Page 736 - War Conflict
J-K governor reviews security situation along LoC
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today reviewed the security situation along the LoC and held discussions with the chiefs of central intelligence agencies here, an official said. "In the context of recent developments and certain reports received by him, Governor Vohra spent almost whole day with senior echelons in the security apparatus," an official spokesman said here. The governor received an extensive briefing from General officer Commanding of 15 Corps Lt Gen A K Bhat about the situation along the entire LoC and activities of the various terrorist groups in the hinterland. "Vohra received similar briefings fromIGP Kashmir S P Pani and IG CRPF Ravideep Singh Sahi," the spokesman said, adding Vohraalso held discussions with the chiefs of central intelligence agencies.
Schoolgirl gets bullet injury in loot bid in Bihar
A schoolgirl was injured on Monday in a loot and firing incident at Dinara in Rohtas district of Bihar.Two motorcycle-borne goons looted a petrol pump owner while he was on his way to deposit money in the bank and to pick up her daughter from school.As soon the owner reached to her daughter, the motorcycle-borne accused snatched the bag containing cash. When the petrol pump owner resisted, they started firing bullet shots.In the meantime, a bullet hit the thigh of the petrol pump owner's daughter who was standing beside.Palak Kumari told ANI that she was going towards her father when the incident took place.She told, "Two masked men were riding a motorcycle. One of the accused then fired a gunshot which hit my thigh".The doctors have declared her to be out of danger.The victim's father informed that he was also riding a motorcycle and the goons blocked his way with their motorcycle.He said, "The robbers engaged in a physical scuffle with me as I tried to regain my balance after being .
Rs 18 lakh looted from three petrol pumps in Bihar
Armed criminals on Monday looted over Rs 18 lakh from three petrol pumps in three districts of Bihar, police said.
Need to amend AFSPA: Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said it is time to amend the Armed Forces Special (Powers) Act now in force in Jammu and Kashmir and other places. "There is a need to amend the AFSPA if you cannot repeal it. The law and order should be entrusted to the Jammu and Kashmir police and not on the paramilitary forces," Chidambaram, former union minister, said at a programme here. The act gives the security forces special rights and immunity in carrying out various operations in disturbed areas. There has been a long-standing demand from various quarters in J&K and the Northeast to withdraw it. Chidambaram, also chairman of the panel on home affairs in the RS, said the presence of paramilitary forces in the northern state should be stepped down drastically and this would lower the graph of violence there.
Escaping militant killed in blast, infiltration bid foiled in J&K (Evening Lead)
A militant was killed and a policeman injured in a grenade attack at a police station, one civilian was injured in a clash with security forces, while an infiltration bid was foiled in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
3 die while cleaning septic tank
Three labourers died while cleaning a septic tank in Dakshin 24 Parganas district today, the police said. The incident took place at Raspunja under Bishnupur police station. One labourer had entered the tank to clean the septic tank while two others were outside, the police said. When he did not come out, another one went in. Not getting any response from him, the third labourer entered the tank and he too was not seen for quite a while. Fire brigade personnel reached the spot on being informed, pulled out the three and took them to hospital where they were declared dead on arrival, the police said. They died probably because of asphyxiation, the fire brigade personnel said. The bodies of Swapan Bose, Nur Islam Sk and Nawab Ali Sk, all in the age group of 40-45, were sent for post-mortem examination.
Grenade thrown at Greek police station injures passer-by
Greek police have confirmed that a hand grenade was thrown overnight at an Athens police station, hours after militants claimed the attack on a far-left website. Police say a taxi driver was lightly injured by the blast, which occurred before dawn today during a thunderstorm. Parked vehicles sustained minor damage, as did a sentry post outside the police station in the eastern Kaisariani district. It was unclear whether anybody in the police station noticed the explosion. Police said the taxi driver, who was getting into his parked car at the time, did not realise what had happened until he was informed by hospital doctors that a cut in his leg had been caused by a grenade fragment. Militants only identifying themselves as anarchists claimed the attack in an online posting.
