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Top leader of Bangladesh's banned militant outfit killed
Bangladesh police Tuesday killed chief of a homegrown banned militant outfit blamed for several deadly attacks on foreigners, bloggers, rights activists and 2016 Dhaka cafe siege that killed 20 people, including an Indian girl. Khorshed Alam alias Shamim, chief of Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was killed in a gunfight in Bogra in the northern town of Shibganj, police said. Bogra Sadar circle's Additional Superintendent of Police Sanatan Chakraborty said they raided the Tantipukur area, following a tip-off that a group of militants had gathered there. Upon seeing the police, the militants opened fire, forcing the security personnel to fire back, triggering a gunfight, Chakraborty was quoted as saying by the Dhaka Tribune. Although the majority of the militants fled the scene, Khorshed's bullet-riddled body was found on the spot, the officer said. Chakraborty said the injured leader was rushed to Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him brought .
In Manipur, Army helping children to usher in waves of change
Langpoklakpam Pushparani Devi wants to be an actor, quite like her neighbour Ranjita, who aspires to be a singer, but the two teenaged girls harbour a fear that they might be pushed into the vortex of Manipur's armed conflicts. Goroba Meitei, Pushparani's friend, is making preparations to become an army officer and join the forces to dispel their anxieties and restore peace in the state. Manipur has had an umbilical connection with insurgency, but the starry-eyed children here dare to dream of a change that would ensure a bright future for them and the generations to come. Their hopes and aspirations are being supported by the Army officers here, who have been making efforts for the past few years to alienate local people from insurgents. Major General V K Mishra, GOC, 57 Mountain Division of the Army, said their initiative has borne fruit in parts of the state. "That we are reaching out to them, helping them to join mainstream only goes on to show that the insurgents ...
Women targeted by Sabarimala protesters
Sabarimala protesters on Tuesday raged, intimidated and sent back at least one woman from the age group of 10-50 years as they refused to break with tradition.
Pentagon hopes to complete first phase of its border mission
The US Department of Defence expects to complete the first phase of Operation Faithful Patriot, which aims to deploy thousands of soldiers along the southern border of the country in order to prevent access for two migrant caravans.
Shopian encounter: Slain terrorists affiliated to Hizb-ul Mujahideen
The two terrorists who were gunned down by security forces in Shopian earlier today are members of the proscribed terror outfit Hizb-ul Mujahideen, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Tuesday.The deceased, identified as Mohammed Idress Sultan and Amir Hussain were involved in terror attacks on security establishments and many other civilian atrocities in the area, the police added.Sultan alias Chota Abrar was a resident of Safanagri, while Hussain alias Abu Sobaan was residing in Shopian's Awneera.The police also said that incriminating materials, including arms and ammunition, were recovered from the site of encounter.A case has been registered and investigation in the matter has been initiated.The encounter broke out in the early hours of Tuesday in Safanagri area of Zainapora in Shopian district after a cordon and search operation was launched in the area to nab the terrorists holed up in the area.As the search operation was underway, terrorists fired on the search party, which ...
Sitharaman to celebrate Diwali with troops in Arunachal
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will arrive here on Tuesday to celebrate Diwali with troops in Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Dibang Valley district, a defence official said here.
Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed in encounter in J-K
Two Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants, including an Army deserter, were Tuesday killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Safanagri area of Zainapora of south Kashmir in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday after receiving credible inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a police spokesperson said. He said as the search operation was going on, the hiding militants fired on the search party of the forces. The spokesperson said the forces retaliated the fire, leading to an encounter in which two militants were killed. The slain ultras have been identified as Mohammad Idrees Sultan alias Chota Abrar, a resident of Safanagri Shopian and Amir Hussain Rather alias Abu Sobaan, a resident of Awneera Shopian. "They were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit HM and were involved in terror attacks on security establishments and many other civilian atrocities in the area," he .
2 Hizbul militants killed in J&K gunfight
Two Kashmiri Hizbul militants were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.
Turkey detains 24 IS-linked suspects
Turkish police have detained 24 suspects as part of an investigation into the Islamic State (IS) international financial activity.
