4 Kuki militants nabbed with arms in Assam
September 13th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 13 (IANS) Four militants of the United Kukigram Defence Army (UKDA) were arrested in Assam's Karbi Anglong early Thursday and arms and ammunition seized from their possession, police ... Read more...
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Kashmir minister’s guards held for beating up traffic cop (Lead)
September 11th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 11 (IANS) Two personal security guards of a Jammu and Kashmir minister have been arrested for beating up a traffic policeman who had stopped the escort vehicle of ... Read more...
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Militant killed in Tripura
July 22nd, 2012 - 10:52 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 22 (IANS) A dreaded militant of outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) was killed Sunday by the security forces in Tripura and some arms and ammunition were ... Read more...
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Maoist strategist held in Bengal (Third Lead)
July 17th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) Bikram alias Arnab Dam, a West Bengal state committee member of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and considered the party's top strategist in the ... Read more...
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Maoist strategist held in Bengal (Lead)
July 17th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) Bikram alias Arnab Dam, a state committee member of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), considered its top strategist after the late Koteshwar Rao alias ... Read more...
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ULFA militant held, a cache of arms seized in Assam
July 5th, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 5 (IANS) In a jolt to the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) faction opposed to peace talks, a cadre of the outfit and a surrendered militant were ... Read more...
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Hizbul Mujahideen militant killed in Kashmir
May 26th, 2012 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 26 (IANS) A Hizbul Mujahadeen militant was shot dead by security forces in a gunfight in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday, police said.The militant, who ... Read more...
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Explosives, arms found in Assam
May 17th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 17 (IANS) An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and some arms and ammunition were recovered in Assam Thursday.Security forces found the IED near the Aideubari tea estate near Sonari ... Read more...
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Suspected arms dealers nabbed in Assam
April 28th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 28 (IANS) A joint team of Assam Police, Meghalaya Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Saturday arrested four suspected arms dealers from Gorchuk area of Assam's main ... Read more...
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Karachi Police arrest fake army general
January 20th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) A Pakistani man who grabbed land and solicited favours from officials by posing as an army general for three years has been arrested in Karachi, a ... Read more...
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Maoist leader Kishanji ‘most likely’ killed: home secretary
November 24th, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata/New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Top Maoist leader Kishanji is likely to have been killed in a shootout in West Bengal, union Home Secretary R.K. Singh confirmed Thursday.
Kishanji was "most ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh cop killed in Maoist attack
September 16th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 16 (IANS) A Chhattisgarh policeman was killed Friday by Maoist rebels in the state's restive Bastar region, officials said.Chhattisgarh Armed Force constable P.C. Khalko was killed when Maoists ... Read more...
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Legislator’s driver escapes with vehicle, rifle
September 13th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 13 (IANS) The driver of a private vehicle owned by a legislator of Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party escaped with the vehicle and a rifle of his ... Read more...
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Dougherty siblings caught in Colorado
August 11th, 2011 - 12:09 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Colorado, Aug 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Police in Colorado have successfully arrested the Dougherty siblings who have been fugitives since the beginning of the month. The three siblings – 29-year-old Lee Grace Dougherty, ... Read more...
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13 militants formally surrender before Manipur Chief Minister
April 22nd, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Apr 22 (ANI): In a significant development, thirteen cadres of the Dima Halam Daogah - Jewel (DHD-J) faction recently surrendered with arms and ammunition before Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. In ... Read more...
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Aide of Namdhari sect head shot dead in Punjab
April 13th, 2011 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, April 12 (IANS) Avtar Singh Tari, a close aide of Namdhari sect head Jagjit Singh, was shot dead by two motorcycle borne youths here Tuesday, police said.According to the ... Read more...
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Evan Longoria’s AK 47 stolen during a robbery
March 30th, 2011 - 12:38 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Port Charlotte, Mar 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There were some unusual items amongst the things stolen from Evan Longoria recently. Taking stock of what had been stolen revealed that an AK 47 rifle ... Read more...
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Guerrilla commander killed in north Kashmir
March 12th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 12 (IANS) A 'divisional commander' of militant group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) was killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday, police said.A senior police officer said: "On specific ... Read more...
