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Farmer's buffaloes worth Rs 4 lakh looted in UP
Six armed men allegedly looted buffaloes of a farmer worth Rs 4 lakh after holding him and his wife hostage in Shamli district's Gangeru village, police said Saturday. The incident took place Friday night. The farmer, Gaffar Ahmed, was sleeping near the bovines when the six men came in a vehicle. They held him and his wife hostage and took the buffaloes. The police are have launched a hunt to nab the accused.
Civilian injured in J&K firing dead
A civilian injured in firing near an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, died on Saturday at a hospital here.
Girl injured in J&K firing dead
A 14-year-old girl who was injured in a firing incident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district earlier this week, died on Saturday in a hospital here, police said.
Row over cricket leaves seven dead in Pakistan
At least seven persons were killed in an exchange of fire between two groups of people following a dispute over a cricket match among children in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, authorities said on Saturday. The incident happened at a police post in Abbottabad district where the rival parties had come to register a case against each other after their children while playing cricket match had a quarrel, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ijaz ljaz Khan said. The police post virtually turned into battlefield as the armed rivals trade heavy fire when they came face to face. "One party opened fire to which the other party, which was also armed, retaliated and responded with gun fires," he said. The exchange of fire left seven persons dead from both sides at the spot and one other injured. "Three persons belong to one party and four from other party died respectively," he said.
Search operation launched in Punjab
A search operation was launched by the Punjab Police and other security agencies the frontier districts of Pathankot and Gurdaspur after movement of four suspicious men was reported and an abandoned car was found, authorities said on Saturday.
Two Colombian soldiers killed in bomb attack
Two Colombian soldiers were killed and another two wounded Friday along the country's border with Venezuela in a bomb attack blamed by the military on rebels from the National Liberation Army. The soldiers were on patrol near a pipeline close to the border town of El Tarra when they triggered an explosive device the army blamed on the guerillas, known by their Spanish acronym ELN. The pipeline has been attacked 82 times this year, causing serious environmental damage, according to its operator, state-run petroleum giant Ecopetrol. "It is clear evidence of how the ELN systematically violates the tenets of international law with its indiscriminate methods of illicit warfare," the military said in a statement. With nearly 1,500 fighters, the ELN are Colombia's last active rebels following the disarmament and transformation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2017 after half a century of war in the world's biggest cocaine producer. The ELN were in peace talks ...
Militants kill former SPO in J&K
A former Special Police Officer (SPO) has been killed by the militants after they kidnapped him in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said on Saturday.
French forces kill at least 30 extremists in central Mali
France's ministry for the armed forces says its anti-terrorism forces in Mali have killed at least 30 al-Qaida-linked extremists in central Mali. Florence Parly said in a Twitter statement Friday that a chief jihadi leader, Hamadoun Kouffa, may be among the dead in the operation overnight Thursday into Friday. Kouffa is the head of Katibat Macina, a predominantly Fulani jihadi group that is a member of al-Qaida-linked militants, known by the acronym JNIM. The ministry of armed forces says the attack combined airstrikes, helicopter assaults and ground engagement by French soldiers. Operation Barkhane is France's largest overseas military deployment with 3,000 French troops in the Sahel region. This comes weeks after the killing of another jihadist head in the Gourma region between Timbuktu and Mopti.
Protesters clash with police in Haiti as death toll rises
Thousands of demonstrators are clashing with police in Haiti's capital and demanding the ouster of President Jovenel Moise amid the sixth day of protests. Police on Friday fired tear gas at the crowd as people threw rocks, tried to loot stores and broke car windows in Port-au-Prince. One group hurled Molotov cocktails at a gas station, but the flames were quickly extinguished. At least 11 people have died in protests, including a man whose body was burning near a street barricade Friday morning. Another six people were killed Wednesday when a government car lost control. Schools and most government offices remain closed. Protesters accuse Moise of not investigating allegations of corruption in the previous administration over a Venezuelan subsidized energy program. Moise has said he will not resign.
Iran FM says US chemical weapons accusations 'dangerous'
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that US accusations that Tehran has a chemical weapons programme were "obscene and dangerous". The US allegations are the latest salvo against Iran from the administration of President Donald Trump, who earlier this year pulled out of a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between major powers and Tehran and reimposed crippling unilateral sanctions. "(The) US wants to resort to international conventions to make allegations against Iran when it's made a policy of violating them itself," Zarif said in a tweet on Friday. He said that allegations about weapons of mass destruction "by a country that supported Iraq's use of CW (chemical weapons) against Iran, then invaded Iraq to allegedly rid it of them is not just obscene, it's dangerous". Earlier on Friday the Iranian foreign ministry said Tehran "strongly rejects" the US accusations. "The United States... has made, as is its habit, baseless accusations against the Islamic republic which we ...
