Militant Attack
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Two militants killed in encounter on Srinagar-Jammu highway
India | Dec 08, 2015, 10:14 PM ISTSrinagar: Two militants were killed and two security personnel injured after an encounter broke out on the national highway just outside Srinagar today.The encounter broke out after the police and the Central Reserve Police Force intercepted
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Heavy firing between Army and militants in Ratnipora
India | Aug 11, 2015, 09:40 AM ISTJammu: An encounter broke out early morning on Tuesday between militants and security forces in Ratnipora area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.“The area has been cordoned off by the army, one militant is
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Boko Haram attacks villages in Nigeria, 40 dead, says official
World | Jun 19, 2015, 06:45 AM ISTNiamey: Militants from the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram crossed the border and attacked two towns in neighbouring Niger, setting homes ablaze and killing at least 40 people, a local government official said today.The attack
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Militants blow up primary school in Pakistan
World | Jun 18, 2015, 07:29 AM ISTPeshawar: Militants blew up a primary school for boys early this morning in Pakistan's volatile Bajaur Agency bordering Afghanistan.No casualty was reported as no one was inside the building when the explosion took place.The militants
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Three militants killed in Pakistan shootout
World | Jun 07, 2015, 10:55 AM ISTIslamabad : Three militants were killed in a shootout with security forces in Pakistan's Balochistan province, media reported on Sunday.According to security sources, the Frontier Corps (FC) and other security troops launched a large-scale search
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BJP compromised national interests for sake of power: Congress
National | Mar 21, 2015, 11:57 PM ISTJammu: In the wake of two militant attacks in Jammu in less than 24 hours, the congress today accused BJP of "compromising national interests for the sake of sharing power" in the politically "supersensitive" state
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Rajnath Singh talks to Jammu and Kashmir Police chief
India | Mar 20, 2015, 12:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Police chief following a militant attack on a police station in Jammu in which two policemen were killed, official sources here said.He
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Colonel MN Rai, martyred in Kashmir, leaves behind a touching WhatsApp status
India | Jan 28, 2015, 04:05 PM ISTPulwama: Colonel Munindra Nath Rai, who died fighting terrorists in Kashmir on Tuesday, 24 hours after he was awarded a Republic Day gallantry medal left a very poignant message behind.Also read: Colonel MN Rai always
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J&K: Policeman killed in militant attack
India | Jan 17, 2015, 12:55 PM ISTSrinagar: A policeman was killed while a civilian injured when militants fired upon them in Kulgam district of south Kashmir today.Zahoor Ahmad Dar, posted as a PSO to MLA-elect of Homeshalibugh constituency in Kulgam, was
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2 jawans injured in militant attack in Manipur
India | Jan 16, 2015, 11:48 AM ISTImphal: Two Assam Rifles jawans were injured, one of them seriously, when militants attacked their post in Manipur's interior Chandel district bordering Myanmar. A top police officer said heavily-armed militants fired at the post of
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Netizens mourn Peshawar school tragedy in verse, Prasoon Joshi writes a poem
India | Dec 19, 2014, 03:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: Netizens are mourning the horrible Peshawar school massacre on digital platforms, with several of them taking recourse to verse.One of them, Suresh Talwar has penned these lines:“Maa kaash mai aj school na jaata,
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Militant killed in Kupwara encounter with security forces
India | Dec 18, 2014, 01:12 PM ISTSrinagar: An unidentified militant was today killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.The exchange broke out in Salkot locality of Kupwara town in north Kashmir this
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Gunfight going on between militants, security forces in Kupwara in J-K
India | Dec 18, 2014, 10:59 AM ISTSrinagar: A gunfight between the security forces and separatist guerrillas is on in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district Thursday, police said.The security forces launched an operation in Bazpora area of Kupwara this morning following information
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J&K Polls: Undeterred by militant attack, voters throng poll station
National | Dec 09, 2014, 02:37 PM ISTUri (JK): The daring militant attack on an Army camp here last Friday shook the people of this town, situated close to Line of Control in Kashmir, but it did not deter them from exercising
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Timing of Arnia attack not a coincidence: Omar
National | Nov 27, 2014, 02:02 PM ISTSrinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said it "cannot be a coincidence" that the Arnia militant attack came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif attended the SAARC
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6 killed, 8 injured by unknown gunmen in Pakistan shrine
World | Aug 29, 2014, 04:44 PM ISTIslamabad: At least six worshippers of a minority Islamic sect have been shot dead and eight others injured by unknown gunmen at a shrine in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province, officials said today. The worshippers of Zikri
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Gunmen attack 2 airbases in Pakistan, 12 militants killed
World | Aug 15, 2014, 08:44 PM ISTKarachi: Heavily-armed Taliban suicide bombers today tried to storm two key airbases in Quetta, capital of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, but the attacks were foiled by security forces which killed 12 suspected Uzbek fighters.Officials said
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2 cops, one civilian killed in militant attack in Kashmir
India | Aug 14, 2014, 11:20 AM ISTSrinagar: Two policemen and a civilian were killed as militants opened indiscriminate fire on a police vehicle in Pampore area in south Kashmir's Pulwama district today. The militants fired at the vehicle of a Deputy
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Kabul airport attacked, five Taliban militants killed
World | Jul 17, 2014, 02:43 PM ISTKabul: A group of Taliban militants attacked the international airport of Kabul Thursday morning but all the attackers were killed within hours, an interior ministry official said."Five terrorists attacked the military section of the airport
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PM Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir worries officials
National | Jul 03, 2014, 04:48 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Jammu and Kashmir for a day's trip on Friday. He is expected to visit Jammu, Katra, Srinagar and Uri.Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir Friday