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Malaysia deports 7 for alleged ties to terrorist group
Malaysian police say six Egyptians and a Tunisian man believed to be linked to an African-based terror group have been detained and deported. National police chief Mohamad Fuzi Harun says one of the Egyptians and the Tunisian national are suspected members of Ansar Al-Sharia Al-Tunisia, which is based in North Africa and listed as a terrorist group by the UN. Fuzi said in a statement Sunday the two were detained in 2016 for trying to illegally enter an African country. He said they used fake passports to enter Malaysia in October last year and were planning to sneak into a third country to launch attacks. Fuzi said five other Egyptians and two Malaysians were detained last month for providing food, shelter, air tickets and employment for the two suspected terrorists.
Over 55 security men already dead in J&K, 95 died in 2018 (Lead, Correcting headline)
It's not even three months of this year and the body count of soldiers has been steadily rising in Jammu and Kashmir to make it one one of the most violent periods in recent times.
'You hunted the hunter': IAF praises Wing Commander Abhinandan
Continuing with its poetic praise on its personnel, the Indian Air Force on Sunday described Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman as someone who "hunted the hunter". Posting a poem on its official Twitter handle @IAF_MCC, 'Sabke Bass Ki Baat Nahi', written by Bipin Allhabadi, the IAF described the fighter pilot's feat as something that is not possible for everyone. What Abhinandan Varthaman did is not everyone's cup of tea. He hunted the hunter, the Hindi poem read. Tensions between India and Pakistan flared up after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror group killed 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel in Kashmir's Pulwama district on February 14. India launched a counter-terror operation in Balakot on February 26. The next day, Pakistan Air Force retaliated and downed a MiG-21 and captured Varthaman. However, in the air fight, the Air Force pilot had also shot down Pakistan's F-16 fighter jet. After his capture and subsequent release, the Air Force ...
Tell Pulwama victim families who released Masood Azhar: Rahul
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Pulwama terror attack,, pointing to National Security Adviser Ajit Dovals role in the 1999 release of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) head Masood Azhar.
Brains behind Pulwama terror attack identified -- 23-year-old electrician: Officials
Lesser-known Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Mudasir Ahmed Khan, alias 'Mohd Bhai', has been identified as the brains behind the audacious terror strike in Pulwama that left 40 CRPF personnel dead on February 14, officials said on Sunday. Piecing together evidence gathered so far, security officials said that 23-year-old Khan, an electrician with a graduate degree hailing from Pulwama district, arranged the vehicle and explosives used in the terror strike. A resident of Mir Mohalla of Tral, Khan joined the Jaish-e-Mohammed sometime in 2017 as an overground worker and was later drawn into the JeM fold by Noor Mohammed Tantrey, alias 'Noor Trali', who is believed to have helped in the revival of the terror outfit in Kashmir Valley. After Tantray was killed in December 2017, Khan disappeared from his home on January 14, 2018 and has been active since then. Suicide attacker Adil Ahmed Dar, who blew his explosive-laden vehicle next to a bus in a CRPF convoy on February 14, had been in constant .
Chhattisgarh police personnel to get weekly-off
Police personnel in Chhattisgarh will now get regular weekly-offs, a move that will come as a relief to them and their families in view of their long and erratic working hours. Till now, the policemen were getting a yearly special leave (around 40 to 45 days), but now, as per an order issued by Director General of Police D M Awasthi on Saturday, all personnel -- from constable to inspector ranks -- will be given one day leave every week. "The decision was taken in view of the difficult nature of their job and severe work pressure," an official here said Sunday. In case of VVIP movement or emergency circumstances, if the weekly-off is not granted then the policeman would be entitled to get the pending leave later within the same month, he said. As per the order, the personnel posted in Naxal-hit areas will be collectively given eight-day leave within a stretch of three months. However, the weekly-offs could also be cancelled due to security reasons and it would be the ...
Enough is enough, we cannot keep suffering till eternity: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday issued a stern warning to terrorist forces targeting India, saying the country cannot keep suffering forever. "Enough is enough," he said, while referring to the terror attacks in Pulwama and Uri. "We cannot keep suffering till eternity." Addressing the 50th raising day of the Central Industrial Security Force as the Chief Guest here, Modi said the role of security forces like the CISF becomes very significant when the nation faces a hostile neighbour, and when some elements hatching conspiracy within the country get encouragement from across the border. "When the neighbour is very hostile but does not have the capability to fight a war and various conspiracies hatched within the country are getting encouragement from across the border and when the ghastly pictures of terror come to light, under such difficult situations, (ensuring) security of the country and its institutions becomes very challenging," the PM said. In an indirect reference to the ..
