The Latest Breaking News from Rajouri

Security forces in Rajouri, J&K launch cordon-and-search op in Gundha-Khawas village; 1 terrorist killed in initial exchange of fire; gunfight ongoing; police advise people to stay 2km away from encounter scene for safety.

“An encounter is going on at Khawas area of Rajouri.”

Peace in the Rajouri-Poonch region rests on the efforts and sacrifices of Indian soldiers and the Gurjar-Bakkarwals

A large cache of drugs, including two kilograms of heroin, worth crores of rupees were seized in two separate operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, police said on June 13.

One unidentified militant was killed in an anti-militancy operation on June 2 in Rajouri of the Pir Panjal Valley, which witnessed two major encounters earlier this year and left 10 soldiers dead.

A terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Friday morning. Read further on Dynamite News:

Militants are changing tack in the Pir Panjal valley to outsmart the security agencies and survive longer in a region with topography “as tough as Afghanistan’s mountains”, officials say. The valley comprises the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch, and includes 225 km of the Line of Control (LoC) with…

Security top brass met in Srinagar and apprised Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday about the security challenges ahead of much-touted meeting of G20 nations on May 22-24. Security for the upcoming Amarnath yatra and the situation in Poonch-Rajouri sector were also discussed, official sources said.  

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday raided 16 locations in Jammu and Kashmir in its latest crackdown on newly-formed militant offshoots, including The Resistance Front (TRF) and People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), which claimed the responsibility for the twin attacks in Rajouri that left 10 soldiers dead.