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Time of India
11-05-2025
- Time of India
Two found dead on railway tracks in Haridwar; cops suspect suicide
Haridwar: The bodies of an unidentified man and woman were found on the railway tracks between Bhagat Singh Chowk and Sector-2 Barrier in Jwalapur in Haridwar, on Sunday afternoon. Police suspect the two may have died by informed the police and claimed that they spotted the bodies near the tracks shortly after a Vande Bharat train passed around 12.30pm. Preliminary investigation revealed that the duo had been waiting near the railway track for nearly two hours before leaping in front of the speeding train. No identification documents or suicide notes were found at the scene. The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination, and a detailed investigation is station house officer (SHO) Amarjeet Singh told TOI, "We did not find any suicide note from the spot, and we are trying to identify them. Details of their appearance and clothing have been circulated to nearby police stations, but so far no one has come forward to identify them. It is possible they were outsiders or employed in the industrial area. They may also belong to a lower middle-class background. Further investigation is going on." Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Mother's Day wishes , messages , and quotes !
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Suspicious object resembling missile parts found near Chintpurni in Himachal
Amid the military conflict between India and Pakistan, a suspicious metal object resembling parts of a missile was found at a village near the Chintpurni temple in Himachal Pradesh's Una district, officials said on Saturday. #Operation Sindoor India-Pakistan Clash Live Updates| Missiles, shelling, and attacks — here's all that's happening Pakistani Air Force jet shot down in Pathankot by Indian Air Defence: Sources India on high alert: What's shut, who's on leave, and state-wise emergency measures The area at Behad village, located around 10 km from the famous Chintpurni temple, reverberated with the sound of an explosion at 1.30 am on Saturday amid a complete blackout in the region, they said. The village is adjacent to Punjab, which shares a 532-km border with Pakistan. Continue to video 5 5 Next Stay Playback speed 1x Normal Back 0.25x 0.5x 1x Normal 1.5x 2x 5 5 / Skip Ads by by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like People thought hearing aids were expensive till they saw this. Read more Learn More Undo There was no report of any loss of life or damage to property. According to the officials, the locals spotted the object on Saturday morning and informed the police. Live Events Confirming the development, the district administration said in a statement that while preliminary investigation suggested that the object was inactive, a team of experts was examining it. Operation Sindoor India Pakistan Live: Pakistan aviation authority says airspace to remain closed for next 24 hours, reports AFP Pakistan tried to launch attacks in the northern region on Friday night and it seemed that the broken part of a defused rocket fell at Behad village, officials said. Police have cordoned off the area and told the residents to remain alert and not to go near such objects, if found, as they could cause damage. People in Hamirpur also spent a sleepless night after sounds of Army aircraft pierced through the area around 2 am on Saturday, with many residents turning off lights at their homes, the officials said. Hamirpur Deputy Commissioner Amarjeet Singh has directed all the departments to remain alert and be prepared for any emergency situation. He also urged people to avoid spreading misinformation on social media and be aware of AI-generated fake news and videos.
The Star
09-05-2025
- Politics
- The Star
India-Pakistan tit for tat attacks continue as conflict escalates
Relatives mourning near the body of Amarjeet Singh, 51, killed in Pakistani artillery shelling in in Poonch along the Line of Control, Indian controlled Kashmir, on May 8, 2025. - AP NEW DELHI: Pakistan has rejected allegations that it was behind a series of reported airstrikes on Indian territory after India's Defence Ministry accused it of launching missile and drone attacks. The Indian government on Thursday (May 8) accused Pakistan of carrying out attacks in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir and on a military installation in the state of Punjab. The Integrated Defence Staff headquarters responsible for coordination among the Indian army's branches said on X the threat had been "neutralised" and reported no casualties. "The Government of Pakistan categorically rejects the baseless and irresponsible allegations propagated by the Indian media, accusing Pakistan of launching attacks on Pathankot, Jaisalmer, and Srinagar," the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad responded in a statement. Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar also said Pakistan had not targeted any locations in Indian-administered Kashmir or across the international border. According to Indian media reports, explosions in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir late Thursday caused panic among local people. India Today reported that a drone had hit the airport of Jammu, where an air force facility is located. India said it had activated its air defence system. Men are seen through windowpanes of a residential house damaged by a cross-border shelling in Gingal village near the Line of Control between India and Pakistan, in Indian Kashmir's Baramulla district, on May 9, 2025. - Reuters "Suspected bombing, shelling or missile strikes," the former police chief of the Union Territory, Shesh Paul Vaid, wrote on X. India's government had previously stated that it had attacked air defence systems in several locations in Pakistan on Thursday morning, with an air defence system in the megacity of Lahore near the shared border neutralized. The military added it had responded to Pakistan's attempt to hit military