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4 Naxals killed in encounter with police in Jharkhand
Four Naxals including two women were killed in an encounter between security forces and Maoists in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Monday.The encounter broke out during a special search operation by troops of 134 Battalion of CRPF and State police in Palamu's Naudiha.As of now, the search operation in the area is underway.On February 18, more than 20 Naxals were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.Further details are awaited.
Civilian injured in J&K clashes as militants flee
A civilian was injured in clashes with the security forces during protests following a brief gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district on Monday.
Four Naxals killed in encounter in Jharkhand
Four Naxals, including two women, were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Jharkhand's Palamu district today, officials said. The incident took place at 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 four Naxals, including those of two women, were recovered, they said. Two self-loading rifles (SLRs) were also recovered from the spot even as the area was being thoroughly searched, the officials added.
BSF foils infiltration bid along IB in J-K's Samba district
BSF troops today foiled an infiltration bid along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, police said. BSF troops at a border out post observed some movement along IB in Ramgarh sector around 0500 hours today, a senior police officer told PTI. They fired several rounds and illumination flares, he said adding that the suspected militants were forced back and the infiltration bid was foiled. "Troops are on alert to foil any bid," a BSF officer said. On February 23, the BSF and Pakistan Rangers held a flag meeting along the IB here during which the border guards of the two countries expressed their commitment to maintain peace and tranquility.
More than 100 girls missing after school attack in Nigeria
More than 100 girls are missing after suspected Boko Haram militants attacked their school in northeastern Nigeria.The country's Ministry for Information on Sunday informed that 110 girls have been missing after the raid on the Government Girls Science Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State.As many as 110 girls have been missing since Monday when armed militants stormed the school.However, the Nigerian government is yet to release an official list of those missing.The ministry is basing the latest number on briefings with the school principal and the Commissioner for Education, reported CNN.On February 22, the Yobe State governor's office said that about 46 students remained missing following an attack by the Boko Haram insurgents the all-girls college.Boko Haram militants kidnapped nearly 300 girls from a school in Chibok in April 2014, setting off global outrage. Many of the Chibok girls were freed after negotiations, but more than 100 remain in captivity, their whereabouts ...
J-K: Search operation launched in Bandipora
The Security forces on Monday launched a cordon and search operations (CASO) in Hajin town of Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.The CASO has been launched by 45 Bn CRPF, Special Operations Group and 13 RR after terrorists fired on troops at around 5:15 a.m. in the morning.As of now, an intermittent firing between the troops and terrorists is underway.Earlier on Sunday, a policeman lost his life in a militant attack at Soura in Srinagar.The police personnel was guarding the residence of a Hurriyat Conference (M) leader as a militant attacked him and decamped with his service rifle at Soura in the outskirts of Srinagar.This was the second attack in a row after a policeman was killed while guarding Charar-e-Sherief in the central Kashmir's Budgam district on Sunday afternoon.Further details are awaited.
Militants to apologise to victims of Indonesia attacks
The Indonesian government is bringing together dozens of convicted Islamic militants and survivors of attacks in what it hopes will be an important step in combating radicalism and fostering reconciliation. The director of de-radicalization at Indonesia's counter-terrorism agency says about 120 reformed militants will apologize to dozens of victims including survivors of the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2004 bombing of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. The three days of meetings at a Jakarta hotel that began Monday aren't open to the media except for an event on the final day. Febby Firmansyah Isran, who suffered burns to 45 percent of his body from the 2003 bombing of the J.W. Marriot hotel in Jakarta, said he'd forgiven the perpetrators and now runs a support group for bombing victims.
16 Turkish women sentenced to death in Iraq for joining IS
At least 16 Turkish women were sentenced to death by an Iraqi court for joining the Islamic State militant group, a judiciary spokesman said on Sunday.Iraq is conducting trials of hundreds of foreign women detained with hundreds of their children for supporting or joining the group as its strongholds crumble, the Guardian reported.The central criminal court issued the sentences "after it was proven they belong to the Daesh (IS) terrorist group and they confessed to marrying Daesh elements or providing members of the group with logistical aid or helping them carry out terrorist attacks", said Judge Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar.All the verdicts were subject to appeal, he said.Thousands of foreigners have fought on behalf of the IS in Iraq and Syria since 2014. Many foreign women came or were brought from overseas to join the militants.More than 1,300 women and children surrendered to Kurdish peshmerga in August after government forces expelled the jihadist group from the northern Iraqi city .