Nearly 80 children kidnapped from Cameroon school
Around 79 children from a boarding school in Cameroon's Northwest region were kidnapped by armed men on Monday.The men entered the Presbyterian Secondary School in Bamenda, overpowered the security guard and forced him to take them to the children, who were sleeping, Louis Marie Begne, spokesman for Cameroon's Northwest government, told CNN.The armed miscreants kidnapped the children and three others, including the principal of the boarding school.Following the abduction, an emergency meeting was held and the police and military forces are on a manhunt to find the children, Begne said. He added that the pupils were divided into groups and did not rule out the hand of separatists.The secessionist fighters, who are English-speaking, have been demanding independence from Cameroon. They have been largely accused of abducting students in Cameroon's restive north and southwest regions.Human rights group Amnesty International said that armed secessionists kidnapped seven pupils and a head ...
Killing of tigress: Maharashtra forest minister hits back at Maneka
Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar Monday hit back at Union minister Maneka Gandhi, who had slammed him for hiring private marksmen Shafat Ali Khan and his son Asgar Ali for carrying out hunting operations in the state, including the latest killing of a tigress. A day after the Union women and child development minister lashed out at the Maharashtra government over the "ghastly murder" of the tigress, Mungantiwar said she "lacks information" on the issue and was free to order a high-level probe. The tigress, officially known as T1, was believed to be responsible for the deaths of 13 people in the last two years. It was shot dead by Ali in the Borati forest in Yavatmal district Friday. The tigress left behind two 10-month-old cubs. Mungantiwar, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, claimed that Khan was tasked with shooting a tiger in Maneka Gandhi's Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh in 2009 (Gandhi's son Varun Gandhi was representing the constituency
Khandu asks youths to research on less known historical facts
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Monday underscored the importance of documenting less known historical facts of tribes of the state and said the government would support researches on this. Many unknown and unwritten historical facts are being lost due to modernisation, Khandu said and called upon the youths to take up research works and document such historical facts which have been orally passed down through generations. Addressing a book release programme in the Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) near here, the chief minister said the state government is ready to fund such endeavours through the agencies agencies and research wing of the university. He released 'The Nyinu Massacre' written by Nepha Wangsa, a scholar of the RGU, for taking the pains to go into oral history of the 1875 massacre that took place in a remote village in Longding district inhabited by the Wancho tribe. 'The Nyinu Massacre' is about the resistance of the local people against an ...
Under fire, Fadnavis promises probe into tigress killing
Under fire from various quarters including Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday announced a probe to ascertain if there were any procedural lapses in the killing of an alleged man-eater tigress, Avni, last Saturday.
Police, Army differ on Bomdila police station attack
A large number of Arunachal Scouts personnel vandalised Bomdila police station in West Kameng district, damaged five vehicles and snatched away arms and ammunition after two of its personnel were taken there in connection with an incident of alleged misbehaviour, police said Monday. A defence communique said the two personnel of the Second Arunachal Scouts were picked up by police when they had gone to attend Buddha Mahotsav in Bomdila and were severely beaten up in custody. The incident is an outcome of highhandedness displayed by the Arunachal Police coupled with the lax attitude of the civil administration, it added. But West Kameng Superintendent of Police Raja Bantia said the two Scouts personnel had allegedly misbehaved with visitors at the Mahotsava on Friday and were taken to the police station, where they reportedly manhandled the officer in-charge and a policewoman. On Saturday, the Scouts personnel vandalised the police station, threw stones, forcibly entered it and ...
Search, cordon operations underway in J-K's Ganderbal
An encounter broke out between terrorists and the security forces in the Shuhama area of Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district."A cordon and search operation was being conducted at this location. In the initial stage, a cordon was being led and a few rounds of gunshots were exchanged. We are conducting searches & entire area has been cordoned," K Poswal, SSP Ganderbal said.The exchange of fire started after the terrorists opened fire at the searching party earlier on Monday.The security personnel retaliated with firing.Earlier, two terrorists were killed in an encounter by security forces in Khudpora area of Shopian district on Sunday.Security personnel have also appealed to the locals to not venture inside the encounter zone since such an area can prove dangerous due to stray explosive materials. Locals have been urged to cooperate with police till the area is completely sanitised and cleared of all explosives materials if any.