targets in the north and west of India, including 15 cities, with drones and missiles. However, this was thwarted. There was initially no confirmation of this from Islamabad. - Pakistan, for its part, said it had shot down 25 Indian drones. "Pakistan Armed Forces have so far shot down 25 Israeli-made Harop drones using both soft kill (technical) and hard kill (weapons-based) countermeasures," the military's media wing ISPR said in a statement. On Thursday, at least three drones were downed in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, a few kilometres from the Pakistani capital Islamabad. Amid the panic, sirens sounded in parts of Islamabad. However, the capital administration said "a few individuals are spreading panic in Islamabad by sounding false sirens." Tensions between the two nuclear powers have escalated significantly since an attack in the town of Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Kashmir, on April 22 that left 26 people dead. New Delhi accuses Pakistan of involvement in the attack. Islamabad rejects this. In response to the attack, the Indian military struck several Pakistani targets in the early hours of Wednesday. According to India, several "terrorist camps" were destroyed in the process. Pakistan's military on Wednesday night confirmed the death of a civilian from the debris of a downed drone in the southern province of Sindh, although local media reports suggested more casualties occurred. This brought the death toll from Indian strikes to more than 30 people and over 57 injured, including women, children and four soldiers. The Indian military reported 13 deaths from Pakistani artillery fire Wednesday night. One soldier was among the dead. - dpa
The National
08-05-2025
- Politics
- The National
Indians and Pakistanis caught in crossfire plead for peace as death toll rises
Amid pounding artillery fire, Amarjeet Singh rushed to the ground floor of his house, seeking safety from the projectiles overhead. At that moment, a mortar shell fired from Pakistan tore through his home in the border district of Poonch in Indian-administered Kashmir. Splinters from the munition punctured his lungs and the 50 year old later died in hospital, his nephew Atinder Pal Singh told The National. He is among 16 people, including four children, who have been killed since Wednesday in intense fire that has bombarded Indian towns along the Line of Control, the de facto border in Kashmir. The violence began when New Delhi on Wednesday carried out air strikes on Pakistan in retaliation for a gun attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir April 22 that India blamed on Islamabad. 'We ran barefoot to the hospital," said the nephew. "He was talking till his last breath but his lungs were punctured and he died despite two surgeries." Amarjeet Singh's elder brother Surjan, 61, was also wounded in one ear. 'The shelling continued all night,' he said. 'There are cracks on all the walls of my house.' A sense of jubilation has gripped many parts of India after New Delhi carried out the air strikes. Many Indians see the missile strikes on "terror groups" as a befitting reply to the attack on tourists in the Himalayan hill station of Pahalgam. But in border regions, fear and panic has gripped residents. Hundreds have fled their homes on the Indian side while others have hidden in bunkers. A Sikh temple was attacked and a teacher at an Islamic seminary was killed. The Singh family are from Kuma Khan village in Poonch, the worst-hit district in Jammu region, but shelling has also been reported in the Kashmir towns of Rajouri, Uri and Baramulla. Atinder Singh said he had never seen such an intense round of fire and pleaded with the government not to go to war. 'People living in the Indian cities are watching this on TV but we are facing it. My cousin's daughter is in class four and son is in class eight — who will think of them?" he said. "Seventy per cent of Poonch's population have left the town. Not a single shop is open, we needed water bottles but couldn't get them. 'We request that the government stop this war and let us live peacefully. No one in Poonch has slept for the last three days.' Similar sentiments were echoed by Dr Sarfaraz Mir, who lost his 10-year-old twin cousins Urva Fatima and Zain Ali in the violence. 'The mortar hit the roof of their house and splinters hit my cousins – they died on the spot,' Dr Mir told The National. 'What happened in Pahalgam was wrong and India has already avenged the killings, but this must stop now. But what Pakistan is doing is also wrong. War has never been a solution.' India and Pakistan, both nuclear-armed nations, have fought three wars over Kashmir, the last in 1999 which lasted for two months. More than 500 Indian soldiers were killed, while estimates of Pakistani losses range from 400 to about 4,000. There have been regular skirmishes and cross-border fire at the border since but the nations agreed to a ceasefire in 2021, which was broken after April 22 and the attack on tourists. In the Pahalgam ambush, 26 people were killed by armed gunmen in the Himalayan picnic spot in the Kashmir valley. The Resistance Front, an extremist group, claimed responsibility. New Delhi accuses Islamabad of backing militant groups in Kashmir, a charge denied by Pakistan. Anas Hamdani, 31, who lives in Karachi, said he fears an all-out war with mass loss of life. His niece was injured in an explosion outside her college on Thursday in Rawalpindi, a city about 40km from the border that houses Pakistan's military headquarters. The Pakistani military has suggested an Indian drone was involved. 'We are worried," Mr Hamdani told The National. "I was talking to my niece, she is at a hospital in Rawalpindi. She told me that a bomb exploded just 30 minutes ago near her college and that they were running home. 'We have lost a seven-year-old boy in Kashmir. By what number will this be multiplied if this war escalates? It will not be Pakistan or India who win – it will be humanity that loses. We pray that both sides act sensibly and save precious lives.'
