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NEW DELHI: A total of 338 incidents of ceasefire violation and cross-border firings were reported in Jammu and Kashmir during the month of Ramzan , Union minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said on Tuesday.

At least 14 security personnel and 11 civilians were killed in cross-border firing from Pakistan in April and June, he told the Lok Sabha.

"During the month of Ramzan - from May 17 to June 16 - altogether 338 incidents of ceasefire violation and cross-border firings were reported in Jammu and Kashmir as against 139 during April 16 to May 16," Ahir, the minister of state for home, said, replying to a written question.

Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju, responding to a separate question, said as many as 272 infiltrations were reported along the Indo-Myanmar border, 108 along the Indo-Pakistan border and just five along the Indo-Bangladesh border in 2015-17.

