Poonch

Martyr Hemraj's wife duped of Rs 10 lakh

Press Trust of India | Saturday April 6, 2013

The wife of soldier Lance Naik Hemraj, who was killed by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control, was duped of Rs 10 lakh on Friday in the presence of her brother-in-law and a relative near a petrol pump on the outskirts of Kosi town area.

Class VIII question paper leaked in Jammu, government orders probe

Press Trust of India | Saturday February 23, 2013

A Class VIII board examination question paper was leaked; following which Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a probe into the incident and postpones the exams in Poonch district of the state.

Pakistan violates ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector

Press Trust of India | Friday February 15, 2013

In yet another case of ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops tonight fired at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.

India-Pakistan bus and trade services resume after two weeks

Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Monday January 28, 2013

Cross-border bus and trade services between India and Pakistan have resumed today from Poonch in Jammu. Both services were suspended after the recent escalation in tensions between the two countries along the Line of Control (LoC) after two Indian so...

Indo-Pak trade and bus services to resume from Poonch today, say sources

Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Monday January 28, 2013

Cross-border travel and trade services between India and Pakistan are likely to resume from Poonch today, sources have told NDTV. Both services were suspended after the recent escalation in tensions between the two countries along the Line of Control...

Pak landmines planted on Indian soil: Army releases pictures

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Wednesday January 16, 2013

There have been five ceasefire violations by Pakistan since the flag meeting on Monday but besides the repeated violations of ceasefire, the border along the Poonch and Mendhar sectors in Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing landmine accidents.

Highlights: If provoked, we'll retaliate, says Army Chief Bikram Singh

NDTV.com | Monday January 14, 2013

Brigade commanders from the Indian and Pakistani armies will hold a flag meeting at 1 pm in Chakan da Bagh in Poonch along the Line of Control in Kashmir today. India will strongly protest against the killing of two soldiers last week by Pakistani tr...

Tension at Line of Control; flag meeting between India, Pakistan commanders today

Reported by Zaffar Iqbal; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday January 14, 2013

Pakistan has agreed to India's request for such a meeting, a confidence-building measure, after four days of no on-ground contact between the two armies. But even after the flag meeting was agreed upon yesterday, the Indian Army reported fresh firing...

At Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, villages set up defence committees

Zaffar Iqbal | Monday January 14, 2013

Fear is palpable at the Magnad village in Poonch district near the Line of Control (LoC). The village defence committees are on guard here after reports of ceasefire violations at the international border.

India-Pakistan army commanders hold flag meeting on Line of Control in Poonch

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi | Monday January 14, 2013

At 1 pm today, the Indian and Pakistan armies held a flag meeting at Chakan da Bagh in Poonch district along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir. The 35-minute meeting was the first on-ground contact between the two Armies since tension built up at ...

Pakistan agrees to flag meeting today; fresh firing in Poonch

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Monday January 14, 2013

Even as Pakistan agreed to a flag meeting with the commanders of the Indian Army in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir today, there was fresh firing from the Pakistani side at the Nangri-Tekri area at the Line of Control last evening. Several Indian posts w...

Firing from Pakistan could be to push through militants into India: reports

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Sunday January 13, 2013

There were reports of fresh firing at the Line of Control in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir last night. There had been a pause in the firing yesterday but reports suggest it started again late at night. Meanwhile, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne has...

Heavy firing in Poonch after Army detects movement across Line of Control

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday January 13, 2013

Heavy gunfire was traded along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir today, after the Indian Army detected the movement of a group of suspected infiltrators. Press Trust of India quoted Defence Spokesman Colonel RK Palta as ...

Pakistan again violates ceasefire in Poonch sector in J&K

Press Trust of India | Thursday January 10, 2013

In yet another ceasefire violation across the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan today fired at Indian posts in the Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir, the scene of Tuesday's brutal killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani army troops.

Another ceasefire violation along Indo-Pak border

Press Trust of India | Saturday January 5, 2013

Violating the ceasefire again, Pakistani troops fired mortar rounds at Indian posts along the Indo-Pak border in Poonch district.