The Latest Breaking News from Poonch

Militants are changing tack in the Pir Panjal valley to outsmart the security agencies and survive longer in a region with topography “as tough as Afghanistan’s mountains”, officials say. The valley comprises the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch, and includes 225 km of the Line of Control (LoC) with…

Security forces on Wednesday morning launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) following movement of “suspected people” in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch town, sources said.

Security top brass met in Srinagar and apprised Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday about the security challenges ahead of much-touted meeting of G20 nations on May 22-24. Security for the upcoming Amarnath yatra and the situation in Poonch-Rajouri sector were also discussed, official sources said.  

High-tech gadgets like pre-programmed drones for weapon dropping and offline applications for escape routes could be providing a security cover to multiple special militant teams active in the Rajouri-Poonch belt

Two drug peddlers were arrested and seized nearly 6 kg of drugs from their possession in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on Thursday. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Army statement came a day after the Jammu and Kashmir Police pointed at local support for militants who attacked an Army truck in Poonch on April 20, which left five soldiers dead.

“Hundreds of youth from south Kashmir have been put in jails,” she said.

Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh on April 28 arrested a man for his role in April 20 Poonch attack.  

Higher reaches of the Pir Panjal range received fresh snowfall following which the local authorities have been carried out snow clearing operations at the Mughal Road,which connects Rajouri and Poonch districts with Kashmir. Read further on Dynamite News:

After the Poonch terror attack, former Pakistani diplomat Abdul Basit fears that India will carry out another surgical strike on Pakistan.

According to the investigation so far on the Poonch terror attack, the terrorists likely hid in a culvert on a stretch of the Bhimber Gali-Poonch road before they attacked the truck that was carrying Army jawans, officials said.