New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs has reportedly called for a high level meet as violence along the LoC showed every sign of escalating.
The MHA has already determined that there will be no flag meet with Pakistan, until a cessation of firing along the border, and is reportedly waiting for Pakistan to make the first move.
"There is no question of a flag meet with Pakistan", Army Chief General Suhag said in comments to the media.
India's response to the ceasefire violations is reportedly being monitored at the highest level with the NSA Ajit Doval seeking hourly reports from the ground. Even Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, who was recently discharged from AIIMS, is monitoring the situation along the border.
"If we hit them hard, they will come to the negotiating table themselves. We are not going to sit back and suffer for the sake of talks," a BSF official said.
Pakistan for its part, has blamed India for the violations.
"The government of Nawaz Sharif has been exercising utmost restraint and responsibility. We call upon the Indian government to immediately cease fire and shelling. It is sad that the Indian government has not been able to restrain its forces despite strong diplomatic protest by Pakistan," Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to the Pakistan Prime Minister, said.
According to reports, the Pakistan envoy in UN has called upon the Indian government to observe the ceasefire along the Line of Control.
Pakistan has already registered a protest with the Un monitoring mission, saying that India has been resorting to unprovoked attacks.
However the UN had reportedly told Pakistan that the issue needed to be resolved diplomatically.
Two people have been killed in fresh firing in Samba, marking the first time that casualties have been recorded in this region.
This takes the death toll since an escalation of violence began, to seven.
The BSF is reportedly retaliating strongly, and the DG BSF, asked people to stay inside their homes.
India has been told not to seek any flag meeting as of yet, reports said. CNN-IBN said that the government is waiting for Pakistan to make the first move.
Fresh firing is on in seven sectors along the LoC, according to fresh reports coming in from the area.
Firing was on in a number of areas including Hiranagar, Samba and Arula. Further updates were not immediately available.
Even as India vows not to back down until Pakistan stops firing along the Line of Control, BJP spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Pakistan had become 'Shaitanistan' in escalating border tensions.
His comments come in the wake of news that fresh Pakistani firing had killed one woman and injured another six in Samba.
Meanwhile MoS PMO Jitendra Singh has visited affected border areas to take stock of the situation.
Air chief Arup Raha has said that India is looking for a quick resolution to the situation with Pakistan, where escalated firing has killed a number of civilians.
"This is a serious issue, the government is taking it seriously,we want a quick resolution", he said in comments to the media.
Indian forces have been asked to retaliate heavily to firing from Pakistan and reject talks until all firing stops at the border in Jammu and Kashmir, NDTV reported, quoting top government sources.
Indian forces have already begun firing in response to repeated Pakistan attack on BSF border outposts.