J-K: One local shot dead by terrorists near army camp
Ishfaq Ahmad Ganie, a local of Magray Pora, was shot dead by terrorists on Friday a few metres away from an army camp here.The deceased was a resident of Magray Pora, and was shot 500-600 metres away from the army camp. When the troops heard the sound of firing, a Quick Reaction Team immediately rushed towards the direction of fire to find out what was happening, the army spokesperson said.He added, "As the party reached the spot, they saw Ishfaq in a pool of blood. He had bullet injuries, one in the head and the other in his leg. He was immediately taken to Chhatargam hospital from where doctors shifted him to SMHS."However, the army denied the reports of individual lobbing grenade on the army camp and the army's retaliation, terming them as completely 'baseless'.
Militants kidnap, kill former SPO in J-K's Shopian
A former special policeofficer (SPO) was killed by suspected militants on Friday after they kidnapped him in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The bullet-riddled body of former SPO Basharat Ahmad Wagay was recovered, hours after he was kidnapped, a police official said. Besides the former SPO, two other persons were also kidnapped by unidentified gunmen. The police official said that the two other kidnapped persons -- Zahid Ahmad Wagay and Reyaz Ahmad Wagay -- were released by the suspected militants. Militants killed two persons -- one shot dead and another terminated in ISIS-style execution -- in South Kashmir last week on the charge of being informers of security forces.
Army says civilian was shot by militants
The Army on Friday denied that a civilian was shot at by soldiers in Badgam district.
Modi has created cobweb just like Mogambo to 'loot' armed forces: Rahul
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that he created a cobweb just like the Bollywood villain Mogambo to "loot" the armed forces and that the Rafale scam is one of his many adventures which will be exposed soon. Gandhi shared a news report alleging that the Rafale deal was against the Defence Ministry's interests. "The Rafale scam is only a glimpse of Modiji's adventures. To loot the armed forces, he created a cobweb just like Mogambo of selected officers, ministers and industrialists. The threads of this cobweb to make the armed forces hollow from inside are connected to Modiji and his industrialist friends. Now many masks would be exposed," he said in a tweet in Hindi. The Congress party and its chief have launched an offensive on Modi and his government, alleging corruption and favouritism in the Rs 58,000-crore fighter jet deal for purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft from France's Dassault Aviation, a charge the government has ...
Civilian injured in alleged Army firing in Badgam
A civilian was injured on Friday in alleged Army firing in central Kashmir's Badgam district.
11 grenades found buried in Assam
At least 11 grenades were found buried near a pond in Baksa district of lower Assam along the Indo-Bhutan border on Friday, police said. Whether the grenades were live is being examined. A group of people of Sashipur village under Tamulpur police station spotted a jute bag while fishing in the pond, police said. The villagers dug out the jute bag and and found mud-covered grenades inside. Police said the grenades were later handed over to them and investigations are on.
Gunmen abduct former SPO in Shopian district
Gunmen on Friday abducted a former special police Officer (SPO) from south Kashmir Shopian district.
Pak Army chief confirms death sentences of 11 hardcore terrorists
Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed the death sentences of 11 hardcore terrorists, who were involved in heinous offences, the army announced on a day when the country witnessed two major terror attacks that killed nearly 40 people. The convicts were accused of attacking armed forces/ law enforcement agencies of Pakistan, killing of an innocent civilian and destruction of an educational institution, the Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of the military, said. "On the whole, they were involved in killing of 26 persons including a civilian and 25 Armed Forces/Frontier Constabulary/ Police Officials and injuring 22 others," the ISPR press release said. Arms and explosives were also recovered from their possession, it said. The convicts were tried by special military courts. Besides, the 11 terrorists given the death sentence, 22 others have also been setenced to various jail terms, the release said. On Friday, three terrorists belonging to the ...
Militants attack J&K Congress leader's house with grenade
Militants on Friday attacked the house of a Congress leader in Tral town of Pulwama district with a grenade, police said.
Civilian injured in firing near Army camp in J-K
A civilian was injured in firing near a security forces camp in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. Ishfaq Ahmad Ganaie was injured in the firing near the camp of the Army's 50 Rashtriya Rifles in the Chattergam area, a police official said. Residents alleged that the Army opened unprovoked fire, injuring Ganaie. An Army official, however, denied the allegation and said troops did not open fire. The civilian might have been a victim of militancy-related violence, the Army official added. The injured civilian has been rushed to a hospital here in critical condition, the police official said.