Three Venezuelans killed in suspected rebel attack
Three Venezuelans were shot dead in northeastern Colombia today in an attack blamed on the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerilla group, official sources said. The three were killed by suspected rebels traveling by motorcycle in Tibu, near the Venezuelan border, police said in a statement. The suspects had earlier attacked a police station in the same area, but nobody was wounded, the statement added. The Norte de Santander department, where Tibu is located, is one of Colombia's biggest areas for coca growing, and several drug-trafficking factions operate in the area. The ELN began peace talks with President Juan Manuel Santos's government a year ago in the Ecuadoran capital Quito, but he suspended negotiations at the end of January and ordered a stepped-up military response after bomb attacks blamed on the guerrillas. Santos, who will leave power in August after two four-year terms, is looking to reach a deal with the ELN similar to that agreed with FARC rebels, who have since ...
SA: ISIS-linked Indian-origin woman, partner held in British couple abduction case
South African special police unit Hawks have arrested an Indian-origin woman and her partner, both allegedly linked to ISIS, on charges of abducting a British couple. Fatima Patel and Safydeen Aslam Del Vecchio also face charges of robbery and theft after they went on a spending spree using the couples credit cards, building up a stash of jewellery, camping equipment and electronic devices which were found at a remote location where an ISIS flag was being flown. The Hawks declined to provide any further information due to the sensitive nature of the case as the search continues for the couple whose vehicle was found abandoned more than 300 kms away from where they were last seen on February 9. But the weekly Sunday Times, quoting a charge sheet after their court appearance, reported that Patel and Del Vecchio also stand accused of contravening the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorism and Related Activities Act by hoisting an ISIS flag at a modest homestead in a ...
One killed as DR Congo police fire on banned protests
One person was killed and over 20 were injured today as police fired live bullets and tear gas to disperse banned protests calling on DR Congo President Joseph Kabila to stand down. The church-backed protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo come after months of tension sparked by Kabila's prolonged rule and a long-delayed election in the vast and chronically unstable country. In the capital Kinshasa, one man was killed as police opened fire on demonstrators, according to a senior doctor at the city's St Joseph de Limete hospital. "Since 7:00 am we have received three injured people from the Catholic march. Two were seriously injured and one died from a bullet wound in the chest," Francois Kajingulu said. The brother of the man, who did not give his name, sobbed as he identified the deceased as political activist Rossy Mukendi Tshimanga. He said a police officer had "shot my brother at close range". AFP journalists at the scene saw an International Committee of the Red Cross .
Andaman and Nicobar Command to host Milan 2018
The second week of March will witness Andaman and Nicobar Command hosting a multinational mega event 'Milan 2018'.The Indian Navy will host the multi-national MILAN series of exercises at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar islands from March 6 to March 13, 2018.Under the aegis of the Andaman and Nicobar Command, it is being held at Port Blair with the underlying theme of 'Friendship Across the Seas'.Besides fostering co-operation through naval exercises and professional interactions, Milan also provides an excellent opportunity to the participating navies to come together in a spirit of collaboration and mutual understanding to nurture stronger ties.Milan made modest beginnings more than two decades ago when it was first held in 1995.The first edition saw the participation of four littoral navies. The event achieved strident success during the ensuing years owing to high standards of professional content of the event.From an event of sub- regional context, Milan has now grown into a ...
BS Hooda launches all-out attack on Khattar government
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday launched an all-out attack on Manohar Lal Khattar led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.While addressing a public rally in Hodal, the former Chief Minister said the law and order situation in the state has collapsed."The miscreants are not scared of the government. The law and order situation of the state has been disrupted. Neither our children are safe in schools nor our daughters are safe in homes," Hooda said.He added: "In some places, petrol pumps are being looted. Every type of crime is happening in Haryana. Even murder has become a small incident."The Congress leader further questioned the state government on spending Rs 22 Crore to deploy 150 companies of Paramilitary forces for the security of BJP National President Amit Shah's recent state visit."When BJP National President came to Haryana, the state govt spent Rs 22 Crore to deploy 150 companies of Paramilitary forces for his security. How can they provide .
