Poonch

Why Pakistan has accepted a LeT terrorist as one of its own?

Sant Kumar Sharma - September 7, 2022

Chakkan Da Bagh in Poonch is an official crossing point to Rawalakote on the Pakistani side. A bus used to ply for many years,...

Mehbooba, meanwhile, is busy building castles in the air

Sant Kumar Sharma - November 27, 2021

Mehbooba Mufti helped her father late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed build up People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from scratch in two years or so. She worked...

Why October often brings bad news for Abdullahs?

Sant Kumar Sharma - October 13, 2021

Former National Conference (NC) leader Devendra Singh Rana’s joining the BJP in Delhi on Monday is perhaps one of the most devastating blows in...

5 out of 10 districts in Jammu have no functional Oxygen Generation Plants

Sant Kumar Sharma - May 14, 2021

For the past few days, medical oxygen supplies have come into sharp focus as there have been allegations of its shortage, not only in the...

2 LeT terrorists gunned down in Poonch after hours of gun-fight

Newsbred Staff - December 14, 2020

Sunday is usually a day-off for most people and a laid-back way defines the pace of activities. For security forces in far-off Poshana area...

A `Pakistani’ in fray in DDC polls in J&K: Why her legitimacy story has too many holes

Sant Kumar Sharma - December 7, 2020

One of the District Development Council (DDC) segments going to polls in the fourth round is Drugmulla in Kupwara district. This segment is in...

DDC Polls: First phase has put to rest the fear of poor turnout of voters

Sant Kumar Sharma - November 29, 2020

The first phase of polling for District Development Council (DDC) on Saturday saw 52 per cent voters exercising their franchise. The difference in percentage...

The hero we remember with gratitude for saving Poonch in 1947-48

Sant Kumar Sharma - November 22, 2020

In 1947-48 war with Pakistan, that raged in many parts of Jammu and Kashmir for months together, November 21, 1948, is a very important...

Battle of Shalteng: The officer who demoted himself and why Indians must never forget him

Sant Kumar Sharma - November 9, 2020

It was on October 22, 1947, that tribal lashkars under the command and control of Pakistani Army attacked Jammu and Kashmir state. Over the...

Last speech now, and last dice then when Azad had turned tables on Sonia Gandhi

Sant Kumar Sharma - September 29, 2020

Ghulam Nabi Azad took over as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in November 2005. At a time when an earthquake had hit Uri...

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