UN says Sudan threatened to shoot down its helicopter
August 5th, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by BNO News
ABYEI, SUDAN (BNO NEWS) -- The United Nations (UN) on Friday said that (North) Sudanese authorities threatened to shoot down a helicopter which was trying to medically evacuate three seriously injured peacekeepers ... Read more...
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Pakistani woman killed in landmine blast
May 14th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 14 (IANS) A woman was killed and five people, including security personnel, were wounded Saturday in a landmine explosion in Pakistan's northwest, said a media report.A vehicle carrying ... Read more...
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One protester killed in Yemen
February 25th, 2011 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, Feb 24 (IANS) At least one person was killed and several were wounded Thursday in a landmine explosion when scores of anti-government protesters were marching in Yemen's southern province of Abyan, ... Read more...
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Embrace Islam or face gallows: Afghan worker told
February 7th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 7 (IANS) An Afghan Red Cross activist, who had embraced Christanity, faces death sentence handed down by a court in Afghanistan.Physiotherapist Said Musa, 45, will be executed within three days, ... Read more...
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Six security personnel killed in Maoist landmine blast in Bihar
October 23rd, 2010 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
Patna, Oct.23 (ANI): Maoists have killed four Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) personnel and two Bihar police inspectors in a landmine explosion in Bihar's Sheohar District, two days after the State went ... Read more...
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Brit ‘triple amputee’ marine part of two-month relay run across America
September 11th, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 11(ANI): A British marine, who lost both legs and an arm in a landmine explosion in Afghanistan, has set off for a new challenge to run across America.Commando Mark Ormrod ... Read more...
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Maoists gangrape, bury woman alive for defying their diktat
September 2nd, 2010 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Sep.2 (ANI): In a shocking incident of Maoist brutality, an Anganwadi woman was gang-raped and buried alive for defying the rebels diktat last month.According to a report appearing in The Pioneer, ... Read more...
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Five CRPF troopers killed in Assam landmine blast (Second Lead)
July 30th, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) At least five paramilitary troopers were killed and 30 injured, five of them critically, in a powerful landmine explosion in Assam Friday, officials said. The outlawed United Liberation ... Read more...
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Landmine blast kills four CRPF men in Assam (Lead)
July 30th, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) At least four paramilitary troopers were killed and about 30 injured in a powerful landmine explosion in Assam Friday, police said. The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom ... Read more...
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Four CRPF troopers killed in Assam blast
July 30th, 2010 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) At least four paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and 15 injured, four of them critically, in a powerful landmine explosion Friday in Holmari in ... Read more...
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Soldier’s body brought to Dehradun for final rites
July 26th, 2010 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
By Ashish GoyalDehradun, July 26 (ANI): The body of Gorkha Rifles soldier Rohit Gurung, who died during patrolling two days ago in Kashmir, was brought to his hometown in Dehradun, Uttarakhand for ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoists kill two brothers in West Bengal
June 15th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) Suspected Maoists Tuesday killed two brothers in West Bengal's troubled West Midnapore district, police said.
The bodies of Sambhu Singh and Sunil Singh were recovered from Chakadoma in Belpahari ... Read more...
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Lack of leadership turns Bengal tribal group to violence
June 14th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Sabyasachi Roy
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) The People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), a tribal group formed two years ago to protest police torture in West Bengal, seems to be engaging ... Read more...
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Withdraw Operation Green Hunt, demands Kishenji
May 17th, 2010 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) A short while before Maoist guerrillas blew up a bus in Chattisgarh's Dantewada district killing at least 35 people, their leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji demanded the ... Read more...
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Anti-Maoist operations on in Jharkhand: officials (Lead)
January 21st, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi/New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Operations against Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand continue "as usual", paramilitary and police officials clarified Thursday following reports that action against the rebels had been halted after ... Read more...
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Jharkhand cops deny halting operations against Maoists
January 21st, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 21 (IANS) Operations against Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand continued "as usual", state police officials clarified Thursday following reports that action against the rebels had been halted after Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Face up to Maoist threat, Chidambaram tells Jharkhand (Lead)
January 19th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Condemning the the landmine explosion triggered by Maoist rebels in Jharkhand last week, central home minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday said Chief Minister Shibu Soren would need ... Read more...
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Chidambaram asks Jharkhand government to brace up to Maoist threat
January 19th, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday hoped that the new government in Jharkhand would face up to the Maoist threat following the landmine explosion triggered by the ... Read more...
