India cautions Pakistan against unprovoked firing
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Commenting on the cross-border firing, India said that it will not tolerate unprovoked firing, and would retaliate if the same does not stop.
S Jaishankar, India's foreign secretary issued the warning after a review meeting on Pakistan with Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh and Manohar Parikkar.
Both Pakistan and India have blamed each other for violating border norms.
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Do you know?
The drone may belong to Pakistan after all!
To Pakistan's embarrassment, intelligence sources have alleged that the 'spy' drone shot down as Indian, is really a DJI Phantom 3 Chinese drone used by Pakistan's Punjab province for patrolling highways.