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…
NEW DELHI: Security forces have intensified their operation to eliminate terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district as one of the injured civilian succumbed to his injuries on Sunday taking the toll to 3. The ongoing encounter in the Ahlan Gagarmandu forest area has resulted in the deaths of two soldiers on Saturday as it…
SRINAGAR: Two Army soldiers died and four others were wounded during a shootout with “highly trained Pakistani terrorists” in the mountainous forests of Kapran Garol, perched at over 10,000ft, in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district Saturday afternoon.Two civilians were also wounded in the crossfire. “The identities and potential terrorist affiliations of the wounded civilians are being…
