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Five militants, soldier killed on LoC

The Army on Monday said it had foiled a major attempt by terrorists to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir, killing five militants on the LoC and losing a soldier in the operation.

AAP demands seizing passports of defaulters having bank loans of Rs 50 cr or more

The Aam Aadmi Party Monday demanded the government seize passports of all the defaulters having bank loans of Rs 50 crore or more, amid reports that Nitin Sandesara, wanted in an over Rs 5,000 crore bank fraud case may have fled the country. Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said Monday that he had written to the CBI, Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Finance minister in this regard but no action was taken. "It could not be without the support of the government that bank defaulters are leaving the country without being caught by the agencies concerned," Singh told PTI. According to the media reports, Sandesara may have fled to Nigeria. The ED had registered a money laundering case against the Sterling group and its absconding promoters Nitin and Chetan Sandesara in October last year. Taking a dig at the prime minister, the AAP leader in a tweet in Hindi said, "Another Gujarat businessman fled abroad after looting Rs 5,000 crore. Modiji has brought Bhagoda Yojana ...

Army, police top brass review security situation in J-K ahead of polls

Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir Dilbagh Singh and the valley's top army official Lt Gen A K Bhatt on Monday reviewed the security situation ahead of local bodies and panchayat elections at a meeting in Handwara of Kupwara district of the state. "The DGP and GOC 15 Corps Lt Gen Bhatt held a joint security review with the officers of Army, BSF, CRPF and police in the district police lines, Handwara," a police spokesman said. The meeting was also attended by GOC Kilo Force Maj Gen D P Pandey, IGP CRPF Zulfikar Hassan, IGP Kashmir Zone S P Pani, SP Handwara Ashish Mishra and Commandants of Army and CRPF. Addressing the officers, the DGP emphasised that the existing cooperation and synergy between different forces is to be further strengthened to combat the terrorism and also to ensure smooth conduct of the local governance elections. Singh expressed happiness that the synergy exhibited by the security forces at the ground level is the best model of success for any ...

Complacency led to killing of Andhra legislator by Maoists? (Analysis)

Complacency on the part of Andhra Pradesh Police may have led to the killing of a legislator and a former legislator by Maoists on Sunday while the rebels appear have sent a message that they may be out but are not down.

JK: 3 terrorists killed in Kupwara

Three more terrorists were killed by security forces in Kupwara's Tangdhar sector on Monday, where search operations are underway since yesterday after the forces foiled an infiltration bid.One security personnel has lost his life during the action.Five terrorists have been killed so far, out of which one terrorist has been identified as Adnan. He was a member of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed.The infiltration bid was foiled hours after an encounter broke out between security personnel and terrorists in Mir Mohalla Airpal Tral area of Pulwama district on Sunday.A civilian identified as Manzoor Dar from Tral had also sustained injuries in the cross-fire on Sunday.

Mizoram Police purchases sniper rifles from Switzerland

Mizoram Police has purchased five sniper rifles from Switzerland, a senior police officer said Monday. The police has purchased five Brugger & Thomet AG sniper rifles each costing Rs 8,10,585, the officer said. The five sniper rifles were part of the first batch as the state Police was expected to have 80 sniper rifles in accordance with the guidelines of the Bureau of Police Research and Development, (BPRD), Ministry of Home Affairs, he said. "One company of armed police battalions and each police station are to be equipped with one sniper rifle," he said. The state police has also recently bought 30 AK-47 assault rifles at the rate of Rs 68,518, the officer added.

Three arrested with pistols, cartridges in Tripura

Three men were arrested with firearms and ammunition from Sabroom area in South Tripura district on Sunday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police nabbed all three of them from a vehicle parked on National Highway-8 and seized two country-made pistols, seven live bullets and four magazines from their possession, SP Jal Singh Meena said. One of the accused, during preliminary interrogation, said he had secured the weapons from Bhagalpur in Bihar, Meena said, adding that the police were exploring the possibility of their involvement with inter-state arms smuggling rackets.

Soldiers, five militants killed in LoC gunfight

A soldier and three more militants were killed on Monday in a gun battle near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said, taking the number of rebels dead in the operation to five.

3 militants, solider killed in anti-infiltration ops at LoC

Three militants and a soldier were killed Monday in an ongoing anti-infiltration operation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, taking the total number of ultras eliminated in the operation to five. Two militants were killed in the operation yesterday. "Three more terrorists have been killed today as the Army foiled an infiltration attempt along the LoC in Tangdhar sector (in north Kashmir's Kupwara district)," an Army spokesman said. He said two militants were killed in the gun battle which began yesterday after alert troops noticed suspicious movement near the LoC. One gallant soldier has been martyred in the operation, the spokesman said, adding the operation is in progress.

45-yr-old man abducted by militants, found dead in J&K's Sopore

A 45-year-old man, who was abducted by militants, was found dead Monday in an orchard in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore area, police said. Mushtaq Ahmad Mir's body was recovered Monday morning from an orchard in the Latti Shot area of Sopore in Baramulla district, a police official said. Mir was abducted by militants after they barged into his house in Sopore's Harwan area in the north Kashmir district on Saturday night, he said. The body has been sent for post mortem, the official said.

Maha wants to preserve decommissioned carrier: Navy official

Maharashtra, Goa and Andhra Pradesh have shown willingness to preserve decommissioned aircraft carrier Viraat, a senior Navy official said Monday. Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, Western Naval Command Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, told reporters that Maharashtra Government officials have visited the ship. "Maharashtra government has studied the (ship's final) location and its officials have visited the ship. It will send a report to the Centre. We are expecting a decision soon," he said, after the ceremony of affiliation of INS Kochi with Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment (JAKLI) here. Goa and Andhra Pradesh have also evinced an interest in preserving the aircraft carrier, which decommissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai in July, the official said. The event had marked the end of an era of Viraat being the flagship of the Indian Navy. The Centaur-class carrier spent 30 years in the Indian Navy and 27 years in the Royal Navy. In August, JAKLI was affiliated ...

