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May 18, 2017 No Responses

Pak firing triggers fresh migration along LoC

Truce violation in Balakot, 500 more villagers take refuge in relief camps The constant fear of mortar shelling and firing from the Pakistan side has triggered fresh migration from villages close to the Line of Control in Rajouri district, with nearly...

May 16, 2017 No Responses

Pakistan violates ceasefire in Rajouri; 1500 border dwellers shifted to safer areas

Pakistan violated the ceasefire for the third consecutive day on Monday. Pakistan violated the ceasefire for the third consecutive day on Monday by firing small arms on forward posts and four hamlets in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri...

May 15, 2017 No Responses

Pak shelling leaves villagers shocked at LoC

Damaged roofs, shattered windows and locked houses present a grim picture of heavy Pakistani shelling all along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Nowshera sector. The 85 mm and 120 mm mortars claimed two lives and injured three others...

May 12, 2017 No Responses

Wife killed, Husband injured during Pak shelling in Nowshera

The Pakistani army resorted to heavy mortar shelling over the areas along the Line of Control in Nowshera subdivision on Wednesday, killing a woman and damaging a school. The shelling also set off migration from a few areas with about...

July 5, 2016 No Responses

Three Cops injured, Car, Police vehicle set on fire in Rajouri

Residents protest killing of youth by rashly driven car After a youth was dragged and crushed to death by a rashly driven car near District Hospital at about 9.30 pm on Sunday, residents of the area held violent protest against...

May 19, 2016 No Responses

Rats nibble patient in Rajouri district hospital

A paralytic patient at the government district hospital in Rajouri district was allegedly bitten by rats, as hospital administration said the incident was old and corrective measures have been taken. A paralytic patient at the government district hospital in R...

May 9, 2016 No Responses

Official from center visits Rajouri to look into farmers problems

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan is being touted as the biggest-ever exercise since Independence to give a fillip to agriculture in the country, but the question is whether it will benefit people or meet...

April 26, 2016 No Responses

Bus carrying wedding party turns turtle in Rajouri, injuring 45

Around 45 people were today injured, two of them seriously, when a bus carrying a marriage party turned turtle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. “The bus full of Baratis was on its way to Thandi Kassi from Saranu village...

March 18, 2016 No Responses

Seven day Holi bonanza begins in Rajouri

Holi, the festival of colours, has a special significance here as Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims celebrate the festival a week in advance by taking out processions on alternate days in the name of Lord Bhairon. Rajouri city today witnessed the...

March 1, 2016 No Responses

Locals protest move to establish firing range in Akhnoor

Opposing the move to establish Army firing range in Akhnoor, residents of the area today protested in huge numbers under the leadership of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) senior vice-president Sham Lal Sharma by blocking the Jammu-Rajouri highway for four hou...