A civilian was killed on Wednesday in clashes between security forces and protesters in Pinjora village of Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.


Civilian killed in clashes with security forces in Shopian


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A total of 864 civilians and 29 personnel of security forces were killed in 47 terror attacks witnessed from 2004 till last year in the country, excluding Jammu and Kashmir and North East, as also the incidents of Left Wing extremism.


Terror attacks in India, excluding J&K and N-E, killed 884 civilians, 29 security men from 2004 to 2018


The UN General Assembly has declared August 22 as the International Day for Victims of Religious Violence to combat hate crimes and persecution on the basis of beliefs.


UN dedicates Aug 22 to victims of religious violence


Two suspected spies have been arrested in Jammu while shooting pictures and videos of the layout of the Ratnuchak military station, police said on Wednesday.


2 suspected spies arrested in Jammu


A gunfight broke out between security forces and holed-up militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Wednesday.


Gunfight underway in J&K's Kulgam


A gunfight broke out on Tuesday between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said.


Gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag


The pre-dawn search operation by security forces on Tuesday in Kareemabad village of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district has been called off.


Search operation called off in Pulwama


The role of a woman in the death of Kashmir's most wanted militant commander Zakir Musa, as revealed in an IANS story, has Twitter users crediting women for their positive role in fighting militancy in the Valley.


Tweeple cheers women after Zakir Musa's death


Eleven security personnel were injured in an IED blast detonated by Maoist Guerrillas on early Tuesday, police said.


11 security personnel injured in IED blast in Jharkhand


Nearly 20 people, including 16 school children were injured after a man went on a stabbing rampage in Kawasaki City, south of Japan's capital Tokyo on Tuesday.


20 injured, including children in Japan knife attack


Security forces started a cordon and search operation in Kareemabad village of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday.


Security forces begin search operation in Pulwama


Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, here on Monday, urged foreign envoys to help his government in removing travel restrictions imposed on tourists following the Easter Sunday attacks, which claimed over 250 lives and left hundreds others injured.


Sri Lanka urges envoys to help lift travel advisories


Two Assam Rifles troopers were killed and four others were injured on Saturday after suspected militants ambushed their convoy near the Nagaland-Assam border, a defence spokesman said.


Two Assam Rifle troopers killed in Nagaland ambush


The death toll from an explosion inside a mosque in Pakistan's Quetta city rose to four as an injured person succumbed to his wounds.


Death toll in Quetta mosque blast rises to 4


The Centre has extended for five years the ban on terrorist organisation Jamaat-ul-Mijahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and its manifestations for role in various terror activities in India, according to a Home Ministry notification issued here on Thursday.


Centre extends ban on JMB, its arms for five years


Probing the case of "pro-Khalistani" group unearthed in Maharashtra last year, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found its links to the European island nation of Cyprus.


Maharashtra Khalistani group's link to Cyprus found: NIA investigation (IANS Special)


Riyaz Naikoo, 33, who carries a reward of Rs 12 lakh on his head, now replaces Zakir Musa as the most wanted militant commander in the Kashmir Valley after Musa was killed by security forces on Thursday.


Will Riyaz Naikoo fill void created by Zakir Musa's killing?


Sri Lanka Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has set up a special panel to probe the April 21 Easter Sunday terror attacks, which claimed over 250 lives, authorities said here on Friday.


Lanka House panel to probe Easter Sunday attacks


After nocturnal protests in parts of Srinagar, Pulwama, Shopian and some other places in the Valley when the news about the killing of Zakir Musa, chief of Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, spread, Authorities on Friday imposed restrictions in parts of the Valley.


Restrictions imposed to maintain law and order in Valley


Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday congratulated his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the Lok Sabha poll victory and said that he looks forward to working with him for peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia.


Imran congratulates Modi, 'looks forward' to work with him


A giant mural depicting New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern embracing a Muslim woman in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack has been unveiled in Australia.

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