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Will RSS, BJP condemn radical Hindu outfits who plan terror attacks: Chidambaram
A day after the Maharashtra ATS arrested three men affiliated to radical Hindu outfits for plotting terror attacks, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday asked if the RSS and BJP would condemn those outfits.
Taliban travel to Uzbekistan for talks with officials
Taliban and Uzbek officials say the head of the Taliban's political office in Qatar led a delegation to Uzbekistan to meet senior Foreign Ministry officials in a rare diplomatic foray and the strongest sign yet of the insurgency's increasing political presence in the region. Taliban political chief Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai represented the insurgents in the four-day talks that ended Friday. Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for the Taliban's political office in Doha, said in a statement to The Associated Press that discussions covered everything from international troop withdrawal to peace prospects to possible Uzbek-funded development projects that could include railway lines and electricity. Uzbek's Foreign Affairs Ministry website offered a terse two-line announcement on the visit saying "the sides exchanged views on prospects of the peace process in Afghanistan.
Pompeo discusses US sanctions over Russian with Lavrov
Secretary of State Michael Pompeo discussed with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov the recent sanctions imposed by the US on Moscow and reiterated that Washington seeks an "improved relationship" with Moscow. Last week, the Trump administration had said it would impose new sanctions against Russia to punish Moscow for the use of a nerve agent in an assassination attempt on a British citizen and his daughter. Pompeo spoke over phone yesterday with Lavrov and during the call reiterated that the United States seeks an improved relationship with Russia and agreed to future dialogue, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a yesterday. The Secretary discussed with Lavrov recent sanctions imposed on Russia pursuant to the Chemical and Biological Weapons and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 as well as the ongoing challenges in Syria. Nauert had said that following the use of a "Novichok" nerve agent in an attempt to assassinate UK citizen Sergei Skripal and his daughter ...
Five robbers arrested in Jind
The Haryana Police today claimed to have busted a gang of robbers with the arrest of five of its members in Jind district. With their arrest, at least 29 cases of robbery have been solved, a spokesperson of the police department said. Police also seized four country-made pistols, 17 live cartridges and a car from them, they said. The accused have been identified as Bittu alias Pola, Sumit alias Manni, Krishan alias Baba, Sachin and Nishant alias Vicky, all resident of Jind district. They were nabbed from a stadium of Sheela kheri village in Safidon and were plotting to loot passers-by. During preliminary interrogation, the accused confessed to having committed various incidents of loot, including Rs 6 lakh in Jind, two robberies of Rs 22 lakh in Rewari, Rs 45 lakh in Karnal, and Rs 10 lakh in Narnaul, he said. The spokesperson said that Director General of Police B S Sandhu congratulated the Superintendent of Police, Jind and his entire team for intensifying efforts to crackdown on ..
ATS seizes cache of firearms day after arrests of 3 suspects
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) today claimed to have recovered a cache of country-made firearms, following the arrest of three men, one of them belonging to a right-wing group, who were allegedly planning to carry out blasts at various places in the state. The ATS has also questioned at least 16 people for alleged links to Vaibhav Raut, Sharad Kalaskar and Sudhanva Gondhalekar, who were arrested yesterday, an official said. The ATS had seized a large quantity of explosive materials from Raut's place. Further raids were conducted in Pune today based on the information provided by Gondhalekar, the ATS official said. It led to the seizure of 11 country-made pistols with magazines, an airgun, ten pistol barrels, six pistol magazines, six partially-made pistol bodies, three partially made magazines and several parts of firearms, he said. Besides, materials used to make bombs, a chopper, six number plates of vehicles, CDs, pen drives, hard discs and handbooks and other ...
Gilgit: 3 policemen killed, 2 injured in militant attack
Three policemen were killed and two others injured in a militant attack on a police check post in Kargah Valley in the Gilgit region of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir on Saturday.Samaa TV quoted the police as saying that a militant involved in the recent school attacks in the Daimer district was shot dead in the cross-firing.While the injured were shifted to a local hospital, the police called in for an additional force for a search operation in the area to arrest the rest of the militants involved.Earlier this month, 12 schools including 8-girls' schools were attacked in Chilas near Gilgit by unidentified men.While an explosion was set off in two of the schools, the other schools were vandalised and their property was set on fire.
40 mobile phone numbers recovered from Brajesh Thakur in jail: Police
Bihar Police on Saturday recovered a list of 40 mobile phone numbers and the names of those whom they were issued against from Brajesh Thakur, the main accused in the rape of 34 minor girls abd who is lodged in Muzaffarpur Central Jail, during simultaneous raids on jails across the state, police said.
