Jammu, May 19 -- Balwinder Singh, a resident of the border village of the Hiranagar sub-division of Kathua district, has just dropped his son at the school, but fear is very much visible on his face.
Schools along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Jammu reopened today, marking a cautious step toward normalcy after weeks of violence and disruption. However, fear and uncertainty kept attendance low, with only 25% of students returning to classes, as the region recovers from recent cross-border skirmishes.
Following heavy shelling during the Indian Army's Operation Sindhoor, launched in response to a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, schools in Jammu and Kashmir were indefinitely closed. The operati...