The BSF trooper who was swept away into Pakistan by strong currents in the Chenab river was "treated with honour and dignity" and Friday handed over to Indian officials at the international border in Jammu district, officials said.


BSF trooper 'treated with honour' returned by Pakistan


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A BSF trooper who was swept away into Pakistani territory by the strong current in the Chenab river was Friday handed over to Indian officials at the international border in Jammu district, officials said.


Pakistan returns BSF trooper to India


A BSF trooper who was swept away by strong currents in the Chenab river into Pakistani territory was Friday handed over to Indian officials on the international border in Jammu, officials said.


BSF trooper handed over to India


Indian troops Thursday held a flag meeting with their Pakistani counterparts and also raised diplomatically the issue of a BSF constable swept to Pakistan by the powerful current of the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir, following which Pakistan agreed to hand over the trooper Friday, officials said.


BSF trooper swept to Pakistan to be released Friday (Third Lead)


Efforts are on to bring back an Indian trooper who entered Pakistan after being swept away in the Chenab River in Jammu district, sources said Thursday.


Efforts on to bring back trooper who entered Pakistan


A trooper from the Indian side who was swept away by strong currents of the Chenab River in Jammu district has reached Pakistan. Efforts are on to bring him back.


Trooper swept away by river, reaches Pakistan


The Pakistan Army Tuesday opened unprovoked firing at Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, according to defence sources.


Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Poonch


One of the four brothers who were feared to have drowned Tuesday in flash floods in Jammu, has managed to survive, police said.


One of four brothers alive in Jammu flash flood


Four brothers drowned Tuesday in flash flood in Jammu region's Rajouri district, a police official said.


Four brothers die in Jammu flash flood


Punjab Police Monday said it has foiled a joint conspiracy of two Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, the Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) and the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), to carry out terrorist strikes in the state.


Three Khalistani terrorists arrested, module busted


A man was arrested Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district for murdering his eight-year-old daughter, police said.


Man arrested for murdering daughter


A Border Security Force trooper was killed in Jammu district Friday when his pistol fired accidentally, injuring another trooper, police said.


Trooper killed in Jammu accidental firing


One man was killed and four others were  injured here Wednesday when a car, with an apparently drunk driver behind the wheel, went off the road and crashed into a houseboat on the Dal Lake, police said. The driver has been arrested.


Car careens into shikhara in Srinagar, one killed


Indian and Pakistani soldiers Tuesday greeted each other on Eid and exchanged sweets at Aman Setu and in Tangdhar sectors of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, a defence official said.


Indian, Pakistani soldiers celebrate Eid at LoC


Heavy police force was deployed in a Kashmir village Monday after clashes broke out between two communities.


Security upped in Kashmir village after clashes


A policeman shot dead two women before turning the gun on himself in Rajouri district of Jammu region Monday, police said.


Policeman kills two, shoots self in Jammu


The VHP Saturday demanded an inquiry into the torching of community kitchens (langars) in Jammu and Kashmir's Baltal besides compensation and threatened to take the issue to the Supreme Court.


Compensate community kitchens burnt in Baltal clashes: VHP


A policeman was killed and four people were injured in a grenade explosion in Kashmir's Sopore town Saturday, police said.


Policeman killed in explosion in Kashmir


Breaching the LoC ceasefire yet again, Pakistani troops opened unprovoked firing at Indian positions in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Friday, triggering a gunfight that lasted for an hour, a defence official said. No loss of life was reported.


Pakistan breaches LOC ceasefire again


A constable of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, seriously injured when separatist guerrillas shot at him in the state's Anantnag district Friday, succumbed to his injuries in hospital, police said.


Militants kill cop in Kashmir


Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh Friday paid tributes to the martyrs of 1999 Kargil War in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region on the occasion of 15th Vijay Diwas.

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