JAMMU — A brief exchange of fire took place along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, security officials said. They said an Indian Army post came under fire from a forested area across the LoC around 11.30 am in Gulpur sector. They said soldiers retaliated and […]
JAMMU — An army personnel was injured by a gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor sector near here on Friday, security officials said. The soldier was manning a forward post in Battal area when he received a bullet apparently from across the border, the officials said. They said that the injured was […]
RAJOURI — An army soldier was critically injured by gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The soldier was manning a forward post in the Kalal area of Nowshera sector when he was hit by a bullet and was immediately rushed to a military […]
JAMMU — General Officer Commanding of Jammu-based White Knight Corps Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva on Monday reviewed the “hostile activities” along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army said. The top Army officer’s visit to the forward areas came two days after an Army patrol party was […]
MENDHAR — At least four landmines exploded due to a forest fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Sunday, but there was no casualty, officials said. The fire broke out in Lanjote forest in Balakote sector of Mendhar sub-division around 1 pm and set off the landmines, they […]
RAJOURI — A 40-year-old resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) was apprehended near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday, officials said. Abdul Rehman, a resident of Seri village of Kotli district, was under the influence of drugs when he was intercepted by the Indian Army shortly after he intruded […]
RAJOURI — Soldiers on patrolling duty were fired upon from a forest across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, prompting retaliation by the Indian troops, security officials said. There was no casualty in the brief firing but an alert has been sounded to maintain strict vigil, […]
JAMMU — A Pakistan-occupied Kashmir resident, who had inadvertently intruded into this side recently, was handed over to the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. The mentally unstable man, 32-year-old Mohammad Yasir Faiz is a resident of Tetrinote village in PoK. He was […]
JAMMU — Army troops on Thursday foiled an infiltration attempt by a group of heavily-armed militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, security officials said. Alert Army troops picked up the movement of the militants trying to sneak into this side from across the LoC in Khari Karmara […]
ISLAMABAD — The family of a mentally challenged man from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Sunday urged authorities for his repatriation after he inadvertently crossed the Line of Control into India, according to a media report. Yasir Faiz, a resident of Tetrinote village of PoK, was taken into custody by police from Salotri border village around […]