Jammu, April 13 (IANS) GOCs of the Army’s White Knight Corps and Cross Swords Division on Monday visited the Akhnoor sector of the Line of Control in J&K’s Jammu district to review operational preparedness and the prevailing security situation. Nagrota-headquartered White Knight Corps said on X, “GOC White Knight Corps, along with GOC Crossed Swords Division, visited the general area of Akhnoor to review the operational preparedness and prevailing security grid.The visit focused …
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New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) In a major development, security forces neutralised a top female Naxalite leader in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district. The deceased has been identified as Rupi, an Area Committee Member (ACM) in the Naxalite hierarchy.A bounty of Rs 5 lakh had been announced on her head.The encounter took place in the Chhotebethiya area, where police and Naxalites exchanged fire, resulting in her death in the encounter. Kanker Superintendent of Police Nikhil Rakhecha con…
Patna, April 11 (IANS) A major mishap occurred on Saturday during a search operation in Vrindavan village under the jurisdiction of the Navkothi Police Station in Begusarai district, when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated, injuring five police personnel. The injured include Assistant Sub-Inspector Vipin Kumar Ojha, trainee Sub-Inspector Gudiya Kumari, and three personnel from the Special Task Force (STF).All were immediately rushed to the Sadar Hospital for treatment.Accord…
Islamabad, April 11 (IANS) Gas supply to Sibi district and its surrounding areas in Pakistan’s Balochistan province was disrupted after unidentified armed men blew up a pipeline, according to officials, local media reported. Citing sources, Pakistani daily Dawn reported that a four-inch-diameter gas pipeline exploded late Thursday night on the outskirts of Sibi town, which caught fire following the blast.The engineers from Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) suspended the gas supply through the affe…
Srinagar, April 9 (IANS) The Indian Army’s Chinar Corps in a joint operation along with the Jammu and Kashmir Police averted a major terror incident by recovering and neutralising 14.5 kg of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Chitragam in Zainapora area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said. Taking to its official X account on Wednesday, Indian Army’s Chinar Corps said: “OP CHITRAGAM, Shopian. #ChinarWarriors, in a joint operation with @JmuKmrPolice, averted a major terror …
Srinagar, April 8 (IANS) An improvised explosive device (IED) planted by terrorists in J&K’s Shopian district on Wednesday was detected by the security forces and safely defused, officials said. Officials said the IED was found along the Zainpora-Chitargam road in Shopian early morning during the routine sanitisation of the area and was intended to target vehicles of the security forces passing on this road.The IED was safely defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad, which was called in after tr…
Imphal, April 7 (IANS) In a fresh incident of violence, at least two children were killed and their mother sustained injuries after a bomb attack by suspected Kuki militants in Manipur’s Bishnupur district early Tuesday, officials said.According to a police official in Imphal, a powerful bomb was fired by suspected Kuki militants and exploded at a residence in Moirang Tronglaobi village at around 1 a.m.The blast killed a five-year-old boy and a five-month-old girl on the spot.The children’s …
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) India has recorded a significant decline in two of its most persistent internal security challenges — Left Wing Extremism (LWE) and militancy in Jammu and Kashmir — over the past 12 years, with sustained security operations, better intelligence coordination and development-led interventions playing a decisive role, according to a report.On the Naxalism front, the report highlights a sharp contraction in both the geographical spread and operational capabilities of Maoi…
Imphal, April 3 (IANS) Security forces on Friday arrested four dreaded valley-based insurgents from Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, which shares an unfenced border with Myanmar, officials said. A senior police official stated that the four insurgents were apprehended from Yangoubung village under the Moreh police station in Tengnoupal district. The militants belong to the National Revolutionary Front of Manipur (NRFM), the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and the Kangleipak Communist Party (KC…
Srinagar, March 31 (IANS) A gunfight with hiding terrorists started in J&K’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday evening as the joint security forces cordoned off a village on specific intelligence inputs, officials said.Official sources told IANS that following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists, joint forces, including the army, J&K Police and the CRPF, cordoned off Arhama village in Ganderbal.The sources said that as the security forces closed in on the hiding t…