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  Several landmines explode in forest fire on LoC

  India | October 04, 2015 16:52 IST

  Jammu: Over a dozen landmine explosions took place along the Line of Control (LoC) in the frontier Poonch district after a massive forest fire that started from the Pakistani side reached India.A forest fire that

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  60 landmines found; plan to attack security forces foiled

  India | April 14, 2015 23:11 IST

  Munger (Bihar): Police today unearthed 60 landmines connected in a series from Bhimbandh forest in Munger district, foiling an attempt by Maoists to attack security forces engaged in anti-naxal operations in the area.Munger SP Barun

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  Home ministry announces reward for information on IEDs, landmines

  India | April 04, 2014 9:59 IST

  New Delhi: Ahead of the coming Lok Sabha election, the Union Home ministry has announced to reward any person providing information about improvised explosive devices (IED) or anti-personnel landmines laid by the Maoists in naxal-affected

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  Two powerful land mines found in Maoist-infested Odisha

  India | October 23, 2013 13:45 IST

  Koraput (Odisha): Two powerful land mines were recovered on a road in Odisha's Koraput district after which security personnel began sanitising the entire stretch of Koraput-Laxmipur road.The land mines, weighing around 25 kg each, were

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  130 landmines seized in anti-Maoist operation

  India | August 04, 2012 22:42 IST

  Jamshedpur, Aug 4: In one of the biggest anti-Maoist operations in Jharkhand, security personnel seized 130 landmines planted on either side of a road near Palna dam in neighbouring Seraikela-Kharswan district today.  “We have recovered

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  Yemen says al-Qaida land mines killed 73 this week

  World | June 26, 2012 15:39 IST

  Yemen, Jun 26:  Yemeni officials say land mines planted by al-Qaida militants before they fled from key southern strongholds have killed 73 civilians over the past week.The governor's office in Zinjibar, the provincial capital of

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  Nepal Declared Free Of Landmines

  World | June 15, 2011 8:28 IST

  Kathmandu, Jun 15: The United Nations has declared Nepal free of land mine fields after the last of the land mines laid by Nepal's army while fighting communist insurgents were blown up. Nepalese Prime Minister Jhalnath