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.


Clashes in J&K during searches


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A novelty belt buckle designed in the style of a hand grenade prompted Spanish police to evacuate passengers from major railway stations in Barcelona and in Madrid on Wednesday after the suspicious object was detected inside a luggage item by security scanners, authorities said.


Novelty buckle sparks fear at major Spanish railway stations


Spanish police evacuated passengers from a major railway station in Madrid and from two high-speed trains in Barcelona on Wednesday following security alerts that proved to be false alarms, authorities said.


Spain police evacuate stations in Madrid, Barcelona


The United Liberation Front of Asom's (Ulfa) pro-talk faction's General Secretary, Anup Chetia on Wednesday dismissed media reports that said Paresh Baruah, the commander-in-chief of the rebel group's anti-talk faction, has died.


Ulfa's Anup Chetia dismisses Paresh Baruah death claims


The National Investigation Agency has filed a charge-sheet against five members of the Myanmar-based terror outfit, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang, before a special NIA court in Meghalaya in an abduction case, an official said on Tuesday.


NIA files chargesheet against five NSCN(K) activists


Nine improvised explosive device bombs were recovered in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Tuesday, police said.


Nine bombs recovered from Maoist den in Jharkhand


Turkish police have detained 24 suspects as part of an investigation into the Islamic State (IS) international financial activity.


Turkey detains 24 IS-linked suspects


Punjab Police on Monday arrested two engineering students from J&K for their role in grenade blasts at a police station in Jalandhar on September 14, claiming to unearth a major terror network linking a Kashmiri group to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).


Punjab Police arrest two Kashmiri students for police station blast


A gunfight erupted on Monday between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district.


Gunfight in Ganderbal in Kashmir


Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday said terrorism exists in the mind and it has to be tackled at the roots.


Root out terrorism from people's mind: J&K Governor


A vicious environment of "aggressive regionalism" is prevailing in the country, said a Trinamool Congress delegation that visited Dhala in Assam's Tinsukia district, where militants gunned down five Bengali Hindus on November 1.


Vicious environment prevailing: TMC leaders after meeting families of Tinsukia victims


A section of intellectuals, close to the ruling Trinamool Congress, on Sunday condemned the massacre of five Bengali Hindus in Assam's Tinsukia district on November 1.


Intellectuals in Kolkata condemn Assam killings


The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Sunday said that it has seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition including China made weapons from two militants who were beaten to death by the locals in Assam's Silchar district.


Chinese weapons recovered from 2 militants in Assam


One of the two persons killed in Saturday's gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district was a civilian, police said on Sunday.


One of two slain in Shopian gunfight was civilian


Iraqi security forces have began a large-scale security operation to clear areas in western Iraq from the Islamic State (IS) militants, the Iraqi military said.


Iraqi forces launch large-scale anti-IS offensive


Thousands of supporters and followers of Maulana Sami ul-Haq, an Islamic cleric and former senator who was more widely known as the "Father of Taliban", flocked to attend his funeral in Pakistan on Saturday.


Thousands in Pakistan attend funeral of 'father of Taliban'


Family members of a Kashmiri youth, who has purportedly joined terror outfit Islamic State, on Saturday urged him to abjure violence and return home.


Family urges Kashmiri youth who joined Islamic State to return home


Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday expressed his displeasure over a Kashmiri student in Noida allegedly joining militancy and called the incident as "hugely worrying".


Another Kashmiri student joining militancy is 'hugely worrying': Omar


Calling terrorism "the worst form of violation of human rights", India has decried attempts by some countries to prevent a unified international response to the threat.


Terrorism worst human rights violation, but global response inadequate: India


Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Friday said he "truly believes" that the future of Jammu and Kashmir lied with the Union of India and that the state could not survive on its own if given Azadi (independence).


Kashmir can't survive if given independence: Omar Abdullah


Maulana Samiul Haq, a former Pakistani Senator more widely known as the "Father of Taliban", was stabbed to death on Friday while resting in his room in Rawalpindi city, his family said.

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