Special Task Force jawans busted a naxal training camp in dreaded Abuzamad area in Chhattisgarh and arrested six ultras, including two women and a minor boy, police said on Sunday. Police seized three muzzle-loading guns, one tiffin bomb and other explosives after the joint team of STF and district police engaged in a brief encounter with naxals holed up in the hideout, a senior officer said. ...
01:55 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Authorities investigating an apparent suicide discovered weapons and explosive devices in a dorm on the University of Central Florida campus in Orlando early Monday, and hundreds of students were evacuated, though the school said there was no immediate threat. University police were called to the dorm around 12:20 am after a fire alarm went off, UCF spokesman Grant Heston said. ...
07:11 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Suspecting foul play, relatives of those killed while allegedly making bombs in the proposed Posco steel plant area of Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha on Monday refused to take the three bodies. ...
05:40 PM, Mar 04, 2013
An angry Chinese worker set off home made explosives at a business firm over a wage dispute, killing himself and wounding eight others in southern Guangdong province. Wang died on the spot due to explosion while injuring eight others, including three seriously who were later sent to hospital. ...
09:37 AM, Jan 19, 2013
A bomb was recovered from the body of security personnel who was brought in for post mortem at a Ranchi hospital after a Naxal attack. The Naxals booby-trapped the bodies with explosives which exploded subsequently, killing 10 CRPF personnel and three civilians on Monday. ...
06:57 PM, Jan 10, 2013
A compensation of Rs 2.35 lakh was on Thursday announced to the families of the four villagers who died during Monday's encounter between the security personnel and the Maoists near Amvatikar village of the district, the police said in Latehar. ...
05:33 PM, Jan 10, 2013
A bomb was recovered from the body of security personnel who was brought in for post mortem at a Ranchi hospital after a Naxal attack. The Naxals booby-trapped the bodies with explosives which exploded subsequently causing the high casualty figure in the attack on Monday, killing 10 CRPF personnel. ...
01:55 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Kadapa: Two persons were held after a huge cache of explosives was seized from their van near Rajampeta mandal of Kadapa district on Thursday, police here said. There were two persons in the van at the time of seizure who have been taken into custody, a police official said. About 2,000 gelatin sticks, 1,250 kg ammonium nitrate packed in 25 bags and 3,000 metres of fuse wire were seized from...
05:01 PM, Oct 04, 2012
Malkangiri: Odisha Police on Sunday arrested CEO of a private company along with seven others for allegedly supplying explosives to Naxals. The men are employees of a Hyderabad-based infrastructure company and were carrying around 50 kilograms of explosives, Naxal literature and mobile phones. The arrest was made by the police following an intelligence inputs. The infrastructure company was involved in the developmental work in the Naxal affected areas of Odisha...
03:12 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Madurai: A special police team along with bomb detection and disposal squad seized a huge cache of explosives from Sindu Granite in Thiruvadavur, which were hoarded without proper security and permission. The seized explosives includes ammonium nitrate 150 kg, cortex wire 250 meter, gun load 30 kg, gel 219 kg, 1800 ordinary detonator and 425 electric detonator. The Sindu granite has procured the explosives without getting permission from the police,...
12:11 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Jammu: Security forces have busted a major militant hideout in Jammu and Kashmir, recovering a huge quantity of automatic rifles, ammunitions, grenades and powerful explosives, an Army official said on Saturday. After receiving intelligence inputs about the terrorist hideout in the forests of Marmat area of Doda district, around 170 km from Jammu, a joint team of 10 Rashtriya Rifles and police conducted the raid Friday evening, army spokesperson Colonel...
10:19 AM, Jul 14, 2012
Abuja: At least 4 people were killed and 41 injured on June 10 in a suicide bomb blast that ripped through a church in Nigeria, the police said. Emmanuel Ayeni, police commissioner of Plateau State, said the suicide bomber was among the dead in the incident in state capital Jos, Xinhua reported. He said the bomber joined worshippers at the Christ Chosen Charismatic Church during Sunday's mass, and approached the...
11:37 AM, Jun 11, 2012
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
