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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
Hundreds of protesters surround Mukherjee Nagar police station, paramilitary deployed
The paramilitary has been deployed in the Mukherjee Nagar police station and nearby areas as hundreds of protesters gathered around the police station demanding suspension of policemen allegedly involved in brutally beating up a Sikh driver and his son.
Iraq lifts nearly 30 km of blast walls from Baghdad: official
Iraqi authorities have removed nearly 30 kilometres of concrete blast walls across Baghdad in the last six months, mostly around the capital's high-security Green Zone, a senior official said. Since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, T-walls -- thick barriers about six metres tall and one metre wide -- have surrounded potential targets of car bombs or other attacks. When premier Adel Abdel Mahdi came to power last year, he promised to remove barriers, checkpoints and other security measures to make Baghdad easier to navigate. "Over the last six months, we removed 18,000 T-walls in Baghdad, including 14,000 in the Green Zone alone," said Staff Lieutenant General Mohammed al-Bayati, the PM's top military advisor. Hundreds of the security checkpoints that contributed to Baghdad's notorious traffic jams have also been removed. And according to the Baghdad municipality, 600 streets that had been closed off to public access have been opened in the last six months. Among them are key ...
Indian students pay tribute at War Memorial in Seoul
Two Indian students, who visited South Korea as part of an exchange programme, paid tributes at a ceremonial pillar built in memory of the Indian soldiers who had participated in the Korean War, at the War Memorial in Seoul, officials said Monday. Aarya Jain and Vimrut Kaur from Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar laid a wreath at the stone-made pillar which bears an inscription and 'Bharat', and stands amid a row of other ceremonial pillars at the iconic war memorial located at Yongsan in the Korean capital. The pillar was built in memory of the Indian troops who had embarked upon a serious humanitarian mission during Korean War (1950-54). The Korean population is more aware and ecstatic about the historical linkages with India. The gentle and noble deeds of Indians troops are vividly etched in their minds and are shared as folklore, a senior official said.
Days after Pakistan alert, 9 soldiers injured in J&K IED attack (2nd Lead)
Nine Indian Army troops suffered minor injuries after militants attacked their truck with an car-borne improvised explosive device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Monday, officials said.
Army major, militant killed, another officer and 2 jawans injured in Kashmir encounter
An Army major and a militant were killed, while another officer and two troopers were injured on Monday in an encounter between security forces and the ultras in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, officials said. Major Ketan Sharma was killed while another officer of the same rank and two soldiers were injured in the encounter in the Achabal area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district, they added. The injured were rushed to the 92 base hospital of the Army in Srinagar, the officials said. They added that an unidentified militant was also killed in the gunfight and his body recovered. Arms and ammunition were seized from the encounter site, the officials said. The identity and group affiliation of the slain militant was being ascertained, they added. Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the area in the morning. The search operation led to a gunfight after the militants fired on the forces, who retaliated.
Nigeria: 30 killed in triple suicide blasts in Borno
At least 30 people were killed and 40 others injured after three suicide bombers, including two girls and a boy, detonated explosives at Konduga village, a remote town in Borno state, in northeastern Nigeria, authorities said on Monday.One of the bombers detonated his explosives outside a cinema hall where soccer fans had gathered to watch a match on Sunday night in Konduga. While the two girls blew themselves up a few kilometres from the hall, Al Jazeera reported."The death toll from the attack has so far increased to 30. We have over 40 people injured," Usman Kachalla, head of operations at the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), was quoted as saying.According to Ali Hassan, the leader of a self-defence group in the town, the owner of the hall prevented one of the bombers from entering the venue."There was a heated argument between the operator and the bomber who blew himself up," Hassan said.Hassan said most of the victims were from outside the football viewing centre.He ...
Army patrol targeted with IED blast in Pulwama, 9 jawans and 2 civilians injured
Nine Army personnel and two civilians were injured when militants triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) fitted in a vehicle near an Army patrol in the militancy-hit Pulwama district of south Kashmir Monday, officials said. They said the multi-vehicle patrol of the 44 Rashtriya Rifles was moving on Arihal-Pulwama road when the IED was detonated by the militants, injuring the personnel travelling in a bullet-and-mine-proof Casper vehicle. The Army personnel immediately swung into action and fired in air to dominate the situation and ward off any surprise attack, the officials said. The injured have been admitted to a hospital and all of them were reported to be in stable condition, the officials said. Srinagar-based defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said it was a "failed attempt" to attack the patrol and except for a "few minor injuries, all troops are safe". "A failed attempt was made to attack a mobile vehicle patrol of 44 RR with a vehicle-based IED while the Army patrol ...