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One killed, 4 inured in Bihar road accident
One person was today killed while four others injured when a jeep collided with a bus in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said. The incident occurred near Emma chowk under Saraiya police station when the jeep collided head on with the bus, Mohammad Alauddin, Officer-in-Charge of the police station, said. The injured persons have been admitted to Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) here for treatment, while the body of the deceased has been sent for post mortem examination, he said.
VNL launches ISR solutions for armed forces
Vihaan Networks Limited (VNL), India's leading telecom equipment and solution provider, launched a range of cost-effective, indigenously designed, developed and manufactured (IDDM), end-to-end communications and ISR solutions for the armed forces at the recently concluded DefExpo India 2018 held in Chennai.The mega-exhibition witnessed participation from over 670 defence firms, including 154 foreign manufacturers, showcasing arms, ammunition and military equipment.Inaugurating the event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised the need for indigenisation of defence manufacturing, to turn India into a manufacturing hub for defence.Aligned with the Prime Minister's vision of 'innovation' and 'Make in India', VNL has been developing secure communication and ISR systems that epitomize next generation, yet cost-effective, force multipliers for Indian Army, Navy, Air Force and Homeland Security.Tactical defence increasingly requires transmission of Voice, Video and Data at high speeds. ...
Basque group ETA apologizes to victims ahead of dissolution
Basque separatist group ETA on Friday apologized to the victims of its decades-long conflict for independence, just days before an expected announcement of its dissolution.
Trump seeks to expand US arms sale abroad
The Trump administration has unveiled a new policy that could vastly expand sales of armed drones, making it easier to put American-made weapons into the hands of US allies and partners.
Afghan official: Roadside bomb kills 5 in eastern province
An Afghan official says a roadside bomb has killed five people in eastern Nangarhar province. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says the explosion struck a vehicle in the Aska Mina district today, killing the five and also wounding 14 civilians. He says women and children are among the victims. No one immediately took responsibility for the bombing but Khogyani blamed the Taliban, saying they regularly plant roadside bombs targeting Afghan officials and security forces. Afghanistan has the highest number of mine victims in the world, which along with other roadside bombs kill or wound scores of civilians. Earlier this month, the UN mission in Afghanistan said the country's civilian death toll in the first three months of this year was a staggering 763 people.
4 Saudi officers shot dead
At least four Saudi officers have been shot dead and four others have been wounded in an attack on a police check point in Saudi Arabia's Asir province.Three officers were instantly killed when the outpost came under attack.All those involved in the attack are Saudi Arabian nationals, the local media reported, citing the country's Interior Ministry.Local authorities killed one suspect and apprehended two others, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported, citing the Saudi Interior Ministry, as saying."In the interest of the investigation, their names cannot be revealed," it said.A third Saudi suspect opened fire as he attempted to escape, killing another officer and wounding four others, according to the report.The Kingdom has been boiling in a conflict with neighbour Yemen since March 2015 dubbed by the United Nations as the world's worst humanitarian crisis.The military positions in Asir province have repeatedly been hit in counter-attacks by Yemeni forces.
Gaza ministry: Young protesters shot in the head
Gaza's Health Ministry says a Palestinian youth participating in protests on Gaza's border with Israel has been shot in the head and is in critical condition. Since weekly mass marches began in late March, 28 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds wounded by Israeli army fire from across the border fence. Today, protesters began gathering at sit-in protest camps near the border. In one camp, organizers placed four life-sized effigies of Israeli soldiers in a cage facing the border. Hamas is believed to hold the remains of two soldiers from a previous war with Israel. On previous Fridays, most protesters stayed in the camps, with smaller groups throwing stones, burning tires and hurling firebombs near the fence. A new tactic is to send burning kites into Israel.
De-radicalization of youth must for peace in Kashmir: Army
With the Kashmir Valley enveloped by rising violence, the Indian Army on Friday said it would prioritize bringing radicalized youth to the mainstream through a "collective approach" and convince militants to "shun violence and gun culture".
55 bovines rescued in Rajouri, Poonch
Police have arrested six people for smuggling bovines in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Poonch districts. Fifty-five bovines were rescued by the police, they said. Police teams of Mendhar sub division in Poonch district intercepted three vehicles carrying the animals near Mendhar bye-pass road while two others were intercepted at Ari road last night. All the vehicles were seized and six people were arrested in the case, the police said, adding a case was registered. The accused were identified as Nisar Hussain, Javed Iqbal, Mohd Mushtaq, Mohd Khursheed and Mohd Taj. In another incident, a police team rescued 18 bovines from three vehicle during routine patrolling on Thanamandi road, the police said. The vehicles were seized, they said.
Pak shells areas along LoC in Nowshera
Pakistani troops opened fire along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, police said today. Pakistani troops shelled Anwas, Laam, Sarya and Pukhrani areas of Nowshera sector late last night. The firing continued for a brief period, they said and added that there was loss of life or injury to anyone.
Indian Army commanders discuss challenges faced by security forces, increase in ceasefire violations along LoC
Senior Indian Army commanders today discussed the increase in ceasefire violations along the Line of Control, the volatile situation in Kashmir Valley, and the challenges faced by security forces, particularly along the borders with China and Pakistan. During the Army Commanders Conference, which began on Monday and will conclude tomorrow, they also discussed the radicalisation of youth in the Valley, a senior Army official said. The official said "considerable" time was devoted to "repriortising" existing requirements to ensure that resources allocated for force modernisation and capacity building were optimally utilised within the budgetary allocation. The Army commanders will tomorrow discuss matters related exclusively to military operations. Last month, the Army told a parliamentary panel it was reeling under severe fund crunch and struggling to even make emergency procurement when there was a real possibility of a two-front war and both China as well as Pakistan were carrying ...
