Poonch/Jammu, May 22 -- One member of each family that lost a loved one in the recent cross-border shelling in Jammu and Kashmir will be given a government job, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Wednesday, assuring the affected people that their proper rehabilitation remains a top priority.
The Poonch sector witnessed heightened artillery shelling nearly two weeks ago following the rise in India-Pakistan tensions after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 civilian lives.
A wave of artillery shelling, missiles and drone strikes by Pakistan in the Jammu region - particularly in Poonch - killed 27 people and injured over 70 between May 8 and 10 after India launched Operation Sindoor to target terror infrastructure in the...