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Militants shot, injure SPO in Pulwama
Militants today shot at and injured a special police officer in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The militants opened fire on Showkat Ahmad Dar near his residence in Rahmoo in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, resulting in injuries to the officer, a police official said. He said the injured officer has been admitted to a hospital and he is stated to be critical. More details are awaited.
Militants kill two civilians in J&K
Militants killed two civilians on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district, police said.
Gunfight erupts in Srinagar
A gunfight erupted in Srinagar's densely populated Chatabal area on Saturday, police said.
Bodies to two abducted men found in J-K
Bodies of two men, abducted from their houses, were found in Shahgund village of Jammu and Kashmir's Hajin area on Saturday morning.Bashir Ahmad Dar and his uncle Gh Hassan Dar, hailingfrom Gulshan Mohalla of Shahgund village, were abducted in the intervening night of May 4 and May 5.As per the reports, both were shot dead by terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba at 3: 30 am today.Their bodies were found by the locals near a mosque.A case has been registered in this regard and investigation has been initiated.Meanwhile, the encounter has started between terrorists and security forces at Chattabal area of Srinagar.
2 civilians abducted, killed by LeT militants in J-K
Two persons were abducted and later shot dead allegedly by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Militants barged into the houses of Ghulam Hassan Dar alias Hassan Rassa and Bashir Ahmad Dar - both residents of Gulshan Mohalla, Shahgund Hajin in north Kashmir's Bandipora district -- last night and abducted them, a police official said. "At about 3:30 am today, the militants shot both of them dead," he said. The bodies were found by the locals near a mosque at Raheem Dar Mohalla, Shahgund, the official said. Hassan (45) was reportedly an uncle of Ahmed (26) -- a driver by profession. "Preliminary investigation suggests the involvement of outlawed terror outfit LeT in the incident," the official said. "A case has been registered and investigations taken up," he said.
2nd Amendment won't be under siege during my presidency: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Friday said the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which protects citizens' right to bear arms, will never be under siege while he is President, and went on to praise members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) as true patriots.
7 killed in suicide blasts in Nigeria
Four bombers and three locals died following multiple suicide blasts early on Friday in Nigeria's Borno, local police said.
Cop killed in encounter with ULFA-(I)
Bhaskar Kalita, the Officer in Charge of Bordumsa Police Station in eastern Assam's Tinsukia district, lost his life during an intense gun battle between United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent ULFA-(I) cadres and the security forces on Friday evening.Reportedly, two persons, including an ULFA-I member, were killed in the exchange of fire between the police and the militant outfit.Earlier, an intense gunfight took place between a combined team of Army, Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and suspected cadres of ULFA-I at Kujipathar area of Bordumsa.According to sources, the joint team of security forces had intel about the presence of ULFA-I cadres in the area and launched an operation leading to a massive firefight.Earlier, one ULFA terrorist was arrested by security forces in Charaideo, 2 NQ- 71 series pistols, 2 magazines and 78 live cartridges were recovered from him.
J-K: After killing husband terrorists attack wife
The terrorists on Friday in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir attacked the wife of a civilian whom they had killed earlier in the day.The victim has been admitted to the hospital and is in a critical condition.Earlier, a civilian was shot dead by the terrorists in Baramulla's Sopore area.The civilian was identified as Mohammad Ashraf.Earlier today, terrorists hurled a grenade at a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.The grenade exploded just outside the station.Police inside the station fired a few shots in the air to deter the attackers.A search operation has been launched.No casualties have been reported yet.
170 injured in fresh clashes in Palestine
Almost 170 Palestinian protesters were injured on Friday in clashes with Israeli soldiers near the border between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel, an official said.
UN chief: Syria must respond to chemical weapons questions
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Syria's failure to answer questions from the international chemical weapons watchdog about its chemical weapons program "remains a source of very deep concern." He says the Syrian government partially addressed some questions raised by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons but "other questions regrettably remain unanswered." In a letter circulated today transmitting the OPCW's latest report to the Security Council, Guterres said "profoundly alarming allegations" of chemical weapons use in the Damascus suburb of Douma on April 7 underline the need for a new body to determine responsibility for chemical attacks. Russia vetoed a Western-backed resolution in November that would have renewed the joint UN-OPCW body assessing blame for chemical attacks. Guterres said impunity and the absence of accountability "are escalating the conflict.
