Militancy
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Manipur: Four shot dead in Bishnupur as ethnic violence continues in state
India | Jan 18, 2024, 11:46 PM ISTManipur has been rocked by ethnic violence since May last year and over 180 people were killed. The violence erupted on May 3 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
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Jammu and Kashmir: 6,000 security personnel died in militancy-related incidents, says DGP RR Swain
Jammu and Kashmir | Jan 17, 2024, 06:55 AM ISTJammu and Kashmir news: DGP Swain said that about 6,000 bravehearts from different forces of the country have made the supreme sacrifice, and over 1,600 of them are from the J&K Police alone.
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Manipur violence: 3 people shot dead, five injured in Thoubal, curfew reimposed in five districts
India | Jan 01, 2024, 10:30 PM ISTMore than 180 people have been killed and several hundred injured since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3 when a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the majority Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe status.
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Gunfight underway in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri
India | Sep 12, 2021, 09:58 AM ISTPolice sources said following specific information about presence of militants in Barote village of Thanamandi area in Rajouri district.
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2 militants killed in encounter in Kulgam
India | May 25, 2020, 11:37 AM ISTTwo militants were killed on Monday in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said. The gun battle took place at Khud Hanjipora area of the district
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Restrictions imposed in Srinagar to prevent separatist protests, CRPF deployed
India | Jul 12, 2019, 11:24 AM ISTPolice sources said restrictions have been imposed in Nowhatta area of Old City Srinagar on the second death anniversary of militant, Sajad Ahmad Gilkar.
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Religious war supersedes insurgency in Kashmir
India | Jun 07, 2019, 07:11 PM ISTThe Indian deep state alarmed over the widespread toxicity of Islamic indoctrination in the Valley of Kashmir, in the main south Kashmir has changed tack on the prism from which it is viewing rising levels of local militancy.
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Indian Army reaches out to mothers to stop their sons from joining militancy
India | Mar 09, 2019, 06:02 PM ISTGeneral Officer Commanding (GoC) of the Army's Srinagar-based 15 Corps, Lt Gen KJS Dhillon also appealed the parents to stop their children from joining militant ranks.
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J-K: MBA student, who went missing last week, joins Lashkar
India | Jul 28, 2018, 02:38 PM ISTAccording to officials, 45 youths, including MBA to PHD Scholars, from the Kashmir valley joined militancy this year till mid-april.
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Anti-militancy ops in J&K to begin in 'good earnest' once info on militants starts coming in: Army sources
India | Jun 18, 2018, 09:10 PM ISTThere were 61 terror attacks during the month of Ramadan, and as many as nine security personnel, including four from the Army, were killed.
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J&K: From MBA to PhD scholar, 45 youths join militancy in 2018
India | May 03, 2018, 11:17 PM ISTAccording to the top brass of the security establishment in the border state, Shopian and Kulgam in south Kashmir have emerged as a major hub by respectively accounting for 12 and 9 of the 45 youths.
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Kashmiri youth who cleared NDA written test joins militancy?
India | Apr 20, 2018, 08:08 PM ISTA photograph of Abdi Nazir, who completed B.Tech from a college in Punjab, brandishing a gun is doing the rounds on social media.
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126 youths in Kashmir joined militancy in 2017, says J&K CM Mufti
India | Feb 06, 2018, 04:05 PM IST"As many as 66 youths joined militancy in 2015, 88 in 2016 and 126 in 2017," the chief minister said while replying to a written question by National Conference leader Ali Mohammed Sagar.
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Spike in young Kashmiris joining militancy in 2017
India | Dec 27, 2017, 01:43 PM ISTThere has been a sharp spike in the number of young Kashmiris joining militant groups this year, with the number crossing 100 for the first time since such data started being collated in 2010.
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J&K: Two militants killed in encounter with security forces in Kulgam; 1 jawan injured
India | Sep 11, 2017, 03:22 PM ISTThe development coincides with Home minister Rajnath Singh's ongoing four-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir
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Stop supporting militancy in J&K for talks to happen: Mehbooba Mufti to Pakistan
National | Apr 04, 2017, 06:16 PM ISTJammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today asked Pakistan to stop backing militancy in the state and enable restoration of peace so that a dialogue process could begin.
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Foreign money routed through ordinary Kashmiris to fund militancy, NIA probes trail
India | Aug 17, 2016, 09:44 PM ISTMilitant sympathisers, who are settled outside the country, are suspected to use bank accounts of ordinary Kashmiris to route money to finance their activities in the restive state, prompting the National Investigation Agency to launch
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What led to the exodus of Kashmiri pandits 26 years ago?
Jan 19, 2016, 11:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Kashmiri Pandits, forced out of their homes and living a miserable life of refugees in their own country, are observing January 19 as the 26th anniversary of their forcible eviction from Jammu and
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Modi government plans to engage Kashmiri youths through sports
India | Aug 20, 2015, 10:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: In an attempt to keep the youngsters in the Jammu and Kashmir from getting misled by radical elements, the Narendra Modi government is preparing a comprehensive plan to engage the young Kashmiris in
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Political instability responsible for rise in militancy: Sangma
National | Mar 13, 2015, 11:49 PM ISTShillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today blamed the “political instability” for equally contributing to the increasing militancy and insurgency problem in the state, specially in the Garo Hills region. “Political instability is also equally