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IAF Chief leads 'Missing Man' formation to pay tributes to Kargil bravehearts
Kargil war veteran Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa on Tuesday paid homage to Indian Air Force (IAF) jawans who lost their lives when a Mi-17 helicopter was shot down by Pakistan during the 1999 battle.IAF Chief Dhanoa paid tribute by flying a 'Missing Man' formation at Sarsawa base in Uttar Pradesh. 14 Corps Commander Lieutenant General YK Joshi and Western Air Commander Air Marshal R Nambiar were also a part of the team.The 'Missing Man' formation is an aerial salute accorded to honour the fallen comrades-in-arms.Earlier on Monday, a squadron of MiG-21 aircraft led by the IAF chief flew in the missing man formation to pay tribute to Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja who was killed in action in Operation Safed Sadar during the Kargil war.Kargil war, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC).The IAF had played a key role in enabling ...
Two militants killed in encounter J-K's Anantnag
Two militants were Tuesday killed in an encounter with security forces in forests of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said. Based on specific intelligence input about presence of the militants in the Kachwan forest area of Kokernag in south Kashmir district, the security forces launched a cordon and search operation there, a police official said. He said the search operation turned into an encounter after the militants fired at search party of the forces, who retaliated. In the exchange of firing, two militants were killed, the official said. He said the identity and group affiliation of the slain ultras was being ascertained.
4 arrested for looting 1 kg gold in Noida
The Noida Police has arrested four people for allegedly looting one kg of gold from the employees of a jewellery designing firm here and seized cash worth Rs 30 lakh from their possession, officials said Tuesday. On May 20, two-bike borne assailants had looted a car which had the gold that was being transported from Divya Creations's office in Sector 82 to a jewellery showroom in Okhla when its occupants, the firm's employee and a driver, were overpowered by the duo at gunpoint, they said. The two robbers, their third partner and a jeweller, who had purchased the looted gold from them were arrested Monday evening from Dadri town, Gautam Buddh Nagar Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna said. "The car, a Maruti Ritz, was recovered soon after the incident when police chased the criminals but they had escaped with the looted gold on a motorcycle," he told reporters. The accused were identified as Vikas Singh, Bhupendra Singh alias Goli, Israr, and jeweller Ashwini, he said, ...
Gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag
A gunfight broke out on Tuesday between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said.
Encounter breaks out between militants and security forces in Anantnag
An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Kokernag area of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district Tuesday, police said. There were no reports of any casualties on either side so far, a police official said. "A brief exchange of firing took place between militants and security forces in Kachwan forest area of Kokernag in Anantnag district," he said. He said additional forces have been rushed to the area to strengthen the cordon and prevent the militants from escaping.
Vietnam man jailed for plotting terror attack
A Vietnamese man has been sentenced to six years in jail for terrorism and weapons possession after he was convicted for smuggling a cache of guns into the country from Cambodia, a court official said Tuesday. Terror-related crimes are rare in the one-party communist state, where a hardline administration in charge since 2016 has waged a crackdown on critics, jailing dozens last year alone. Le Quoc Binh was arrested in August ahead of Vietnam's national day in central Binh Dinh province carrying seven rifles and 500 bullets that he smuggled in from Cambodia. A court on Monday sentenced him to one year in jail for allegedly planning an attack and another five years for weapons possession, according to a court clerk and state media. "Binh used Facebook to share and popularise the use of weapons and violence against the state," according to a report from Bao Ve Phap Luat, the official mouthpiece of the national procuracy office. The report said Binh was disgruntled because his family was
Afghanistan: 15 militants killed in multiple operations
At least 15 Taliban militants were killed in a series of operations conducted by Afghan forces in Southern Helmand province on Monday.According to the Khamma Press, the planned raids were conducted in various districts of the province. The forces have also detained four militants, and a tunnel used by the Taliban has also been destroyed."In an Afghan special forces operation to disrupt Taliban IED facilitation and illegal narcotic financing in Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand, four Taliban fighters were detained and one tunnel was destroyed," said a military source.Moreover, five militants were killed in an airstrike in Musa Qalah district."In Kajaki district, a strike killed two Taliban fighters," said the source. In another strike in Nahr-e-Saraj district, four more Taliban fighters were killed.However, the militant group has not commented on the operations yet.This comes weeks after sixth rounds of talks between the US and the Taliban ended in Doha.
Three killed in Ramadan violence in restive Thai south
Two people, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in a market place bombing in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, a military spokesman said Tuesday -- an apparent retaliatory attack for the killing of a wanted rebel leader. Thailand's three southernmost provinces, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, have since 2004 been plagued with conflict between ethnic Malay-Muslim rebels and the Buddhist-majority Thai state, which annexed the region around a century ago. Around 7,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in violence that rarely makes international headlines despite taking place a few hours south of some of Thailand's tourist hotspots. On Monday afternoon, the insurgents detonated a motorcycle bomb at a crowded market place in Nong Chik, Pattani province, killing two civilians. "A 14-year-old boy and a 38-year-old woman died," Colonel Thanawee Suwannathat, spokesman for the southern army, told AFP. Four military rangers were wounded in the blast. The bombing appeared to be in ...
Search operation called off in Pulwama
The pre-dawn search operation by security forces on Tuesday in Kareemabad village of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district has been called off.
Air Chief Marshal to lead missing man formation to pay tribute to Kargil war heroes
Led by Air Chief Marshal (ACM) BS Dhanoa, the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters will fly in a missing man formation from Sarsawa base on Tuesday to pay homage to IAF jawans who lost their lives when an Indian Mi-17 helicopter was shot down by Pakistan during the Kargil war.14 Corps Commander Lieutenant General YK Joshi will also be part of the team.Earlier on Monday, a squadron of MiG-21 aircraft led by the IAF chief flew in the missing man formation to pay tribute to Squadron Leader Ajay Ahuja who was killed in action in Operation Safed Sadar during the Kargil war.Kargil war, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC).The IAF had played a key role in enabling the Indian Army to recapture the majority of the positions on the Indian side of the LOC infiltrated by the Pakistani troops and terrorists.The war came to an end on .
