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Chhattisgarh: 3 Naxals arrested, one surrenders in Dantewada
Three Naxals were Saturday arrested and another surrendered in separate places in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said. Hadma Madkam (22) and Deva Barse (21) were apprehended near Barrevesa village under Kuwakonda police station limits, while Hidma Kawasi (25) was held in Kirandul police station area, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Abhishek Pallava said. Kawasi had sustained injuries on his legs during an encounter with security forces on May 2 in the forest between Perpa and Madkamiras villages in Kirandul area, he said. A Naxal "commander" Madvi Muiya was gunned down in that encounter, he added. The injured Kawasi was availing medical treatment in Gujjapara area of Perpa and for further medication, he was being shifted on Saturday to some other place during which police got inputs about him, he said. Based on the tip-off, a joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG), Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) and local police raided the place and arrested Kawasi from
Sri Lanka IS suspects were trying to expand base in TN
The Islamic State suspects, who carried out blasts in Sri Lanka during the Easter celebration claiming over 240 lives were trying to expand their base in India's Tamil Nadu, official sources said.
Police directs public to hand over swords, sharp weapons, police and military uniforms
Sri Lankan police on Saturday directed the public that those who are in possession of any sharp-edged weapons like swords or Kris knives, and uniforms similar to that of the Army and the Police should deposit them at the nearest police station by tomorrow. The move was taken after police recovered a large haul of weapons, including swords, during searches of mosques following the Easter Sunday's suicide attacks, which claimed 250 lives. Announcing the amnesty scheme, Police spokesperson Ruwan Gunasekera said "This will be in effect from today until tomorrow". "If you are having police or camouflaged military uniforms, please hand them over to the nearest police station," he said. The police said that several people including politicians were arrested for their possession of sharp-edged weapons like sword since the crackdown began to arrest the suspects and their network, following the blasts. Gunasekera also requested the relatives of the bomb blast victims to assist the police in ...
SL bomber's kin 'cooperating fully' with NZ police
The Auckland-based mother and sister of one of the Sri Lankan Easter Sunday suicide bombers have been "cooperating fully" with the New Zealand police following the attacks that killed over 250 people.
Terror attack kills 9 soldiers in Libya
At least nine soldiers were killed as a terrorist attack on Saturday targeted an Army training centre in the Libyan city of Sabha, officials said.
Sri Lanka: Explosives found buried in mosque backyard
Explosives were recovered from the backyard of a mosque at Welipenna on Friday night during a joint operation carried out by the Special Task Force and the police, reported Daily Mirror on Saturday.The police found three locally made bombs and 100 grams of ammonia buried at the mosque.The police said a 42-year-old suspect was arrested after the recovery of explosives.Authorities also seized 16 circuit boards of high technology, 16 SIM cards, several compacts discs, computer accessories and a car in a house at Pirivena Mawatha in Mount Lavinia.According to police, each circuit board had the capacity to contain 12 SIM cards. A 52-year-old man was also detained along with these items.The recovery was made after Sri Lanka Catholic Church on Thursday cancelled Sunday masses due to fear of fresh bomb attacks.The state media quoted Father Edmund Tillakaratne as saying that public masses were suspended for a second week, but a service conducted by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith will be broadcast on
'No evidence of Lanka bombers getting trained in Kashmir'
Reacting sharply to Sri Lankan Army chief Mahesh Senanayake's statement that some of the 12 suicide bombers who carried out the Easter Sunday bombings were trained in Kashmir, a top intelligence officer here said that there was no input to prove the claim.
BJP hiding report card from people by not talking about jobs, farmers: Pilot
Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Saturday said the BJP was not talking about core issues like employment and farmers' problems during electioneering and was hiding the report card of its five-year-long performance from the people."The Congress ran a positive election campaign. We are focussing on investment, farmers' problems and jobs. The BJP, on the other hand, is not even uttering a word on these core issues. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leaders do not even mention anything about jobs and farmers' issues," he told reporters here.Pilot said that despite ruling the state for five years, the BJP did not tell to the people how many airports, universities, and hospitals were opened and did not give an account of how successful their programmes were."The cost of cooking gas cylinder has jumped to Rs 1,000 each. Petrol and diesel are also expensive. Instead of speaking about these issues, you are putting allegations on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia ...
