NEW DELHI: At least five soldiers were killed and eight injured in an accident that occurred in Jammu & Kashmir’s Poonch sector on Tuesday. The accident happened during the operational duty.The mishap happened when a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Poonch, sources told news agency PTI.The…
JAMMU: A joint team of security forces intensified search operations across Jammu region Monday, especially in Kathua’s Bani and Poonch’s Pathanateer areas, to track down terrorists a day after back-to-back shootouts in J&K, less than a week before the first phase of polling for assembly elections on Sept 18. No fresh contact, however, was established,…
NEW DELHI: After a gunfight broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Mendhar sector of Poonch district on Sunday morning, another encounter started in remote Bani of Kathua district this afternoon, officials said.According to officials, a gunfight has started between terrorists and security forces at near Nuknali Bani area of Kathua district.“During a…
NEW DELHI: A fresh encounter broke out between the police and the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kathua on Sunday afternoon, with the two sides engaged in exchange of fire in the forest region. According to officials, a police search party was attacked by terrorists at the remote Nuknali Nalla in the Bani area.This comes…
NEW DELHI: A gunfight broke out between security forces and terrorists in the remote Pathanateer area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday evening, officials confirmed.The operation was launched by a joint team of the Army and police, following intelligence inputs regarding the presence of terrorists near Gursai Top in Mendhar sub-division, officials said…
JAMMU: J&K State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Friday attached the property of a fugitive wanted in a narco-terror case in Poonch district.“The property (land) is situated at Dharmsal, Khari under Khasra no. 37 measuring 18 marlas and under Khasra no. 38 measuring 11 marlas,” said an SIA spokesperson, adding: “Around 12pm, an SIA team along…
Image used for representational purpose JAMMU: Security forces launched a massive search operation on Friday after an exchange of fire with terrorists in J&K’s Poonch district, sources said.The gunfight took place near the Dera-ki-Gali forest belt after security forces combed the area late Thursday for terrorists hiding there. After a brief skirmish, the terrorists fled,…
NEW DELHI: Five security personnel were injured after terrorists opened fire on two vehicles, including one belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF), in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, officials said.The attack took place near Shashidhar in evening as the vehicles were en route to Sanai Top in the Surankote area of the…
JAMMU: Three ready-to-use improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were seized from a suspected terrorist hideout in the border district of J&K’s Poonch early Wednesday, ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Anantnag-Rajouri segment on May 7, officials said.“Around 6am, a search operation based on a specific input was launched by Special Operation Group (SOG) of…
JAMMU: National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths descended Friday at the site in J&K’s Poonch where terrorists ambushed two army vehicles and killed four soldiers the previous day, scanning the site and detaining over two dozen suspects in the latest in a series of such attacks in the Jammu area in the past few months.NIA teams…
