Tag: Encounter

Srinagar: Three Al-Badr militants were killed while one surrendered before security forces in an encounter in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. Acting on a specific…

Srinagar: The two terrorists killed in an encounter in Sopore in north Kashmir on Tuesday evening were given an oppurtunity to surrender, but they refused to do that and instead…

Srinagar: One foreign terrorist involved in several acts of terror is trapped as an encounter rages on between terrorists and security forces at Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Sources…

Srinagar: Five militants were killed on Sunday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Defence Ministry spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said the five were killed in Kelam village. Police said the precise identity of the slain militants was being ascertained. “Arms and ammunition have been recovered from their possession,” an officer said. Following […]

Jamshedpur: Three CRPF personnel donated blood to help save the life of a woman Naxal, who was shot during an encounter in West Singhbhum district on February 14, a senior police officer said. Superintendent of Police Chandan Kumar Jha said police had received specific information that around 24 Maoists, led by Kande Honhaga, the self-styled […]

Kendrapara: Notorious criminal Ganesh Mallick was left critically injured in an encounter with police near Halpur chhak in Kendrapara late last night. Mallick, who sustained bullet injuries on his right leg, was initially admitted to Kendrapara District headquarters hospital and later rushed to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Acting on a tip-off, a […]

Raipur: Two Naxals, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. The face-off took place around 5 am at a forest in Gonderas village when a joint team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and the Special Task Force (STF) […]

Bhubaneswar: At least five Maoists, including three women, were gunned down in an encounter with security personnel in Koraput district of Odisha on Wednesday, a senior police officer said. The encounter took place in a forest under Padua police station limits in the morning when personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG) and District Voluntary […]

Dumka (Jharkhand): A jawan was killed and four others were injured in an encounter between the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Maoists in forests of Taldangal in Dumka district on Sunday, a senior police officer said here. A search operation was going on when Maoists opened fire on jawans around 3.30 AM, Superintendent of Police […]

Cuttack: A hardened criminal sustained critical bullet injuries during a fierce gun encounter with police here near Barang area last night. The hardcore criminal identified as Seikh Babu who sustained…

Bolangir: Police nabbed a hardcore criminal after a fierce encounter near Mahimunda area under Puintala Police limits in the district on Sunday. During the exchange of fire, criminal Sitaram Rana, involved in several cases of robbery and firing, sustained bullet injuries on his left leg and was admitted to District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). Later, he […]

Dantewada: Two Naxals, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Sunday morning, police said. The gunbattle broke out in a forest near Gumiyapal village, located around 400 km from Raipur, when a District Reserve Guard team was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Dantewada Superintendent of […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The killing of seven Maoists in an encounter in Rajnandgaon district of neighbouring Chhatisgarh is certain to boost the morale of security forces on both sides of the border as they have been working in close cooperation to end the menace of left wing extremism. Both Chhatisgarh and Odisha have been […]

Srinagar: A Special Police Officer (SPO) was martyred while a terrorist was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramullah district in the first gun battle since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution. The overnight killings took place during a search operation in Ganie-Hamam area, an official statement said on Wednesday. The statement said that […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking a cue from 2004 Abhisek Bachchan and John Abhraham-starrer movie ‘Dhoom,’ criminal Manjo Patra alias Amit was on a looting spree. Preliminary investigations reveal that Manoj and his gang had unleashed terror by stealing 60 cars in last 10 years and executing many robberies in twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, Puri and […]