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JK: 2 terrorists killed in Handwara encounter
Two terrorists were killed during an encounter with police and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara on Thursday.Earlier on Thursday, a cordon and search operation was launched by the security forces at Shartgund Bala area of Qalamabad, during which the hiding terrorists fired on the search party leading to the encounter. Consequently, the civilians in the nearby areas were evacuated.In the operation, no collateral damage has taken place.Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition have been recovered from the site of encounter.
JK policeman given 'Shaurya Chakra' posthumously for exemplary courage
A Jammu and Kashmir Police constable has been awarded the 'Shaurya Chakra' posthumously for showing exemplary courage while fighting militants in the restive state, officials said. Manzoor Ahmed Naik, who was a resident of Uri in Baramulla district, laid down his life at Haffu Nigeenpora village of Tral in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on March 5, 2017 during a gunfight with militants. Naik was a part of cordon and search operation in the area jointly conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Rashtriya Rifles and the CRPF. On the day, the 33-year-old policeman, who became a father soon after he lost his life, was trying to flush out militants holed up in a house, after escaping a volley of fire in his first attempt, a home ministry official said. In his first attempt, Naik, undeterred by blazing fire from assault rifles, crawled in the pitch dark and placed explosives around the house. As he started retreating, he came under heavy fire, but he escaped unharmed. The explosives .
Ph.D scholar among 2 militants killed in J&K
Two Kashmiri militants, including a Ph.D scholar, were killed in a gunfight with security forces on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said.
Two Hizbul militants killed in encounter in north Kashmir
Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including PhD scholar-turned-terrorist Manan Bashir Wani, were killed Thursday during an encounter with security forces at Handwara in frontier district of north Kashmir, officials said. The encounter broke out in the early hours at Satgund in Handwara following a specific intelligence about presence of Wani, 27, along with two others, they said. Giving details emerging from the encounter site, which ended, police and other security forces were fired upon by holed up militants resulting in exchange of fire which continued till 11 AM. Police was also making repeated announcements on public address system appealing to the militants to surrender, the officials said. There was a lull in firing at around 9 AM, prompting the police to initiate search operation at the encounter site, but the same had to be suspended after firing resumed after 15 minutes, the officials said. Wani, who was enrolled as a PhD scholar with the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), ...
Clashes break out during J&K gunfight
While a gunfight was on between holed up militants and security forces on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, clashes erupted between civilian protesters and the forces near the gun battle site, police said.
India concerned over proposed changes to formula for dividing UN peacekeeping bill
With the US and the EU proposing significant changes to tally each UN member state's share of peacekeeping financing, India has expressed concern over such efforts to introduce the element of maximum ceiling in paying for peacekeeping budgets. During a session of the General Assembly's Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the representatives of the US and the European Union proposed significant changes to the way in which each Member State's share of peacekeeping financing is tallied up. Setting out her government's position, the representative of the United States which accounts for 28.47 per cent of the USD 6.7 billion peacekeeping budget for 2018/19 said no other international organisation depends on one country for more than one quarter of its assessed resources. India expressed concern at the efforts by delegations to introduce the element of maximum ceiling in the peacekeeping scale. "The peacekeeping scale must continue to clearly reflect the special ...
Three militants believed to be trapped in encounter in north Kashmir
Three militants, including scholar-turned-terrorist Manan Wani, are believed to have been trapped in an encounter at Handwara in frontier district of north Kashmir, officials said Thursday. Giving details emerging from the encounter site, which is taking place at Satgund in Handwara, police and other security forces cordoned off a village following intelligence inputs about presence of Wani along with two others, they said. Police was making repeated announcements on public address system appealing to the militants to surrender, they said. There was a lull in firing at around 9 AM, prompting the police to initiate search operation at the encounter site, but the same had to be suspended after firing resumed after 15 minutes, the officials said. Wani, who was enrolled as a PhD scholar with the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), joined militant ranks in January this year.
Four held for looting cash and abduction in Dumka: Police
Four persons, who allegedly looted cash from a truck driver and abducted his helper, were arrested from Jermundi sub-division of Dumka district, the police said. They looted cash from the driver of a potato-laden truck, which was on its way to Bihar from West Bengal via Dumka district of Jharkhand, and abducted his helper for ransom. After committing the crime they fled in a four wheeler Tuesday, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Jermundi) Animesh Naithany said. A police patrolling team chased and caught them that very night, he said Wednesday. The helper was freed from the clutches of the abductors, he said.
Cop hit in militant firing in J&K
Militants on Thursday fired at and injured one Special Police Officer (SPO) in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district even as a cordon and search operation was underway in Kupwara, police said.
Encounter underway in J-K's Handwara
An encounter is underway between terrorists and security forces in Handwara's Shartgund Bala on Thursday.Two to three terrorists are believed to be trapped in the area. Internet services in the area have been suspended in the wake of the same.Further details are awaited.On October 5, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel sustained minor injuries after terrorists lobbed a grenade on security forces in Tral area of Pulwama district.
