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Jammu and Kashmir Timeline - Year: 2005 Khalid Chitrali, a ‘district commander’ of the HM is shot dead by the police during an encounter in the Mandi area of Poonch district. A 'sector commander' of the JeM, identified as Adil, is shot dead by the troops in the Phagala area of Poonch district. A senior Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) cadre, identified as commander’ Abu Askari, is shot dead by the troops during an encounter at village Sarhuti in the Mendhar area of Poonch district. www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/timeline   (8790 words)

A Quick Look at Bagh This district almost resemble to district Poonch in its history, culture, customs and traditions. Before getting the status of an independent district in 1988, Bagh was a part of District Poonch. Bagh the district headquarter of district Bagh is 100 kilometers from Muzaffarabad via Kohallah and 80 kilometers via Suddhan Galli, 205 kilometers from Islamabad and 48 kilometers from Rawalakot. www.geocities.com /apnabagh/bagh.htm   (411 words)

Sudhnuti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The district is bounded by Rawalakot district in the north, Kotli in the south and Pakistan in the west. Poonch was annexed and converted into Jagir by Maharaja Hari Singh in 1935-36 by the deposing Raja of Poonch. It then fell in to the hands of Raja Faiz Talab Khan of Rajori, and was considered a district of Lahore. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sudhnuti   (181 words)

ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Pakistan: Medair team races on foot to save lives in Kashmir Medair has identified Poonch District as an area desperately in need of outside assistance, with over 80% of homes destroyed and the majority of the population with low or no income. Within days of the earthquake that ripped open this region on October 8th, Medair personnel were in Kashmir, traveling by foot into the remote, mountainous Poonch District, where no other International NGO’s are providing aid. Medair has assessed the situation and has developed an action plan that will provide emergency shelter to approximately 29,000 homeless survivors in Poonch District. www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6HSMZG?OpenDocument   (555 words)

Kashmir Point, Hong Kong Rawalakot is the district headquarters and is situated in the heart of district Poonch. Poonch was annexed and converted into a Jagir by Mahrajah Hari Singh in 1935-36 by deposing the Raja of Poonch. From the end of the 17th century to 1837 Poonch was ruled by the Muslim Rajas of Loran. kashmirpoint.com /PoonchAJK.htm   (281 words)

Nation - Srinagar tops militancy deaths list In Rajouri and Poonch districts, 464 and 446 civilians were respectively killed, they said and added Udhampur, Jammu and Kathua districts saw the deaths of 438, 251 and 24 civilians respectively. The security forces lost 537 men in Kupwara, 415 in Doda, 411 in Anantnag, 287 in Poonch, 224 in Rajouri, 209 in Pulwama, and 204 in Budgam districts respectively, the sources said. It was followed by Baramulla district of North Kashmir, where 2750 civilians and 616 securitymen died and 1712 civilians and 1510 securitymen were injured during the same period, the sources said. web.mid-day.com /news/nation/2003/march/47784.htm   (281 words)

Two points along LoC on Indian side ready by Nov 4 In Mendhar area of Poonch district, the route is almost ready after clearing the mines adjacent to Roshini Post facing Khanna Post from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the spokesman said, adding that some mines are to be cleared near Gulpur area facing Rawalkote in the main Poonch town in the district. He said the two points - Rawalakot-Poonch and Tattapani-Mendhar - will be ready at Poonch and Medhar respectively by November 4 to enable people to ferry relief and reconstruction material for the victims from both sides of Kashmir. The points are being opened to coordinate the relief efforts to quake victims across divided Kashmir. www.rediff.com /news/2005/nov/02quake3.htm   (259 words)

Districts Government District Poonch - Providing information about Poonch's history, population, topography, tourism, wild life, religious places, telephone directory and village information. District Doda - A gateway to district Doda provides introduction & district map, district profile and information about administration, development scenario, achievements, religious & tourist places and rural development. District Kupwara - The official website of Kupwara district providing district profile, district plan, telephone directory, nomenclature and information about tourism and elections. www.surfindia.com /government/districts   (259 words)

Kashmir News According to sources, the Indian army shelled border village Dera Sher Khan in Hijera sector of southern district Poonch (Rawalakot) causing severe injures to eight as a shell hit a house. Two of the martyred youths were shot dead at Sarooti village in Poonch district. Two youths were martyred by troops in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch in a fake encounter. www.pak.gov.pk /public/news/news2002/kashnews2002/kash_april23_2002.htm   (539 words)

:: District Budgam :: Bounded by the districts of Baramulla and Srinagar in the north, Pulwama in the south and the Poonch border in the south-west, Budgam is one of the youngest districts of the State, carved out as it was from the erstwhile District Srinagar in 1979. The total population of the district is 5,93,768, as per the latest 2001 Census figures with a percentage decadal growth rate of 26.5. With a predominantly rural outlook, 86 % of the population in Budgam district live in its villages and are primarily involved in agricultural operations. budgam.nic.in /profile.htm   (539 words)

