POONCH (KIMS) — In a significant step towards enhancing road connectivity, the Mughal Road stretch from Bufliaz to Pir Ki Gali has been handed over to the Border Roads Organization (BRO) by the Public Works Department (PWD). The transition was facilitated with the efforts of District Development Commissioner Vikas Kundal, and was completed with all […]
POONCH — Six people stranded amid heavy snowfall on the Mughal Road in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir were rescued by police, officials said on Saturday. On Friday night, two vehicles going from Shopian to Surankote got stuck in the snow at Chattapani, leaving their occupants stranded in challenging weather conditions, police said. They […]
JAMMU — Body of a 30-year-old man has been found in Mendhar area of Poonch district, officials said on Wednesday. They told GNS that the body of Mohammad Javed resident of Mankote, was found beneath a nallah (rivulet) in Mendhar. A police party reached the spot and later shifted the body to SDH Mendhar for […]
JAMMU — The brother of a martyred soldier, who was part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force deployed in Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990, has expressed his wish to travel to the island nation to renovate the soldier’s grave and offer prayers. Mohd Taj, son of Shah Wali and a resident of Chungan village […]
JAMMU — A forest fire on Thursday triggered mine blasts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. There were no casualties or injuries, they said. The forest fire in the forward areas of Gursai, Ucchad, and Prambranar, as well as the border belts, has been raging for the […]
JAMMU — A day after the Union Ministry of Home Affairs granted approval for a new subsidised helicopter route connecting Jammu, Poonch, and Mendhar, the people of Mendhar sector on Tuesday hailed the transformative development. This new service is a game-changer, especially for the locals of the remote border areas who have long struggled with […]
JAMMU — An 18-year-old boy from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was handed over to the Pakistani army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. Mohd Sadiq was apprehended by the Indian Army in Noorkote village on the evening of December 11 when he crossed over to this […]
JAMMU — A 15 Year-old boy was killed due to electric shock in Mendhar area of Poonch district on Thursday. Officials told GNS that a boy came accidentally in contact with a live wire resulting severe injuries. Soon locals shifted him to Sub-district hospital Mendhar for treatment, however doctors there declared him brought dead. The […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder was apprehended by the Army near the LoC in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, security officials said on Thursday. Mohd Sadiq (18) was allegedly attempting to sneak into the Indian side from across the border when he was intercepted by the alert troops at Noorkote, a village near […]
JAMMU — Five people allegedly involved in drug trafficking were detained during a search operation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, officials said. The search operation was launched in the forward areas following inputs about drug trafficking in the area, they said. Police personnel cordoned off Khari, […]