Poonch District
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Rahul Gandhi meets families hit by shelling in Poonch, says will raise issue on national-level
Jammu and Kashmir | May 24, 2025, 12:44 PM ISTThis will mark Rahul Gandhi’s second visit to the valley after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack which killed 26 people, most of them tourists.
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Pakistani intruder arrested near Line of Control in J-K's Poonch sector, says Army
Jammu and Kashmir | May 06, 2025, 02:00 PM ISTThe arrest of Pakistani national came amid tensions between India and Pakistan after terrorists killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22.
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Indian Army foils Pakistan's infiltration bid, Pak Army Captain among 7 casualties: Sources
World | Feb 07, 2025, 03:34 PM ISTThe Indian Army is reported to have foiled an infiltration bid on the night of February 4-5. The operation has resulted in the elimination of at least seven Pakistani infiltrators.
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Poonch Army Attack: Why is Pakistan apprehensive of an attack after the Poonch attack?
News | Apr 27, 2023, 11:57 PM ISTA loud and clear sound is coming from Pakistan. For the last 24 hours, Pakistan has started feeling that India is going to do something or other. Pakistan is sitting on the countdown to the third surgical strike,
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Poonch Army Truck Accident: NIA starts investigation of terrorist attack; search operation continues
News | Apr 21, 2023, 08:33 PM ISTThe NIA team is currently present at the terror attack site in Poonch, trying to understand each and every situation properly. From where Pakistani terrorists ambushed, how they attacked, from which side the first shot was fired, and from where the grenade was thrown,
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Low orbiting satellite spotted along LoC in J&K’s Poonch
India | Nov 20, 2021, 08:07 AM ISTPeople living in forward areas of Dhargalooon, Lanjiote along the LoC spotted the object with blinking light.
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Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi meets family of soldier killed in J&K's Poonch
India | Oct 13, 2021, 09:24 PM ISTEarlier on Monday, one Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and four jawans of the Indian Army had lost their lives during a counter-terror operation at Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch.
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Indian Army destroys unexploded mortar shell recovered in J&K's Poonch
India | Oct 06, 2021, 06:52 PM ISTThe mortar shell was recovered from Balakote area of Poonch.
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Terror hideout busted in J&K's Poonch; arms, ammunition seized
India | May 22, 2021, 02:18 PM ISTSecurity forces busted a terrorist hideout near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Saturday and seized some arms and ammunition, the third such recovery in a fortnight
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National Lok Adalat organized to solve pending cases in JandK's Poonch
News | Dec 13, 2020, 02:25 PM ISTNational Lok Adalat was organized in JandK's Poonch district on December 12 to solve the pending cases. People in large numbers came to get their pending cases solved on the spot.
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Army defuses three mortar shells fired by Pakistan troops in Poonch ceasefire
India | Feb 18, 2020, 01:19 PM ISTThe Army detected and defused three mortar shells fired by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said on Tuesday.
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Pakistan violates ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district
India | Oct 01, 2019, 10:49 AM ISTPakistan on Tuesday resorted to a ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir leading to retaliatory firing by Indian troops, defence sources said.
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Ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district
India | Sep 07, 2019, 06:18 PM ISTThe Pakistan army on Saturday shelled forward posts and villages in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, ending a week-long lull in shelling incidents along the Line of Control (LoC).
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Army man killed, 3 others injured in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in J-K's Poonch
India | Jun 10, 2019, 11:27 PM ISTAn Army jawan was killed and three others were injured when Pakistan troops resorted to mortar shelling and small arms firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Monday, officials said.
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Jammu and Kashmir: 6 kg poppy straw seized from passenger vehicle in Poonch; no arrests so far
India | May 27, 2019, 01:50 PM ISTThe contraband was found packed in five polythene bags. According to the police, it was being smuggled from Kashmir through Mugal road, connecting the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu region with south Kashmir Shopian district.
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Major tragedy averted as Army destroys suspected IED along Jammu-Poonch highway | Watch video
India | May 27, 2019, 12:49 PM ISTA bottle filled with a liquid material and a polybag filled with some solid material was found on the roadside near Kallar chowk along the highway in the morning, Rajouri SSP Yougal Manhas said.
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J&K govt to explore possibilities to tap tourism potential in Poonch
India | Feb 19, 2018, 12:34 PM ISTState Tourism minister Tassaduq Mufti said govt would explore the possibility of tapping tourism potential of Pir Panjal region with particular focus on promoting pilgrimage, heritage, leisure and ecotourism in Poonch.
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Body of heavily-armed Pak infiltrator recovered along LoC in J&K’s Pooch district
India | Feb 19, 2018, 12:26 PM ISTTwenty people -- 11 security personnel and nine civilians -- were killed and over 75 others injured in Pakistani shelling along the LoC and the International Border (IB) in Jammu division since the beginning of this year.
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Pakistan violates ceasefire along LoC in Poonch district, 2 porters injured
India | Sep 07, 2017, 05:27 PM ISTIncidents of ceasefire violation by Pakistan have increased sharply this year. Till August 1, there were 285 such violations while in 2016, the number was significantly less at 228.
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Pakistan yet again violates ceasefire, shells LoC areas in J&K's Poonch district
India | Aug 16, 2017, 08:50 AM ISTPakistan today resorted to firing and shelling on forward posts and civilian areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, prompting the Indian army to give a befitting response