Soon after a blast triggered by Maoists claimed 16 lives in Gadchiroli on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and assured him of full Central assistance to the state.


Gadchiroli blast: Rajnath speaks to Maharashtra CM


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condemned the Maoists attack in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli in which 15 C-60 and a driver were killed, and asserted that the perpetrators will not be spared.


PM Modi condemns Maoists attack in Maharashtra


Two minor boys were injured on Wednesday while fiddling with an explosive device in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, police sources said.


2 kids injured in Kulgam blast while playing


Maoists torched at least three dozen vehicles belonging to private contractors in Kurkheda sub-district of Gadchiroli, officials said here on Wednesday.


Maoists torch 3 dozen vehicles on Maharashtra Day


The issue of listing Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist "will be properly resolved", China said on Tuesday amid indications that it could soon lift its "technical hold" on the proposal pending in the UN Security Council.


Masood Azhar listing issue will be 'properly resolved': China


In view of the Easter Sunday terror attacks on churches in Sri Lanka, the Goa Police has conducted a security assessment at one of Goa's most popular church complexes in Old Goa, which houses 17th century religious structures, said a police officer on Tuesday.


Security of Goa heritage church complex reviewed


Terrorist organisations may be recruiting more women, suggests a study evaluating the characteristics of women involved in jihadism-inspired terrorism.


Terror groups recruiting more women, says study


Alleged Islamic State operative Riyas Aboobacker, who was taken into custody by the NIA two days back from Kerala's Palakkad and formally arrested on Monday, was sent to judicial custody till May 29 by the special court here on Tuesday.


Arrested Kerala IS suspect sent to judicial custody


Amid indications that it could soon lift its "technical hold" on listing of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as an international terrorist by the UNSC, China on Tuesday said that "relevant consultations" are underway in the world bodys Sanctions Committee on the issue and "some progress" has been achieved.


Consultations on Azhar achieved 'some progress' in UN: China


Six persons, including a Ph.D. student, have been arrested in connection with the failed attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Banihal area of Jammu-Srinagar highway on March 30, police said on Tuesday.


Six held for attempted attack on CRPF convoy at Banihal


New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters on Tuesday criticised suggestions that Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday suicide bombings were in retaliation to the Christchurch mosque shootings, saying his country was being "misused".


NZ Dy PM slams Sri Lanka-Christchurch terror link claim


The Donald Trump administration is pushing for designating the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organisation, according to officials familiar with the matter.


Trump for designating Brotherhood as terror outfit


Twenty-two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed and two others captured on Tuesday as security forces stormed their hideouts in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, an official statement said.


22 IS militants killed, 2 captured in Afghanistan


Police in New Zealand on Tuesday evacuated houses on several streets after finding a suspected explosive device and ammunition at an abandoned house in Christchurch, the same city where 50 people were killed in two mosques last month.


Suspected explosive device leads to evacuation in NZ


Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday revoked the government's ban on social media use that was imposed throughout the island nation after the April 21 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 253 people.


Sri Lanka revokes social media ban


A 26-year-old former US Army soldier who served in Afghanistan has been charged with plotting terror attacks in the Los Angeles area, the Justice Department said.


US Army veteran charged with plotting terror attacks


The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested an Islamic State sympathizer and follower of alleged Sri Lanka bombings mastermind Zahran Hasim, the agency said.


NIA arrests follower of Lanka bombing mastermind


Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir, who is contesting as the BJP candidate from east Delhi, on Monday took a swipe at the previous Congress-led UPA government over its silence after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack saying it still hurts him.


UPA's silence on 26/11 attack still hurts: Gambhir


Suspected IS sympathisers in various parts of Kerala are on the NIA's radar in wake of the horrendous Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka following intercepts of calls between people in the state and the island nation as well as some Facebook accounts on which "provocative" materials were uploaded, sources said.


Kerala IS suspects under NIA lens after calls to Sri Lanka (IANS Exclusive)


Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday appointed former Army commander Gen. S.H.S Kottegoda as the new Defence Secretary and Deputy Inspector-General C.D Wickramaratne as the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP).


Sirisena appoints new Defence Secretary, acting IGP


The suicide bombers behind the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka assembled easily-available chemicals to make explosives, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, as authorities probe how the assailants acquired the technical knowledge to make the bombs.

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