Boko Haram attack leaves 7 soldiers dead: Nigerian army
At least seven Nigerian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram jihadist attack on a military base near the Niger border, the military said here. The Islamists and the army were engaged in a fierce battle on Monday in Metele, a village in Nigeria's northeast Borno State, the military said in a statement posted on Twitter Wednesday. Seven soldiers died and 16 were wounded "in action" the army said, but military and civilian militia sources put the death toll higher. "We lost 18 men in the fight which lasted for seven hours," a military officer told AFP, speaking from the Borno state capital of Maiduguri. "Our men fought hard and dealt heavy blows on the terrorists but they were overwhelmed by the enemy who overran the base," said the officer who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorised to speak on the incident. A civilian militia assisting the military in fighting the jihadists said that on Tuesday 18 bodies of soldiers were brought to the garrison town of Monguno, 120 ...
Britain probing pro-Khalistan activities (Lead with corrected headline)
British security agencies are investigating pro-Khalistan activities following allegations of terror offences there, British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith said here on Wednesday.
STORY: Britain investigating pro-Khalistan activities
British security agencies are investigating pro-Khalistan activities following allegations of terror offences there, British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith said here on Wednesday.
Hry police upgrading infrastructure for better working facilities: DGP
The Haryana Police is upgrading its infrastructure to provide better living and working facilities to its officers, state DGP B S Sandhu said Wednesday. "Various residential and office accommodations have been constructed across the state in this direction," Sandhu said after inaugurating a new building of the Naggal police station in Ambala. The DGP said a proposal to set up a cyber police station in Faridabad has already been forwarded to the government. He said the Haryana government has also decided to constitute Anti-Terrorist Force 'Kavach' to further strengthen the security as well as law and order arrangements in the state.
Easy access to raw material, internet makes easier for terrorists to produce chemical weapons: India
Raising alarm over mounting threats posed by chemical weapons, India on Wednesday said easy access to raw materials and technical know-how, including through the internet, makes it relatively easier for terror groups to produce them. Addressing the 89th session of the Executive Council of the Organisation for Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) here, India expressed concern over allegations of use of chemical weapons in different parts of the world. "India is also deeply worried about the reports of the so-called Islamic State or ISIS/ISIL acquiring chemical weapons and their delivery systems. We request the Technical Secretariat to closely monitor this threat and report to the Executive Council on this emerging challenge," Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to OPCW, Venu Rajamony said. Any allegations of use of chemical weapons should be addressed in an effective and timely manner and strictly in accordance with the provisions of the convention, he said. "All ...
Afghan casualties from air strikes up 39 per cent: UN
The number of Afghans killed or wounded by air strikes rose 39 percent in the first nine months of 2018, the UN said Wednesday, as the overall number of civilian casualties remained at "extreme levels". Air strikes killed or wounded 649 Afghans, more than any full-year period since the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) began keeping records in 2009, as US and Afghan forces stepped up aerial bombardments. That figure accounted for eight percent of overall civilian casualties for the January to September period, which slipped to 8,050 -- 2,798 dead and 5,252 injured -- UNAMA said. "Every civilian death leaves a family devastated, grieving and struggling to come to terms with the loss, and each civilian injured or maimed causes untold suffering," said Danielle Bell, UNAMA's human rights chief. International forces accounted for 51 percent of the civilian casualties caused by air strikes, the report said. Afghan forces made up 38 percent. The United States is the only foreign .
8 Chadian soldiers killed in clashes with Boko Haram: army
Eight Chadian soldiers died in a Boko Haram attack in the Lake Chad region on Wednesday, with 48 jihadists killed as the army retaliated, a military spokesman said. "Boko Haram terrorists attacked defence force positions in Kaiga Kindji early this morning," the spokesman told AFP, saying the attack, in which 11 other soldiers were also wounded, had been "vigorously" repulsed.
Three Kashmiri students held in Punjab with AK, explosives; were planning attacks
In a joint operation, the Punjab Police and Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday busted a terror module in Punjab's Jalandhar city with the arrest of three Kashmiri students linked to Kashmiri terror outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH).
665 selection grade constables promoted in Jammu
Police authorities have promoted 665 selection grade constables (SGCts) to the rank of head constables in Jammu region, officials said Wednesday. Extending greetings on the beginning of the festival of Navaratras to all ranks of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, IGP, Jammu Zone, S D Singh, issued formal promotion order in respect of 665 selection grade constables. This is the 9th Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) under the chairmanship of the zonal IGP of Jammu, they said. While congratulating the promoted police personnel and their families, the IGP expressed hope that this promotion shall act as a morale booster for the police officials so as to rededicate themselves to work with even more zeal and enthusiasm thereby bringing laurels to the Police Department.
Three Kashmiri students nabbed in Punjab with AK-47, explosives
In a joint operation, the Punjab Police and Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested three students after busting a terror module of Kashmiri terror outfit Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH) in Punjab's Jalandhar city.