Myanmar frees soldiers jailed for Rohingya massacre
Seven soldiers jailed for killing a group of Rohingya Muslims have been freed from a Myanmar jail despite serving less time than two reporters imprisoned for exposing the massacre. Prisons department director general Myint Soe told journalists the soldiers were "no longer in detention", declining to give any further information. Four officers and three soldiers were sentenced in 2018 to 10 years with hard labour for killing 10 Rohingya villagers, with army chief Min Aung Hlaing and civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi holding up the sentence as evidence of accountability within the military. Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who helped expose the killing, were jailed last September for seven years on charges linked to their reporting. They were granted a presidential pardon this month after spending over 500 days behind bars. The killings unfolded during a bloody army crackdown in 2017 that forced some 740,000 Rohingya to flee across the border into Bangladesh. UN investigators
HRW accuses Egypt forces, militants of Sinai 'war crimes'
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused both Egyptian security forces and jihadists of committing "war crimes" in their confrontation in the restive North Sinai region. "While Egyptian military and police forces were responsible for the majority of abuses documented in the report, extremist militants have also committed horrific crimes," the New York-based group said in a 134-page report. "Some of the abuses carried out by government forces and the militants, which this report documents, are war crimes, and their widespread and systematic nature could amount to crimes against humanity." HRW compiled the report over two years interviewing more than 50 residents of the Sinai Peninsula, in northeast Egypt, where independent media coverage is effectively banned and a state of emergency has been in force since 2013. In late 2017, North Sinai was the scene of the deadliest attack in Egypt's modern history when militants killed more than 300 worshippers at a mosque, without any group claiming .
15 security personnel injured in Jharkhand IED blast
At least 15 security personnel were injured when Maoists detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in Jharkhand on Tuesday, police said.
IEDs installed earlier but triggered today by Naxals: DGP Jharkhand
The IED blast in which 11 police personnel were injured in wee hours on Tuesday at Saraikela was installed earlier by the Naxalites purportedly to affect the election process but was triggered today, said DGP Jharkhand, DK Pandey. All the injured including 3 critically injured have been airlifted and admitted to CRPF Medical Hospital, Ranchi."IEDs were installed by Naxals to affect the election process. A joint op by CoBRA, Jharkhand Jaguar and Jharkhand Police is being done to clear the area. Anti-personnel mine was triggered by Naxals today. 11 jawans injured and 3 are critical," said DK Pandey, DGP Jharkhand.The IED blast was triggered when personnel of 209 CoBRA battalion CRPF, Jharkhand Jaguar and Jharkhand Police were in a joint operation to clear the area. Among the injured, 8 personnel are of CoBRA while 3 are of Jharkhand Police.Further, details are awaited. .
15 security personnel injured in IED blasts in Jharkhand
Fifteen security personnel were injured when Maoists triggered a series of IED blasts near Hurda forests in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district in the early hours of Tuesday, a police officer said. The blasts took place around 5 am when a joint team of the CRPF's special jungle warfare unit, CoBRA, and the police was carrying out anti-Naxal operations in the forests of Kuchai area in the district, he said. "Fifteen security men were injured when the Maoists triggered as many IED blasts. Two of the 15 injured are in a serious condition," Inspector General of Police (Operation) Ashish Batra said. The injured troops, 13 belonging to the CRPF's CoBRA battalion and the rest of the Jharkhand Armed Police and the district police, were airlifted to Ranchi, another senior officer said. The area has been cordoned off and a search operation is on to nab the culprits, he added.
11 security personnel injured in IED blast airlifted to Ranchi
Eleven police personnel who suffered injuries in an IED blast in Saraikela during a joint operation of CoBRA and Jharkhand police in the wee hours of Tuesday have been airlifted to Ranchi and admitted to a hospital for treatment.The incident occurred when the troops of 209 CoBRA battalion of CRPF and Jharkhand police were out on a special joint operation.Among the injured, 8 personnel are of CoBRA while 3 are of Jharkhand Police.Further, details are awaited. .
Civilian injured in attack dies
A civilian, who was shot at and injured by suspected militants in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, has succumbed to injuries, police said on Tuesday. Militants Monday night fired at and injured a civilian identified as Abdul Majeed Shah, a resident of Babagund area of Langate in the north Kashmir district, a police official said. He said Shah was rushed to a hospital in a critical condition, but succumbed to injuries later. Police have registered a case, the official said, adding a hunt has been launched to trace the assailants.
Jharkhand: 11 Jawans injured in IED blast, airlifted to Ranchi
Eleven police personnel were injured in an Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) blast triggered in the wee hours of Tuesday morning here in Kuchai area of Saraikella. All the injured have been airlifted for Ranchi in the morning at 6.52 am.The incident occurred when the troops of 209 CoBRA battalion of CRPF and Jharkhand police were out on special joint operations. Among the injured, 8 personnel are of CoBRA while 3 of Jharkhand Police.Further, details are awaited.
Tweeple cheers women after Zakir Musa's death
The role of a woman in the death of Kashmir's most wanted militant commander Zakir Musa, as revealed in an IANS story, has Twitter users crediting women for their positive role in fighting militancy in the Valley.
11 security personnel injured in IED blast in Jharkhand
Eleven security personnel were injured in an IED blast detonated by Maoist Guerrillas on early Tuesday, police said.