Jammu Mar 31 PTI Six people were killed and seven others injured when a car skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district on Thursday officials saidA Tata Sumo which was on its way from Surankotes Marha village towards Bufliyaz skidded-off the road and rolled down into the gorge at Tarran Wali they saidSix people have died and seven others are injured a police office saidThe injured have been shifted to a hospital The vehicle was carrying wedding guests they said PTI AB AB TDS TDS
Jammu Jan 29 PTI An improvised explosive device IED was seized in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district on Saturday officials saidThe seizure was made by security forces from near Sheendara village on the Jammu-Poonch highway on specific information and was later neutralised by experts of the bomb disposal squad they said The officials said preliminary investigation suggest that the IED was an old one as it had gathered rust while remaining buried Police have registered a case and further investigation is on the officials said PTI TAS ANB ANB
Jammu Jan 28 PTI Deployed to guard the Line of Control LoC in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district Army jawans carried a pregnant woman for kilometres on shoulders to help her to reach a hospital official said On Thursday night Local formation of the Army got a distress call from border area of Tuglu Noorkote village situated on the LoC in Poonch for urgent medical assistance to a pregnant woman who had developed labour pain they said The Army personnel responded promptly and with the help of locals evacuated the woman to the nearest civil hospital on a charpoy they said PTI AB AQS AQS
Jammu Jan 21 PTI The security forces conducted a joint search operation and recovered 31 kilograms of narcotics along Line of Control LoC in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district on Friday officials said Based on inputs of likely smuggling of narcotics through the LoC in Poonch Indian Army along with police launched relentless operations in the forward area defence spokesman said The operations were backed up with a well integrated surveillance grid coupled with extensive domination of the areas close to the Line of Control he said The narcotics weighing approximately 31 kilograms have been recovered in a search operation very close to the LoC the spokesman said PTI AB RCJ RCJ
Jammu Dec 20 PTI A BSF jawan was injured in a mine blast along the Line of Control LoC in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district on Monday officials said The incident took place in the Balakote area when the jawan was on patrol duty they said He has been hospitalised the officials said PTI AB AQS AQS
Jammu Nov 25 PTI A 14-year-old boy from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir PoK was apprehended by the Army along the Line of Control LoC in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district on Thursday officials said Asmad Ali a resident of Tatrinote tehsil in Rawalakot crossed into this side of the LoC near a forward post following which he was nabbed they said He is being questioned by the Army the officials said adding further details are awaited PTI AB AQS AQS
Jammu Nov 19 PTI A low orbiting satellite was spotted near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district on Friday triggering panic among residents a defence official saidPeople living in forward areas of Dhargalooon Lanjiote along the Line of Control LoC spotted the object with blinking light he said The official said it was a low orbiting satellitePTI AB SRY
Jammu Oct 21 PTI Army troops recovered an improvised explosive device IED and later defused it in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district on Thursday a defence spokesman said An army patrol party detected the IED fitted in the branch of a tree in the forest area of Sawalkot in Ratangir ridge he said The IED was destroyed later the spokesman added With the destruction of the IED a potential tragedy was averted PTI AB HDA HDA
Jammu Aug 24 PTI A 16-year-old resident of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir PoJK was apprehended by Army personnel on Tuesday after he intruded into the Indian side in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district a defence spokesperson said hereHe said Khyam Maqsood was held after he crossed the Line of Control into a forward area of the districtThe teenager is a resident of Harkadiya Bala village of Abbaspur the spokesman said adding that he is being questioned PTI AB IJT
Jammu Aug 23 PTI A teenage girl who went missing in Jammu and Kashmirs Poonch district was found dead on the banks of a river in this district police said on MondayThe 17-year old victim Mehak Bi went missing from her Mohalla Kamsar residence on August 21 and her body was found on the banks of the river on Sunday evening a police official saidHe said the postmortem of the deceased was conducted and the body was handed over to her family for last rites after completion of legal formalitiesPolice are ascertaining the cause of her death the official said PTI TAS AB TDS TDS