New Delhi: Nearly 30 detonators and other explosives were recovered from a man travelling in the general compartment of the Hawarah-Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Express on Saturday. The man was travelling from Raipur in Chhattisgarh to Bankura, West Bengal. Around 30 detonators and 30 gelatin sticks were recovered from him. The man has been arrested. ...
11:58 AM, Apr 21, 2012
Surat: A man was on Thursday arrested with a huge cache of explosives hidden in his house in Umarpada taluka in Surat. According to police, about 2300 kg of ammonium nitrate, 496 gelatin sticks, 420 metre long fuse wire and 150 electric fuses were seized from house of one Mukesh Vasava of Umejar village in Umarpada taluka. The man was arrested. The police said that the explosives were hidden in...
10:56 PM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: Home Secretary RK Singh on Sunday denied any terror angle, saying the explosives recovered in Rewa district were meant for illegal mining in and around Madhya Pradesh. "The gelatin stick, detonator and chords recovered seem to be for the purpose of illegal mining. No terror angle involved," Singh said. "MP police had received inputs that the man arrested was involved in illegal mining. They raided him and found...
05:27 PM, Oct 16, 2011
New Delhi: Sources say that the Madhya Pradesh police on Sunday recovered 15 cartons of explosives in Rewa district. It is alleged that the cartons contained ammonium nitrate and detonators, which were found in the house of Rajesh Patel. The house is situated in Gangotri Colony in the district. Police say that one person has been arrested and a search is on for the suspect who is absconding. Speaking to...
03:06 PM, Oct 16, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday revealed that the explosives found in an abandoned car in Ambala was meant for banned terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International and was to be used in Delhi. As per the Delhi Police, central intelligence agencies had provided the input that a module of the Lashkar-e-Toiba was active in J&K. Then on October 12, a specific input was passed on about a consignment of...
02:44 PM, Oct 13, 2011
New Delhi: A possible terror attack was foiled just days before the Diwali festival with the recovery of over 5-kg explosives and detonators from a car parked outside the Ambala Cantt Railway Station, police said on Thursday. Haryana Police sources said two newspapers with Jammu dateline and empty sweet box from a shop in Jammu was found in the car. Acting on a tip-off, a joint police team of Delhi...
07:47 AM, Oct 13, 2011
UK Bansal, Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs, said that the explosive device was kept in a briefcase. He said that the blast was well planned and of high intensity. ...
11:28 AM, Sep 07, 2011
New Delhi: VIPs beware ! Do not accept gifts from strange and unknown persons as they could be explosives wrapped neatly. The Centre has sent an advisory to all states asking them to alert prominent persons in their areas not to accept any gifts from unknown persons as there may be explosives inside. The advisory was sent to the states following an intelligence input suggesting that terror modules were exploring...
01:42 PM, Jul 20, 2011
New Delhi: For long it's been a chemical used largely in agriculture and dyeing units but increasing sophistication in the use of ammonium nitrate as the most deadly part of bombs being assembled by terrorists has now prompted the home ministry to finally push for banning it under the Explosives Act. Sources have told CNN-IBN the ministry is now speaking to the law ministry and the department of industrial production...
06:48 AM, Jul 17, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday witnessed a low intensity blast from the parking lot outside gate number 7 - one of the most well secured areas in the capital. The explosion was caused by a crude explosive packed in a polythene placed right next to a Ford car which belongs to a lawyer. The Preliminary probe so far has revealed that a detonator was attached to an...
10:26 AM, May 26, 2011
New Delhi: Three crude bombs were recovered on Monday night inside a compartment of the Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express after the train reached Dhanbad station, police said. After getting information about the bombs, a police team searched the train thoroughly and recovered the crude bombs hidden under a berth in the D-4 compartment, SP (Railways) Praveen Srivastav told newsmen here. No arrests were, however, made. A bomb squad from Ranchi...
07:14 AM, Apr 26, 2011
Kolkata: As Bengal gets ready for its six-phase polls, the Election Commission - whose job it is to keep the elections clean - has its hands full with 294 seats and over 70,000 polling booths. Chief electoral officer Sunil Gupta says,"Unlicensed arms, cartridges, bombs, and other explosives in various quantities have been seized already." About 1552 unlicensed arms, 2755 cartridges, 9197 bombs and explosives worth 610 kilograms have been recovered....
06:55 AM, Apr 15, 2011
London: Turmeric, one of the most popular spices of Indian curry, contains a chemical that could be the basis for cheap explosives detectors, a new study has claimed. A team led by an Indian scientist found that the curcumin molecule, which is known for its anti-cancer and anti-oxidant properties, could replace more complex solutions to spot explosives like TNT, the BBC News reported. Dr Abhishek Kumar of the University of...
04:45 PM, Mar 25, 2011
Srinagar: Minutes before a crucial security meeting here, police on Monday detected a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) outside the Police Control Room. A plastic can containing a nine-volt battery, a programmed Timer Device (PTD) and some black powdery substance, was found by a police patrol just outside the PCR complex near Batamaloo here, officials said. A bomb disposal squad has been rushed to the spot to defuse the explosive...
11:56 AM, Oct 18, 2010
Raipur: Six suspected Maoist rebels were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. The security forces also seized a huge cache of explosives. The task force is expecting more casualties during their month-long anti-Maoist operations. "Till now we have recovered six bodies of the Maoists, however, the ground situation suggests that there must be more casualties on their side," Abhishek Pathak, Superintendent...
12:34 PM, Oct 13, 2010
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