Loc Killings

As it happened: Rajya Sabha clears Companies Bill

Updates from day three of the monsoon session in the parliament. No bill has been passed yet and the sessions have been continually disrupted by MPs from Andhra Pradesh.

LoC killings: BSF jawan injured in attack by Pak dies at AIIMS

A BSF troop, injured in cross-border firing in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on 5 August, succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Delhi on Sunday.

Khurshid says India wants Pak to take responsibility for J&K attack

Noting that Pakistan government will remain responsible for any such incidents, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said India has done a "lot more" to contribute to the peace process and insisted that the neighbouring country must take responsibility for the LoC incident.

Nitish regrets Bihar minister's clean chit to Pakistan

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today regretted his minister Narendra Singh's remarks giving clean chit to Pakistan for the killing of five Indian soldiers by the Pakistani Army on the Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district recently.

LoC attack: India, US must not buy Pak's 'new regime' excuse

The new Pakistani administration should not be allowed to use the same arguments that have been made earlier to paper over differences on vital issues.

Despite Nawaz Sharif's promise, Pakistan army is funding anti-India jihad

The question before New Delhi now isn't whether or not to talk with Pakistan: talking won't cost anything other than a few air fares and hotel rooms, but unless there's a clearly thought through compellance strategy, it won't work either.

Government should end talks with Pakistan: Yashwant Sinha

Demanding that there should be no talks with Pakistan, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Thursday expressed satisfaction over Defence Minister AK Antony's fresh statement on the killing of five Indian soldiers on the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir two days ago.

LoC killings: BJP has its way, Antony will make new statement

The government is highly likely to issue a fresh statement on the killing of five Indian soldiers along the Line of Control in Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir by Pakistani troops.

Antony's statement on LoC killing not changed at our behest: PMO

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) rubbished as "mischievous" the reports that a statement on the killing of five Indian soldiers on the LoC was changed at its behest.

Create better environment to further ties: PM to Pak

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the barbaric killing of Indian soldiers in Kashmir had cast a shadow on bilateral ties and asked Pakistan to create a conducive environment to take the normalisation process forward.