Two LeT militants killed in J-K encounter
April 24th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 24 (ANI): Army troops shot down two militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror oufit during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban District.According to reports, the two militants, who ... Read more...
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65 militants killed in Afghanistan
April 21st, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, April 21 (IANS) Sixty-five militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in eastern Afghanistan, Xinhua reported Thursday.The fighting took place in the Baraki Barak district of ... Read more...
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India, Singapore troops hold joint exercise
March 26th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Indian Army is holding month-long joint war games with Singapore Army troops at Babina in Madhya Pradesh, where the two sides conjured up a ... Read more...
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Four IEDs detected, defused in Kashmir
March 15th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 15 (IANS) Timely detection and disposal of four improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by police and the army Tuesday averted a major tragedy in Kashmir's Kupwara district, officials said.A ... Read more...
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Slain LTTE leader Prabhakaran’s mother passes away in Sri Lanka
February 20th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Jaffna (Sri Lanka), Feb 20(ANI): The mother of V. Prabhakaran, the founder and leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), passed away in a Jaffna hospital on Sunday morning.According to the ... Read more...
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9 die in shootout in Mexico
February 11th, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 11 (IANS/EFE) Eight gunmen and one soldier died in a shootout in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas, authorities said.Two other soldiers were wounded in the clash, which broke ... Read more...
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5 mutilated bodies found on Mexican highway
February 8th, 2011 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), Feb 8 (IANS/EFE) The police found five mutilated bodies over the weekend on a highway in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon along with a message from a drug ... Read more...
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6 partially burned bodies found in Mexico
February 1st, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), Feb 1 (IANS/EFE) Army troops found the partially burned bodies of six men on a highway outside Monterrey, the capital of the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, police said.The ... Read more...
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‘Tagore never wanted experiments on his compositions’
January 26th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) Eminent singer Dwijen Mukherjee, who was named for Padma Bhushan award, Wednesday said Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore never wanted experimentations on his composition."I am deadly against those ... Read more...
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‘No reduction of army troops in J-K’, says Antony
January 21st, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Jan 21 (ANI): Defence Minister A K Antony on Friday ruled out the reduction of army troops in Jammu and Kashmir.Denying the recent reports of removal of army from the ... Read more...
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Not the right time to reduce troops in Kashmir: Army commander
January 15th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Akhnoor (Jammu and Kashmir), Jan 15 (IANS) A day after Home Secretary G.K.Pillai announced security forces in Jammu and Kashmir will be reduced by 25 percent, the Indian Army's commander in the ... Read more...
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Biden: U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan beyond 2014 if asked
January 11th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that U.S. troops will stay in Afghanistan beyond the 2014 deadline if Afghans want them and need them.According to Obama's ... Read more...
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Cartels have been weakened, says Mexican government
December 27th, 2010 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 27 (IANS/EFE) The government's security strategy has succeeded in weakening Mexico's drug cartels, including the Pacific cartel, whose members accounted for 24 percent of the drug arrests made in ... Read more...
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41 guards arrested over Mexico prison escape
December 22nd, 2010 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 22 (IANS/EFE) Forty-one guards at a Mexican prison have been arrested in connection with the escape of 151 inmates, officials said.The prison break took place Dec 17 in Nuevo ... Read more...
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148 prisoners escape from Mexican jail
December 18th, 2010 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 18 (IANS/EFE) At least 148 inmates escaped from a prison in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, said a Mexican official Friday.The mass flight began late Thursday ... Read more...
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Six gunmen killed in Mexico
December 8th, 2010 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 8 (IANS/EFE) Seven gunmen were killed in a clash with army troops in northeast Mexico, officials said.The gunfight took place at the Santa Lucia ranch in Mexico's Tamaulipas state, ... Read more...
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Two guerrillas killed in Kashmir
November 27th, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 27 (IANS) Army troops gunned down two separatist guerrillas in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district Saturday after the soldiers came under fire during a search operation, ... Read more...
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13 Colombian rebels killed in airstrike
November 16th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Nov 16 (IANS/EFE) Thirteen Colombian leftist guerrillas were killed in an airstrike in the southwestern part of the country, the defence ministry said Tuesday.Monday's attack targeted a camp of the Revolutionary ... Read more...