J&K: Two cops gunned down in separate attacks; Proxy war, says DGP
Two policemen were shot dead by militants today in separate attacks, one at a police post near the revered Chrar-e-Shareef shrine and another outside the residence of a Hurriyat leader, in the Kashmir valley today, officials said. In both cases, terrorists decamped with the service rifle of the deceased. Jammu and Kashmir police chief S P Vaid dubbed the incidents as "proxy war" even as police teams prepared to nab the assailants. The first attack took place near the revered Chrar-e-Shareef shrine in Budgam district of central Kashmir, a police spokesman said. Constable Kultar Singh, who was guarding the shrine of Sufi saint Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani this afternoon, was attacked and injured by militants who fled with his service rifle. Singh succumbed to injuries at the Army's 92 Base Hospital here, a police spokesperson said. In the second attack, militants fired at Constable Farooq Ahmad Yatoo, who was guarding separatist Fazal Haq Qureshi at his residence in Bilal Colony in the ..
Indian Navy's biennial multi-national military event Milan-2018 in March
The Indian military's Andaman and Nicobar Command is going to host biennial multinational naval event 'Milan-2018' at Port Blair from March 6 to March 13 with the underlying theme of "friendship across the seas", it was announced on Sunday.
J&K: Militants kill 2 cops in separate attacks; It's proxy war, says DGP
Two policemen were shot dead by militants today in two separate attacks, including one at a police post near the revered Chrar-e-Shareef shrine and another outside the residence of a Hurriyat leader, in the Kashmir Valley today, officials said. Militants fired upon a police post near the shrine of Sufi saint Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani in the Chrar-e-Shareef area in Budgam district this afternoon, an official said. A Constable, Kultar Singh of Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police's 13th Battalion, suffered injuries. Singh was shifted to a hospital where he succumbed to injuries, the official added. In the second incident, Constable Farooq Ahmed was killed when militants attacked a police post set up to outside the residence of Hurriyat leader Fazal Haq Qureshi, in the Soura area of Srinagar, a police official said. Qureshi was injured in a militant attack in December 2009, he added. The area has been cordoned off and a hunt is on to nab the assailants, the officials said. Jammu and Kashmir .
CRPF decides to change its annual raising day event date
India's largest paramilitary force CRPF has decided to again change the date of its annual raising day event which will now be held every year on March 19, the day when the country's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel presented President's colours to it in 1950. The force, in 2015, had changed the event date to July 27 to mark the historic day when its first battalion was raised in Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh on the same date in 1939, as the Crown Representatives Police (CRP) under the British rule. Before this, the annual event to mark the force's raising day was held in November-October and till 1983 on October 31, the birth day of Sardar Patel. Due to the death of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on this day in 1984, the anniversary celebration date had to be changed. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General (DG) R R Bhatnagar attributed the latest change in date largely to weather-related issues. "We have been in discussions for long to stabilise and ...
Police guard of senior separatist leader shot dead
A policemen deployed to guard a senior separatist leader here was shot dead by militants here on Sunday, police said.
J&K: Militants kill 2 cops in two separate attacks; Its proxy war, says DGP
Two policemen were shot dead by militants today in two separate attacks, including one at a police post near the revered Chrar-e-Shareef shrine and another outside the residence of a Hurriyat leader, in the Kashmir Valley today, officials said. Militants fired upon a police post near the shrine of Sufi saint Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani in the Chrar-e-Shareef area in Budgam district this afternoon, an official said. A Constable, Kultar Singh of Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police's 13th Battalion, suffered injuries. Singh was shifted to a hospital where he succumbed to injuries, the official added. In the second incident, Constable Farooq Ahmed was killed when militants attacked a police post set up to outside the residence of Hurriyat leader Fazal Haq Qureshi, in the Soura area of Srinagar, a police official said. Qureshi was injured in a militant attack in December 2009, he added. The area has been cordoned off and a hunt is on to nab the assailants, the officials said. Jammu and Kashmir .
J&K: Terrorists kill 2 cops in attacks on police posts
Two policemen were shot dead by militants today in two separate attacks on police posts, one near the revered Chrar-e-Shareef shrine and another outside the residence of a Hurriyat leader, in the Kashmir Valley today, officials said. A group of militants fired upon a police post near the shrine of Sufi saint Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Noorani in the Chrar-e-Shareef area in Budgam district this afternoon, an official said. A policeman, Kultar Singh, suffered injuries. Singh was shifted to a hospital where he succumbed to injuries, the official added. In the second incident, another policeman, Farooq Ahmed, was killed when militants attacked a police post set up to protect the residence of Hurriyat leader Fazal Haq Qureshi, in Soura area of the summer capital of the state, a police official said. Qureshi was injured in a militant attack in December 2009, he added. The area has been cordoned off and a hunt is on to nab the assailants, the officials said.