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The Armytoday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir, killing six militants. Troops noticed suspicious movement along the LoC in Keran sector in Kupwara district of north Kashmir and challenged the infiltrators, an Army official said here. He said six militants were killed in the ensuing gunfight. Search operations were continuing the area, the official said.
Amarnath Yatra: J-K Police seeks over 22,000 additional personnel
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has sought around 22,500 additional paramilitary personnel for deployment along the entire route of the Amarnath pilgrimage, for which multi-tier security arrangements will be put in place, officials said today. The pilgrimage to the shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas begins on June 28. Tracking of pilgrims' movement through satellites, installation of jammers, CCTV cameras and bulletproof bunkers, deployment of dog squads and quick reaction teams will be part of thesecurity drill along pilgrimage routes. The heightened security arrangements will be put in place with the involvement ofthe Army, paramilitary forces and the Jammu and Kashmir Police in view of an analysis by security agencies which suggested vulnerability of pilgrims,an official privy to the development said. The Jammu and Kashmir Police is seeking additional 225 companies of paramilitary forces for deployment along the pilgrimage route. These forces will join the the existing forces operating
Two soldiers injured in landmine blast
Two Army personnel were critically injured when they accidentally stepped over a landmine near the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. The soldiers were undertaking some construction work in Kanari forward post area in Sabzian sector when one of them accidentally stepped over the landmine yesterday, causing an explosion, a police official said. The injured Army personnel have been admitted to a hospital. Landmines are planted along the LoC to prevent infiltration of terrorists from across the border and sometimes get dislocated due to rains.
Army foils J&K infiltration bid, 5 militants killed
Five militants were killed on Sunday after the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Keran sector.
Korean War: summit raises hopes for treaty to end frozen conflict
Tuesday's unprecedented US-North Korea summit could finally pave the way for the longest ceasefire in history to be replaced by a peace treaty -- formally ending the 1950-53 Korean War nearly seven decades after the guns fell silent. The North and South remain technically at war, but US President Donald Trump said a permanent accord to end the conflict would be on the table at his historic meeting with the North's leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore. Seoul announced this week it is already in three-way talks with Pyongyang and Washington for an "early" declaration that the war is over -- which could precede a full treaty that might need extensive negotiation. The Soviet Union declared war on Japan, Korea's colonial ruler, in between the US nuclear strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, and sent troops pouring into the peninsula. Washington and Moscow agreed to divide it into two occupied zones along the 38th parallel, and with the Cold War rivals unable to agree on a path to ...
Army foils infiltration bid in J&K, kills 3 militants
Three militants were killed on Sunday after the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid from in Jammu and Kashmir's Keran sector.
Two soldiers injured in LoC mine explosion
Two Indian Army soldiers were injured in a mine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said on Sunday.
Russian, Ukrainian Presidents discuss detainee swap
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko discussed the exchange of detainees in a phone call on Saturday.
Naxal killed in encounter with police in Chhattisgarh
A Naxal was gunned down in an encounter with police on Saturday in Bhairamgarh police station limits in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.A pistol, live bullets, a magazine of INSAS Rifle, tiffin bomb and a detonator was also recovered from the spot.Around 51 Naxals have been killed by the security forces in past five months in Chhattisgarh's Sukma and Bijapur district.This figure is for the period of November 2017 to March 2018.
Afghan welcomes Taliban's ceasefire announcement
The Afghan government has hailed ceasefire announcement made by the Taliban, while saying that 'it welcomes any move to stop bloodshed.'"Afghan government welcomes any move whether it is small or big which stops bloodshed of even the death of one Afghan. Afghanistan welcomes the ceasefire announcement by the Taliban," Tolo News quoted Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani's spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri as saying.The Taliban on Saturday announced a three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday, two days after the Afghan government announced the ceasefire.Earlier on June 7, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani announced that the ceasefire will start from the 27th of Ramzan (June 12) to the fifth day of Eid-ul-Fitr (June 19).Other countries welcomed the ceasefire move by both sides and said this should become a permanent ceasefire.The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) also welcomed the Taliban's announcement.
Pak welcomes Taliban's ceasefire announcement with Afghan forces for Eid
Pakistan today expressed support for peace efforts in Afghanistan, hours after the Taliban announced its first ceasefire in the war-torn country in nearly 17 years. On Thursday, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani offered a temporary ceasefire with the Taliban for Eid. It is the first time since the 2001 US invasion that the Taliban militants have declared a ceasefire in Afghanistan. The Foreign Office (FO) issued a statement after the Taliban announced temporary ceasefire for days around Eid. "Pakistan wishes to reiterate its support of recent peace initiatives in Afghanistan. We particularly support all Afghan-owned and Afghan-led efforts aimed at bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan," it said. US Foreign Secretary Mike Pompeo called Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and discussed the Afghan issue. Meanwhile, the army said that it has nothing to do with the brief abduction of rights activist Gul Bukhari, 52, a dual Pakistan-British national, who was kidnapped by ...
