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Topic: Poonch

Operation Sarp Vinash — the forgotten 2003 campaign that changed India’s fight against terror

Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder’s book on Operation Sarp Vinash shows why the Indian Army’s 2003 campaign to clear terrorist strongholds in Rajouri-Poonch still matters today.

Heavy rains trigger landslides, flash floods in Jammu. Two people including a minor washed away

The downpour has disrupted daily life, with floodwaters entering homes & vehicular traffic disrupted. Officials said farmers have also reported extensive damage to land and crops.

Terrorist hideout busted in J&K’s Poonch. Joint op leads to recovery of grenades, ammo

Acting on intelligence inputs regarding suspicious movement, the joint team of Poonch Police Special Operations Group (SOG) & the Indian Army's Romeo Force launched an operation on Friday.

Security increased in Poonch border town ahead of Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit

Additional security personnel have been deployed around the Raj Bhawan, where Shah will hold a high-level security meeting, they said.

Poonch & Rajouri matter as much as Pahalgam. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs died there too

What I saw in J&K border towns made me sob and weep. It also gave me hope

‘Everything will go back to normal’—Rahul visits Poonch, meets those affected by Pakistani shelling

The Lok Sabha LoP also posted on X about his visit, asserting that he will raise the people's demand and issues at the national level.

Rahul Gandhi to visit Poonch Saturday, scheduled to meet families bereaved during Pakistan shelling

This will be the second visit of the Lok Sabha LoP to Jammu and Kashmir after the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack in which 25 tourists and one local were killed.

Frantic car ride to hunkering in hotel basement, how my father’s advice got me through Poonch shelling

A hotel in Poonch's Surankote, which had not experienced shelling since 1971, came in the line of fire during the India-Pakistan conflict this time.

A gurdwara, a madrasa, a Catholic school pick up the pieces. Every alley in Poonch bears scars of loss

Over three dozen homes and vehicles in Poonch were damaged in intense shelling by Pakistan.

A Poonch woman’s 13-yr-old twins died 5 mins apart. She hides their deaths to keep their father alive

Zoya & Ayan, 13 were killed when a Pakistani shell struck their home in Poonch. Their father, still being treated for his injuries, is unaware of their deaths.

On Camera

India’s labour policy left it unable to compete with other eastern economies: Nani A Palkhivala

Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.