Kashmir It is bounded by Srinagar in the north east, south and west by Poonch and in the north and north west by Baramulla. It shares borders with Srinagar and Badgam in the north west and is bounded by the Anantnag district in nthe south and east. It shares its border with district Pulwama in the west and from south to east it is attached to Rajouri, Udhumpur and Doda districts respectively. www.jammu-kashmir.com /basicfacts/tour/kashmir.html   (539 words)

Tourism @ Pakwatan.com Rawalakot is situated in the heart of Poonch district at a height of 1820 m and is a plain saucer shaped valley. Kallar Kahar is located about 40km from Bhera towards Islamabad on the motorway in the north side of the salt range. At the western end of the great mountain chain of South Asia and Central Asia,contain the greatest concentration of high peaks. www.pakwatan.com /main/tourism/glimpse.php3?Entcat=6   (227 words)

rediff.com: Srinagar tops in number of civilian killings Srinagar district has accounted for the maximum number of civilians killed in the last 12 years of militancy in Jammu & Kashmir with 20 per cent of deaths occurring there, official sources said on Saturday. Of the 14,356 militants killed in the state in the same period, 3,566 were killed in Kupwara followed by 3,129 in Baramulla, 1,427 in Srinagar, 1,205 in Anantnag and 1,155 in Poonch. They said 2,385 civilians were killed in Baramulla district, 1,983 in Anantnag, 1,715 in Kupwara, 1,094 in Doda and 1,043 in Pulwama. www.rediff.com /news/2002/may/04jk1.htm   (227 words)

:: District Budgam (Official website) :: It is bounded by the districts of Baramulla and Srinagar in the north, Pulwama in the south and the Poonch border in the south-west. km., Budgam is the smallest district in JandK, accounting for nearly 1% of the total area of the state and 6% of its population. In the olden days, Budgam was a part of district Baramulla, when Srinagar itself was a constituent of the Anantnag district. budgam.nic.in   (227 words)

IPCS - Kashmir Government have no input to suggest running of training camps in Poonch and Rajouri sectors of Jammu and Kashmir state." His statement comes a month after Jaiswal, who had on his return from the militancy-affected State said a massive combing operation would be launched soon to flush out the militants and destroy their infrastructure. Srinagar, Aug 2: The High Court on Tuesday issued show cause notice to Central Government and Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir on the issue of return of the remains of Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, who is widely seen as the founder of Kashmiri separatism against New Delhi. Srinagar, Aug 2: With the up-gradation of Srinagar Airport into an International Airport next year, Kashmir is poised to open in a big way to the Gulf Region both for tourism as well as trade. www.ipcs.org /Kashmir_news.jsp?action=showView&portal=nuclear   (227 words)

Pakistan Times National: More rains, snowfall start in Pakistan, Azad Kashmir One person was killed while another hurt, as 200 persons were displaced besides 136 houses were destroyed and 336 partially damaged in district Poonch moreover 2 sheep and 7 cattle heads were also killed in the area. Razik Bugti, the government spokesman while qouting the District Coordination Officer Killa Abdullah Hafiz Sher Ali said that five persons of a family were killed when the roof of their mud house collapsed due to heavy snowfall in Toba Achakzai, close to Pak-Afghan border. The flood- hit districts like Lasbela, Gwader, Awaran, Kechh, partly Punjgoor, partly Khuzdar are still cut of off from the rest of the province due to damages to the roads and bridges. pakistantimes.net /2005/02/17/national1.htm   (227 words)

People Insecure as Pakistan Shelling on Kargil Continues They said armed ultras struck village Marote of Surankote area in Poonch district and kidnapped three people. Kargil district superintendent of police Deepak Kumar told UNI over phone this afternoon that the Pakistani guns were silent since this morning. The district administration has set up several relief camps in safer areas where all assistance and help was being provided to the people who have fled from their houses because of shelling by Pakistan troops almost every evening. www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives1998/1998september12.html   (346 words)

Jhelum River - Art History Online Reference and Guide It is joined by the Poonch river, and flows into the Mangla dam reservoir in the district of Mirpur. The river rises from northeastern Jammu and Kashmir and is fed by glaciers, and then passes through the Srinagar district. It enters the Punjab in the Jhelum District. www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Jhelum_River   (346 words)

South Asian Media Net > OPINION The erstwhile Poonch district (as it had existed in 1947) has been one of the worst sufferers during Partition with two and a half of its total four tehsils at that time falling to the Pakistani raiders. What is to cause further joy in the Jammu region in particular is the specific mention to the opening of the road link between Poonch and Rawalakot. Quite a few top leaders of "Azad Kashmir" as the occupied territory is locally known across the LoC, including its "President" Mohammad Anwar Khan, were born in the undivided Poonch. www.southasianmedia.net /index_opinion4.cfm?id=59900   (1029 words)

Rawalakot Earthquake, 10 October 2005 Reuters AlertNet,...families in the Poonch District have become homeless because of the earthquake. in the worst-hit districts of Muzaffarabad, Neelum Valley, Bagh and Rawalakot. in the worst-hit districts of Muzaffarabad, Neelam Valley Bagh and Rawalakot. danger.mongabay.com /earthquake/pakistan/Rawalakot.html   (3066 words)

