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The registration process under the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme of the Indian Army kick started in Poonch district of Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday. At least 255 candidates filled up the form for the entry, from which 70 are girl candidates.

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Jammu: Indian and Pakistani troops traded gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts on Wednesday. The first clash took place in Poonch district. Pakistan troopers resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions in Gulpur and Khari Karmara areas at around 8.15 a.m., Defence Ministry sources said. “They […]

Jammu: A villager was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday when he accidentally stepped on a landmine near the Line of Control (LoC), police said. The deceased was identified as Imam Din of Bagyal Dara village. Landmines are planted by the army near the LoC to prevent infiltration, but defence experts say […]

Jammu: Five soldiers were injured on Tuesday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said. Police said the Pakistan Army started unprovoked shelling and firing targeting Indian positions in Krishna Ghati sector. “The firing started at 7.30 a.m. The injured, including an officer, were airlifted to […]

Jammu: Five civilians were killed on Sunday in Pakistan shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said. “The Pakistan Army resorted to indiscriminate shelling in Mendhar sector of the LoC. “A shell fell on a house killing five members of the same family,” the police said. The Indian […]

Jammu: Three children were injured on Saturday as Pakistan shelled Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Indian troops were retaliating. Police said Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked, indiscriminate shelling and firing in Balakote sector of Poonch district on Saturday evening, in which the children were injured. […]

Jammu: The Pakistani Army on Thursday resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. It used mortars, automatics and small arms to target the Indian positions in Krishna Ghati sector, Defence Ministry sources said. “The firing started at 10.35 a.m. India retaliated strongly and effectively. […]

Jammu: The bus service across the Line of Control between Chakan Da Bagh in Poonch district and Rawalakot in the Pakistani side of Kashmir remained suspended for the fourth consecutive week on Monday. Officials at Chakan Da Bagh crossing point said that the bus service had to be suspended on Monday “because of no response […]

Jammu: Heavy shelling and firing exchanges between Indian and Pakistani troops began on Monday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, a defence official said. “The Pakistan army resorted to indiscriminate firing and shelling on our positions in Krishna Ghati and Mendhar sectors,” the official said. “They first initiated small […]

Jammu:  An Army officer and three jawans were killed and four people, including two teenagers, injured today in heavy Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, forcing Indian troops to retaliate, officials said. Pakistani forces opened unprovoked heavy firing and shelling along the LoC in Bhimbher Gali sector […]

Jammu: Pakistani troops today fired from small arms at forward areas along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. There are no reports of any casualty in the firing. A senior police officer said Pakistani troops opened fire at forward areas in Khadi Karmara along LoC in Poonch sector this morning. On October 6, […]

Jammu: There was heavy firing on Thursday between Indian and Pakistan across the Line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, the Defence Ministry said. “At around 6 a.m. today, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling mortars and firing small arms along the Krishna Ghati sector,” Defence spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand […]

Jammu: Indian and Pakistani armies traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said. The firing exchanges started in Chakan Da Bagh area. “Mortar shelling and small arms firing continued between the two sides,” a police officer said. As two shells fired from Pakistan landed […]