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Mexican town police force quits en masse after attack
October 27th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), Oct 27 (IANS/EFE) The entire police force of a rural community in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon resigned after a grenade attack on their headquarters, the town's mayor ... Read more...
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Officer, two soldiers killed in Kashmir landslide
October 22nd, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 22 (IANS) Three army personnel including an officer were killed in a landslide in the frontier Uri area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said Friday.A senior police officer here ... Read more...
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Eight militants killed in two Kashmir gun fights (Lead)
October 1st, 2010 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 1 (IANS) Eight militants were killed Friday in two fierce gunfights in Kashmir, an official said.A defence spokesman here said alert army troops guarding the line of control (LoC) in ... Read more...
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85 prisoners escape from Mexico jail
September 11th, 2010 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 11 (IANS/EFE) Eighty-five prisoners escaped from a jail in Mexico's Tamaulipas state, authorities said.
The largest prison break in the state took place Friday in the city of Reynosa, bordering ... Read more...
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Obama to mark Iraq transition with major address
August 31st, 2010 - 8:39 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 31 (DPA) US President Barack Obama was to mark the formal end of the US combat role in Iraq with a visit Tuesday to a Texas military base and ... Read more...
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Chinese presence in Kashmir matter of serious concern: India
August 30th, 2010 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) India Monday said the presence of Chinese army troops in Pakistan-administered Kashmir would be a matter of "serious concern" if these media reports were proved to be ... Read more...
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Nine infiltrators killed, gunfight still on
August 30th, 2010 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 30 (IANS) Nine guerrillas have so far been killed in an ongoing gunfight between a band of infiltrators and army troops in north Kashmir's Uri sector, defence sources said Monday. ... Read more...
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Infiltration bid foiled, six guerrillas killed
August 30th, 2010 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Aug 29 (IANS) The army Sunday foiled a major infiltration bid by separatist guerrillas in north Kashmir's Uri sector, killing six of the intruders, defence sources said here. The gunfight was ... Read more...
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14 killed in Afghan clashes
August 22nd, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 22 (DPA) Fourteen people were killed in fresh violence in Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.
Among them were two members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), who lost their ... Read more...
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Armed forces at forefront of relief operations in Ladakh
August 19th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Leh, Aug 19 (IANS) The armed forces are working tirelessly to provide succour to people in Ladakh and helping them piece together their lives shattered by the devastating flash flood ... Read more...
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12 militants surrender in south Assam
August 16th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Silchar (Assam), Aug 16 (IANS) Twelve militants of the United Democratic Liberation Tigers (UDLT) outfit surrendered to the Indian Army in Assam, army officials said here Monday.
Formed in 2008, the UDLT, a ... Read more...
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Lebanese Army kills two Al Qaeda-linked militants
August 15th, 2010 - 5:36 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Aug 15 (DPA) Lebanese Army troops Saturday killed two militants loyal to Al Qaeda in eastern Lebanon, security sources said.
The two men were a part of Fatah al-Islam, a fundamentalist Palestinian ... Read more...
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BJP leaders meet PM over Kashmir situation (Lead)
August 5th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday told a delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including legislators from Jammu and Kashmir, that the government's first priority was ... Read more...
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Army finds mass graves in Mexico
July 16th, 2010 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), July 16 (IANS/EFE) Army troops found five mass graves, barrels containing bones and other human remains at an automotive junkyard outside Monterrey, the capital of the northern Mexican state of ... Read more...
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Oz soldiers feel their Afghan army allies are ‘dodgy’
July 16th, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 16 (ANI): Australian soldiers fear their Afghan counterparts are essentially "dodgy" in terms of behavior.According to statements collected from frontline troops as part of a government-funded study of deployments ... Read more...
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NATO airstrike accidentally kills five Afghan soldiers
July 7th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, July 7 (DPA) A NATO airstrike Wednesday mistakenly hit an Afghan army unit in southern Afghanistan, killing five soldiers, a Defence Ministry spokesman said.
The soldiers were conducting an anti-insurgent operation in ... Read more...
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Mass grave found in Mexico
May 31st, 2010 - 5:00 am ICT by IANS
Chilpancingo (Mexico), May 31 (IANS/EFE) A mass grave containing at least 25 bodies was discovered in Mexico's southern Guerrero state, officials said Sunday.
Guerrero has been plagued by drug-related violence in recent years. ... Read more...
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