Missing CRPF head constable traced to his home town
A Central Reserve Police Force head constable, on duty at the central prison here and missing since November three, has been traced to his home town in Thanjavur district, the police said Monday. The 46-year old Annadurai, working at CRPF Battalion camp at the prison for the last two years, had gone to take bath at 5 PM on November 3 after guard duty, they said. As he did not return, the camp office lodged a missing complaint with Race Course police the next day, police said. Investigation revealed that Annadurai apprehending that he may not be sanctioned leave, left for his native town of Orathanadu to celebrate Diwali, police sources said. A departmental inquiry and action is expected against him, they added.
UK opens up armed forces recruitment to Indians and nationals from the Commonwealth
The UK government on Monday announced a relaxation of recruitment criteria to allow Commonwealth nationals to apply for jobs in its armed forces to meet a shortage in its ranks, a move that could also benefit Indians. The decision announced by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) means that people from Commonwealth countries - including India, Australia, Kenya, Fiji and Sri Lanka - will be considered for roles, even if they have never lived in Britain. The Commonwealth is an association of 53 independent states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire. The MoD laid out the proposals in a written ministerial statement (WMS) before Parliament, which involves a waiver of the current requirement of a minimum of five-year residency in the UK for applying to join the country's Army, Navy or Air Force. This would open up the forces to recruits who have been based in countries like India, Australia, Canada and Kenya and meet the necessary recruitment criteria for the service and role
Curfew relaxed briefly in J&K's Kishtwar
Authorities on Monday relaxed for three hours the curfew imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar township following the killing of a senior BJP leader and his brother by suspected militants on Thursday night. The local administration had given area-wise relaxation in the township for two hours on Saturday and four hours on Sunday. This is for the first time in the past five days that the curfew was relaxed for three hours on trial basis in the entire township, District Development Commissioner, Kishtwar, Angrez Singh Rana, told PTI. He said the relaxation was given from 2-5 pm and it passed peacefully. The law and order situation is returning to normal and no untoward incident has been reported in the district, he said. Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said Monday that those involved in the killing of BJP state secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet have been identified. On November 1, the Parihar brothers were returning home after closing their stationery shop when ...
Tigress Avni's killing will be probed: Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday expressed his sadness over the decision to kill man-eater tigress 'Avni', saying his government will launch a probe to check if there were any procedural lapses in the entire episode."It's sad for us too that a decision was taken to kill tigress Avni. We'll still probe the issue to see if there were any lapses in the procedure followed," Fadnavis said."Maneka ji's words were harsh but we should understand her feelings as she is an animal lover," he added.Fadnavis' statement comes a day after Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi hit out at the Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government over the killing of Avni and termed it a "straight case of crime".Tigress Avni, who was believed to be responsible for the death of 13 people in the past two years, was gunned down by sharp-shooter Asgar Ali in Maharashtra's Yavatmal on November 2.Vowing to take up the issue "legally, criminally as well as politically", the Union ...
INS Arihant completing its first deterrence patrol a historic feat: Shah
BJP president Amit Shah Monday described the successful completion of its first deterrence patrol by Indian nuclear submarine INS Arihant as a "historic feat" as he hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strong leadership, which, he said, had enhanced the country's strategic and economic position globally. Noting that the feat was achieved on "Dhanteras", which is about wellbeing, Shah said, "In that spirit, our armed forces give India the historic feat of our nuclear submarine, INS Arihant, completing its first deterrence patrol." India also got its nuclear triad with this, he added. "I congratulate PM Narendra Modi for his strong leadership, which has enhanced India's strategic & economic position globally. His emphasis towards issues relating to national security & strategic interests of India will continue to benefit 130 crore Indians in the years to come," the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief said in a series of tweets. The Indian armed forces ranked among the best, were