Clashes in Afghanistan leave 17 dead, including police personnel
At least 17 people, including police officers and Taliban militants, were killed during clashes here on Saturday, according to the provincial police chief."The clashes started in the early hours of the day after Taliban stormed Boldak Nika police security checkpoint in Spin Boldak district, southern part of provincial capital Kandahar city. And the exchange of fire lasted for four hours leaving the casualties," General Tadeen Khan told Xinhua.Out of the deceased, three are police officers while 14 are Taliban militants. Furthermore, four police officers and seven Taliban militants were also injured due to the fighting.
Priests stop robbers from looting temple hundial
: A priest was killed and another was injured allegedly by a masked robber-gang for preventing it from looting a temple hundial at Suruli, near here, police said Saturday. The priests of Bootha Narayana Swamy Temple, sleeping in the temple on Friday midnight, woke up to a loud noise and saw two masked men trying tobreak the hundial, the police said. Malayan (70) and Balasubramani (59) tried to prevent the gang from looting the money when the robbers attacked them with a steel rod and fled the scene, they said. Malayan died on the spot while Balasubramani sustained serious injuries and was hospitalised, they said. A case was registered and a hunt was on to catch the culprits. A sniffer dog was pressed into service.
Afghan official: Taliban storm checkpoints, kill 7 policemen
An Afghan official says at least seven Afghan policemen were killed overnight when the Taliban stormed security checkpoints in western Badghis province. Mohammad Naser Nazari, a provincial councilman, said Saturday that three other security forces were wounded during the attack in Qadis district. The Taliban did not comment on the attack. The Afghan defence ministry said Saturday that two separate airstrikes conducted Friday night by coalition forces in coordination with Afghan forces killed at least 43 militants from the Islamic State group in eastern Kunar province. The statement said the airstrikes targeted IS in Chapara district and killed several Pakistani and Uzbek nationals. Both the Taliban and IS are active in eastern Afghanistan, especially in Kunar and neighbouring Nangarhar provinces, which border Pakistan.
MES President receives death threat after burqa ban
Muslim Education Society (MES) President Dr P A Fazal Gafoor has received an anonymous call threatening to kill him, a day after he issued a circular banning students from covering their faces with religious veils at its educational institutions.He received the call from an international number on Friday, following which he filed a complaint at Nadalkavu police here, he said in a complaint in which he had alleged that the caller used "threatening, harsh and demeaning" words against him.Founded in 1964, MES runs as many as 35 colleges and 72 schools.In the notice banning religious veils issued on May 2, he had also asked the institution heads and officer-bearers of the local management of the institutions to remain vigilant.His notice had come days after Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna' demanded the imposition of a ban on the burqa in India in the interest of national security, citing a similar measure taken in Sri Lanka after the deadly Easter Sunday attacks last month.The editorial had .
Taliban say gap narrowing in talks with US
The Taliban say the gap is narrowing in talks with Washington's special peace envoy over a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. The two sides are continuing to meet in Qatar, where the insurgent movement maintains a political office. In a voice message sent Saturday to The Associated Press, the Taliban spokesman in Doha says both sides have offered new proposals for drawing down US and NATO forces. This would be a significant initial step toward a deal to end nearly 18 years of war and America's longest military engagement. US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, however, continued to press for a cease fire, tweeting Friday: "It is time to put down arms." The Taliban have rejected any cease-fire until US and NATO troops withdraw.
Explosives found buried in Sri Lanka mosque backyard
Three locally made bombs and 100 grams of ammonia have been found buried in a backyard of a mosque in a Sri Lankan district, the police said.
