GUWAHATI: Manipur’s tribal affairs and hills minister Letpao Haokip denied Wednesday allegations levelled by Delhi-based Bharat Hindu Maha Sena (BHMS) that he masterminded the recent drone bombings by suspected militants at Koutruk in Imphal West district. BHMS had announced a Rs 1 lakh bounty on his head, prompting Haokip to respond.Haokip expressed his bewilderment at…
SRINAGAR: Three Pakistani terrorists were shot dead early Thursday at separate locations near the LoC in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district as security forces intensified counteroffensives to ensure peace during J&K’s first assembly elections in a decade from Sept 18 to Oct 1.Another shootout between security forces and terrorists was reported late Wednesday night in a…
RAIPUR: At least three Maoists, all women, were gunned down by security forces on the border of Kanker and Narayanpur districts in Bastar region, police said on Thursday.This is the first major gunfight in over a month and takes the number of Maoists killed this year to 192 – an average of almost one a…
NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kupwara district on Wednesday. The operation is under way in Kupwara’s Tangdhar area.The exchange of firing began at the Khushal Post in the Tangdhar area, near the Line of Control, security forces told news agency PTI.There are no reports of…
RAIPUR: The time has come to deal a “ruthless final blow” to left-wing extremism and liberate the country from this scourge by March 2026, Union home minister Amit Shah said in Raipur on Saturday.Shah, who arrived in the Chhattisgarh capital on a two-day tour to review security operations and development strategy in Maoist-affected states, said:…
JAMMU: A joint team of security forces unearthed an underground terrorist hideout in the dense forests of Sagrawat in J&K’s Rajouri district Tuesday evening and seized ammunition and other items, police said.“Based on intelligence inputs, a police team from Darhal PS, along with personnel from SoG, CRPF and the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles launched a cordon-and-search…
NEW DELHI: The security forces on Tuesday busted underground terrorist hideout in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri. The forces said that a large amount of daily use items including cooking gas, blankets and utensils were recovered. Further, the security forces also uncovered a cave-like hideout in the Balotha area of Basantgarh in Udhampur district as part…
NEW DELHI: The banned ULFA(I) claimed to have planted bombs at 24 locations across Assam on Thursday, prompting security forces to dispatch teams to search for explosives. Despite extensive searches, no bombs have been found so far, according to a senior police officer. ULFA(I) asserted that the bombs failed to detonate due to “technical failure”…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission will hold consultations with the Union home secretary Wednesday to assess the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of scheduling assembly polls in the Union Territory, besides discussing the possible challenges and concerns as well as availability of security forces.Some key concerns likely to come up during the deliberations…
NEW DELHI: Security forces exchanged fire with terrorists on Sunday in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir. The security officials had initiated a joint search operation in the elevated regions of Basantgarh, falling under the jurisdiction of Basantgarh Police Station in Udhampur, acting on precise intelligence regarding the presence of terrorists in the area. The…
