Army opens fire after suspicious movement near LoC in Poonch
Mendhar/Jammu, Feb 3 (PTI) The Army on Saturday opened fire after observing a suspicious movement near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. They said Army troops picked up the suspicious movement in the Sabra Gali area of Mendhar and immediately responded. The firing was at a forward village […]
GoC visits forward areas in Poonch, reviews operational preparedness
Jammu, Feb 3 (PTI) A senior Army officer visited forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and reviewed the operational preparedness of the troops deployed on ground zero. General Officer Commanding of the Army’s 16 Corps Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva visited the forward areas in Poonch sector and […]
Seven held in former village head’s kidnapping from Kathua
Jammu, Feb 3 (PTI) Seven men were arrested on Friday for allegedly kidnapping a former Sarpanch a village in Kathua district, police said. Former Sarpanch Varinder Singh alias Bantu was rescued by police in injured condition and admitted to Government Medical College hospital, they said. According to a complaint filed by one Ram Saran Sharma […]
US retaliates for fatal drone attack; strikes at Iran-backed groups in Iraq, Syria
Washington, Feb 3 (PTI) The United States has retaliated against the killing of its soldiers in Jordan by striking on a dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. President Joe Biden and other top US leaders had been warning for days that America would strike back […]
Temperatures dip in Kashmir, coldest night recorded in 16 years
Srinagar: The minimum temperatures nose-dived on Thursday night at several places in Kashmir with some towns recording the coldest night in past 16 years, officials said here on Friday. Gulmarg skiing resort in north Kashmir recorded a low of minus 12 degrees Celsius, a drop of more than four degrees compared to previous night’s minus […]
