Srinagar: Four Indian Army personnel were killed on Friday in an ongoing encounter in Tral area of south Kashmir.
The encounter began after the security personnel got a tip-off about the terrorists. Sources said at least 3-4 terrorists may be involved in the gun battle. One suspected terrorist has been shot dead while one Army personnel in injured.
An Army spokesman said the troops had launched an anti-insurgency operation in Buchoo village in Tral area of Pulwama, 40 kms from Srinagar, following a tip off about presence of militants in the area. "As the troops were laying the cordon around the village, the militants hiding in the nearby forest opened firing, resulting in death of the three jawans," the spokesman said.
He said additional security forces have been rushed to the area and a manhunt has been launched to track down the terrorists. On Thursday, a suspected Lashkar terrorist was killed in old Srinagar....
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09:52 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Over 48 hours since the Bijapur encounter in Chhatisgarh, government sources now concedes that those killed could have been innocent villagers. One CRPF Cobra jawan and seven villagers, including three children, were killed in the encounter at Ehadsameta village of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh late Friday night. CRPF and state police involved in the operation had initially claimed that the encounter was genuine but now sources in the...
08:06 AM, May 21, 2013
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government on Sunday ordered a judicial inquiry into Friday night's encounter between security forces and suspected naxals near Edasmeta village in Bijapur district, in which eight villagers were killed. The locals alleged today that the encounter was fake. A commission headed by Justice VK Agrawal, which is already probing the encounter with Maoists at Sarkeguda in Bijpaur district on June 28-29, 2012, will conduct inquiry into this...
10:44 PM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: In yet another incident of civilian causalities during police action; eight villagers, including three children, were killed in an alleged encounter between security forces and the ultras in Naxal-affected Bijapur district in southern Chhattisagrh. Police claim they don't have any information that the dead are innocent civilians and that they will investigate the matter. Earlier they had said that Naxals are among those killed in the gun battle....
04:31 PM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: Eight villagers, including 3 children, and a securityman of elite Cobra battalion were killed in an encounter between security forces and the ultras in Naxal-affected Bijapur district in southern Chhattisagrh. Police say suspected Naxals are among those killed in the gunbattle late on Friday. "Eight villagers, including suspected Naxals died, apart from one security personnel, in cross-firing between security forces and Maoists late on Friday night in the...
11:48 AM, May 19, 2013
Raipur: Eight villagers, including suspected Naxals and a securityman of elite COBRA battalion, were killed in a gun battle between security forces and the ultras in Maoist-affected Bijapur district in southern Chhattisgarh on Saturday. "Eight villagers, including suspected Naxals died, apart from one security personnel, in cross-firing between security forces and Maoists late on Friday night in the forest near Edesmeta village (under Gangalur police station)," Additional Director General of...
10:20 PM, May 18, 2013
Ranchi: Five policemen were killed on Thursday in a gun battle with Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand, police said. The incident took place at Chainpur town of Gumla district, some 170 km from Ranchi, when Maoists attacked a police party while it was patrolling a weekly market. They also looted three rifles of the policemen. Four police personnel were killed on the spot, while one died in hospital, an official said....
03:15 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Gadchiroli: Four naxals were killed in an encounter on Thursday with police in a remote forest area in the district in Maharashtra, bordering Chhattisgarh, a police officer said. Police suspect that more ultras were killed in the gun battle that ensued after a patrol party came under fire from the insurgents in the wee hours near Bhatpar village in Bhamragad taluka. "The gun battle ensued after the police party on...
03:07 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Midnapore: A Maoist squad leader was killed on Sunday in an exchange of fire with joint security forces in Jamtal jungle in West Midnapore district, police said. Yudhistir Mahato alias Aryun was killed when security forces purportedly opened retaliatory fire after Maoists attacked them during a combing operation in the area. Police said the joint forces had raided the area on a tip-off that Mahato was holding a meeting in...
08:11 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Aurangabad: Armed Maoists exchanged fire with police near Dhivra police station in Bihar's Aurangabad district this evening, the second such incident in the district in past two days. Hundreds of armed ultras fired at the premises of Dhivra police station prompting the policemen to return fire, SP Sidharth Kumar Jain said. There was no report of casualty from either side, Jain said. On Monday night, Maoists had attacked the Tandwa...
10:51 PM, Dec 06, 2011
Beirut: Syrian security forces opened fire on Friday on protesters and hunted them down in house-to-house raids, killing about 30 people in the deadliest day in weeks in the country's 7-month-old uprising, activists said. The popular revolt against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has proved remarkably resilient, with protests erupting every week despite the near-certainty the government will respond with bullets and tear gas. The UN estimates the regime crackdown...
10:24 AM, Oct 29, 2011
Beirut: Armed men killed 120 Syrian security forces and torched government buildings on Monday in a northern region where troops have unleashed deadly assaults on protesters for days, Syria said. The government vowed to respond "decisively," hinting at an even more brutal crackdown by a regime known for ruthlessly crushing dissent. If confirmed, the attack in the north would be a turning point in what so far has largely been...
03:18 AM, Jun 07, 2011
Raipur: At least eight Maoists were killed and two policemen injured in a gun battle in India's worst Leftist insurgency-hit Chhattisgarh on Saturday, the police said. The gun battle began in Mahasamund district close to Orissa state border after a large contingent of state police force encircled Maoist guerrillas. The gunfight continued for around four hours. This is for the first time that the police and Maoists fought in the...
10:08 PM, Oct 09, 2010
The gun battle started when the Indian Army and the state police cordoned off the Behma forest. ...
10:20 AM, Apr 02, 2010
Dubai: Saluting the longevity of Sachin Tendulkar, West Indies great Brian Lara has described the Indian batting legend as the 'Don Bradman' of modern era but refused to the compare the icons of different eras. Lara, himself a legendary left-handed batsman from the Caribbean, said what astonishes him the most about Tendulkar is his longevity. I don't think there is any race. Both are great players. Tendulkar has shown the...
02:40 PM, Nov 10, 2007
The officers were killed in an ongoing gun-battle with terrorists in the Tanmarg area. ...
04:55 PM, Oct 03, 2007