Massive anti-Maoist operations launched on Andhra-Odisha border

A day after Maoists gunned down a sitting MLA and a former legislator, personnel of the elite Greyhounds anti-Maoist force and the CRPF launched a massive combing operation in the tribal areas of Visakhapatnam district on Monday.

UN has 'no right to interfere', says Myanmar army chief

Myanmar's army chief said the United Nations had no right to interfere in the sovereignty of the country, a week after UN investigators called on him and other top generals to be prosecuted for "genocide" against the Rohingya minority. No country, organisation or group has the "right to interfere in and make decisions over sovereignty of a country", military-run newspaper Myawady reported commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing telling troops on Sunday, in his first public reaction since the damning UN report.

US tells Iran to 'look in the mirror' after Ahvaz attack

US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley has urged Iran to "look in the mirror" for the causes of an attack on a military parade that killed at least 29 people on Saturday.

One dead in anti-Ortega march in Nicaragua

An attack on a protest by opponents of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega left one person dead and at least five others wounded, police said Sunday. The deceased was identified as Max Romero, who died as a result of "crossfire", the police said in a statement that attributed his death to the protesters. Months of turmoil in the Central American country have left more than 320 people dead, according to rights groups, but the unrest had declined in recent weeks before resurfacing at Sunday's march, which called for the release of political prisoners. "I was shot and wounded by Daniel Ortega's paramilitaries," a 41-year-old protester who was wounded in the arm and who did not wish to reveal his name told AFP, as he was treated in a church in an eastern neighbourhood of the city. Fifteen-year-old Bryan Garcia, who was hit by a bullet, said: "It was the paramilitaries, they wounded me in the neck near the shoulder." Among the wounded was journalist Winston Potosme of the 100% Noticias ...

One dead in anti-Ortega march in Nicaragua

An attack on a protest by opponents of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega left one person dead and at least five others wounded, police said Sunday. The deceased was identified as Max Romero, who died as a result of "crossfire", the police said in a statement that attributed his death to the protesters. Months of turmoil in the Central American country have left more than 320 people dead, according to rights groups, but the unrest had declined in recent weeks before resurfacing at Sunday's march, which called for the release of political prisoners. "I was shot and wounded by Daniel Ortega's paramilitaries," a 41-year-old protester who was wounded in the arm and who did not wish to reveal his name told AFP, as he was treated in a church in an eastern neighbourhood of the city. Fifteen-year-old Bryan Garcia, who was hit by a bullet, said: "It was the paramilitaries, they wounded me in the neck near the shoulder." Among the wounded was journalist Winston Potosme of the 100% Noticias ...

Eighteen dead in DR Congo rebel attack: army

At least 18 people, including 14 civilians, have been killed in a rebel attack in Beni in Democratic Republic of Congo's restive east, an army spokesperson told AFP on Sunday. Four soldiers were among the dead following the attack on Saturday night, military official Mak Hazukai said, with witnesses describing gunfire and groups of assailants slashing victims with machetes. The Beni region, not far from the Ugandan border, is under siege from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist rebel group blamed for hundreds of civilian deaths over the past four years. "The territory and the city of Beni are facing ADF terrorism whose command structure is led by Ugandans," said Hazukai, adding that nine people were also wounded in Saturday's violence. The ADF is a militia initially created by Muslim rebels to oppose Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, but also operates in the DRC. "The surprise attack happened in the streets of Beni city," a doctor at the local hospital told AFP. Four of ..

Modi govt 'failed' to give 'befitting' reply to Pak's ceasefire violations: Surjewala

Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala Sunday accused the Modi government of failing to give a "befitting response" to repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan. Addressing a 'Shaheed Samman Samaroh' here, organised by Rao Arjun Singh, the grandson of former Haryana chief minister Rao Birender Singh, Surjewala criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "stoic silence" on the mutilation of Indian soldiers. "Pakistan is attacking our soldiers and has violated the ceasefire three thousand times in last 52 months but Modi government has failed to give a befitting response," Surjewala said. He claimed that during the same period, as many as 411 soldiers were martyred in Jammu and Kashmir and 256 civilians lost their lives in terrorist attacks. Targeting Modi over the killing of Border Security Force (BSF) jawan Narender Singh by Pakistani troops, Surjewala said, "Narender Singh was tortured, tormented and murdered by Pakistan but the prime minister has not uttered even a word on ...

Brotherhood chief, 65 others get life for Egypt attack

An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 66 people to life in prison, including Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie, over an August 2013 attack on a police station in Minya. Death sentences were meted out to 183 people over the deadly attack on the police station in the southern province, before a retrial was ordered. On Sunday, around 700 people were tried again in this case, defence lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsood told AFP. Sixty-six of the 700 were sentenced to life imprisonment, which is 25 years in Egypt, 288 were acquitted, six have died since the first trial and the rest were sentenced to between three and 15 years in prison. Badie, 75, was on Sunday convicted of inciting his supporters to violence in the Minya case following the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. Badie, on trial in 35 cases related to the Brotherhood, has been sentenced to death in several of them but the verdicts have been overturned by the court of cassation. He got life sentences ..

Armed man arrested outside Buckingham Palace

An armed man was arrested Sunday at the entrance of Buckingham Palace, London police said, ruling out the possibility it was terror related. Police said the 38-year-old was carrying a Taser stun gun, adding that he remains in custody. "It's not terrorism related. It's just a single standalone incident," a police spokeswoman told AFP. She provided no other details.