Land Mines
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Several landmines explode in forest fire on LoC
India | Oct 04, 2015, 04:52 PM ISTJammu: 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 | Apr 14, 2015, 11:11 PM ISTMunger (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 | Apr 04, 2014, 09:59 AM ISTNew 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 | Oct 23, 2013, 01:45 PM ISTKoraput (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 | Aug 04, 2012, 10:42 PM ISTJamshedpur, 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 | Jun 26, 2012, 03:39 PM ISTYemen, 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 | Jun 15, 2011, 08:28 AM ISTKathmandu, 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