.(PTI)
Updated on Sep 29, 2016 03:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

Army clarifies no infiltrators killed in encounter after Uri attack

The army has denied killing 10 infiltrators along the LoC with Pakistan last week. The reported encounter was billed in media reports as an Indian strike-back after a militant attack in Uri left 18 soldiers dead.

A soldier lifts an iron barricade to allow a vehicle to drive out of a military base at Braripora, near the de facto border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan.(AP File Photo)
Updated on Sep 28, 2016 12:24 PM IST

Kishtwar curfew continues, one more arrested for ‘anti-national’ activities

Curfew continued in the communally sensitive Kishtwar of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday for the second day as police arrested one more person accused of alleged anti-national and criminal activities from the town on late Sunday night.

Security personnel on the vigil following the imposition of curfew in Kishtwar area of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.(PTI Photo)
Updated on Sep 26, 2016 04:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu

J-K: Curfew in Kishtwar after 3 men arrested for ‘anti-national activities’

Following overnight arrest of three accused for their alleged anti-national and criminal activities and subsequent stone pelting on a police station.

A policeman speaks on a mobile phone in front of closed shops during clashes in Srinagar.(AFP Photo)
Updated on Sep 25, 2016 10:40 AM IST
ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Hindustan Times, Jammu

J-K: BSF arrests suspected Pak terrorist trying to cross border

BSF troops on Friday arrested a Pakistani national near the International Border and said he was an activist of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.

BSF jawans along the Indo-Pakistan International Border in Amritsar.(HT File Photo)
Updated on Sep 24, 2016 03:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Jammu
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