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TopicPoonch district

Topic: Poonch district

Sirens, shelling & a morning of eerie silence: My longest night in Poonch in wake of Op Sindoor

ThePrint journalist who travelled to Poonch huddled with others amid relentless shelling. As blasts roared, they chased updates, but as the hours passed, silence fell.

‘3 splinters hit him, 1 got lodged in his lung’—fear & death in Poonch after shelling by Pakistan

Pakistan launched intense shelling early Wednesday morning in J&K’s Poonch district following India's Operation Sindoor. Civilians, including a woman and 3 children killed.

Terrorism in Kashmir is changing. Look for lessons in an operation two decades old

Hill Kaka, where militants had dug in during early 2003, became the de facto headquarters of Terror Inc. Then the Army launched its biggest pincer movement called Op Sarp Vinash.

Rajouri killing shows a worrying pattern. Terrorists are trapping Army soldiers

The rise in terrorist activities in the area after nearly 15 years is cause for concern for India, with Pakistan seen to be fuelling ambushes in an attempt to worsen the Kashmir problem after the nullification of Article 370.

Safeer Ahmed changing valley through development

Safeer Ahmed is one of those names, who has been doing social service work in Poonch district and surrounding areas of Jammu for almost fifteen years.

Pakistani chopper strays into Indian airspace, PoK ‘PM’ was reportedly on board

The helicopter came into Indian airspace just after noon Sunday. Army PRO in Jammu says air sentries ‘engaged’ it with small arms.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.