Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday offered legal assistance to the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and the local Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) organisations.


PDP offers legal assistance to JKLF, Jamaat


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CRPF troopers on Tuesday shot dead four Maoists in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.


CRPF kills 4 Maoists in Chhattisgarh


Four Maoists were killed on Tuesday in a gun battle with a special unit of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, said the paramilitary unit.


4 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh


Goa is on alert following a tip off from central intelligence agencies about a possible attack on Israeli tourists in the state in what they called "possible revenge" for the terror attack at the Christchurch mosques in New Zealand last week which killed 50 worshippers, police said on Monday.


Alert in Goa over Christchurch attacks retaliation


Ancy Ali, a 25-year-old student from Kerala who was one of the 50 people killed in the March 15 Christchurch mosques attacks in New Zealand, was buried near here on Monday.


Kerala woman killed in Christchurch attack buried


The Israeli army claimed to have hit two targets of the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after Palestinian militants launched explosive devices at Israel.


Israeli army targets two Hamas posts in Gaza Strip


Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became on one of the world's most-wanted terrorist leaders when he proclaimed the Islamic State terror organization's so-called caliphate from a pulpit of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2014.


Caliphate in ruins - and al-Baghdadi's rise and fall


New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Sunday that the country will hold a national remembrance service on March 29 for the 50 victims of the attack in the Christchurch mosques.


Remembrance service slated for Christchurch victims


Life across the Kashmir Valley was affected by the separatist-called shutdown on Sunday against the Centre's decision to ban the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) led by Muhammad Yasin Malik.


Separatist shutdown affects life in Kashmir


Weapons and explosives were seized from a Maoist hideout in Jharkhand's Palamau district on Saturday, police said.


Guns, IEDs seized from Maoist hideout in Jharkhand


As many as six people were killed, including a minister, and 11 others injured in a suicide attack in Somalia capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said.


Minister among 6 killed in Somalia suicide attack


With China putting on hold the efforts in United Nations Security Council (UNSC), spearheaded by France with UK and US, to declare terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad's chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist, France has again taken the initiative on the issue and has approached to European Union for the purpose.


'France pursuing Azhar global terrorist status with EU'


The Islamic State (IS) has lost its last stronghold in Syria, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Saturday, bringing an end to the so-called caliphate declared by the terror group in 2014.


IS loses last Syrian stronghold: US-backed forces


Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday hoped that there was equal condemnation against rights violations by militants in the state as when the security forces are accused of it.


Omar condemns 'selective outrage' in Kashmir


New Zealand has banned the possession and distribution of a manifesto believed to be written by the lone gunman who carried out the March 15 Christchurch mosques carnage where 50 people were killed, officials said on Saturday.


New Zealand bans Christchurch gunman's manifesto


Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Geelani, who advocates Jammu and Kashmir's merger with Pakistan, has been penalised Rs 14.40 lakh under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) for illegally possessing foreign exchange of US$ 10,000 and Indian currency worth Rs 10 lakh, the Enforcement Directorate said on Friday.


Geelani penalised Rs 14.40 lakh under FEMA


Following weeks of heightened tension between India and Pakistan triggered by the Pulwama terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan that it was time for people of the subcontinent to work together "for a peaceful and prosperous region, in an atmosphere free of terror and violence."


'Need to work together for peace in region', Modi tells Imran


Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Sajjad Khan, said to be a close associate of Pulwama suicide attack mastermind Mudassir Ahmed Khan, was arrested near the Red Fort while disguised as a shawl trader, police said on Friday.


JeM terrorist Sajjad Khan held in Delhi


The ban on the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) will turn the state into an "open air prison", former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday.


JKLF ban will make Kashmir open air prison: Mehbooba


The Indian government on Friday outlawed the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) led by Muhammad Yasin Malik, alleging it was responsible for promoting terrorism and secessionism in the state.


JKLF banned for promoting terror, secessionism


A Delhi court on Friday sent Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Sajjad Khan, a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Muddasir Ahmed Khan, to NIA custody till March 29.

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