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Sawant laments delayed liberation of Goa from Portugal
Goa, which was liberated from Portuguese colonial yoke in 1961, would have progressed more, if it had been liberated 15 years earlier along with the Indian mainland in 1947, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday.
Rajnath, Army chief to pay tribute to Army officer
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Army chief General Bipin Rawat will on Tuesday pay their tributes to Major Ketan Sharma, who died fighting militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district a day earlier.
2 soldiers injured in IED blast in J-K's Pulwama succumb
Two soldiers, who were injured in the IED blast in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, have succumbed to injuries, a defence spokesman said Tuesday. Nine soldiers and two civilians were injured as militants targeted an Army patrol with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Arihal in Pulwama district on Monday. "Two soldiers, brought to hospital with severe contusions and concussions, have succumbed to their injuries at 92 Base Hospital," the spokesman said. On Monday, he had sought to play down the attack saying it was a "failed attempt" and except for a "few minor injuries, all troops were safe". "A failed attempt was made to attack a mobile vehicle patrol of 44 RR with a Vehicle Based IED while the Army patrol was moving in the general area Arihal in district Pulwama today evening," the spokesman said in a statement here. He said the reports of attack on an Army convoy are "unfounded and baseless". "Troops all safe. Few minor injuries," the defence spokesman said, adding that ..
2 terrorists, 1 jawan killed in Anantnag encounter
Two terrorists were killed in a gunbattle in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday in which a jawan has also lost his life, a police official said. The terrorists were being identified, he said. Acting on a credible input about the presence of terrorists in Bijbehara area of the south Kashmir district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation this morning. The search turned into an encounter after the terrorists opened fire on the security forces, who retaliated. A jawan was injured in the gunbattle, the official said, adding he succumbed at a hospital. The exchange of fire was going on when last reports came in. On Monday, an Army major was killed and another officer and two troopers were injured in an encounter with terrorists in the district's Achabal area. A terrorist was also neutralised. The same day, terrorists also targeted an Army patrol unit with a vehicle fitted with an improvised explosive device in Pulwama district. Nine jawans and two civilians ...
Under US pressure, Afghan army starts closing checkpoints
Only a tangle of razor wire marks the entrance of a remote Afghan army checkpoint that may soon be shuttered as the government closes vulnerable outposts after years of losses to Taliban fighters and desertions. The post in Wardak province west of Kabul has been hit before, and its sagging blast walls and teetering sandbags make clear the vulnerability of the 13 troops living there for weeks on end. Now, after years of brutal attacks and mass desertions from similar checkpoints, the Afghan government is acting on long-standing American requests to close them. The aim is to shutter outposts where troops are often left like sitting ducks for Taliban attackers and consolidate them onto larger bases -- several of which are under construction. The plan is for troops to lead offensive missions, taking the fight to the Taliban instead of trying to survive day-to-day in often deplorable living conditions with little outside support. The "checkpoint is a failed tactic," Dadan Lawang, an Afghan
4 soldiers lost in one day, as key Pulwama attack man killed (2nd Lead)
The Indian Army on Tuesday killed yet another militant linked to the Pulwama attack that took away the lives of 40 CRPF troopers earlier this year. Despite losing four soldiers in past 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army was successful in killing the Jaish man whose car was used in the February 14 attack.
JeM militant whose car was used in Pulwama attack, killed
The Jaish-e-Muhammad (LeT) militant whose car was used in the February 14 Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF troopers, was killed in a gunfight on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said.
Jawan killed in J&K's Anantnag; encounter with terrorists under way
A jawan has died in an encounter with terrorists in Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, a police official said, a day after an Army major was killed by them during a gunbattle in the district. The official said two terrorists have also been killed and they were being identified. Acting on a credible input about the presence of terrorists in Bijbehara area of the south Kashmir district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation this morning. The search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists opened fire on the forces, who retaliated. A jawan was injured in the gunbattle, the official said, adding he succumbed at a hospital. The exchange of fire was going on when last reports came in. On Monday, an Army major was killed and another officer and two troopers were injured in an encounter with terrorists in the district's Achabal area. A terrorist was also neutralised. The same day, terrorists also targeted an Army patrol unit with a vehicle fitted with an ...
Expert: UN failed before Rohingya crackdown in Myanmar
An independent review of United Nations operations in the years before hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled a violent crackdown by Myanmar's military concluded that the organisation's many bodies failed to act together, resulting in "systemic and structural failures." The 36-page review by Gert Rosenthal, Guatemala's former foreign minister, released Monday said the UN could conceivably have reconciled competing views on whether quiet diplomacy or outspoken advocacy against human rights abuses in Myanmar should have been used but it didn't. The result as in Sri Lanka at the end of the civil war against Tamil separatists in 2009 was a "dysfunctional performance of the UN system," Rosenthal said. "Without question serious errors were committed and opportunities were lost in the UN system following a fragmented strategy rather than a common plan of action," he said, adding that the "systemic failure was further magnified by some bureaucratic and unseemly infighting." The ...
J-K: 2 terrorists, 1 security personnel killed in Anantnag encounter
A security personnel and two terrorists were killed in an encounter between terrorists and security forces in Anantnag district on Tuesday.The forces have recovered weapons and warlike stores.This comes a day after an Army Major and a terrorist were killed during an encounter in the district.Further details are awaited.
