Militant
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J&K Polls: Militants frustrated by high voter turnout, says Rajnath Singh
National | Dec 05, 2014, 11:27 PM ISTPargwal border: Militants want to create fear psychosis among people in Jammu and Kashmir as they are frustrated by the high voter turnout in the ongoing assembly elections, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday
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Tribesman publicly beheaded in Pakistan
World | Nov 15, 2014, 11:39 AM ISTIslamabad: Militants have beheaded a tribesman in public after accusing him of spying for security forces in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, a media report said Saturday.According to sources, the beheading was carried out Friday in a
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LeT militant arrested from south Kashmir's Pulwama
India | Oct 17, 2014, 12:53 PM ISTSrinagar: Security forces on Friday arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant from south Kashmir's Pulwama district.“Arif Magray alias Sujjee was arrested during an anti-militancy operation from Pulwama district,” a police spokesman said.He said Magray was working
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Militant hideout busted in Kupwara, arms cache seized
India | Sep 25, 2014, 10:46 AM ISTSrinagar: Security forces have busted a militant hideout in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition in the operation, a defence spokesman said today."Army and J-K Police yesterday
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Militant killed in Kashmir gunfight
India | Sep 02, 2014, 11:43 AM ISTSrinagar: A separatist militants was killed on Tuesday in a gunfight between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.The security forces had cordoned off a house in Hajanbala village
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Militants seize Iraq border post, kill 30 troops
World | Jun 21, 2014, 05:19 PM ISTBaghdad: Sunni militants have seized an Iraqi crossing on the border with Syria after a daylong battle in which they killed some 30 Iraqi troops, security officials said today.The capture of the Qaim border crossing
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Militant arrested with wife and children in Kashmir
India | May 22, 2014, 10:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: A militant returning from Pakistan along with wife and children was arrested on Wednesday in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.Sources said Mukhtiyar Ahmad, his wife, Shamima Akhtar, and seven children were arrested
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Militant fires at mini-bus, 4 wounded
India | Apr 29, 2014, 09:31 PM ISTBaramulla (J&K): A suspected militant today fired at a mini-bus leaving four persons, including the conductor, wounded in north Kashmir's Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency which is going to polls on May 7.The suspected ultra, travelling
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One Militant killed in encounter with security officials in Kashmir
India | Feb 01, 2014, 10:30 AM ISTPulwama,J&k: An unidentified militant was killed in an ongoing encounter in Pulwama district of south Kashmir today morning.According to the reports Security forces cordoned off village Kangan in Pulwama, 35 km from here, following information
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Militant leaders arrested in Guwahati, to be handed to Manipur
India | Jan 09, 2014, 01:37 PM ISTImphal: Five leaders of a militant outfit Kangleipak Communist Party-Lamphel, including self-styled commander-in-chief of the group Ibomcha Singh who were arrested from Guwahati last week, will be handed over to Manipur police very soon, police
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Army kills militant in gunfight on Kashmir highway
India | Jan 08, 2014, 01:22 PM ISTSrinagar: One militant was killed late Tuesday by the army troops when guerrillas fired upon their vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, authorities said Wednesday.A senior police officer said
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Former militant fighting for Beant Singh's assassinators refuses to call off hunger strike
India | Dec 26, 2013, 08:08 PM ISTChandigarh: As two militants convicted in the 1995 Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's assassination case could not come out on parole today, a former terrorist who is fighting for their cause for over 40 days,
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17 militants killed in Afghanistan, 10 surrender
World | Nov 04, 2013, 08:29 PM ISTKabul: Seventeen Taliban militants have been killed while 10 others have surrendered in two days of counter-insurgency operations in conflict-ridden Afghanistan, officials said Monday."Personnel of national police in conjunction with the national army and the
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Libya bristles at US raid that captured militant
World | Oct 07, 2013, 07:20 AM ISTA suspected Libyan al-Qaida figure nabbed by U.S. special forces in a dramatic operation in Tripoli was living freely in his homeland for the past two years, after a trajectory that took him to Sudan,
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50 students killed as militants storm college in Nigeria
World | Sep 29, 2013, 08:26 PM ISTAbuja: At least 50 students were killed in their sleep by suspected Boko Haram militants as they opened fire in a college dormitory in northeast Nigeria, in the latest violence blamed on the dreaded Islamist
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Former Hizbul militant shot dead
India | Sep 14, 2013, 11:29 PM ISTSrinagar: Militants tonight shot dead a former ultra in Shopian district of Kashmir, police said. “Unknown militants shot at an ex-militant of Hizbul Mujahideen—Shabir Ahmed Mir—at his home in Chaki Jam Nagri Shopian,” a police
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Egyptian helicopters strike militants in Sinai
World | Sep 03, 2013, 03:54 PM ISTEl-Arish: Egyptian helicopter gunships fired rockets early Tuesday at militants in the northern Sinai Peninsula, causing "dozens" of casualties in an ongoing effort by authorities to assert control over the largely lawless region, security officials
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2 cops hurt as militants lob grenade at police station
India | Sep 01, 2013, 10:40 PM ISTSrinagar: Two policemen were injured in a grenade attack by militants on a police station in Baramulla district tonight, police said.Militants hurled a grenade at Tarzoo police station in Sopore area of the district, 55
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Militants attack police station in Srinagar, 2 injured
India | Aug 28, 2013, 05:10 PM ISTSrinagar: Two pedestrians were injured when suspected militants opened fire at a police station, prompting security personnel to retaliate in Pulwama district today.Unidentified militants opened fire at Awantipora Police Station, 32 kms from here, on
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36 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan
World | Aug 28, 2013, 04:09 PM ISTKabul: At least 36 Taliban militants were killed and 10 wounded during operations in different Afghan provinces within a day, said the country's interior ministry on Wednesday."Afghan National Police (ANP) conducted several joint clearance operations