JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday joined the ‘drug-free’ padyatra (foot march) in border district of Poonch, marking the completion of the campaign’s outreach across all 20 districts of the Union Territory. Describing the initiative as a people’s movement against substance abuse and narco-terrorism, Sinha reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to […]
JAMMU — Nearly a dozen shops were gutted in a major fire in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday, officials said. No casualties have been reported. The fire broke out at around 5 am in the Bufliaz central market along Mughal Road, affecting mostly shops constructed of wood and tin. They said locals, […]
JAMMU — An Army soldier sustained injuries after his service rifle accidentally went off while he was on duty in a forward area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. According to officials, the incident took place on Wednesday night in the Bolnoi sector of Mendhar. Army authorities evacuated the injured soldier and shifted […]
MENDHAR — The Indian Army has recovered two bags containing suspected narcotics and a Chinese-origin pistol during a domination operation near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu officials said on Thursday. Official sources said the recovery was made by troops of the Hamirpur Battalion in the forward area of Balakote in […]
POONCH — In a tragic incident on Mughal Road near Chatta Pani area, three persons have been confirmed dead, with their bodies recovered after a vehicle went missing since May 4. The deceased have been identified as Shoket Hussain (33), resident of Hari Budha, Abdul Majid, son of Munir Hussain, resident of Mangnar, Poonch, while […]
JAMMU — Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Sunil Sharma on Wednesday objected to referring Rajouri and Poonch districts as part of the Pir Panjal region, asserting that no such region exists in Jammu and Kashmir, which he described as a single, undivided unit. Sharma is in the eye of a storm in the Assembly, […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch have imposed a ban on trekking, camping, hiking and similar outdoor activities in all high-altitude areas of the border district for a period of two months, an official said on Tuesday. “It has been reported that unrestricted movement of individuals and groups in such areas poses a […]
JAMMU — A forest fire on Monday detonated multiple landmines along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. They said there is no report of any casualty in the blasts and efforts are on to douse the flames. The fire broke out in the Basooni forward area in […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Tuesday launched cordon and search operations along border areas and the mountainous hinterland of Poonch and Kishtwar districts of Jammu and Kashmir as part of heightened anti-terror measures, officials said. Acting on inputs about the presence of two terrorist groups operating in the Doda-Kishtwar forest areas, security forces launched a […]
JAMMU — Police on Monday seized an unidentified drone found abandoned in a field in a forward village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Special Operations Group (SOG) of J&K Police received an input about a drone abandoned in a field at village Gohled in Mendhar sector this afternoon, they said. A police […]