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BSF foils infiltration attempt near Jammu
December 22nd, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 22 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) had foiled an infiltration attempt by a group of militants who fired at Indian positions in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramgarh sector in an ... Read more...
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Maoists blow up landmine in poll-bound Jharkhand
December 18th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
Medininagar (Jharkhand), Dec 18 (ANI): As Jharkhand geared up for the fifth and final phase of the five-phased Jharkhand assembly elections on Friday, a policeman got injured at Mahur here in a ... Read more...
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Two troopers killed, three injured in Lalgarh landmine blast (Lead)
November 27th, 2009 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) Two Indian Reserve Battalion troopers were killed and three others injured when suspected Maoists triggered a landmine blast in the Lalgarh belt of West Bengal's West Midnapore district ... Read more...
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Maoists kill policeman, blow up school in Jharkhand (Lead)
November 26th, 2009 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 26 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas Thursday triggered a landmine explosion in Jharkhand, killing a policeman, a day after the first phase of assembly elections. The incident also came in the wake ... Read more...
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Senior BSF officer killed in blast near Jammu (Fourth lead)
November 16th, 2009 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 16 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) O.P. Tanwar was killed and two of his security guards and driver were injured Monday in a landmine explosion triggered ... Read more...
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10 dead in Rawalpindi blast (Lead)
November 2nd, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Rawalpindi, Nov 2 (IANS) Ten people were killed and dozens injured Monday when a powerful explosion went off close to a hotel and a bank in this garrison city. The blast occurred ... Read more...
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Man loses 19 relatives in Pakistan blast
October 27th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) What did we do to deserve this, lamented Fauzi Khan whose 19 family members were killed in a landmine explosion in Pakistan's Mohmand Agency.
All the 19 people who ... Read more...
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War on terror cost Pakistani economy $40 bn: Minister
October 27th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
Lahore, Oct 27 (IANS) The Pakistani economy has suffered a loss of $40 billion due to the war on terrorism, a minister has said.
Tanvir Ashraf Kaira, provincial minister for finance and ... Read more...
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Brigadier escapes terror attack in Islamabad
October 27th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 27 (IANS) A Pakistani Army Brigadier and two others escaped a terror attack unhurt Tuesday when the jeep he was travelling in was fired upon in this Pakistani capital.
According to ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh on alert after Maoists attack plan revealed
October 26th, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 26 (IANS) Security in and around key installations in the Chhattisgarh capital has been intensified following intelligence reports that Maoists with access to rocket launchers are keen to strike urban ... Read more...
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Schools reopen in parts of Pakistan
October 26th, 2009 - 1:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 26 (IANS) Schools in the Pakistani capital and those located in Sindh and Punjab provincves reopened Monday. They had been shut following a spate of terror attacks in the ... Read more...
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25 dead, 27 injured in Pakistan explosions (Third Lead)
October 23rd, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Twenty five people were killed and 27 injured Friday in a series of blasts across Pakistan. Eighteen people died in a landmine explosion while seven were killed ... Read more...
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18 dead in Pakistan landmine blast
October 23rd, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Eighteen people were killed when a bus carrying a marriage party was blown up in a landmine explosion in Pakistan's Mohmand Agency.
According to Geo News, the marriage party ... Read more...
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Shutdown affects life in three West Bengal districts (Lead)
August 18th, 2009 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) Normal life was partially affected in three tribal-dominated districts of West Bengal Tuesday following an indefinite shutdown called by the Maoists to protest alleged police excesses on the ... Read more...
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Orissa intensifies combing operation to nab Maoists (Lead)
July 17th, 2009 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 17 (IANS) Police intensified combing operations to nab Maoists who shot dead a policeman and killed a paramilitary trooper in a landmine blast Friday in two separate incidents in Orissa's ... Read more...
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Maoists kill two security personnel in Orissa
July 17th, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 17 (IANS) Maoist rebels shot dead a policeman and killed a paramilitary trooper in a landmine blast in two separate incidents in Orissa's Sundergarh district, police said Friday.
"The Maoists killed ... Read more...
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Army officer, driver killed in Assam landmine explosion
July 13th, 2009 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 13 (IANS) Two army soldiers, including a colonel, were killed in a powerful landmine explosion in Assam Monday, officials said.
A defence spokesperson said the army vehicle hit the landmine near ... Read more...
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