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NEW DELHI, June 7: Authorities in Pakistan-occupied Jammu Kashmir (PoJK) have stepped up security measures ahead of a region-wide shutdown called for June 9 by the Awami Action Committee (AAC), amid growing unrest over inflation, governance issues and political grievances. Pakistani Army personnel, Punjab Police and Rangers have been deployed across the region. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp Awami Action Committee activists held a demonstration in Rawalakot on Sunday afternoon, r

LAHORE, June 6: Three young men of the Ahmadi minority community were critically injured when an unidentified gunman opened fire at its prominent place of worship in Punjab province of Pakistan, police said Saturday. The incident took place at Ahmadis worship place Bait-ul-Aqsa at the Ahmadiyya headquarters Rabwah, Chenab Nagar, some 175 kms from Lahore late on Friday evening. According to police, the unidentified man came on a motorcycle at the Ahmadi worship place and opened indiscriminate f

MENDHAR/JAMMU, Jun 4: An Army soldier sustained injuries after his service rifle accidentally went off while he was on duty in a forward area of Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district, officials said. According to officials, the incident took place on Wednesday night in the Bolnoi sector of Mendhar. Army authorities evacuated the injured soldier and shifted him to a hospital in Rajouri, they said. The post Soldier Injured In Accidental Firing In J&Ks Poonch appeared first on Daily Excelsior .

JAMMU, Jun 2: A CISF jawan was injured after his service rifle accidentally went off while he was waiting for a train at the Jammu Railway Station on Tuesday, police said. According to officials, the incident occurred when the CISF personnel was at the railway station awaiting a train for deployment on Amarnath yatra duties. The injured jawan was immediately provided medical assistance. No other person was injured in the incident, officials added. Police have initiated proceedings. An investigat

Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, May 26: Panic gripped the busy Mini Market, near Green Belt Park, Gandhi Nagar area here this evening after suspected gangsters, including the main accused in the recent Satwari gang clash case, allegedly opened fire at a joint police team and escaped from the spot following a brief exchange of fire. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp Official sources said a joint naka was laid by the Special Operations Group (SOG) and local police near Green [] The pos

WASHINGTON, May 24: A man who opened fire yesterday near a White House security checkpoint is dead after being shot by officers who returned fire, the US Secret Service said. It was the third incidence of gunfire in the vicinity of President Donald Trump in the past month. The law enforcement agency said in a statement posted on X that the man was in the area of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue when he pulled a weapon from his bag [] The post Suspect dead after firing near White House appeare

KYIV, May 6: Russia fired dozens of drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, disregarding a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv that began at midnight. The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that Ukraine hadnt abided by its own ceasefire, saying that air defences shot down 53 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions, the illegally annexed Crimean peninsula and the Black Sea between Tuesday evening and dawn Wednesday. Five people were killed by a Ukrainian drone s

WASHINGTON, Apr 26: World leaders expressed relief that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania and other guests were unharmed after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents dinner here on Saturday night and asserted that political violence has no place in a democracy. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has had frequent run-ins with Trump, described the shooting incident at the Washington Hilton hotel as a disturbing event. I am relieved that the President, the First Lad

NEW DELHI, Apr 18: India on Saturday summoned Iranian envoy Mohammad Fathali after two Indian vessels had to reverse course in the Strait of Hormuz following an incident of firing by Irans Revolutionary Guards, authoritative sources said. A strong protest was lodged with the ambassador over the incident, they said. There is no official word yet on summoning Fathali to the external affairs ministry. Several commercial vessels tried to cross the Strait of Hormuz after Iran on Friday announced that

SRINAGAR, Apr 13: A man and a woman were found dead under mysterious circumstances on Monday in Jammu and Kashmirs Anantnag, officials said. The bodies were recovered from a house in Kamad in the Dialgam area. The deceased persons appear to be non-locals, they said. A forensic team has been rushed to the spot for evidence, the officials said, adding that further details were awaited. The post Man, Woman Found Dead In J&Ks Anantnag appeared first on Daily Excelsior .

The United Arab Emirates says its air defences are firing at an incoming Iranian missile barrage, reports AP. The post The United Arab Emirates says its air defences are firing at an incoming Iranian missile barrage, reports AP. appeared first on Daily Excelsior .

Imphal, Apr 7: Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam on Tuesday said two persons were killed and five others injured in firing after a mob stormed a CRPF camp in Bishnupur district. A large number of youths and women held a protest against the killing of two children in a bomb attack by suspected militants in Moirang Tronglaobi area earlier in the day, he said. The protesters stormed the CRPF camp near Gelmol, a few 100 metres from the bomb attack [] The post 2 killed, 5 injured in firing af

DEHRADUN, Mar 30: A retired Army brigadier was killed here after he was caught in cross firing between two car occupants during a road rage incident on Monday, police said. The incident took place in Johri village on Mussoorie Road when an argument broke out between the occupants of a Delhi-registered Fortuner and a Scorpio N over giving way, they said. As the argument escalated, the occupants in the Scorpio allegedly chased the Fortuner and opened fire at its tyres, [] The post Retired Army bri

Jammu, Mar 23 : A local court on Monday sent Kamal Singh Jamwal, accused of firing at National Conference president Farooq Abdullah at an event here, to judicial remand till April 6. Jamwal was produced in the court on the expiry of his police remand in the case. Abdullah had a miraculous escape on March 11 when 63-year-old Jamwal opened fire while the former chief minister was leaving a marriage function in Greater Kailash area of Jammu. The accused was [] The post Farooq Abdullah Firing Case: