According to reports, the attack was launched at a joint party of CRPF and police personnel at a check post in Sopore town in Jammu and Kashmir.
April 18, 2020Officials called it the biggest Maoist attack on security forces since the attack in Sukma in 2017 when 24 CRPF personnel, part of a road opening party, were killed.
March 23, 2020The 28-year-old, identified as Rizwan Asad Pandith, worked as a teacher at a private school. Police said that he was an activist of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami in the Pulwama area of South Kashmir.
March 19, 2019Reports said that the security forces were withdrawing from Hassanpura area of Arwani following clashes during a search operation when the blast took place.
December 22, 2018Four CRPF personnel were injured on Thursday when terrorists tossed a grenade at them in Goriwan locality in Bijbehara of South Kashmir. Police said that the area has been cordoned by security forces and search launched for the terrorists. Injured personnel have been shifted to hospital where their condition was stated to be stable. In...
July 27, 2018The injured jawan was shifted to a hospital, the official said, adding that further details were awaited.
July 24, 2018Three terrorists and a civilian were killed and three CRPF personnel injured during an encounter on Saturday in the downtown area of Chattabal in Srinagar.
May 5, 2018The CRPF has given out-of-turn promotions — for the first time in last 14 years – to four personnel who were instrumental in thwarting two separate “fidayeen attacks” on the paramilitary force’s camps in Jammu and Kashmir leading to the killing of six militants. Those promoted to the next rank are Head Constable A.S. Krishana...
April 3, 2018A civilian was injured in a grenade attack by militants who were targeting the security forces in Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said. The ultras lobbed a grenade towards the CRPF personnel at Pampore town, 14 km from here, a police official said. He said the grenade exploded on the roadside,...
January 22, 2018Four CRPF personnel, including two sub-inspectors (SIs), were on Saturday killed and another wounded when their colleague allegedly opened fire at them in the Naxal-affected Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, officials said. The fratricide was reported around 5 PM at a camp of the Central Reserve Police Force’s 168th battalion under Basaguda police station area of...
December 9, 2017In a heart-warming incident, a CRPF party flying to Srinagar from Jammu airport was given a hero’s welcome by civilians who greeted them with a thunderous applause and a standing ovation. CRPF spokesman Ashish Kumar Jha said the party was welcomed warmly at the terminal building yesterday and the applause continued till the last man...
October 9, 2017Did it really require a special intelligence report for the home ministry to conclude that the Maoists were seeking to expand their footprint beyond the Bastar region? North Block has been claiming that the insurgents are under severe pressure in their stronghold, so it should have been obvious that they would look to open another...
October 9, 2017