Srinagar, Nov. 13 -- 5 Persons Injured In Poonch

Srinagar- Three civilians, one of them a woman, and two soldiers were killed in mortar shelling and firing along the Line of Control in Uri area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Friday. Also five civilians were injured in similar incident along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu.

Official sources said that the two soldiers and three civilians were killed and one civilian was critically injured in the heavy mortar shelling and firing by Pakistan along the Uri, reported news agency GNS.

Two soldiers of 59 MR succumbed to injuries they had sustained during a "ceasefire violation" by Pakistan in the Uri sector, they said. "The troops gave a befitting response to the ceasefire violat...