Topic: Poonch
Photos: Grief overpowers Eid in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch
Ahmed Mir and Sarthak Parashar
On the eve of Eid-ul-Adha, several people, mostly the mohallawallas, have gathered at the deceased Muhammad Akram’s largely plasterless house...
TMC delegation visits Rajouri, Poonch, stresses need for urgent relief package
A five-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation, comprising four MPs and a state minister visiting Kashmir to assess the ground situation, visited Pakistan shelling-affected Rajouri...
Rahul Gandhi visits J&K’s Poonch, meets Pak shelling victims
Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday visited Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and met the victims of cross-border shelling by Pakistani troops during recent hostilities between the two countries.
Where shells fall first: Memoir from Line of Control
Just ten minutes after I, along with five members of my family, escaped through the narrow lane of our locality, an artillery shell landed with full force on the same path. Zain and Zoya (nickname of Urwa), the 12-year-old twins you may have heard of by now, were the first to be martyred. Three others were injured—one of them was a friend whom I had greeted at his doorstep as we fled, urging him to do the same.
From shelling to silence: Untold story of Poonch
“The bombardment was such that we couldn’t reach the body for four hours, even though it was just a hundred metres away,” said the...
15 civilians, one soldier killed in Pakistani shelling; 4 children among the dead
At least 15 civilians and one soldier, including four children, were killed and 43 others injured in heavy cross-border shelling by the Pakistan Army in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
