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Poonch torture deaths: Brigadier P. Acharya’s censure upheld, AFT order reveals what happened

The brigadier argued that because General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Counter-Insurgency Force (CIF) ‘Romeo’ and GOC of 16 Corps were present at the control room, they shared blame

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.

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

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.

‘We don’t wait, we provide help’: How Sikhs, Gujjar-Bakarwals led civilian rescue along LoC in Kashmir

As areas along LoC saw Pakistani firing & shelling following Op Sindoor, civic volunteers stepped in to evacuate families, offering food, water & bedding—often in their own homes.

As Poonch continues to be battered, Pakistan’s shelling reaches Surankote. ‘The last time was in 1971’

On the intervening night of 9 and 10 May, the shelling shook the entire town of Surankote, which residents described as 'unexpected'.

Poonch madrasa teacher died in Pakistan shelling. Now, anger over his misidentification as ‘terrorist’

Qari Mohammad Iqbal, the teacher, was wrongly portrayed as ‘terrorist’ by several media outlets. Other victims of Pakistan shelling recall blasts; some of them escaped miraculously.

Ambushes, civilians targeted — why security apparatus sees Jammu as ‘cause for concern’

Data available with the Army shows that a total of 20 security personnel were killed in Rajouri & Poonch districts of Jammu last year.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.