MENDHAR — At least 19 people, including eight women and children, reported dog bite cases at a sub-district hospital in Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday. According to an official report, the dog-bite victims belonged to different areas of Mendhar and also included people from outside the region who were currently staying […]
JAMMU — A rusted mortar shell was safely defused near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. The unexploded shell was spotted near a forward post in the Sawjian sector around 9.50 am, following which the Army cordoned off the area as a precautionary measure, the officials […]
JAMMU — A woman has gone missing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and is suspected to have crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) along with eight goats, officials said on Saturday. Rubina Kousar, a resident of Karni village near the LoC, took the goats out for grazing on Friday but […]
MENDHAR — A leopard was found injured on a roadside in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Wednesday and was rescued by a wildlife team, officials said. The animal was spotted by locals in an injured condition in the Bhata Durian area of Mendhar and alerted the Wildlife Department, they said. The wildlife team has […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Friday recovered suspected improvised explosive devices and other explosive material from a hideout in Mankote sector of Poonch district, officials said. The recoveries were made during a search operation launched by the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles in Kasbalari and adjoining areas following an input from the Territorial Army, they said. — […]
JAMMU — A 45-year-old labourer was killed and four others injured in a landslide while carrying out road construction work in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, officials said. The labourers were engaged by the General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF), which functions under the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), they said. The incident occurred at […]
MENDHAR — Security forces and police launched search operations at four locations as part of heightened security measures in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday, officials said. The multiple search operations come close on the heels of four suspected terrorists from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir being killed in a suspected IED (improvised explosive device) […]
POONCH — Security forces recovered weapons and war-like stores concealed inside a natural cave in the Satarban Forest area of Poonch district on Tuesday, the Indian Army’s White Knight Corps said. According to a post on X by the White Knight Corps, troops launched a joint operation in the area based on intelligence inputs from […]
JAMMU — At least four residents of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) were killed in a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) blast across the Line of Control (LoC), adjacent to the Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch district, on Monday, prompting heightened security on the Indian side, officials said. The powerful blast reportedly occurred in Satwal-Naki […]
JAMMU — A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) explosion rocked a forward village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Ghati sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, triggering heightened security measures, officials said. The powerful blast reportedly occurred in Satwal-Naki area near the zero line, during the movement of a group […]