
Army opens fire as drone spotted near LoC in J&K’s Poonch
The Hindu
Jammu A drone was spotted flying along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch dis
A drone was spotted flying along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and it was forced to retreat after Army personnel opened fire, official sources said on July 18.
The drone was seen flying along the LoC near Baloni in the Krishna Gahti sector on July 15 night, they said.
The alert troops opened fire and the flying object returned back to the Pakistani-occupied Kashmir side, the sources said.
Following the incident, the Army and the police launched a search operation in the area, they said.

The Centre has rejected reports that the definition of the Aravalli hills was changed to permit large-scale mining, citing a Supreme Court-ordered freeze on new leases. It said a court-approved framework will bring over 90% of the Aravalli region under protected areas and strengthen safeguards against illegal mining. The clarification follows controversy over the “100-metre” criterion used to define hills across states.












