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Congress leader's security guard attacked by Naxals
A constable deployed for the security of a Chhattisgarh Congress leader was today injured in an attack by Naxals who also looted his AK-47 rifle in Dantewada district, police said. The Congress leader, Avdhesh Gautam, was not present at the time of the attack which took place at around noon, they said. The incident took place at the weekly market in Nakulnar village, around 20km from Dantewada town, Deputy Inspector General of Police (South Bastar Range) Sundarraj P told PTI. The injured has been identified as constable Divyakant Markam, who belongs to the District Force. He is part of the security detail of Gautam, a resident of Nakulnar, located around 340km from the state capital, he said. As per preliminary information, Markam, along with three other security guards, had gone to the market, held opposite their quarters, for procuring ration. They were carrying their weapons. Suddenly, two-three Naxals, dressed as civilians, attacked Markam with a sharp- edged ...
Kabul blast: Death toll rises to 40
Death toll have risen to 40 and over a hundred have been wounded in Saturday's deadly ambulance bombing in Kabul city, the officials have confirmed.According to Afghan's TOLO News, the explosive laden ambulance was detonated between two checkpoints outside the old Ministry of Interior building close to Sedarat Square, close to well known Chicken Street.Ambulances are present at the scene."Extensive" damage has been caused to buildings in the area, according to the reports.A huge plume of smoke could also be seen rising above the city.This bombing is the latest in a string of deadly attacks across Afghanistan in the past week.Earlier this week on Wednesday, 'Save The Children' organisation in Afghan's Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province attacked.Last Saturday, the Taliban gunmen raided a luxury hotel in Kabul, killing at least 22 people, mostly foreigners.
'Atrocities agnst Lankan Tamils amounted to ethnic cleansing'
The atrocities committed against the Tamil during the three-decade long civil war in Sri Lanka amounted to ethnic cleansing and even today a huge drive is underway to change the demography of the Tamil-dominated region, noted photographer and former UN staffer Benjamin Dix said today. Dix worked as communication manager for the United Nations in Sri Lanka and spent four years (from 2004-2008) to bring the human rights abuses in the island nation to a wider audience. He was based in LTTE-controlled Vanni in the northern region. "The crimes in Sri Lanka were horrific from both sides. The Sri Lankan Army is culpable of war crimes, but the Tamil leadership also failed the people in the last decade of the civil war," the noted photographer told PTI in an interview at the Jaipur Literature Festival here. "The Sri Lankan Army does not believe that they committed atrocities. It is a propaganda that they liberated Tamils from the Tamil leadership. It was not a liberation, but ...
17 dead in Kabul blast
At least 17 persons have been killed and over a hundred have been wounded in Saturday's deadly ambulance bombing in Kabul city, the officials have confirmed.According to Afghan's TOLO News, the explosive laden ambulance was detonated between two checkpoints outside the old Ministry of Interior building close to Sedarat Square, close to well known Chicken Street.Ambulances are present at the scene."Extensive" damage has been caused to buildings in the area according to the reports.This bombing is the latest in a string of deadly attacks across Afghanistan in the past week.Earlier this week on Wednesday, 'Save The Children' organization in Afghan's Jalalabad city, Nangarhar province attacked.Last Saturday, the Taliban gunmen raided a luxury hotel in Kabul, killing at least 22 people, mostly foreigners.
40 killed in Taliban suicide attack in Kabul
At least 40 people were killed and 140 others injured on Saturday when a Taliban suicide bomber exploded an ambulance laden with explosives near Sidarat Square in central Kabul where several government offices are located.
Mehbooba condemns car bomb attack in Afghan capital
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today condemned the car bomb attack in the Afghan capital, saying, "We all must unite to vanquish this nexus of terror." At least 40 people were killed and 140 others injured when a Taliban suicide bomber, driving an explosive-laden ambulance, triggered a blast near the old interior ministry building in Kabul. The offices of the European Union and the High Peace Council are also nearby, along with a number of foreign embassies and the police headquarters. "I strongly condemn the suicide car bomb attack in the Afghan Capital. We all must unite to vanquish this nexus of terror. My thoughts & (and) prayers go out to the victims & their families," Mehbooba wrote on Twitter.
Drone strike kills 7 Qaeda suspects in Yemen
A drone strike early today killed seven suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen, a security official said. The US military is the only force known to operate armed drones over Yemen. The official said the strike happened after midnight and targeted a car in Shabwa province. "All seven passengers, who were Al-Qaeda members, were killed," said the security source. The United States considers the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to be the radical group's most dangerous branch. A long-running drone war against AQAP has intensified since US President Donald Trump took office in January 2017. AQAP has flourished in the chaos of the country's civil war, which pits the Saudi-backed government against Shiite Huthi rebels.
Fresh violence in UP's Kasganj, 2 shops, bus torched
Fresh violence erupted in curfew- bound Kasganj city today with miscreants torching two shops and a bus, even as nine people were arrested in connection with yesterday's clashes that left a boy dead and injured two others, police said. The area remained tensed after clashes had broken out on Republic Day following reported stone-pelting at a motorcycle rally taken out by VHP and ABVP volunteers on Mathura-Bareilly highway. Following the clashes curfew was imposed in the city. According to police, miscreants torched two shops and a bus. Fire department personnel have been sent to the scene. The Uttar Pradesh Police tweeted that they have arrested at least nine people in connection with the clashes yesterday. "A complaint has been filed at Kasganj police station and nine persons involved have been arrested so far. A special team has been constituted and we are trying to arrest others involved," the police said. A 16-year-old boy was killed and two persons were injured in ...
