Pakistan's rocket-shelling plunges market price of land beyond borderSeptember 16th, 2009 CHAK ALLAH BAKHASH - The prices of farming land have plunged following past week's rocket-shelling incident in the India-Pakistan border villages. Local farmers say that it was already quite tough to find buyers for the land situated beyond fencing and the latest rocket-shelling incident has caused the prices to drop further.
Two kids die as live shell explodes in PanchkulaSeptember 13th, 2009 PANCHKULA - At least two children died and five others seriously injured when a shell used by the security forces exploded here at a scrap shop around 11.00 o'clock on Sunday. The injured were rushed to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Hospital in Chandigarh.
BSF find fifth rocket shell in Punjab border villageSeptember 13th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Border Security Force (BSF) personnel Sunday found another rocket shell in the fields near a village in this district of Punjab, raising the number of rockets fired from Pakistan into India in the last 40 hours to five, officials said. "During our search operation, our officials have found another rocket today (Sunday).
Three die in an explosion in Jaipur's scrap factorySeptember 13th, 2009 JAIPUR - At least three persons died and three injured in an explosion at a scrap factory in Jaipur's Vishwakarma Industrial Area on Sunday afternoon. The injured were rushed to the Sawai Mansingh Hospital for immediate medical attention.
Unexploded shell found near Indian border (To go with 'BSF retaliates to rocket attack from Pakistan, villagers protest')September 12th, 2009 AMRITSAR - An unexploded rocket shell was found in fields of an Indian border village near here late Saturday evening - a day after three rockets from Pakistan exploded in this Punjab district, an official said. There is a possibility that this rocket, which landed in the fields of Pul Kanjari village, was fired from the Pakistan side on Saturday morning.
Punjab's rural libraries spread awareness in farmers' livesJuly 25th, 2009 BATHINDA - Many libraries in the rural Punjab are spreading awareness about different aspects of life and society and thus transforming lives of farmer families. At Jidda village in State's Bathinda district, people of different age groups gather to read daily newspapers at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Library in the village.
Rocket attacks: BSF discover another rocket near borderJuly 10th, 2009 ATTARI - Border Security Force (BSF) officials late Friday evening discovered the splinters of another rocket in the paddy fields outside Kaonke village in Attari area. They said it could have been fired along with the three other rockets from Pakistan on July 4.
Rocket attacks: Pakistan playing blame game, says BSFJuly 10th, 2009 ATTARI - Border Security Force (BSF) officials Friday criticised Pakistan's laxity in investigating the July 4 rocket attack on Indian territory and their failure to trace the guilty, saying their counterparts were not taking these attacks seriously and again indulging in a "blame game". Pakistan Rangers Thursday blamed India for firing the third rocket towards Pakistan that fell inside their territory, close to Indian village Pul Kanjari.
BSF chief visits Punjab border spot after 'rocket' attackJuly 6th, 2009 ATTARI - Amid security concerns in Punjab's border belt following Saturday night's 'rocket' attack on Indian territory from the Pakistani side, the Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) M.L. Kumawat Monday visited the village site where the shells had fallen.
Pakistan yet to respond to BSF protest after 'rocket' attackJuly 6th, 2009 ATTARI - Amidst security concerns in Punjab's border belt following Saturday night's 'rocket' attack on Indian territory from the Pakistani side, the Border Security Force (BSF) is awaiting a response from Pakistan Rangers regarding the incident. The BSF had lodged a 'strong protest' with the Pakistan Rangers, the border security agency of Pakistan, Sunday following three 'rockets' fired into Indian territory from the Pakistani side of the border.
Two rocket shells fired on Punjab village from Pakistan sideJuly 5th, 2009 DHANDE VILLAGE - Two rocket shells were fired from across the border into Punjab's Dhande village on Saturday night. The rocket shells fell in the paddy fields of the village, located near the Pakistan border.
Pakistan terror group behind attack on Indian village?July 5th, 2009 ATTARI - The possibility of Pakistan-based terror groups being behind a 'rocket' attack Saturday night near an Indian village is not being ruled out by Indian security officials. The Border Security Force (BSF), Indias para-military force that guards the 553-km fenced border between India and Pakistan in Punjab, is Sunday investigating two blasts that occurred near Dande village Saturday night.
Kargil war victim awaits compensationJune 6th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A sixty-two-year old victim of the Kargil war still awaits compensation from the government. Mohammad Ali's leg got completely destroyed when a Pakistani shell hit him in August 2008.
Four killed as shell in metal scrap explodesApril 27th, 2009 PATIALA - Four people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured in this Punjab town Monday evening, as an unexploded shell in a heap of scrap exploded, police said. A woman was trying to split open the old shell with a hammer at the shop of a scrap dealer in the Lakkar Mandi area of the town when it exploded, killing her and three others.
Four killed as shell in metal scrap explodesApril 27th, 2009 PATIALA - Four people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured in this Punjab town Monday evening, as an unexploded shell in a heap of scrap exploded, police said. A woman was trying to split open the old shell with a hammer at the shop of a scrap dealer in the Lakkar Mandi area of the town when it exploded, killing her and three others.
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