Three soldiers, 13 'terrorists' killed in Mali attacks: sources
Three Malian soldiers and 13 "terrorists" were killed in fighting at an army camp in central Mali today, the defence ministry said. The troops "repelled a terrorist attack in the early morning," in the central town of Boni," the ministry said. The army forces "killed 13 terrorists and recovered arms and munitions," and three soldiers were killed while the attack was repelled, the statement added. Earlier, military sources told AFP that two troops had been killed, along with 13 terrorists in two attacks in the region. Residents in Boni told AFP that helicopters were later circling the area but that calm had returned by afternoon. Islamic extremists linked to Al-Qaeda took control of the desert north of Mali in early 2012, but were largely driven out in a French-led military operation launched in January 2013. In June 2015, Mali's government signed a peace agreement with coalitions of armed groups. But the jihadists remain active, and large tracts of the country remain lawless. Since ...
Militants target Army foot patrol in Bandipora
Militants today opened firing on an Army patrol in the forests of Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said. The ultras opened firing on a foot patrol of 14 Rashtriya Rifles at Raainaar forest in Bandipora, they said. The area has been cordoned off and a search is on for the militants, the police said, adding no casualties have been reported so far.
Five ultras of JJMP arrested in Ramgarh
Five ultras of the Jharkhand Jan-Mukti Parishad (JJMP) were arrested with arms and ammunition in Ramgarh district, police said today. The arrested ultras had recently attacked a base camp of a construction company engaged in ongoing Koderma-Ranchi via Barkakana rail project for extortion, sources said. The JJMP is a splinter group of the Maoists. The arrests were made two days after police apprehended the self-styled commander of JJMP, Bhuneshwar Bedia, sources said adding that JJMP was active in Patratu, which is one of the industrial hub of the state in Ramgarh district, and collecting levy. Police also recovered arms, ammunitions, mobile phones from them, the sources said. Superintendent of Police, Ramgarh, A Vijayalakshmi today produced the five arrested rebels before the media. Based on the leads provided by Bedia during interrogation, Vijayalakshmi said police arrested the five rebels.
Holocaust survivor Gena Turgel, consoler of Anne Frank, dies
Gena Turgel, a Holocaust survivor who comforted diarist Anne Frank at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp months before its liberation, has died. She was 95. Britain's chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, said Turgel died on Thursday. Britain's Holocaust Educational Trust says Turgel dedicated her life to sharing her story of surviving the Jewish ghetto in Krakow, Poland and the German Nazi camps at Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Bergen-Belsen. It was in a hospital at Bergen-Belsen that Turgel cared for Anne Frank as the teenager was dying of typhus. She once told the BBC: "I washed her face, gave her water to drink, and I can still see that face, her hair and how she looked." After World War II, Turgel married one of the camp's British liberators, Norman Turgel, earning the nickname "The Bride of Belsen.
Afghanistan: 41 personnel killed in Taliban ambush
In two separate Taliban-led attacks, at least 41 Afghan security force personnel were killed in various parts of Afghanistan on Saturday.According to Voice of America, citing Afghan officials as the source, six others have been injured in twin attacks in northern Kunduz and western Herat provinces respectively.In the first attack, the Taliban militants struck at police posts in Qala-e-Zal district in northern Kunduz province on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, killing 24 Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel, as per the report.Then on Saturday afternoon, 17 security force personnel were killed when about 150 Taliban militants ambushed the check posts of the Afghan National Army (ANA) in Zawal district of western Herat province, as told by a provincial government spokesperson in Herat.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the twin suicide attacks, adding that it seized military equipment.The attacks came after Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani for the first time announced .
19 Afghan police killed in Taliban attack on base: officials
At least 19 Afghan police officers were killed today in a pre-dawn raid by the Taliban on a base in the northern province of Kunduz, officials said, hours before the militants announced an unprecedented ceasefire starting next week. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which came a day after the insurgents stormed a military base in the western province of Herat, killing 17 Afghan soldiers. Kunduz provincial governor spokesman Nehmatullah Taimuri said five members of the local police force were also wounded in today's attack on a police base in Qal-e-Zal district. Provincial police spokesman Enhamuddin Rahmani confirmed the death toll and said eight Taliban fighters were also killed. Both attacks came hours before the Taliban announced a ceasefire with Afghan security forces for the first three days of Eid, the holiday that caps Ramadan and which is due to begin at the end of next week. That unexpected move came two days after the Afghan government's own surprise ...
Ancient Peru's cranial surgeons highly skilled: Study
The survival rate for cranial surgery performed by Inca surgeons in ancient Peru was twice more than those during the American Civil War, researchers say.
4 pilgrims injured in bee attack at Thanjavur Big temple
Four pilgrims suffered injuries after being stung by bees as a hive at a tower in the Sri Braghadeeswarar temple here was disturbed due to strong winds today, police said. A large number of pilgrims, who had gathered at the Big temple ran helter-skelter after the bees chased them, they said. Four people, who were stung, fainted and were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Suspected Maoists set ablaze 13 vehicles in West Singhbhum
Suspected Maoists set on fire 13 vehicles belonging to a construction firm in Parliposh area of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said today. The vehicles, which included excavators, dumpers and trucks, were set ablaze last night, they said. A team of the district armed police and the CRPF rushed to the spot soon after the administration was informed about the incident, the police added. The vehicles belonged to a firm engaged in constructing a road between Goilkera-Manoharpur villages of the district. Maoists have operated in parts of eastern and central India for decades. They claim to be fighting for the rights of the poor and landless and often stage ambush attacks on the security forces.