Brigadier Neeraj Madan, Chief Engineer Project Sampark of the BRO, on Sunday examined the Poonch-Rawalakote road up to the Line of Control (LoC) where widening work is progressing. This was the cross-LoC trade centre that was shut by India in 2019 due to security concerns.
An Indian Army soldier was injured in a cross-border firing incident at the Line of Control (LoC) in the Nowshera sector of the Rajouri district on Wednesday.
In a major haul, security forces on Friday recovered 6.5 kg of heroin in the border district of Rajouri.
National-level laboratories and other health institutions have so far failed to identify the killer disease that has claimed 17 lives, including 13 children, in the Badhaal village of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.
The five-member team of experts from AIIMS Delhi spoke to 11 patients undergoing treatment and recorded their clinical history.
A spokesman of the Rajouri Police said that on the basis of a warrant received from a NIA court, extensive searches were conducted in Rajouri, Naushera, Thanamandi, Dharhal, Koteranka, Budhal, Manjakot, and Chingus.
Authorities on Wednesday sealed Rajouri’s Badhaal village and declared it a containment zone after four more youths fell seriously ill showing similar symptoms that the 17 people suffered before dying due to mysterious reasons.
While the number deaths in the Budhal village of Rajouri on Sunday increased to 17 with the death of another minor girl, the cause of the deaths remained a mystery.
The J&K government in a statement said that these deaths were not due to any communicable disease of bacteria or viral origin.
Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva, General Officer Commanding (GOC), White Knight Corps, on Saturday visited the border area of Rajouri to strengthen civil-military ties and recognize the pivotal role of local communities and veterans in maintaining peace and stability in the region.