Terrorist killed while trying to escape custody in J&K's Tral
A terrorist was killed on Monday in a grenade attack on a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district while trying to escape from police custody.The terrorist identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Chopan had dressed up as a woman while attempting to flee.One policeman, Mehrajuddin, was injured in the grenade explosion when the terrorist was challenged by the guard while trying to escape from the police station in Tral in Pulwama.Meanwhile, Lieutenant General A.K. Bhatt, GOC of army's Srinagar-based 15 Corps said that terrorists have been scattered in the Valley."They're in groups of 30-40 in areas like Leepa valley, Mandal, Rampur and others.Whenever there's firing by Pakistan, it's certain that it's an attempt of infiltration.Whatever has happened in Kupwara and Tangdhar was an attempt of the same," he added.The investigation is underway. More details are awaited.Earlier there had been separate instances of firing and the use of grenades in two districts of Pulwama including ...
SYRIA-LD ISIS
Air strikes on the last pocket of Islamic State jihadists in eastern Syria have killed at least 25 civilians, including seven children, a monitor said today. The strikes were conducted on Sunday on and around the village of Al-Shaafah, north of the former IS bastion of Albu Kamal near the border with Iraq, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The head of the Britain-based Observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, said the air strikes were carried out by the US-led coalition. "Twenty-five civilians, including seven children, were killed in the village of Al-Shaafah and in surrounding desert areas in coalition strikes all through Sunday," he said. "This village is in the last pocket controlled by IS in the east of Syria," he said of Al-Shaafah, which lies on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River. Air strikes against jihadists forces holding out in remote areas of Deir Ezzor province have killed dozens of civilians in recent weeks, many of them relatives of the ...
Large number of militants waiting at launch pads across LoC: Lt Gen Bhatt
A large number of terrorists are waiting at launching pads across the Line of Control (LoC) to crossover into Indian territory in Kashmir and ceasefire violations by Pakistan are also an attempt to push infiltrators according to inputs received by security forces, a top Army commander said here today. "We have inputs of many infiltrators waiting at the launching pads and we think infiltration will start sooner this year because of less snow. But we are taking counter measures. One reason for the firing can be this (to push infiltrators). Whenever there is firing by Pakistan, it is certain there is an attempt to push infiltrators. The same thing happened in Kupwara and Tangdhar," general officer commanding of the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, Lt Gen A K Bhatt, told reporters on the sidelines of a passing out parade at the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Centre here. The militants waiting across the LoC were in groups of 30-40 at many places from Lepa valley to Mandal area, near 161 ...
3 die after falling into septic tank in Bengal
Three construction workers died on Monday after falling inside a septic tank in a village in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, police said.
Escape bid foiled, militant killed in J&K blast
A militant was killed and a policeman injured on Monday in south Kashmir's Tral town when militants hurled a grenade at a police station to help a Hizbul terrorist escape from police custody.
Infiltration bid foiled in J&K
Border Security Force (BSF) troopers on Monday foiled an infiltration bid by militants at the international border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.
Israel arrests family member of jailed Palestinian teen
Israel's army has arrested nine Palestinians from the West Bank home village of jailed teenager Ahed Tamimi, including a relative shot in the head in December, the military and witnesses said today. The overnight arrests were in Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank and included four minors, witnesses said. Among them was 15-year-old Mohammed Tamimi, a cousin of Ahed Tamimi, who was arrested in December after a viral video showed her hit and kick two Israeli soldiers, an uncle, Atta Tamimi, said. Mohammed was shot in the head with a rubber bullet the day of Ahed's arrest, leaving him with permanent damage to his skull, relatives say. An army spokeswoman said the arrests were due to the "increase in violent riots and acts of terrorism" in the village. Nabi Saleh, in the northern West Bank, has long been a major site of opposition to Israel's occupation of the territory. In the viral video, Ahed and her cousin Nour Tamimi push and slap the heavily army soldiers, who do not respond to ...
