JAMMU — Two Army personnel were injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening, officials said. The soldiers were trying to defuse the landmine at Kanga Gali in Mendhar sector when it went off, the officials said. They said the injured […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that those rendered landless by the recent cloudburst would be provided five-marla plots. He also said his government would explore the adoption of advanced early-warning systems to strengthen disaster preparedness and minimise the loss of lives and property in the future. Abdullah visited […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday visited the flood-affected areas of Poonch district to assess the damage caused by the recent floods and review the ongoing relief, rehabilitation and restoration measures. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, Abdullah visited the district to meet the affected people and assess the […]
JAMMU — A terrorist hideout was unearthed in a remote village in Poonch district on Wednesday, leading to the recovery of some ammunition, officials said. Security forces also conducted search operations in the Akhnoor sector of Jammu and the Hiranagar sector of Kathua district following reports of suspicious activity. However, no suspicious persons or material […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Tuesday launched a massive search operation after receiving inputs about the suspected movement of terrorists at two locations in the remote Surankote area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Acting on the information, personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, assisted by […]
JAMMU — Two rusted mortar shells were recovered from two forward villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday and safely destroyed by the Army’s Bomb Disposal Squad, officials said. In the first case, villagers spotted an unexploded mortar shell in an open field near Chajjla bridge in Mankote area and immediately alerted the […]
JAMMU — With the weather improving, the Army deployed a specially trained dog squad to aid the search for a government employee washed away in flash floods in Rajouri district, officials said on Monday. Rescue teams have intensified efforts to locate six other missing victims in neighbouring Poonch district. All seven people have been missing […]
JAMMU — Senior Congress leader Shahnawaz Choudhary on Sunday urged the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir government to declare the widespread rain-induced damage in the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri a “natural calamity”. Calling the scale of disaster “unprecedented”, Choudhary, President of the Poonch District Congress Committee (DCC), was disappointed that neither Chief Minister […]
JAMMU — Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar has directed all deputy commissioners to ensure that school buildings found unsafe or damaged due to recent rains are immediately locked and kept out of use until necessary repairs are completed, an official spokesman said on Sunday. All chief agriculture officers have also been directed to assess the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Environment Javed Ahmed Rana has said there was a need to strengthen disaster resilience in vulnerable areas and directed the administration to prepare a comprehensive long-term disaster mitigation plan in Poonch district, where 18 were killed in rain-related incidents. Reviewing the situation on the ground, Rana, who is […]