Tag: Firing

Kandhamal: Protesting against the Kandhamal firing incident, which claimed the lives of five innocent villagers of Gumudumaha, the Bansadhara-Ghumusura-Nagabali Maoist Division has called for a 24-hour bandh in Kandhamal and Rayagada on Monday. According to sources, Maoist posters calling for bandh in the two districts were found from Shiv temple of Kalyansinghpur area, Panasapadara square […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking suo motu cognisance of the death of five tribals in Kandhamal last Friday, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report on the incident from the Centre as well as the State government. The commission has given two weeks’ time to submit the report. “Under Section 19 of Protection of Human […]

Panic gripped Khurda town after a man was shot at by unidentified miscreants near the Industrial Estate Outpost this morning

Tension erupted in the town after miscreants opened fire at two youths injuring them near Tarinigada on Sunday night

Bhubaneswar: Panic gripped Jharapada area here after a youth sustained critical injuries after an unidentified miscreant opened fire at him on Wednesday night. The victim has been identified as Kuna Mangaraj. Though the exact reason behind the firing is yet to be ascertained, past enmity is suspected to be the reason behind the attack. According […]

Srinagar: Five civilians were injured on Sunday in clashes between security forces and demonstrators in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district following the killing of a militant commander. Stone-pelting youth clashed with the security forces in Sugan village, from which hailed Al-Badr commander Zeenatul Islam, who was killed in a gunfight with the security forces on […]

New Delhi: A 14-year-old was shot at here on Thursday when he was on way to a bank to deposit cash with his father. The child is out of danger and two men involved in the incident have been arrested, police said. At around 2 p.m. the duo, residents of Delhi’s Rohini area, were on […]

New Delhi: An undertrial criminal was injured on Tuesday when a man opened fire at him in Delhi’s crowded Tis Hazari courts, police said. The accused, who had not been identified at the time of filing of the report, was arrested soon after. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Vinit Kumar told IANS that the […]

Jammu: Four civilians have been killed and 30 injured in overnight shelling by the Pakistan Rangers on the international border in Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts, authorities said on Wednesday. Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police S.P. Vaid tweeted: “In a night long shelling/firing from across the border at Jammu Kathua to Akhnoor, so […]

Jammu: Five soldiers were injured on Tuesday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said. Police said the Pakistan Army started unprovoked shelling and firing targeting Indian positions in Krishna Ghati sector. “The firing started at 7.30 a.m. The injured, including an officer, were airlifted to […]

Srinagar: Another youth injured in security force firing in Shopian district on Saturday succumbed to injuries on Wednesday taking the toll of civilian deaths in the incident to three. Sources in the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) here said 19-year-old Rayees Ahmad admitted in the hospital on Saturday succumbed on Wednesday morning. With this […]

Tripoli: A group on Monday attacked Libya’s Tripoli International Airport with heavy weapons, killing 16 people and injuring several others. “The criminal militia known as Bashir al-Baqarah and all the criminals wanted by the Deterrent Force attacked the International Airport after escaping (jail) and joining the militia,” the Special Deterrent Force in charge of securing […]

Jammu: Pakistani troops opened fire on an Indian Army patrol, killing a Major and three soldiers, along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keri sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district today, officials said. The latest violation of the ceasefire agreement took place at a time when Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was camping in Rajouri […]

Jammu: The Pakistani Army on Thursday resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. It used mortars, automatics and small arms to target the Indian positions in Krishna Ghati sector, Defence Ministry sources said. “The firing started at 10.35 a.m. India retaliated strongly and effectively. […]

Jammu:  A 10-year-old boy was killed and five other civilians injured on Monday in heavy shelling and firing by the Pakistan Army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said The boy identified as Asrar Ahmad was killed as the Pakistani troopers began shelling and firing in the Kerni […]