Over 450 people hurt in Romania protest clashes
More than 450 people were hurt and around 30 arrested during a huge anti-corruption protest in Bucharest, Romanian police said today, a day after the rally. Police had used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the protesters as tens of thousands rallied to call on the leftwing government to resign. Many demonstrators needed treatment after inhaling pepper spray and tear gas, while others suffered blows, hospital sources said. Around 30 police were also injured, 11 of whom were taken to hospital. Police rejected criticism from the centre-right opposition that its officers had used excessive force, saying its response to violence by dozens of protesters had been "gradual and proportionate". Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, whose country currently holds the EU rotating presidency, criticised the clashes, which also saw a cameraman for Austria's public broadcaster injured. "We strongly condemn the violent clashes in Bucharest where numerous demonstrators and journalists were injured.
Citizen unit to stop crime in Bihar
The Bihar police is working on a proposal to establish Cyber Senani Samooh (CSS) units, comprising civilians as their registered members, to prevent the misuse of social media in the state.The unit will work in close coordination with the cybercrime and social media units (CCSMUs) of the state police department.Various steps are being undertaken to constitute 74 CCSMUs in the state covering all the 38 districts. The notification regarding the same has been issued by police headquarters for the formation of the CSS units at the identified administrative points, police stations, and outposts.The CSS units comprising of young boys and girls from the state will be ready by August 30. These units will then be ready to control crime in the state from October onwards.Both of these units will complement each other in information exchange while neutralising together the rumours generated and spread through social media platforms. The Cyber Senani Samooh units will function as a form of ...
Baloch fighter dares China before blowing himself in a fidayeen attack
Rehan Baloch, a young Baloch fighter and elder son of Balochistan Liberation Army's (BLA) senior commander Aslam Baloch has asked China to vacate Balochistan and stop plundering their resources.The video statement was recorded by Rehan just before he carried out a suicide attack on a bus carrying Chinese engineers and other employees of Saindak project in Dalbandin city of Chaghi district on Saturday.There are reports of multiple deaths and injuries in the attack. Two Chinese engineers have been reported dead while several of them injured in the attack."We have told China multiple times to shun plundering Baloch resources and refrain from becoming part of any Pakistani designs. We have asked China time and again to take their engineers and workers out of Balochistan. However, China never paid heed to our justified demands", said Rehan Baloch in a video message issued from an undisclosed location in Balochistan.In his message, Rehan accused that 'with China's help, Pakistan has ...
Attempted suicide attack on Egypt church foiled: state media
A suicide attack against a church on the outskirts of Cairo was foiled today when a bomber blew himself up before reaching the target, state media and security sources said. The alleged assailant was forced to detonate a suicide belt as a result of the heavy police presence around the Virgin Church in the Shobra el-Kheima district, state media reported. The man was hiding the explosives under a fluorescent vest, state-run newspaper Akhbar el-Youm said. The blast took place about 200 metres (yards) away from the church, security officials said. Christian sites of worship across Egypt have been repeatedly targeted in attacks claimed by the Islamic State group. A string of bombings on Coptic churches in Cairo, Alexandria and the Nile Delta city of Tanta in 2016 and 2017 killed at least 80 people. Coptic Christians make up about 10 percent of Egypt's predominantly Sunni Muslim population of some 100 million. The Egyptian army is currently waging a major operation focused on the Sinai ...
IS jihadists in Iraq kill 5 members of family
Islamic State group jihadists killed five members of the same family at a checkpoint on the edge of their village north of Baghdad early today, a police official said. The killings took place in Baiji district, around 200 kilometres north of the capital, the official said. "A group of Daesh (IS) fighters came from the Hamrin mountains, crossed the Tigris river after midnight and attacked the checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Albu Juwari, north of Baiji," he said. Five members of the family were killed and a sixth was in a critical condition, he said. All were members of a tribal militia operating under the umbrella of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary force that has fought the jihadists. IS, which once controlled swathes of Iraq and neighbouring Syria, has been pushed back by multiple offensives and ousted from all of Iraq's towns and cities, including the capital of its self-declared "caliphate", Mosul. But despite Iraq declaring victory over the ...
One dead in attack on Jordan security patrol
A member of Jordan's security forces died and six were wounded when a bomb exploded under a patrol car at a music festival near Amman, the interior ministry said today. The blast hit a security patrol in Al-Fuhais, 12 kilometres west of the capital last evening, it said. "It killed Sergeant Ali Adnan Qawqaza and wounded six other members of the patrol," the ministry said, adding that an investigation was underway into the cause of the blast. Security forces had been deployed to protect the town's annual festival, which hosts prominent Arab music acts. Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz vowed that Jordan would "not be complacent in the hunt for terrorists". "Jordan will always be at the forefront of the fight against terrorism and obscurantist ideas which target the lives of innocents and try to undermine security and stability," he said in remarks carried by the official Petra news agency. Jordan has played a key role in the US-led coalition fighting IS in neighbouring Syria and Iraq, ...