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Operation Sindoor: 13 civilians killed, 59 injured in cross-border artillery firing across LoC; check details
Hours after India carried out Operation Sindoor on nine terror bases across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed the death of at least 13 civilians after Pakistani forces resorted to heavy artillery shelling and mortar fire across the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir. The shelling, which reportedly began late Wednesday (May 7) night and continued into the early hours of Thursday, follows India's 'Operation Sindoor', a coordinated missile strike targeting nine terror camps in Pakistan and PoK. MEA also confirmed the injury toll to have reached 59. Multiple civilian areas hit in Poonch, Rajouri, Baramulla and Kupwara According to officials (a source-backed report attached later): Six civilians died in Poonch, one in Mendhar, and others in various locations in Rajouri, Kupwara, and Baramulla. Over 55 civilians sustained injuries, with many still in critical condition. Two CRPF personnel were injured when a mortar shell landed near a bus stand in Poonch town. A military official said as per PTI, "During the intervening night of May 7 and 8, Pakistan Army posts resorted to unprovoked fire using small arms and artillery guns across the LoC in areas opposite Kupwara, Baramulla, Uri and Akhnoor in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian Army responded proportionately.' Heavy cross-border shelling was reported in Krishna Ghati, Shahpur, Mankote, Balakote, Gulpur, and Kerni in the Poonch district, and Laam, Manjakote, and Gambeer Brahmana in Rajouri. In North Kashmir, Uri (Baramulla) and Tangdhar and Chowkibal (Kupwara) witnessed intense shelling that damaged a dozen structures and injured at least nine people. Children and women are among the victims Among the deceased: Amarjeet Singh (47), an ex-serviceman in Kamakhan, died after a shell pierced the roof of his home. A woman was killed in Mankote, while her 13-year-old daughter sustained injuries. Three children aged between 12 and 14 died in Kalaani and Dungus villages due to direct mortar impacts. Local residents said this was the first time Poonch town had been affected by such intense shelling since the 1999 Kargil War. 'Mortars shattered glass in houses, damaged buildings, and created holes in parked vehicles,' said a resident of Qazi Mohra, Poonch to The Hindu. Widespread panic, schools shut, flights cancelled The relentless firing has created a panic wave in the border districts. Authorities have: Set up temporary shelters in Poonch, Rajouri, Baramulla, and R.S. Pora. Ordered the closure of schools and colleges in Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Rajouri, and Poonch. Suspended flight operations in Jammu, Srinagar, and Leh, leading to flight cancellations by Air India and route diversions by other airlines. Indian Army Retaliates Indian security forces responded to the unprovoked shelling with equal intensity, sources told The Hindu. The cross-border exchange marked the 13th consecutive night of firing since the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists. The retaliatory missile strikes under Operation Sindoor had targeted nine known terror facilities across the border, prompting the intensified Pakistani response. #India's measured and proportionate response without crossing the airspace, along with the fact that there is no direct military-to-military combat yet, should preclude any threat of nuclear escalation, assuming Pakistan will behave The government is monitoring the situation closely Emergency response teams remain deployed, while medical personnel in affected hospitals, including Poonch District Hospital, are attending to the injured. A district official told JKNS: 'Relief efforts are ongoing and all necessary steps are being taken to ensure the safety of civilians.' Meanwhile, authorities have urged residents to remain indoors or move to designated shelters as the Indian Army continues its response. Stay tuned to Indiatimes for more details. To stay updated on the stories that are going viral, follow Indiatimes Trending.