Police officer killed in encounter with ULFA(I) militants in Assam
Bhaskar Kalita, the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bordumsa police station in Tinsukia district of Assam, was killed in an encounter with ULFA (Independent) militants along the interstate boundary with Arunachal Pradesh today, a top Assam Police official said in Guwahati. On receiving information about the presence of ULFA(I) extremists in a house near Bordumsa, Assam Police and Cobra Battalion of CRPF, led by Bhaskar Kalita, raided the area, Additional Director General of Police (Special Branch) Pallav Bhattacharyya told PTI tonight. With the security forces cordoning off the area, the insurgents opened fire at them and in the exchange of bullets the OC was killed, Bhattacharyya said. Inspector General of Police (Special Branch) of Eastern Range R P Meena rushed from his base in Jorhat to the site, along with Tinsukia district Superintendent of Police and other senior officials, he said. Asked about reported death of two ULFA ultras in the encounter and two women cadres being apprehended,
110 youths deradicalised from the clutches of terrorism: Maharashtra ATS
A total of 110 people have been deradicalised in the last two years, Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad revealed.According to an official release, the deradicalised people, mostly youths, have been rehabilitated and are currently admitted under vocational training in a rural self-employment training institute run by the central government.It further stated that they were heavily influenced and were drawn towards various terror groups such as Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) via various social media platforms.The statement further read that under the initiative, the people were also given training in repairing electronic devices, in order to help them find a job.Apart from these people, 250 others belonging to volatile areas from various parts of Maharashtra were also given vocational training.The ATS said that they were able to identify these radicalised youths by gathering intelligence from the locals and through cyber vigil.
EU chief: Don't judge Karl Marx for his followers' crimes
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says German philosopher Karl Marx shouldn't be judged for the crimes that his followers committed decades after his death. Juncker spoke today at an event commemorating the 200th anniversary of Marx's birth in the western German city of Trier. Alluding to the crimes committed by social revolutionaries in Russia, China and elsewhere, Juncker said "Marx isn't responsible for all the atrocity his alleged heirs have to answer for." Marx laid the philosophical foundations for Communism, an ideology that aims for shared ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes. A 4.4-meter (14-feet) statue of Marx, donated by China, is to be unveiled in Trier today. A German group representing victims of Communism has criticized the Marx anniversary celebrations.
North Korea resets its clock, rejoins South's time zone
North Korea on Friday reset its clock forward by 30 minutes to match with the South's time zone as a conciliatory move.The new time zone will go into effect on Saturday."The time-resetting is the first practical step taken after the historic third north-south summit meeting to speed up the process for the north and the south to become one and turn their different and separated things into the same and single ones," reported North Korea's news agency KCNA.The move comes in the backdrop of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in ending their historic summit on Friday with a glimmer of hope and positivity in Panmunjom.To begin with, Kim became the first-ever North Korean leader to step on the South Korean soil, when he took a step at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), the world's most heavily guarded border, separating the two countries. He then shook hands with Moon, which was the first-ever meeting between them after the ...
Civilian shot dead in J-K's Baramulla
A civilian has been shot dead by the terrorists in Baramulla's Sopore area in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.The civilian has been identified as Mohammad Ashraf.More details are awaited.A few hours back, terrorists hurled a grenade at a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.The grenade exploded just outside the station.Police inside the station fired a few shots in the air to deter the attackers.A search operation has been launched.No casualties have been reported yet.
Man shot dead by militants in J&K
Militants tonight shot dead a person and injured his wife in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The militants fired upon Mohammad Ashraf Mir at Harwan in Bomai area of Sopore township of the north Kashmir district, a police official said. He said Mir and his wife were critically injured in the firing. While Mir scumbed to his injuries, his wife has been rushed to a hospital, he said. Further details are awaited, the official said.
Kabul attack is attack on global media: Afghan envoy
Afghan Ambassador to India Shaida Abdali on Friday said that the April 30 suicide attack in his country's capital Kabul that claimed the lives of nine journalists is an attack not only on the Afghan media, but the global media as a whole.
Dozens of Palestinians wounded in Gaza border protest
Dozens of Palestinians were wounded today as thousands demonstrated on the Gaza border for the sixth week in a row in a wave of protests that has already seen nearly 50 people killed by Israeli fire. Medics treated 170 demonstrators for gunshot wounds and tear gas, with 69 taken to hospital, a spokesman for the Gaza health ministry said. Black smoke billowed over a protest camp east of Gaza City where Palestinians were burning tyres and flying kites, at least one carrying a Molotov cocktail intended on setting fire to nearby Israeli fields. After advancing toward the border fence, protesters would retreat when the Israeli army fired tear gas. A military spokeswoman said that some of the protesters threw stones at the Israeli forces. Crowds were smaller than previous weeks, with Palestinians saying they were expecting a major protest on May 14, when the United States will move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Forty-nine Palestinians have been killed since protests and clashes ...
Militants hurl grenade at police station in Pulwama
Militants today lobbed a grenade towards a police station in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said. He said some aerial shots were fired by a sentry after the explosion. There was no loss of life and property. The official said the area has been cordoned off and a manhunt has been launched to nab the attackers.