Shouting pro-independence slogans, hundreds of mourners on Wednesday attended the funeral prayers of a militant killed by security forces in Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir.


Hundreds attend funeral prayers of militant in Sopore


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The Indian Army on Tuesday denied that the soldier killed in a gunfight along the Line of Control (LoC) at Tangdhar had taken part in the surgical strikes in September 2016.


Army denies slain soldier took part in surgical strikes


Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam said on Tuesday that the resignations by special police officers (SPOs) was a negligible trend and restricted to south Kashmir.


Resignations by SPOs negligible: Official


Two militants were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore district.


Two militants killed in Sopore


The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday announced salary incentive to its employees discharging election duties and a likely increase in pay packets of special police officers (SPOs).


Salary incentive to J&K election staff


The Indian Army on Tuesday paid tribute to Lance Naik Sandeep Singh who was killed a day ago in a gunfight in the Tangdhar sector along the Line of Control (LoC).


2016 surgical strike soldier killed in gunfight at LoC


Authorities on Tuesday closed educational institutions and suspended mobile internet services in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town following a firing exchange between the security forces and militants.


J&K gunfight: Educational institutions closed in Sopore


The UN Security Council has condemned "in the strongest terms" last Saturday's terrorist attack in Iran's Ahvaz city that left at least 25 people dead.


UNSC condemns terror attack in Iran


At least 35 Al-Shabaab militants have been killed and several others injured after an exchange of fire between Somali national army, backed by African Union forces, and the militants in Somalia's Qoryoley town.


AU, Somali forces kill 35 Al-Shabaab militants


The Saudi-led coalition involved in a war in Yemen vowed on Monday to continue to target suspicious ships threatening navigation in the Red Sea.


Saudi-led coalition vows to target suspicious ships in Red Sea


Rome, Sep 24 (IANS/AKI) Individuals who receive a binding conviction for terrorism will lose their Italian citizenship under a security decree issued on Monday by the populist government.


Italy to strip convicted terrorists of citizenship


The Army on Monday said it had foiled a major attempt by terrorists to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir, killing five militants on the LoC and losing a soldier in the operation.


Five militants, soldier killed on LoC


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday accused Pakistan of "sponsoring terror" in Jammu and Kashmir and said the military was fully capable of thwarting any terror attack.


Pakistan sponsoring terror in India: Rajnath


Complacency on the part of Andhra Pradesh Police may have led to the killing of a legislator and a former legislator by Maoists on Sunday while the rebels appear have sent a message that they may be out but are not down.


Complacency led to killing of Andhra legislator by Maoists? (Analysis)


A soldier and three more militants were killed on Monday in a gun battle near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said, taking the number of rebels dead in the operation to five.


Soldiers, five militants killed in LoC gunfight


Four Maoists, including one who carried a reward of Rs 2 lakh for his capture, were arrested on Monday in Jharkhand's Palamau district, police said.


4 Maoists arrested in Jharkhand


A day after Maoists gunned down a sitting MLA and a former legislator, personnel of the elite Greyhounds anti-Maoist force and the CRPF launched a massive combing operation in the tribal areas of Visakhapatnam district on Monday.


Massive anti-Maoist operations launched on Andhra-Odisha border


A 45-year-old civilian abducted by unidentified gunmen on Saturday was found dead in Sopore area on Monday, police said.


Abducted civilian found dead in J&K


External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will see more action on the sidelines of the high-level UN General Assembly (UNGA) session this week than in its chamber, as she keeps up a gruelling schedule of one-on-one meetings with some 30 leaders and participation in several multilateral meetings.


Swaraj has gruelling schedule at UNGA session


India will be focusing on a multilateral agenda at the high-level UN General Assembly (UNGA) session that begins on Tuesday and let Pakistan be a "one-trick pony" on Kashmir if it wants to, India's Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin has said.


Pakistan's one-trick pony act on Kashmir doesn't resonate at UN: Akbaruddin


US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley has urged Iran to "look in the mirror" for the causes of an attack on a military parade that killed at least 29 people on Saturday.

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