Over 60 Taliban terrorists killed by Afghan Forces
Over 60 Taliban terrorists have been killed in operations undertaken by the Afghan Special Forces along with air strikes in the past 24 hours across Afghanistan.Quoting sources, Khaama Press reported that 29 Taliban terrorists were killed during operations conducted in the districts of Baraki Barak and Charkh in Logar and the Sayyidabad district of Wardak province. One Taliban commander was wounded, while one vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device was destroyed in the attacks in Logar district."The Afghan Special Forces also conducted a search operation of a suspected weapons cache in Ahmadabad district of Paktika province and discovered one magnetic mine and 16 mine controllers," the source added."The bomb-making material was removed from the site and destroyed to prevent it from being used in the surrounding village and wounding non-combatants," they said.Beyond this, the Afghan Special Forces also conducted a separate operation along the highway in Samangam which killed four ...
Over 55 security men already dead in J&K, 95 died in 2019
It's not even three months of this year and body count of soldiers has been steadily rising in Jammu and Kashmir to make it one one of the most violent periods in recent times.
Nine police killed in attack in Myanmar's Rakhine: police
Nine policemen have been killed in a militant attack in Myanmar's western Rakhine state, police said on Sunday, as tensions ratchet up in a state riven by ethnic and religious conflict. The attack late Saturday took place in Yoetayoke village, just an hour north of Rakhine state's capital Sittwe. "Nine police were killed, one was injured and another one is missing," a senior police officer told AFP, not wanting to be named.
Guaido announces tour, giant rally to assert his power in Venezuela
The speaker of the Venezuelan legislature, Juan Guaido, recognised by some 50 countries as the acting president of Venezuela, announced this Saturday a tour of the country and a giant rally in Caracas to assert his possession of the power held since 2013 by the Chavista Nicolas Maduro.
Seven soldiers, dozens of Boko Haram militants killed in Niger attack: ministry
Seven soldiers and 38 militants died in an assault by the jihadist group Boko Haram in southeastern Niger, the defence ministry said on Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks that have shattered months of relative calm near the Lake Chad basin. "Armed forces... strongly repelled an attack by the terrorist group Boko Haram on the outskirts of Gueskerou," the ministry said in a statement read on state television. Gueskerou is located in the Niger region of Diffa close to the birthplace of Boko Haram in neighbouring northeastern Nigeria. According to a provisional toll, seven soldiers and "38 terrorists" were killed. One was taken prisoner. Five vehicles belonging to the attackers and "a large quantity of weapons (four AK47 rifles, eight machine guns, two RPG rocket launchers, ammunition) were recovered", the statement added. The attack on Friday was the second in less than a month and targeted a remote military position on Lake Chad, which straddles Niger, Nigeria and Chad, the ...
Sudan court sentences 9 women protesters to flogging: lawyers
A Sudanese emergency court on Saturday sentenced nine women protesters to 20 lashes each for participating in an unauthorised demonstration against President Omar al-Bashir's rule, defence lawyers said. The ruling by the Khartoum court came despite Bashir on Friday ordering the release of all female detainees held during nationwide demonstrations that have rocked the country since December. The authorities have set up special emergency courts to investigate violations of a nationwide state of emergency imposed by Bashir on February 22 to end the demonstrations after an initial crackdown failed to suppress the protest movement. The nine women protesters were taken to court after they were arrested on Thursday for participating in a "banned demonstration" earlier that day in the capital's eastern district of Burri, a site of regular protests. "Nine women protesters have been sentenced to one month jail and 20 lashes," defence lawyer Enaam Atieg told AFP. "They have been taken to women's
WHO chief denounces latest deadly attack on DR Congo Ebola centre
The head of the World Health Organization denounced a deadly attack Saturday on an Ebola treatment centre in eastern DR Congo, during a visit to the site hours after the raid. Gunmen attacked the centre at Butembo, North Kivu province, earlier Saturday, killing a policeman and wounding a health worker, local officials said, the latest in a series of attacks. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking after his four-hour visit to the Butembo clinic, told reporters that the violence in the region was undermining the early progress they had made in fighting the outbreak. In a statement issued later, he said: "These are not attacks by the community, they are attacks on the community." While it broke his heart to hear of the latest casualties, "...we have no choice except to continue serving the people here, who are among the most vulnerable in the world", he added. The Butembo facility only reopened last Saturday after an attack by gunmen the previous Wednesday forced its ..