Ex-servicemen demand withdrawal of FIR against Army personnel; deportation of Rohingya
An organisation of ex-servicemen staged a rally here today demanding withdrawal of an FIR registered against Army personnel in Shopian recently and deportation of Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals from Jammu and Kashmir. They also demanded stern action against stone-pelters and a provision to allow Army and paramilitary personnel to settle in the state by amending Article 370 of the Constitution. Dozens of members from different parts of the country assembled under the banner of Voice of Ex-servicemen Society and took out a rally from Kachhi Chawani to Civil Secretariat, the seat of Jammu and Kashmir government in the heart of the city. However, they were stopped by police near the secretariat and dispersed off peacefully after the submission of a memorandum to a senior police officer. The memorandum highlighted the sacrifices being rendered by the security forces in the service of the nation in the state and raised various important issues that need immediate attention, national ...
4 Naxals killed; arms, ammo seized in Jharkhand
Four Naxals, including two women, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand's Palamu district today, officials said. The incident took place around 8.30 am in the Lalaghati-Naudiha area of the district when a joint team of the 134th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and state police was out on an anti-Maoist operation, the officials added. The bodies of the four Naxals were recovered, they said. Those killed were identified as Rakesh Bhuiyan, sub-zonal commander of a local Naxal group, and cadre members Lallu Yadav, Rinki and Ruby. Bhuiyan was carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh, they said. Two self-loading rifles (SLRs), five magazines and 219 bullets were also seized from the spot, the officials added.
Militants hurl grenade at police station, terrorist in custody killed
A terrorist was today killed after his accomplices lobbed a hand grenade at a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district in a bid to free him, police said. Hizbul Mujahideen militant Mushtaq Ahmad Chopan, who was killed in the attack, tried to escape from Tral police station wearing a burqa. In the incident constable Mehraj Din was also injured, a police spokesman said. The incident took place at 12:30 pm. The terrorist hurled the grenade when Chopan was near the main gate of the police station, he said. "At 12:30 pm, Hizbul Mujahideen militant Mushtaq Chopan tried to escape from the police station wearing a burqa. "When he was near the main gate, someone from outside lobbed a grenade as a part of the planned conspiracy to divert the attention (of police personnel) so that he could escape conveniently," the spokesman said. The grenade exploded inside the police station, near Chopan, resulting in his death, he said. The spokesman said that a magisterial enquiry has been ...
Despite cease-fire, 10 more killed in rebel Damascus suburbs
A Syrian monitoring group and paramedics say that despite the UN cease-fire resolution, new bombardment of the rebel-held suburbs east of Damascus killed 10 people as airstrikes and bombing resumed. Syrian state TV broadcast live footage showing the Harasta suburb being pounded by airstrikes and artillery. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the opposition's Syrian Civil Defense, also known as White Helmets, said nine died in an airstrike shortly after midnight on the suburb of Douma and one person was killed in Harasta today. The new deaths bring to 24 the two-day death toll in eastern Ghouta, on the edge of Damascus, despite UN Security Council's unanimous approval on Saturday of a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria. Yesterday, 14 people were killed.
Militant killed, cop injured in Tral grenade blast
A militant was killed and a policeman injured on Monday in south Kashmir's Tral town when militants hurled a grenade at a police station.
Syria starts rebuilding even as more destruction wreaked
Syria's government has started its first organized reconstruction projects. However, it's a fraction of the massive task of rebuilding that it faces after seven years of war, airstrikes and barrel bombs left entire cities and infrastructure a landscape of rubble. The government estimates that reconstruction will cost some $200 billion dollars and take 15 years. No one is offering much to help fund the process and destruction is still being wreaked in fierce new fighting. For the past 10 days, government forces have been relentlessly bombarding eastern Ghouta, a collection of towns on Damascus' eastern edge in an all-out push to crush rebels there. Hundreds have been killed and even more buildings have been blasted to rubble in a community already left a wasteland by years of siege.