Haryana Police proposes constitution of Disaster Reserve Batallion
The Haryana Police has asked the state government to constitute a separate battalion dedicated to providing relief when disasters occur, the state's police chief said. "The police department has sent a proposal to state government for constituting Disaster Reserve Battalion (DRB)," Director General of Police B S Sandhu. The DGP also said that recruitment to 6,647 posts of constables and 463 posts of Sub-Inspectors in Haryana Police would be made mainly on the basis of written examination whereas the physical test would only be of qualifying nature. The marks of physical test would not be included in finalising the merit list and this recruitment process would soon be completed, he said. Sandhu said that passing out parade of 4,300 newly recruited constables, who were under training, would be held in the first week of May. As many as 1,000 Special Police Officers (SPOs) have also been recruited and 500 SPOs would soon be recruited for traffic management in Gurugram and Faridabad ...
US police prepare for protests if Trump fires Mueller
Police in the US city of Pittsburgh are preparing for rioting should President Donald Trump fire special counsel in Russia probe Robert Mueller, a memo said.
SA leader leaves Commonwealth summit to deal with protests
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had to cut short his attendance at the Commonwealth summit in London to deal with violent protests at home, his office said.
Assad still has 'limited' chemical capability: Pentagon
The Syrian regime remains able to conduct chemical attacks, though only at a limited level, the Pentagon has said following last week's international cruise missile strikes on chemical weapons-related targets. General Kenneth McKenzie, director of the US military's Joint Staff, said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime retains a "residual" chemical capability at a variety of sites across the country. "They will have the ability to conduct limited attacks in the future," McKenzie told Pentagon reporters yesterday. "However as they contemplate the dynamics of conducting those attacks, they have to look over their shoulder and be worried that we are looking at them, and we will have the ability to strike them again should it be necessary." Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said there was no indication the Assad regime was preparing to launch another chemical weapons attack. "Assad must know the world will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons under any circumstances," she said. On .
UN staff increasingly becomes target of attack: Guterres
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that UN staff members have increasingly become targets of attack despite the world body's efforts to ensure their safety and security.
Over 200 child soldiers freed in South Sudan: UN
Juba, April 19 (IANS/AKI) A total of 207 male and female child soldiers were released by armed groups in South Sudan, part of a series of planned discharges that should see nearly 1,000 children return home over the coming months, the United Nations said.
Phagwara clash: Two Dalits begin hunger strike
Two local Dalit leaders have gone on an indefinite hunger strike here since last evening, demanding arrests of those who had fired indiscriminately, injuring two youths of their community during a recent sectarian clash on the issue of renaming an NH1 traffic intersection through the town as 'Samvidhan Chowk' here. Dalit leaders Pawan Sethi and Rajinder Ghera, observing fast under the banner of Bahujan Sangharsh Organisation of India, said their agitation is also aimed at seeking suspension of Phagwara Superintendent of Police Parminder Singh Bhandal and other police officers in whose presence the gunshots were allegedly fired. The duo alleged that despite being victims of the April 13 clash, the police lodged the FIR against the Dalits. While demanding revocation of the FIRs against them, the arrests of the assailant youths and suspension of their firearms' licences, Sethi and Gehra also sought compensation for the injured Dalit youths during the clash. They also pressed for ...
Kidnapped Afghan election staff freed by Taliban: officials
Five people kidnapped from a voter registration centre in a largely Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan were freed today, officials said. Gunmen attacked the facility in the central province of Ghor on Tuesday, abducting three employees of the Independent Election Commission and two policemen. Provincial police spokesman Iqbal Nizami blamed the Taliban for the attack -- the first on a voter registration centre since the process began last Saturday. Local elders negotiated with the Taliban for the release of the hostages, Nizami told AFP, adding "no ransom was paid". Provincial IEC chief Fazlullah Jalali confirmed the employees and police had been released. Voter registration in the area will resume only after security officials give the green light, he said. The attack underscored concerns about security in the lead-up to the war-torn country's long-delayed legislative elections scheduled for October 20. Afghanistan last weekend began registering voters as it seeks to ensure that ..
Afghanistan returns bodies of Pak soldiers killed in clash
Pakistan today said Afghan authorities have returned the bodies of five of its paramilitary soldiers who were killed in a border clash this week. Pakistan's Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Mohammad Faisal said Frontier Corps (FC) troops deployed along Pak-Afghan border at Kurram area came under fire from the Afghan side last Sunday while they were on routine patrolling and fencing activity on the border. "The Afghan border security forces, assisted by Afghan tribesmen, fired on our troops resulting in 'shahadat' (martyrdom) of five soldiers," he said. Faisal said that the Afghan border forces and tribesmen also got hold of the bodies of the killed troops and detained one soldier. "As there were a large number of tribesmen on the Afghan side, our troops exercised utmost restraint to avoid civilian casualties. Our side, via diplomatic and military channels immediately engaged the Afghan authorities to hold border flag meeting to help resolve the situation," he said. According to Faisal, a