Tag: Terrorists
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Terrorists intended a prolonged siege in J-K attack: Rajnath
The terrorists, who tried to storm a CRPF camp in a pre-dawn suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir, intended a prolonged siege and extensive damage, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday. Giving the details of the attack in which four militants were killed while attacking CRPF's Sumbal camp in Bandipora district, Singh said the...
June 5, 2017 -
Naugam encounter: Death toll rises to 7
With the killing of four terrorists in the encounter between the Army and terrorists in the Naugam sector of Kashmir, the death toll reached seven on Sunday. According to Colonel Rajesh Kalia, spokesman of the Army, four terrorists have been killed so far in the operation and three soldiers have also achieved martyrdom. The encounter began...
May 21, 2017 -
Four ‘hardcore’ terrorists hanged in Pakistan
Four "hardcore terrorists" sentenced by military courts were executed in Pakistan on Wednesday. The Army's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the terrorists were involved in heinous offences including terrorism, killing of innocent civilians, attacking a mosque, destruction of educational institutions and attacking law enforcement agencies and armed forces, Dawn reported. All four convicts were active...
May 17, 2017 -
Civilian killed, 3 soldiers injured in Kashmir attack
A civilian driver was killed and three soldiers were injured on Thursday when militants ambushed their vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, officials said. "Exchange of fire occurred between a returning column in Imam Sahib area. The operation against terrorists is under way," Army spokesperson Col. Rajesh Kalia said. Nazir Ahmad, who was driving...
May 4, 2017 -
Terrorists on weapon looting spree in Kashmir
Terrorists looted six sophisticated rifles last night from a police post in the court complex of Shopian district in the South Kashmir. According to official reports, the terrorists barged into the police post and overpowered the guards and took away their service rifles. The loot included four INSAS and one AK47 rifles. This is the...
May 3, 2017 -
Four ‘hardcore terrorists’ hanged in Pakistan
Four "hardcore terrorists" tried by military courts in Pakistan were hanged on Wednesday. "These terrorists were involved in committing heinous offences related to terrorism, including killing of innocent civilians, attacking armed forces and law enforcement agencies," the Inter-Services Public Relations said. The terrorists were active members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. The military said all four militants...
May 3, 2017 -
Terrorism will recoil on those who nurture it: India
India on Wednesday called for united global action in strongly resisting "opportunistic" efforts of some states to support terrorist groups by facilitating training, funding and providing safe havens to them. Addressing an international security conference here, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said terrorism is being "reinvented" in newer and even more dangerous manifestations and that the...
April 26, 2017 -
Four terrorists killed in Kashmir infiltration bid
Four terrorists were killed when security forces foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, an official said on Monday. "A major infiltration bid from across the LoC was foiled by the Army troops in Keran sector yesterday (Sunday) evening," Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said...
April 10, 2017 -
Gunfight erupts in Kashmir
A gunfight erupted on Tuesday between militants and security forces in Kashmir's Budgam district, police said. As soon as the security forces cordoned off Durbugh village following information about the presence of the militants holed-up in a house, they were fired at, triggering the fighting. "Initial reports said one or two militants were hiding," the...
March 28, 2017 -
Two militants killed while trying to ambush police in JK
In a swift action, two militants were on Sunday killed when they tried to ambush a police party that included three officers of the rank of superintendent of police in south Kashmir. The incident happened at Padgampora when a cavalcade of senior superintendents of police of Pulwama and Awantipora Raees Ahmed and Zahid Malik was...
March 26, 2017 -
Two terrorists, one civilian killed in Kashmir encounter
Two terrorists and a stone pelting civilian were killed on Thursday during an encounter with security forces in the Padgampora village in the Pulwama district of South Kashmir. This is the first civilian killing following warning of Army Chief Bipin Rawat to the civilians not to indulge in stone pelting on security forces during an encounter...
March 9, 2017 -
Terrorists used pipe bomb in train explosion: MP CM
The blast in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train that left 10 people injured was carried out using a pipe bomb, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Wednesday. The explosion took place near Jabri station on Tuesday and the terrorists also used a timer, he said. The Madhya Pradesh Police arrested three suspects who...
March 8, 2017 -
India wants Pak to take action against terrorists: Bambawale
India wants Pakistan to renounce violence and take "strong preventive action" against terrorists and extremists without discrimination, Indian High Commissioner to Islamabad Gautam Bambawale has said. "India wishes Pakistan well in its nation building process. India wishes to see a stable, moderate and prosperous Pakistan which is at peace with itself, at peace with its...
February 11, 2017 -
India wants Pak to take action against terrorists: Bambawale
India wants Pakistan to renounce violence and take "strong preventive action" against terrorists and extremists without discrimination, Indian High Commissioner to Islamabad Gautam Bambawale has said. "India wishes Pakistan well in its nation building process. India wishes to see a stable, moderate and prosperous Pakistan which is at peace with itself, at peace with its...
February 11, 2017 -
Demonetisation hit Maoists, terrorists: Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said demonetisation has dealt a blow to terrorism and Left-Wing Extremism in the country. Inaugurating the Eastern Sector Headquarters of CISF and Residential Complex here, he said many people don't want the poor and tribal people to prosper but misguide and exploit them. Appealing to the Maoists to...
January 8, 2017 -
Army Chief Gen Rawat vows to crush cross-border terror
Indian Army's new chief, General Bipin Rawat, on Wednesday said that India will give a calibrated and “hard” response to terrorism emanating from across the border. “India will give a calibrated hard response to terror from across the border. We have to retaliate and ensure that the pain is felt by terrorists and their supporters,”...
January 4, 2017 -
2 soldiers injured in gunfight in J-K
Two army soldiers were injured in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday in an operation against the militants, police said. The incident occurred when following a tip off, security forces surrounded Shahgund (Hajin) village of Bandipora district early morning. There was information about some militants holed up in the area, the police revealed. "When the security...
December 29, 2016