HEC to upgrade Agri-Depart of AJK University The Faculty of Agriculture is located in the district Poonch (Rawalakot). It consists of the main campus, based at Muzaffarabad and four faculties in three different districts of AJ&K. Overall, the university comprises of six different faculties. The other five faculties are located in three different districts viz; Faculties of Sciences and Arts at Muzaffarabad; Faculty of Engineering & Technology and faculty of Home Economics at Mirpur, Faculty of Administrative Sciences at Kotli. www.kashar.net /technews/complete.asp?id=1224   (178 words)

Daily Excelsior.........State Ramesh Sharma, Pardeep Bhagat and Ramesh Sharma are organizers for Rajouri and Poonch districts. Speaking at the maiden District Development Board meeting of Srinagar as its Chairman, Mr Baig said local legislators and other resource persons including experts in various fields should be involved in the working group to formulate a comprehensive need-based development programme for the summer capital. To further strengthen Pradesh Congress Seva Dal, Mr Subash Gupta, chairman has alloted the organization work of districts to organizers with the hope that they will submit proposal of office bearers of blocks to be nominated by the end of this month. www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03sep23/state.htm   (178 words)

Terrorism Update A retired Sub Inspector of police, Mohammed Bashir was shot dead by unidentified terrorists in his house at village Mastan Dara in Surankote of Poonch district on August 6. Meanwhile, in the same district, SFs killed a terrorist, Adil Nayeem Shah alias Abu Talha resident of Gujranwala, Pakistan in an encounter near Shikargah of Tral area on August 7. On August 7, at least three Maoist insurgents were killed in separate encounters with the security forces including two in Barmajhuwa area in Dhanusha district and another one in Phulkahakatti area of Siraha district. www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=8/8/2004   (904 words)

Daily Excelsior....News Page Army today gunned down terrorists of Al Badr outfit including a ‘district commander’ Tahid Dar alias Abu Tarera in Surankote area of Poonch district while the ultras killed a youth and seriously injured his brother in Chatroo area of Doda. In Jammu district, the party replaced almost all candidates who lost in the 1996 elections in an effort to revive the political fortunes of the National Conference on the other side of Pir Panjal range. Another militant, suspected to be a foreigner, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district last night, the sources said. www.dailyexcelsior.com /02aug31/news.htm   (904 words)

Incidents involving Lashkar-e-Toiba December 17: A ‘district commander’ of the LeT, identified as Abu Umar alias Bravo 1, is shot dead during a joint operation by troops of the Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group in the Surankote area of Poonch district. March 10: A ‘district commander’ of the LeT, Mudasar alias Abu Hamza, is killed during an encounter with the SF personnel at Konibal in the Pampore area of Pulwama district. The killers are led by a native of the district, Mohammed Najeeb alias Nadeem, a former SPO. www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/terrorist_outfits/lashkar_e_toiba_lt.htm   (904 words)

Daily Excelsior.........State Similarly, 2274 constables were appointed in Jammu district since 1997, 1130 in Kathua, 1049 in Rajouri, 1071 in Poonch, 1384 in Doda and 1452 in Udhampur district. Between 1996-99, 2232 were recruited in Srinagar district, 931 in Budgam, 1849 in Anantnag, 1035 in Pulwama, 2064 in Baramulla, 11831 in Kupwara, 216 in Leh and 320 in Kargil districts. The Ministers conducted an extensive tour of various areas of the district and took stock of the development schemes launched by the Government and also took stock of the problems being faced by the people of the areas especially with regard to drinking water, irrigation and road communication facilities. www.dailyexcelsior.com /01june23/state.htm   (904 words)

Terrorism Update A ‘deputy district commander’ of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Pir Panjal Regiment, identified as Aijaz Ahmed, was among two terrorists killed during an encounter with the security force (SF) personnel at village Ari in the Poonch district on March 2. Elsewhere, reports from Mahbubnagar district indicated that the Naxalites have called for a shutdown on March 5 after killing a registered medical practitioner and Congress party functionary, Dr Qayyum, in his clinic at Mannanur village on March 1. Kullachandra, Principal of the Manipur Institute of Technology-Takyelpat, at Mongsangei in the Imphal West district on March 2. www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=3/3/2005   (1806 words)

LAKES OF PIR PANJAL- RAJOURI The Pir Panjal falling under the jurisdiction of Rajouri-Poonch districts is a repository of beautiful lakes situated at an altitude between 13000 ft. to 14500 ft. In the local parlance, lake is called "Sar" and meadow is called "Marg". The important lakes are Sukh Sar, Akal Dakshni, Nandan Sar, Chandan Sar, Katori Sar, Raviwalli marg group of lakes, Chamar Sar, Bhsg Sar, Diya Sar, Padyaran Sar I and II, Katori Sar in Bela Marg and Smat Sar. This is Katori lake or Sar at an elevation of about 3550 mtrs. rajouri.nic.in /visit/lakes.htm   (1806 words)

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