Several dead in Niger Boko Haram attack: sources
Several people have died in an attack by the jihadist group Boko Haram in southeastern Niger, local sources said on Saturday. "There have been deaths, including police, and also some wounded, in this attack by Boko Haram," an official in Diffa, a region of Niger close to the birthplace of Boko Haram in neighbouring northeastern Nigeria. The attack by "heavily armed" assailants travelling in a dozen or so vehicles on Friday targeted a military position near Gueskerou in the Diffa region, according to unconfirmed social media posts by residents. An official from the Diffa governorate and a municipal Gueskerou source confirmed the attack but did not elaborate. "We do not have a precise toll, we are awaiting for the military command to make an evaluation," the official said.
Bus driver, conductor arrested for robbing passengers
The Delhi Police have arrested the driver and conductor of a private bus who allegedly used to rob passengers, officials said on Saturday. The accused have been identified as Jitender Singh Porwar (34), a resident of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand, and Amit (24), a resident of Delhi's Shahdara, they said. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal, seven people filed a case with a Delhi Police team at Sarai Kale Khan bus stand on March 8 alleging that the driver and the conductor took away their cash. "The victims told police that they all had reached Anand Vihar Railway Station by train on March 8 and after that, they boarded a private bus for Najafgarh. When the bus reached Yamuna Bridge, the conductor of the bus closed the rear door of the bus and threatened all the passengers with a stick and looted their money. After looting them, the accused persons asked them to de-board the bus near Sarai Kale Khan flyover," the DCP said. A case was registered ..
Attack on DR Congo Ebola centre leaves one dead
Armed men attacked an Ebola treatment centre in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo again on Saturday, killing a policeman and wounding a health worker, the authorities said. The facility, located at Butembo in the troubled province of North Kivu, only reopened last Saturday after an attack by gunmen the previous Wednesday forced its closure. "Shooting started at about six in the morning (0400 GMT) and resumed 30 minutes later with resistance from the army and the police," Butembo mayor Timothee Muissa Kiesse told AFP. The health worker was shot and being treated in hospital. "The army and the police caught one of the attackers," he said, hoping it would help understand the motive for the raid which came just a few hours before World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was to visit the centre. It was the third attack on the centre, said the mayor of the city of a million people. He branded the attackers "terrorists" who wanted to "kill the sick" and said the .
India under PM Modi giving befitting reply to enemies: Maha CM
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis Saturday said the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was giving a befitting reply to its enemies and was showing itself as a strong nation. He added that "prefect diplomacy" on the part of the country had ensured that Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured after an aerial engagement with Pakistan on February 27, was released by the neighbouring country unconditionally on March 1. "Surgical strike and actions after the Pulwama terror attack show India is not a weak but a strong nation. Today, we are proud to experience transformation in New India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We are now giving befitting reply to our enemies," he said at a gathering in Satara, over 250 kilometres from here. "Now the entire world is with us. Because of perfect diplomacy and international pressure, Wing Commander Abhinandan is back with us," he said. Lauding the armed forces for their dedication to ..
WB: One held for vandalising Rabindranath Tagore's statue
West Bengal police on Saturday held a man for vandalising the statue of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Bidhannagar. After vandalising the statue, two of them managed to escape while the third one was caught and handed over to the police.Speaking to ANI, TMC Councillor Nirmal Dutta said, "Three men vandalised the statue, we caught one of them while other two managed to escape. We don't know why they did it. The one who was caught has been handed over to the police."Further details are awaited.
Army asks mothers to stop their sons from joining militancy
A top Army officer Saturday appealed mothers in Kashmir to help the force bring back their sons who have joined militancy, assuring them of safety and security. General Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Army's Srinagar-based 15 Corps, Lt Gen K J S Dhillon also appealed the parents to stop their children from joining militant ranks. "From the core of my heart, I personally request all the mothers in Kashmir to please stop your children from joining militancy or terrorism and bring back those who have gone astray. I guarantee you their safety, security and 100 per cent absorption in the mainstream," he said. The Army officer was addressing a passing out parade of the newly-recruited cadets at Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAKLI) regiment at Rangreth in the outskirts of the city here. The Corps Commander said life was God's most beautiful gift and meant to live happily with the family. "Please get them back into mainstream. This one life is the most beautiful gift from God, live it ...