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Pakistani base reportedly destroyed in Indian firing

In a video reportedly shared by the Indian Army, a Pakistani flag can be seen upside-down. According to sources, an upside-down flag is an SOS signal, which the Pakistani army was giving after the base was reportedly destroyed in Indian firing.

Pakistani base reportedly destroyed in Indian firing

An upside-down flag is an SOS signal

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Published : Mar 24, 2019, 2:23 PM IST

Srinagar: A Pakistani base was reportedly destroyed in Indian firing in Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir, according to a video shared on Sunday.

An upside-down flag is an SOS signal

In the video shared by the Indian Army, the Pakistani flag can be seen upside down, which according to sources, is a signal for SOS (extreme danger/distress).

"Pakistan has put the upside-down country flag inside their base in Akhnoor sector that was destroyed by the Indian Army two days ago," said a defence source.

The Indian army action came in retaliation to repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan.

Earlier in the day, an Indian soldier was killed in firing from Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, defence sources said.

According to the sources, the Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in the Shahpur area late on Saturday night which continued till Sunday morning.

"The soldier was critically injured in the firing. He succumbed to his injuries earlier today," the sources added.

Read:Army jawan killed in Pak firing along LoC

Srinagar: A Pakistani base was reportedly destroyed in Indian firing in Akhnoor sector of Jammu and Kashmir, according to a video shared on Sunday.

An upside-down flag is an SOS signal

In the video shared by the Indian Army, the Pakistani flag can be seen upside down, which according to sources, is a signal for SOS (extreme danger/distress).

"Pakistan has put the upside-down country flag inside their base in Akhnoor sector that was destroyed by the Indian Army two days ago," said a defence source.

The Indian army action came in retaliation to repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan.

Earlier in the day, an Indian soldier was killed in firing from Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, defence sources said.

According to the sources, the Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in the Shahpur area late on Saturday night which continued till Sunday morning.

"The soldier was critically injured in the firing. He succumbed to his injuries earlier today," the sources added.

Read:Army jawan killed in Pak firing along LoC

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Akhilesh to contest from Azamgarh; Mulayam not star SP campaigner
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Lucknow, Mar 24 ( PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will contest from Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, which was represented by his father Mulayam Singh Yadav.
While the 79-year-old SP patriarch will contest from "safe seat" Mainpuri this time, his name was conspicuously missing from the list of 40 star campaigners of the party released here Sunday.
The Samajwadi Party also announced that senior leader Mohd Azam Khan will contest from Rampur.
The party, however, sprang a surprise by not mentioning the name of its patron Mulayam Singh Yadav in its long list of its star campaigners.
The list was released by senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav.
It included the names of party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Azam Khan, Dimple Yadav and Jaya Bachchan among others, besides Ram Gopal Yadav himself.
At present, the SP patriarch represents Azamgarh constituency. He had represented Mainpuri three times earlier in 1996, 2004 and 2009.
In the 2014 polls, Mulayam contested from two constituencies, Azamgarh and Mainpuri, and won both.
The SP has so far announced the names of 20 candidates, 19 in Uttar Pradesh and one Madhya Pradesh.
Besides Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh Yadav, other prominent candidates are Akhilesh Yadav's cousins, Dharmendra Yadav and Akshay Yadav.
While Dharmendra Yadav will fight from Badaun, Akshay Yadav will contest from Firozabad.
Dharmendra Yadav, the son of Ram Gopal Yadav, will contest again from the seat that he has won thrice, while Akshay Yadav will contest from Firozabad, from where he had won the last parliamentary elections.
The party has declared Dimple Yadav its candidate from Kannauj.
The Samajwadi Party, the BSP and the Rashtriya Lok Dal have entered into an alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the April-May Lok Sabha polls.
The Samajwadi Party has entered a pre-poll alliance with the Mayawati-led BSP and will contest 37 of 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP.
While the BSP will contest on 38 seats, the RLD, which is also a part of the alliance, will fight from three seats. The SP-BSP-RLD alliance had left two seats for the Congress in Amethi and Rae Bareli.
The general election is going to start on April 11 and will continue till May 19. Polling on the 80 seats in the state will be held in seven phases.
The Samajwadi Party and the BSP will hold a series of joint rallies for the Lok Sabha polls, with the first being on April 7 in Uttar Pradesh's Deoband town.
There will be several joint rallies in the state and besides the SP and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) will be also part of these public meetings, Samajwadi Party chief spokesman Rajendra Chowdhury said.
The first of these joint rallies will be held in Saharanpur district's Deoband town on April 7 and will be addressed by Akhilesh Yadav, BSP chief Mayawati and RLD president Ajit Singh. PTI ABN SMI
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