Pak shelling
“The firing in RS Pura sector is intermittent,” he said.
Big explosions of mortars could be heard in Jammu city through the night.
The incidents of unprovoked firing and attempts to infiltrate the IB have increased in the last few days, and comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to a farm university in RS Pura on Saturday.
Earlier this week, a BSF jawan was killed along the Jammu bor- der area while thwarting an infiltration bid. People in Arnia, the biggest town along the IB in the state with a population of over 20,000, have been asked to stay indoors. Schools within a five kilometre radius of the border have also been closed as a preventive measure. 104 because two independents who got elected are with us,” he said. In the house of 224, the Karnataka assembly currently has 221 MLAs - polls in two seats were deferred, and JD (S) leader H D Kumaraswamy won in two constituencies. The BJP has 104 seats of its own and claims to have the support of one Independent MLA. VVIP drivers who know the chaotic Delhi roads well with a fresh set of personnel, including one from Dimapur in Nagaland. This rotation is not limited to jawans but goes right up to the top echelons of the Indian Army.
People familiar with the matter said that such changes are necessary because the September 29, 2016, Surgical Strikes and last year’s 73-day stand-off with Peoples Liberation Army at Doklam have disabused the notion among the army’s 1.1 lakh personnel that there will no war in the future.
On the operational front, the army is trying take war preparedness to a new level with key strike units asked to report the condition and serviceability of platforms, whether tanks or self-propelled howitzers, and stocks of ammunition. The instructions are clear that equipment should be battle ready even if other platforms are cannibalised for muchneeded spares. While platforms should be ready, there should be enough ammunition in the inventory. The army believes that it needs 10 days of ammunition inventory to take on Pakistan but 30 days if it comes to the formidable PLA.
The footage from the camera can be viewed on the mobile phone as well as on TV screen through wi-fi connectivity and can be used as evidence or for identification, the officer said.
Currently, five cameras have been given to members of quick response team (QRT) in police range headquarters.
In Bikaner, QRT in-charge Sandeep Kumar Poonia said, “Wearing the camera is like having a person along with you to record everything happening around you.”