Wanted Punjab gangster hiding in Rajasthan killed in shootout
When Punjab Police raided a house in Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan late on Friday evening, Vicky Gounder, one of Punjab's most wanted gangsters, who was inside with two of his accomplices, realised that police had surrounded the house, and opened fire.
Eight dead as US strike hits Iraq forces: provincial official
Eight Iraqis were killed today, most of them security personnel, in a US air strike that apparently targeted them by mistake, a provincial official said. "Eight people -- a senior intelligence official, five policemen and a woman -- were killed by a US strike on the centre of Al-Baghdadi," a town in western Iraq, the official said, asking not to be identified. "It seems the strike was a mistake," the official said of the incident in the Euphrates Valley town, adjacent to the Ain al-Asad airbase 250 kilometres west of the capital. The dead were travelling in a convoy which had been deployed to support an operation against suspected Islamic State group militants in the area. The strike destroyed most of the vehicles in the convoy and also wounded 20 people, including the town's police chief, who was in a serious condition, the provincial official said. Iraq's Joint Operations Command, which coordinates the campaign against IS, said it had ordered a special forces raid in ..
At least 40 dead, 140 wounded in Kabul blast: officials
An ambulance packed with explosives blew up in a crowded area of Kabul today, killing at least 40 people and wounding 140 others, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Taliban. "The latest toll from Kabul hospitals stands at 40 martyred and 140 wounded," health ministry spokesman Waheed Majroh told AFP.
Ambulance bomb kills 17, wounds 110 in Kabul attack: officials
An ambulance packed with explosives blew up in a crowded area of Kabul today, killing at least 17 people and wounding 110 others, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Taliban. The attacker struck near the old interior ministry building, interior ministry deputy spokesman Nasrat Rahimi told AFP. "The suicide bomber used an ambulance to pass through the checkpoints. He passed through the first checkpoint saying he was taking a patient to Jamuriate hospital and at the second checkpoint he was recognised and blew his explosive-laden car," interior ministry deputy spokesman Nasrat Rahimi told AFP. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack outside the European Union delegation and interior ministry offices. The Italian NGO Emergency said seven dead and 70 injured had been taken to its hospital, with its coordinator Dejan Panic tweeting that it had been a "massacre". An AFP reporter said he saw "lots of dead and wounded" people in a nearby hospital. A popular ...
Hyderabad man detained for attempt to murder
Khushaiguda police on Saturday apprehended a person for attempting to kill a man near EC Nagar area in Hyderabad.The police also seized a firearm from his possession.The police received a call about some altercation between two people near EC Nagar earlier today.Acting swiftly on the information, they reached the spot and saw a person named Gajaraj Singh was trying to kill Tulasi Babu with his firearm.The police intervened and rescued Babu and later took Singh into its custody."We received a complaint call today. Acting on it, we reached the spot and rescued Tulasi Babu. The accused opened fire on Babu, but fortunately, it didn't hurt him. We immediately apprehended the accused Gajaraj along with the weapon and four live rounds," said Mahesh M Bhagwat, Rachakonda Police Commissioner.
Explosion rocks Kabul, leaving multiple casualties
A massive explosion was triggered near Sidarat Square in central Kabul on Saturday, causing casualties and destruction, witnesses said.
Huge blast rocks Kabul
A huge blast rocked Kabul today, reporters and witnesses said, in latest apparent attack in the capital of war-torn Afghanistan. AFP reporters heard a loud explosion that rattled the windows of their compound and photos posted online purportedly of the blast showed a huge plume of smoke rising into the sky.
Woman among two naxals shot dead in Sukma
Two naxals, including a woman, were gunned down in an exchange of fire with security forces in a dense forest area in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district this morning, police said. The skirmish took place in the forests between Tadmetla and Morpalli villages under Chintalnar police station limits, Sukma Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena told PTI. "A joint team of CoBRA (commando battalion for resolute action) 201st battalion - a CRPF specialised unit, and local police had launched the counter-insurgency operation in the jungles of Chintalnar, around 500 kms away from here," he said. While the security forces were cordoning off the forests between Tadmetla and Morpalli, they came under fire from a group of armed naxals that led to an exchange of fire, he said. After the guns fell silent, the security forces searched the area and recovered the body of two Maoists including a woman, along with two weapons, he said. Further details are awaited as the ...
Moroccan court jails 13 over terror-related crimes
Rabat, Jan 27 (IANS/MAP) A Moroccan anti-terror court has sentenced 13 people to between one and five years in prison with no remission in separate terrorism-related cases.
Two Naxals killed in Sukma
Two Naxals, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security forces near the Bukameta-Chintalnar area in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district today.The Naxals were killed after the troops of 201 CoBRA along with Chhattisgarh police carried out a search and destroy operations (SADO) in the area.The security forces also recovered two guns from their possession.
Two Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh
Two Maoists, including a woman, were gunned down on Saturday by the security forces during a shootout in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, an official said.
Maoists go on rampage in Telangana, 1 killed
Maoists went on rampage in Telangana's Bhadradri Kothagudem district early Saturday, killing one and injuring another former guerrilla member, whom they suspected of being police informers.