J-K: 2 Army personnel, injured in Pulwama's IED attack, succumb to injuries
Two army personnel, who were injured in an IED attack on a mobile vehicle patrol in Pulwama, succumbed to their injuries on Tuesday.According to the Army, the terrorists tried to attack a mobile vehicle patrol of 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) with an improvised explosive device (IED) blast on Monday in Arihal area of Pulwama district."Driver of the vehicle is injured and has put under specialist care. Condition of other soldiers who were brought to a hospital with minor bruises and concussion/contusion is stable," the Army said in a statement earlier.
C'garh cops start learning 'Gondi' dialect to counter Naxalism
Policemen in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district have started learning the native 'Gondi' dialect to bridge the language barrier while interacting with locals and intercept intelligence inputs better to fight the Naxal menace in the area, an official said. Classes for the three-month course in Gondi began from Monday at the police lines where 50 security men have enrolled in the first batch, Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhishek Pallava told PTI. Local police personnel proficient in the dialect have been appointed as tutors, he said. "As most of the policemen deployed in this Naxal-hit region are not familiar with the Gondi dialect largely spoken by tribals, it many a times creates a communication gap and misunderstanding. Therefore, we have started this initiative," he said. The state's main language is 'Chhattisgarhi'. While most of the police officials deployed in Dantewada know the state language and Hindi, they are not familiar with Gondi. The three-month course will
2 militants in J-K's Pulwama shun path of violence, surrender
Two unnamed militants have shunned the path of violence and surrendered in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesman said Tuesday. He said the identities of the two youths have been kept secret due to threat perception to their lives. "With the help of community members and family, two more youths from Pulwama have returned to the mainstream," the spokesman said.
Chhattisgarh: Woman Naxal killed in encounter with police
A woman Naxal was gunned down in an encounter with police in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district on Tuesday morning, a senior official said. The skirmish took place around 6 am in a forest near Katti village, located around 120 km here, when a team of the Special Task Force was out on a counter-insurgency operation, Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P told PTI. After the encounter got over, the security personnel recovered the body of a woman Naxal and a self-loading rifle (SLR) from the spot, he said. The killed cadre was yet to be identified, he said. Further details were awaited, the official said, adding that a search operation was underway in the area.
Jawan killed in J&K's Anantnag; encounter with militants under way
A security forces personnel has died in an encounter with terrorists in Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, a police official said, a day after an Army major was killed by them during a gunbattle in the district. Acting on credible input about the presence of militants in Bijbehara area of the south Kashmir district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation this morning. The official said the search operation turned into an encounter after the militants fired on the forces, who retaliated. One security force jawan was injured in the gunbattle, he said adding that he succumbed at a hospital. The exchange of fire was going on when last reports came in, he said. On Monday, an Army major was killed and another officer and two troopers were injured in an encounter with militants in the district's Achabal area. A militant was also killed. Militants also targeted an Army patrol unit with a vehicle fitted with an improvised explosive device in Pulwama district Monday. Nine ...
Soldier, 2 militants killed in J&K gunfight
An Indian Army soldier and two militants were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police sources said.
Two Kashmiri youths shun violence, return to mainstream
Two youths from Pulwama have returned to the mainstream, with the help of community members and their families, police said on Monday.Police have not disclosed the identity of the youth saying "the identity stands protected".In order to encourage more such youths to join the mainstream, the state government last year had formulated a surrender policy to "get positive results in the near future."Under the previous programme, which came into effect in 2004 and was amended in 2010, more than 600 militants had surrendered between 2004 and 2015. Nearly Rs. 10 crore had been spent on them during the same period, according to local media reports.
Gunfight starts in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag
A gunfight started on Tuesday between holed up militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.
J-K: One soldier injured, others suffer bruises in terror attack in Pulwama
An Army driver was injured and some other soldiers suffered minor bruises after terrorists attempted to attack their vehicle in Arihal area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.According to the Army, the terrorists tried to attack a mobile vehicle patrol of 44 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) with an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the evening."Driver of the vehicle is injured and has put under specialist care. Condition of other soldiers who were brought to a hospital with minor bruises and concussion/contusion is stable," the Army said in a statement.It said that the damage was minimised due to the swift action of the driver.In an earlier statement, the Army said: "Terrorists attempted to attack a mobile vehicle patrol of 44 RR with a vehicle-based IED while the Army patrol was moving in the general area of Arihal in Pulwama. The troops are safe, few minor injuries have been reported."The area was cordoned off and search operations were being conducted.
British air force jets in Estonia intercept Russian jets
Britain's Royal Air Force said Monday that two of its jets deployed in Estonia have been scrambled twice in recent days to intercept Russian aircraft. The RAF said the incidents brought the number of intercepts of Russian planes to eight since taking over the Baltic Air Policing mission in May. There was no comment from Russia on the claim, but the defense ministry said it scrambled Su-27 fighter jets to intercept U.S. B-52 bombers that were approaching the Russian border from the Baltic and Black Seas. The British Typhoon jets were alerted Friday to intercept a Russian Su-30 Flanker fighter, and passed a Russian military transport craft as it was escorting the fighter over the Baltic Sea. On Saturday, RAF crews intercepted a Su-30 Flanker fighter and an Ilyushin Il-76 Candid transport aircraft traveling north from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad toward Estonian and Finnish airspace. The RAF escorted the aircraft for 15 minutes before handing over responsibility to Finnish aircraft
