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District of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India

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Kathua district: District of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India
Kathua district is an administrative district in the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is surrounded by Jammu to the northwest, the Doda and Udhampur districts to the north, the state of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Punjab to the south, and Pakistan's working boundary to the west. Its terrain is diverse, consisting of rich agricultural areas along the Punjab/Kashmir border, plains sweeping eastward to the foothills of the Himalaya, and the mountainous Pahari region in the east.

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Two BSF personnel killed in separate accidents in J&K

In Kathua district, ASI Parshotam Singh (58), a native of Himachal Pradesh, died when the vehicle he was driving skidded off the road and plunged into Ujh canal near Rajbagh. Two of his colleagues were..
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Security on high alert after movement of suspected armed terrorists spotted in Pathankot

Recent security alert in Pathankot due to suspicious sightings of two suspicious armed individuals moving in villages near the Pathankot district of Punjab, which borders the Kathua district of Jammu..
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J-K: 2 terrorists killed by security forces in Kathua district two days after Reasi attack

The incident in the Jammu region comes two days after terrorists attacked a bus carrying pilgrims from Shiv Khori temple to Katra, causing the bus to veer off the road and fall into a deep gorge,..
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Terrorist, 2 villagers killed in Kathua, 2 days after Reasi pilgrim attack

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Miscreants held in J&K for posting inflammatory content on social media

J&K police arrested at least two people in Jammu district and one person in Kathua district on Wednesday for uploading content on social media that was aimed to “create communal tension between two..
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Two dead in fire accident at Doda Army camp

Two civilians were charred to death in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district after a fire engulfed a shop situated within the Army camp early Saturday. The blaze, which broke out around 2am, was..
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Mob thrashes, pulls woman by hair in front of kids in J&K; four arrested

Four persons have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district in connection with a viral video which shows some men dragging a woman out of her house and thrashing her.
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Two from Himachal drown in J&K’s Kathua, feared dead

Two Himachal Pradesh residents were feared dead after drowning in Ranjit Sagar Dam lake in Basohli town of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police said on Tuesday.
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A day after blast in Kathua border village, live grenade found during search op

A powerful blast occurred in a border village along the International Border in Hiranagar area of J&K’s Kathua district on Wednesday night, triggering panic among the locals.
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Rahul Gandhi leads yatra amid blast-boosted security

Rahul Gandhi led his Bharat Jodo Yatra from Hiranagar in J&K’s Kathua district Sunday amid tight security in the wake of twin blasts in Jammu a day earlier that left nine injured. After a day-long..
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Drone recovery: NIA files chargesheet against six

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a chargesheet in the special NIA court, Jammu, against six accused in a case related to the interception and recovery of drones and ammunition in..
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'BJP to fulfil promise of liberating Pakistan occupied Kashmir': Jitendra Singh

Union Minister made the comment on Sunday after unveiling a 20-ft statue of Maharaja Gulab Singh in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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