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 […]
POONCH — At least three landmines exploded due to a forest fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Sunday, officials said. A fire broke out in Behrooti forest ahead of the border fence in Mendhar sector around 4 pm and detonated a few landmines, they said. The blasts resounded in the […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder was arrested after he crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. Mohammad Yasir Faiz, a resident of Tetrinote village of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), was taken into custody by police from Salotri border village around 11.30 pm on Saturday, the officials […]
POONCH — Army troops opened fire to bring down a Pakistani drone which entered into the Indian side from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu early Wednesday, officials said. However, the drone returned to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) after hovering briefly over an area near the border fence in Mendhar sector, […]
POONCH — An army soldier was injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The 32-year-old soldier was part of a patrolling party when he accidentally stepped over the landmine in Krishna Ghati sector, the officials said. They said the mine […]
JAMMU — A search operation to track down militants, whose movement near the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor sector was reported last week, entered the second day on Sunday with forces deploying drones and other latest equipment, officials said. The operation was launched by different units of the Army in Bhattal area on Saturday […]
JAMMU — The Army on Saturday conducted a search operation after getting a tip-off about suspicious movement near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector here, security officials said. Some villagers observed the movement of some suspected persons, believed to be terrorists, at Jogiwan in the early hours of the day and reported […]