JAMMU — Two rusted mortar shells were detected and safely destroyed by the Army in the Mankote sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. The unexploded ordnance was found in the Choki Sagra area of the Mendhar sub-division, they said. Army personnel of bomb disposal squad destroyed the shells in a […]
Tag: Line of Control (LoC)
Two soldiers injured in landmine blast near LoC in Poonch
JAMMU — Two Army personnel were injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening, officials said. The soldiers were trying to defuse the landmine at Kanga Gali in Mendhar sector when it went off, the officials said. They said the injured […]
Five kgs heroin worth over Rs 25 crore seized near LoC in Poonch
JAMMU — In one of the biggest narcotics recoveries along the Line of Control (LoC) in recent years, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday seized five kilograms of high-grade heroin smuggled from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, officials said. The seizure was made during a meticulously planned anti-drug operation in village […]
Army opens fire after observing suspicious movement along LoC in Rajouri
JAMMU — Army troops opened fire after noticing a suspicious movement along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The small arms firing was reported from the Tarkundi forward area around 10 pm on Friday and continued for nearly one-and-a-half hours. However, there were no […]
Pakistani intruder retreats after BSF fires warning shots in Kathua
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder retreated across the International Border after Border Security Force personnel fired warning shots when he attempted to enter Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday, officials said. BSF troops observed the intruder’s movement in the Bobiya area of Hiranagar sector this evening and challenged him, the officials […]
Search launched after suspected Pakistani drone sighted along LoC in Rajouri
JAMMU — A search operation was launched early Monday after a suspected Pakistani drone was sighted over a forward village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. The drone-like object, fitted with a blinking light, was observed over the forward villages of Meenka and Beripattan in the Sunderbani […]
POJK resident repatriated after inadvertently crossing LoC in Baramulla
SRINAGAR — The Army on Saturday repatriated a Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) resident who had inadvertently crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district in May. “A POJK resident, Zeeshan Mir S/O Lal Mir, who was apprehended while crossing the Line of Control in Uri Sector on 31 May 26, was repatriated […]
Pakistani intruder apprehended along LoC in Poonch
JAMMU — A 31-year-old Pakistani intruder was apprehended by Indian Army troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch on Sunday, the third such incident in the district this month, officials said. Rayees Khan, a resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, was taken into custody from Balakote sector shortly after he crossed the […]
Pakistani intruder apprehended along LoC in Poonch
JAMMU — Army troops apprehended a 26-year-old infiltrator, a resident of PoK, along the LoC in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. Mohammad Sajad was taken into custody after entering the Indian side from across the border through the Gulpur area of the Krishna Ghati sector on Friday, the officials […]
Pakistani national who inadvertently crossed LoC repatriated
SRINAGAR — A Pakistani national has been repatriated six days after crossing the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the Army said on Friday. The Pakistani national had inadvertently crossed over into India on June 12. “A Pakistani national, Asad Khan, a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), who was apprehended in Simari […]







