Days after assuming charge as the Chief of the Indian Army, General Upendra Dwivedi on Wednesday visited Poonch-Rajouri sector to review the security situation along the Line of Control.
Amid recent attempts by Pakistan-backed terror groups to revive terrorism in areas south of the Pir Panjal ranges in the Jammu sector, it is emerging that there are around 35-40 foreign terrorists active in the area and operating in small teams, with two-three in each one of them.
This comes after an exchange of fire occurred between security forces and terrorists in the Poonch district of J-K on Tuesday, according to an official.
After record voter turnouts in Srinagar and Baramulla in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary Constituency (PC) too has shattered voter turnout records, with 51.35 per cent recorded at 5 pm in the districts of Anantnag, Poonch, Kulgam, and the districts of
Former Chief Minister of Punjab and Congress candidate from the Jalandhar parliamentary seat, Charanjit Singh Channi, criticized the BJP for not catching the perpetrators of the Pulwama attack, where 40 CRPF personnel were killed.