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Two guerrillas killed in gunfight in Kashmir
March 12th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 12 (IANS) Two separatist guerrillas were killed in a gunfight with security forces in south Kashmir Saturday morning. The slain guerrillas had snatched weapons from local policemen last ... Read more...
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Top Maoist leader killed in West Midnapore encounter
March 11th, 2011 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI
Midnapur, Mar 11 (AN): A top ranking Maoist leader Sasadhar Mahato was killed in an encounter with joint forces near the Jamboni Forest in West Midnapur District last night.Acting on a tip ... Read more...
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Maoist leader killed in West Bengal
March 10th, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) A Maoist leader was killed in a gunfight with the joint security forces in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Thursday. Some TV channels reported the dead ... Read more...
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Cops fire during marriage ceremony, one killed
February 14th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Auraiya (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 14 (IANS) Two cops were booked and suspended here Monday for opening fire from an AK-47 rifle that killed a man and left two people injured at a ... Read more...
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Maoist hideout busted in Bengal, arms seized
February 3rd, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Security personnel Thursday recovered a sophisticated firearm, explosives and huge cache of ammunition from a Maoist hideout in West Bengal's West Midapore district, police said.Joint forces conducted raids ... Read more...
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Awlaki’s latest fatwa calls for destruction of buildings
January 18th, 2011 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan.18 (ANI): The latest edition of al Qaeda's English-language web magazine "Inspire" offers readers a new fatwa from American-born jihadi leader Anwar al-Awlaki on how to destroy buildings using gas ... Read more...
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Assam-Meghalaya ethnic clash planned: Home ministry
January 10th, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Jan 10 (IANS) The ongoing ethnic clashes between the Garo and Rabha tribes on the Assam-Meghalaya border seem "very well planned and organised" but the situation is slowly limping back to ... Read more...
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Capt Kohli’s family plans to move high court for probe
December 3rd, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 3 (IANS) Shocked at Defence Minister A.K. Antony's assertion that decorated army officer Capt. Sumit Kohli committed suicide and no further inquiry is required in the case, the officer's ... Read more...
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Capt Kohli’s mother dejected over Antony’s reply, wants CBI probe
November 25th, 2010 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 25 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony's comment in the Rajya Sabha that young army officer Captain Sumit Kohli had committed suicide and no further inquiry is required in the ... Read more...
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Now buy an old, used truck - and get an AK-47 rifle absolutely free!
November 16th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 16 (ANI): Buy one get one free offers are not uncommon but when you get an AK-47 assault rifle free with used trucks, that's something to think about.A car dealer ... Read more...
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Five militants surrender in Assam
October 29th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati, Oct 29 (ANI): Five ultras from different militant outfits surrendered before police officials at the Assam Rifles headquarters here on Thursday.Three of the militants belonged to the Kangleipak Communist Party- Military ... Read more...
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Babbar Khalsa International militant escapes from Police custody in Hoshiarpur
October 18th, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by ANI
Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Oct.18 (ANI): A militant of the banned outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) managed to escape from detention on Monday in Punjab's Hoshiarpur District.Karanbir Singh escaped from the custody of the ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh Maoists surrender but rarely with weapons
October 11th, 2010 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Sujeet Kumar
Raipur, Oct 11 (IANS) In the last six years, not a single Maoist in Chhattisgarh has surrendered with a light machine gun (LMG) or an AK-47 assault rifle, though over ... Read more...
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University of Texas gunman Colton Tooley commits suicide
September 29th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There was a major AK-47 rifle attack on the campus of University of Texas, Austin when one of its students put a ski mask on his face ... Read more...
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Militant surrenders in Jammu and Kashmir
September 29th, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 29 (IANS) A militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen Wednesday surrendered to the army in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district and pledged to live a normal life, the army said here.Taj ... Read more...
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Six PLA militants surrender in Imphal
September 8th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Sep 8 (ANI): Six underground cadres of different outfits laid down arms before state police here on Tuesday.Three surrendered militants were from the People's Liberation Army (PLA), two of Kangleipak Communist ... Read more...
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Antony orders new probe into army officer’s ‘mysterious’ death
September 7th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 7 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony has ordered a fresh inquiry into the circumstances leading to the mysterious death of a decorated young army officer Captain Sumit Kohli.
In a communication ... Read more...
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