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J-K: 4 injured after terrorists lob grenade
One civilian and three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after terrorists lobbed a grenade on the CRPF 82 Battalion here in Fateh Kadal area.This comes a day after terrorists lobbed grenades and fired upon a Bunker vehicle of the CRPF's 183 battalion in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.The grenade was lobbed at three CRPF personnel from the aforementioned Battalion in Chinkral Mohalla area of Fateh Kadal while they were patrolling on foot.A search operation is underway to track down the terrorists.
Two more grenade attacks in Srinagar, 2 injured
Two more explosions rocked Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital on Saturday as militants lobbed two grenades at two CRPF vehicles at different places in Srinagar, injuring two more people, police said.
SPO shot by militants dies
A special police officer (SPO), who was shot and critically injured by militants in Pulwama district on Tuesday, succumbed to injuries today, police said. Aqib Wagay had received serious bullet injuries in both the legs. He was taken to a nearby hospital from where he was referred to the Army's 92 Base Hospital for specialised treatment. During the treatment, one of his legs had to be amputated to save his life, the police said. However, he said, Wagay succumbed to the injuries today.
4 CRPF personnel, woman injured in 2 grenade attacks
Four CRPF personnel and a woman were injured today in two grenade attacks on security forces here, police said. In the first attack, militants lobbed a grenade towards a security forces patrol party in Fatehkadal area of Srinagar, they said. Three CRPF personnel and a woman were injured in the explosion, they said. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital, where their condition is stated to be stable. In another incident, militants targeted a CRPF vehicle in Budshah Chowk area near the city centre here, injuring a jawan, the police said. There have been at least five grenade attacks in Kashmir valley, including one at the residence of ruling PDP MLA Mushtaq Shah, since yesterday.
Aurangabad police raid illegal weapon-making units
Police raided four factories manufacturing illegal arms in the district and arrested four persons in the last two days, an official said. Aurangabad city in central Maharashtra had witnessed a riot on May 11 following unrest over the civic body's crack-down against illegal water connections. Weapons seized by district rural police included five swords, 10 knives, daggers and other arms. Assistant police inspector Pandit Sonawane of Bidkin police station said that raids were conducted in Kesapuri, Chittegaon, Farola and Allana Tanda areas. Four persons were arrested, he added.
J&K cop injured in militant attack succumbs
A Special Police Officer (SPO) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police who was injured in a militant attack in Pulwama district last month succumbed to his injuries in a Srinagar hospital on Saturday.
DGP visits Golden Temple ahead of Operation Bluestar anniversary
Punjab DGP Suresh Arora today visited the Golden Temple along with other senior police officers to take stock of the security arrangements in view of the anniversary of Operation Bluestar on June 6. Arora visited all the sensitive points inside and outside the Golden Temple and addressed a meeting of police officers. He asked the local police to ensure peace and tranquillity on June 6 when the anniversary of Operation Bluestar -- the military operation to flush out militants holed up in the Golden Temple -- would be observed. Meanwhile, radical outfit Dal Khalsa has given a call for 'Amritsar bandh' on June 6. Groups associated with Dal Khalsa today distributed posters and leaflets across the city, urging traders, banks and educational bodies to keep their establishments closed on June 6.
Thousands at funeral for Gaza volunteer killed on Israel border
Thousands of Palestinians attended the funeral today of a young female volunteer medic killed by Israeli fire in violence on the border in southern Gaza. Razan al-Najjar, 21, a volunteer with the Gaza health ministry, was fatally shot in the chest near Khan Yunis yesterday. Ambulances and medical crews attended the funeral, with her father holding the white blood-stained medics' jacket she wore when she was shot, as mourners called for revenge. Gazans have since March 30 staged border protests demanding the return of Palestinians to land they fled or were expelled from during the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation, now inside the Jewish state. The demonstrations are accompanied by smaller clashes as youths hurl stones at Israeli soldiers and attempt to breach the border fence, at times laying explosive devices on the fence or throwing grenades. Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave have also been using kites carrying cans on fire to set ablaze Israeli fields, torching ...
Iraqi official: Islamic State kills family of 12
Islamic State militants killed 12 members of the same family, including women and children, in an attack on their northern village home today, an Iraqi official said. Ammar Hekmat, the deputy governor of the Salahuddin province, confirmed the attack early in the village of al-Farahatiyah. It was not immediately clear why the family was targeted. Iraqi forces have driven IS from virtually all the territory it once controlled, but the group has continued carrying out sporadic attacks, mainly targeting security forces. "We're not sure if one of the family members was a police officer, but IS has a presence in desert areas like Salahuddin, Mosul and Diyala," an Iraqi intelligence official said. "They carry out attacks in villages outside the cities to scare families and remind them they are still there." The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
Palestinian killed by Israeli Army in 'vehicle-ramming attack'
A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on Saturday in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, with the Israeli Army alleging that the man tried to deliberately ram his vehicle into a group of soldiers.
3 CRPF personnel, woman injured in grenade attack
Three CRPF personnel and a woman were injured today after militants hurled a grenade towards a security forces patrol party in Fatehkadal area, a police official said. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital, where their condition is stated to be stable, he said. Yesterday, militants carried out three grenade attacks in Srinagar, Anatanag and Pulwama, including at the residence of ruling PDP MLA Mushtaq Shah, leaving six people injured.
Four injured in Srinagar grenade attack
Four people, including three CRPF troopers, were injured on Saturday in a grenade explosion in Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar.