India gives clarion call at UN to adopt CCIT after Azhar blacklisting
India, close on the heels of getting Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar blacklisted, has given a clarion call at the UN for strengthening efforts to adopt the long-pending global convention on international terrorism amidst increasing terror attacks on places of worship across the globe. India proposed a draft document on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) at the UN in 1986 but it has not been implemented as there is no unanimity on the definition of terrorism among the member states. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin, speaking at a solemn commemorative event Friday for victims of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, said the early adoption of the global framework to combat terrorism will be a "tribute" to those killed and injured in the "barbaric and cowardly" terror attacks in the island nation last month. "The barbaric and cowardly attacks on places of worship and recreation, that took lives of hundreds of ...
Pakistani among 4 arrested without visas in Sri Lanka
Four foreign nationals including one from Pakistan who violated immigration and emigration regulations were arrested by the police in Sri Lanka during search operations. The arrested persons include two Nigerians and one each from Pakistan and Bangladesh, News 1st reported. The 25-year-old Pakistani and the 24-year-old Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in Grandpass for residing in the country without a valid visa. The Nigerians, aged 26 and 31, who were residing without a valid visa, were arrested in Ukwatte, Avissawella. The foreigners will be produced before courts. The country suspended its plans to grant visas on arrival to citizens of 39 countries after the devastating Easter suicide bombings. Authorities are on a high-alert in the country after nine suicide bombers carried out a series of devastating blasts that tore through three churches and three luxury hotels on the Easter Sunday on April 21, killing 253 people and injuring over 500 people. The Islamic State terror group ..
Calls at UN to prevent using social media as platforms for hate
As the UN paid tributes to the victims of the Sri Lanka Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, calls were made to take action to prevent use of social media to spread hate and bigotry.
Armed group 'detains' two Libyan journalists
Two Libyan journalists covering clashes near Tripoli for a private TV channel have been detained by a group loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, their employer and Reporters Without Borders said Friday. The two journalists were seized on Thursday and their fate remains unknown, the global media watchdog and local TV channel Libya al-Ahrar said Friday. Libya al-Ahrar in a statement expressed its "deep concern" over their disappearance, saying it had lost contact with the two journalists -- who it named as Mohamad al-Gurj and Mohamad al-Shibani -- on Thursday afternoon as they covered fighting. Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) launched an offensive against the Tripoli based Government of National Accord (GNA) on April 4. Forces loyal to the internationally recognised GNA have since launched a counter-offensive, leading to a stalemate on the southern outskirts of the capital. Libya al-Ahrar, a pro-GNA channel, said the journalists "were taken by elements loyal to" ...
Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez says he met military officials under house arrest
Venezuelan politician and former political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez On Friday said that he met high-ranking members of the country's security services during his house arrest.CNN quoted Lopez addressing reporters that senior members of the military supported the end of the regime of President Nicolas Maduro.Lopez, who has been in detention amid allegations of arson and conspiracy since a series of mass protests in 2014, said he believed Maduro's government would fall "in weeks.""I had meetings in my house when I was under house arrest. There I met with commanders, I met with generals. I met with representatives of specific parts of the armed forces and specific parts of the police forces," he said, without identifying the figures.He added that the people he met with made a "commitment" to ending the "usurpation" of President Maduro. Opposition supporters refer to Maduro's continued hold on power as a "usurpation."After months under house arrest, Lopez was released from prison on ...
PM Modi has insulted our brave Armed Forces: Cong on PM's Sikar rally speech
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has insulted the Armed Forces by comparing the 2013 surgical strikes by the Armed Forces to "paper and video games" and by questioning statements of the then Army Chief, alleged Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala on Friday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at a rally in Sikar mocked the Congress over its claim of having conducted surgical strikes during the UPA regime telling the party that it is not a video game."Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has insulted our brave Armed Forces. Modiji's shameless utterances today in an election rally in Sikar, Rajasthan comparing the Surgical Strikes conducted Armed Forces as 'Paper' and 'Video Games' is nothing but a direct abuse to the indomitable courage and bravery of our brave Jawans, Surjewala said in a press statement issued by the Congress on Friday.Tragically, Modiji has even faulted the statement of the then serving Army Chief, General Bikram Singh on the surgical strike dated December 23, .