6 wounded in Balochistan suicide attack
A suicide attack on a convoy of Saindak Copper-Gold project employees left six people injured, including two Chinese nationals, on Saturday.The mishap, which occurred after a vehicle which was driving in front of the bus exploded, also left two project employees and two security personnel wounded, The Express Tribune reported.Quetta Division Commissioner Muhammad Hashim Ghilzai said that a bomber had detonated his explosives near the bus carrying the employees.The injured are undergoing medical treatment and an investigation has been launched. Security forces have cordoned off the area.The Saindak Copper-Gold mine is situated near Saindak town in Balochistan's Chagai district. In the 1970s, copper deposits were discovered in partnership with a Chinese engineering company, according to Geo News.
Iran says 10 militants killed in Kurdish area near Iraq
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard says it has killed 10 militants in a Kurdish region near the border with Iraq. The Guard's website said today that the 10 belonged to a "terrorist group affiliated with global arrogance," referring to the United States, and that several other militants were wounded in clashes late yesterday. The Guard did not say whether its forces suffered casualties. The fighting took place near the Kurdish town of Oshnavieh, in an area that has seen occasional clashes between Iranian forces and Kurdish separatists, as well as Islamic State-linked militants. The Guard said it had confiscated a "remarkable" amount of arms, ammunition and communications equipment. Last month at least 10 Iranian border guards were killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen near Iraqi border.
3 Chinese among five injured in attempted suicide attack in Pakistan
Three Chinese nationals were among the five people who were injured in a suicide attack in southwest Pakistan's restive Balochistan province today, the police said. The attack, which is said the first since the July 25 elections, took place in Dalbandin region, about 340 kilometres from Quetta - the capital of Balochistan, when the Chinese engineers, working on a mining project were being transported to the city, they said. The engineers were working on the the Saindak Copper-Gold Mine project, a joint venture between Pakistan and China to extract gold, copper and silver from an area close to the Iranian border. Hundreds of Chinese nationals are working on different projects in Balochistan under the USD 42 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. A suicide bomber tried to ram a Iran-manufactured pick-up truck into a bus carrying the foreign nationals, who were going to Dalbandin city from the Saindak Copper-Gold Mine project, an official said. "He used a Zamyad pick-up truck, ...
Villager killed by Naxals in Dantewada on suspicion of being police informer
A villager was killed by a group of armed Naxals on the suspicion that he was a police informer.The incident took place late last night in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. The deceased, who has been identified as Lokesh, was attacked by Naxals at his residence in Bade Gudra village near a CRPF camp under Kuakonda police station limits. The Naxals barged into Lokesh's house and dragged the victim out, confirmed Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhishek Palwal.After receiving the information, police reached the location and a case has been registered in this regard. A search operation is also underway in the area.More details are awaited.The attacks can be seen as the Naxals' outrage over the killings of their 14 cadres by the security forces in an encounter in neighbouring Sukma district on August 6.
Gaza protest toll rises to three: ministry
A 40-year-old Palestinian hit by Israeli fire during protests on the Gaza border died of his wounds today, taking the previous day's death toll to three, the territory's health ministry said. He was among at least 131 Palestinians wounded by Israeli bullets during Friday's protests, even as an informal truce agreed after a deadly flare-up between Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas and the Israeli army largely held. The health ministry identified the dead man as Ahmed Abu Lulu and said he was shot in a section of the border east of the southern city of Rafah where two other Palestinians were also killed. The ministry identified them as Ali al-Alul, 55, and volunteer medic Abdullah al-Qatati, 21. A few thousand protesters had gathered in different locations along the border, setting tyres ablaze and throwing stones, but there were fewer people demonstrating than in previous weeks, AFP correspondents said. The Israeli army said a grenade was thrown at troops guarding the border with northern ..
Slain foreign militant was our missing son: Kashmir family
A north Kashmir family on Saturday claimed that one of the five militants, killed in a gunfight with the Army on Thursday and passed off as foreigners, was their son.
20 Taliban militants killed in Afghan airstrike
At least 20 Taliban militants were killed and four huge insurgents' weapons and ammunition depots were destroyed after US-led NATO coalition forces launched an airstrike in Afghanistan's Baghlan province overnight, an official said on Saturday.