Five CRPF personnel on a foot patrol suffered bullet wounds in a three-hour gun battle with Maoists in a forested area here in Chhattisgarh to aid the first phase of Assembly polls, authorities said.


Five CRPF personnel injured in Maoist attack


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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a transporter here in connection with a terror funding case of Maoist-affiliated organisation Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), an agency official said.


NIA arrests transporter in Maoist funding case


Defying Maoist threats, over 70 per cent voted on Monday in 18 Maoist-affected Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh in the first phase, marking the start of five-state elections dubbed the 'semi-final' before the Lok Sabha battle next year.


Over 70% vote in Chhattisgarh's red corridor (Roundup)


Amid sporadic violence by Maoists, nearly 65 per cent of the electorate voted on Monday till 3 p.m. in 18 constituencies in the first first phase of Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh that marks the start of five-state elections widely seen as a 'semi-final' ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha battle.


Defying Maoists, 65% vote in Chhattisgarh first phase polls (Fourth Lead)


At least three people were killed and eight others wounded in an explosion here on Monday near a protest site where hundreds of people, mostly members of the persecuted Shia minority Hazara, were demanding more security in the Hazara-dominated central and eastern districts of Afghanistan.


3 killed in explosion near Hazara protests in Kabul


India and Morocco on Monday signed an agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, a move to strengthen bilateral cooperation and provide strong legal base for extradition of fugitive offenders, a Home Ministry statement said.


India, Morocco sign agreement on combatting crime


Defying Maoist threats, over 33 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise on Monday by midday in 18 constituencies in the first phase of Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh where the Congress is vying to end 15 years of BJP rule.


Defying Maoists, Chhattisgarh votes in first phase (Third Lead)


Two CRPF personnel suffered bullet wounds in a gun battle with Maoists who opened fire when the troopers were on foot patrol in a forested area here, authorities said.


Two CRPF personnel injured in Maoist attack


Defying Maoist threats, lakhs of people voted on Monday in 18 constituencies in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly election, with officials putting the voting percentage at nearly 20 per cent in the first four hours.


Nearly 20% polling in Chhattisgarh first phase


Minutes before the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls began on Monday, Maoists detonated an IED in here that narrowly missed a CRPF foot patrol, the authorities said.


CRPF team narrowly escapes Chhattisgarh blast


Security forces shot dead a militant on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.


One militant killed in Kupwara


BSF Assistant Sub-Inspector Mahinder Singh killed on Sunday in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district when Maoists exploded hidden explosives when the troopers were on foot patrol, authorities said.


Maoists kill BSF trooper in Chhattisgarh


The National Investigating Agency will probe the arrest of three Kashmiri students, associated with terrorist outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH), from Punjab recently, police said on Saturday.


NIA to probe arrest of three Kashmiri students from Punjab


The death toll in three car bomb explosions carried out outside a luxury hotel in the Somali capital has risen to 30, officials said on Saturday.


Death toll in Somalia car bomb attacks rises to 30


Three car-bomb explosions on Friday outside a luxury hotel in the Somali capital left at least 14 people dead and 45 others wounded, media reported.


Several Killed, 45 wounded in Somalia car-bomb attacks


A militant was killed and a policeman injured on Friday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.


Militant killed, policeman injured in Kashmir


Militants and security forces traded gunfire on Friday in a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.


Gunfight in Kashmir


The Maoist problem has taken a turn for the worse in Chhattisgarh over the past year, senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here on Thursday, in the wake of recent incidents of violence triggered by the ultra left rebels.


Maoist problem has taken a turn for the worse in Chhattisgarh: Chidambaram


CISF Head Constable D. Mukhopadhyay and four civilians were killed on Thursday when Maoists blew up a mini bus in which they were returning to their camp after buying vegetables and groceries in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said.


CISF trooper among 5 killed in Maoist attack


A CISF trooper and three civilians were killed when Maoists blew up a vehicle on Thursday in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, four days before the first phase of Assembly polls in the state, police said.


CISF trooper among four killed in Maoist attack


Security forces fired tear gas after being stoned by bands of youths who took to the streets during a cordon and search operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.

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