Yasin Malik detained, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq put under house arrest
JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik was detained from his residence here, while moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest today. This was done as a precautionary step to prevent them from taking out protest marches after a youth, who was allegedly run over by a CRPF vehicle yesterday, died, a police official said. Malik was detained from his Maisuma residence and taken to the Kothi Bagh police station, he said. Mirwaiz was put under house arrest at his Nigeen residence, he added. Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani continues to remain under house detention, the police official said. The three separatist leaders, under the banner of Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL),had called for a shutdown in the Valley today to protest the death of the youth, Kaiser Bhat (21). Clashes erupted yesterday after the Friday prayers ended at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar's Nowhatta. Bhat was hurt when a CRPF vehicle, which was under attack .
KSRHC asks Ker govt to ban agitations in periphery of
The Kerala State Human Rights Commission today directed the government to take steps to ban agitations in the periphery of the Secretariat, the administrative hub located in the heart of the city. The main road and adjacent pathways in front of the Secretariat have been a major venue of various modes of agitation in the capital city for many years. The Commission directed the Chief Secretary to allot an exclusive space off the city limits for political parties and other outfits to stage protest demonstrations, dharnas and siege over issues. The Commission member, P Mohandas issued the directive on a complaint by Poovachal Sadasivan, national president, Journalist Pensioners Association of India. A report submitted by state Police Chief Loknath Behara also admitted that protest demonstrations used to be held in the periphery of the Secretariat, violating a High Court verdict in this regard, a Commission statement said here. Though political parties and other outfits have ..
4 policemen killed in Iraq blast
Four Iraqi policemen were killed in a bomb explosion in Iraq's Salahudin province on Saturday, officials said.
Security forces 'soft targets' for Kashmir-centric political circles: Union Min
Union Minister Jitendra Singh today said the Army and other security forces are "soft targets" for some Kashmir-centric political circles who "lack courage and conviction" to condemn even acts of terror by known terrorists. Singh, the Minister of State (MoS) in Prime Minister's Office (PMO), was reacting to a tweet from former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and opposition National Conference working president Omar Abdullah, condemning the killing of a protester who was mowed down by a CRPF vehicle in downtown Srinagar yesterday. "I do not wish to get into what an individual has said. This has been a known practice in some of the Kashmir-centric political circles that they find security forces as soft targets and are very quick and prompt to condemn anything even if it is unfounded and unsubstantiated," Singh told reporters here, suggesting such politicians to give up "this type of attitude". Omar had wrote on Twitter, "earlier they tied people to the fronts of jeeps & paraded ...
Clashes at funeral procession of youth hit by CRPF vehicle
Clashes broke out between protesters and security forces here today as the youth, who was killed after being allegedly run over by a CRPF vehicle, was laid to rest. Hundreds of people took part in the last rites of Kaiser Bhat (21), a resident of Fateh Kadal area of the city, who succumbed to injuries at SKIMS hospital here after he and another youth were allegedly run over by a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) vehicle during protests in Nowhatta area yesterday. As Bhat's funeral possession was on way to Eidgah, security forces tried to stop the procession at Fatehkadal, leading to clashes, a police official said. He said the protestors resorted to stone-pelting and the security forces fired dozens of tear-smoke shells and pellets to chase them away. Few of the protestors have received minor injuries. Some of the mourners then took Bhat's body to Eidgah where he was buried, the official said. Clashes were going on at some places in the old city when last reports came in, he added.
Protester hit by CRPF vehicle dies, shutdown in Srinagar
Authorities today imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar while the separatists called a strike across Kashmir after the death of a youth who was allegedly hit by a CRPF vehicle during clashes with stone-pelting protesters. Most shops, business establishments and fuel stations in Srinagar were closed as the separatists announced a strike to protest against civilian killings. There were reports of similar shutdowns from other parts of the Valley. The authorities imposed a curfew in Nowhatta area in Srinagar's old city, where the clash took place yesterday. Restrictions under section 144 of the CrPc, which prohibits the gathering of people, were in force in six other police station areas of the city Rainawari, Safakadal, Khanyar, MR Gunj, Maisuma and Kralkhud. The curbs were imposed as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order after the youth's death in a hospital around midnight. Buses didn't run in Srinagar following the strike call. But private cars, cabs and auto-rickshaws
Nowhatta incident: 2 FIRs registered against CRPF's Srinagar Unit
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered two FIRs (First Information Report) against the Srinagar Unit of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) over Nowhatta incident, wherein a stone pelter died after being mowed down by a CRPF vehicle.The FIRs were registered under sections 307 for attempt to murder, 148 for rioting, armed with deadly weapon, and section 279 for rash driving, among other sections including 149, 152, 336 and 427.Kaiser Ahmad, who was admitted to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura on Friday, succumbed to his critical internal injuries earlier today.Besides Ahmad, the CRPF vehicle also hit two others during protests after congregational prayers at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar.
Arbaaz Khan confesses to IPL betting
Bollywood actor and producer Arbaaz Khan on Saturday accepted that he had placed bets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches last year.Khan, who appeared before the Thane Police for interrogation today, confessed that he lost Rs 2.75 crore in the same, as per sources.Meanwhile, Thane Police Commissioner, Param Bir Singh said that interrogation in the matter is underway, while adding that the Deputy Commissioner of Police will brief about it once the interrogation concludes.Speaking over the matter, IPL Commissioner, Rajeev Shukla told ANI, "The matter is with the police, we have nothing to do with it. Both Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and International Cricket Council (ICC) have anti-corruption units, police can coordinate with them."Arbaaz, brother of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, was on Friday summoned by the Thane Anti-Extortion Cell, to join the investigation in the case.His name cropped up during the investigation of a bookie, Sonu Jalan, who was arrested .