Tag: Security Forces

Kabul: Three suicide bombers staged an assault on an 18-storey building housing the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology headquarters in the centre of the Afghan capital on Saturday. Two of the attackers were later killed by the security forces. Hundreds of civilians were rescued from the Afghan Ministry after an explosion followed by the […]

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) […]

Srinagar: A militant, linked to an Islamic State-inspired terror outfit, was killed on Friday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. The incident sparked off clashes in Sopore town between stone-pelting youths and security forces as the news spread. Security forces began a cordon and search operation in […]

Srinagar: Forty-seven security personnel were injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district when stone pelting mobs went on the rampage following the rape of a three-year-old in Bandipora. At least one officer was in critical condition. An official statement said an Assistant Commander of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) was hit on the head by a stone […]

Srinagar: A gunfight took place on Tuesday between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. After receiving information about the presence of militants in the Yarwan forests of Keller area, the security forces launched a search operation. As the security forces tightened the cordon, the militants started firing which triggered […]

Srinagar: Clashes erupted on Wednesday between stone-pelting youths and security forces in Srinagar, Sopore, Anantnag and Kupwara towns in the Kashmir Valley after Eid prayers. Delivering the Eid prayer sermon at the historic Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of Srinagar, senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said India and Pakistan need to sit across the table […]

Srinagar: Scores of masked men displaying Islamic State, and Pakistan national flags appeared on Wednesday on the streets of the old city’s Nowhatta area here in Jammu and Kashmir and raised pro-Pakistan slogans. Immediately after the Eid prayers, scores of them came out carrying the IS, Lashkar e Taiba flags and raised slogans like “Musa, […]

Ranchi: Three Maoists were killed in a gun-battle with the security forces in Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district on Thursday, the police said. Two AK-47s were seized from them. After receiving a tip-off about presence of Maoists in Sahedapat jungle, the state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a joint operation. On spotting security […]

Kalahandi/Kandhamal: Kalahandi Sadar Police arrested a Maoist militia member, Manga Majhi during a search operation in Nehela reserve forests in the district Tuesday night. They have also seized a gun, five detonators, 20 galantines and other explosive items from his possession. On being tipped off, the police launched a special operation and caught Majhi around […]

Srinagar: Kashmir remained shut for the 12th consecutive day on Friday, even as the authorities relaxed restrictions on the movement of people in Srinagar. “Restrictions on the movement of people have been eased in most parts of the Valley. The situation so far has remained peaceful,” a senior official of the state administration said here. […]

Srinagar: Security forces are in a state of high alert along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir as the threat of cross-border terrorism “continues to exist”, officials said on Saturday. “The threat of cross-border terrorism continues to exist. The security forces are maintaining a state of high alert,” […]

New Delhi: Despite Pakistan’s desperate attempts to fuel trouble in Jammu and Kashmir, security forces have maintained dominance on the situation there ever since the states special status was abolished about 40 days back. Except for sporadic terror attacks targeting civilians and some stone pelting incidents, the Kashmir Valley has been peaceful, according to the […]

New Delhi: The Indian Army has intensified its presence along the Line of Control (LoC) in view of Pakistan’s increased aggressive posture along with direct and indirect threats of war ever since Parliament ended special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 6. On Saturday, the Commander of Army’s Northern Command, Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, […]

Srinagar: With the arrest of a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist from Baramulla, police in Jammu and Kashmir have neutralised a newly-formed grouping of the terror outfit that had planned to foment violence by targeting security forces and civilians. Mohsin Manzoor Salhea, a resident of Old Town Baramulla, was arrested along with arms and ammunition on Sunday. He […]

Jammu: Security forces recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from a terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Sunday, officials said. No arrest was made during the operation, the officials said. The hideout was unearthed in Sheri area of Mughal Maidan by a joint search party of the Rashtriya Rifles and Special […]