Arrested militant did business in Nepal: family
September 13th, 2012 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Sep 13 (IANS) The family of the militant commander Mehraj-ud-din Dand, arrested in Kashmir for the 1999 hijacking of flight IC-814 to Afghanistan, Thursday said he was working as ... Read more...
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High security in Assam after ULFA messages intercepted
September 10th, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Sep 10 (IANS) Assam Police have intensified security arrangements after intelligence inputs that the anti-dialogue faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) led by Paresh Baruah alias ... Read more...
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Karzai prays for welfare of Afghans
August 19th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Aug 19 (IANS) Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday prayed for the welfare and prosperity of his country on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr."On this auspicious day, Eid-ul-Fitr, I pray ... Read more...
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High alert in Chhattisgarh
August 14th, 2012 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 14 (IANS) In view of the warning issued by the union home ministry and a recent spurt in violence by the Maoists, the Chhatisgarh government has stepped up ... Read more...
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CRPF recovers air pistol at Amarnath Yatra base camp
July 2nd, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 2 (IANS) Security forces Monday recovered an air pistol at Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, which was reportedly thrown inside a toilet ... Read more...
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ULFA cadre nabbed with Chinese grenade
June 13th, 2012 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 13 (IANS) A joint team of Assam Police and the army Wednesday morning arrested one youth and recovered a Chinese grenade from his possession.Police later claimed the youth, ... Read more...
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Ulfa’s bomb-making unit busted; 2 held
May 21st, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 21 (IANS) Security forces have busted a bomb-making unit of the banned outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and arrested two people in this connection at the ... Read more...
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No compromise on law and order in UP, asserts Akhilesh
May 18th, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 18 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Friday asked policemen to pull up their socks and warned them that his government wanted a peaceful state with a ... Read more...
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Blast in oil pipeline averted in Assam
May 14th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 14 (IANS) A major blast in an oil pipeline was averted in Assam's Dibrugarh district Monday when security forces detected two powerful bombs on one of ... Read more...
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ULFA hideout raided, bomb recovered
April 16th, 2012 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 16 (IANS) Police in Assam Monday recovered a bomb, bomb making equipment, gelatin sticks and extortion notes belonging to the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), officials ... Read more...
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Centre alerts Assam ahead of ULFA raising day (Lead)
April 4th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, April 4 (IANS) Security agencies in Assam are prepared for any attempt by the anti-talk faction of ULFA to resort to violence ahead of April 7 which the ... Read more...
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Top woman Maoist Suchitra Mahato headed lethal rebel squad
March 10th, 2012 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Top woman Maoist squad leader Suchitra Mahato, who surrendered Friday, is capable of handling all sophisticate firearms including Anton Kalashnikovs and INSAS assault rifles ... Read more...
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LeT now targets local youths with passports: Police
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 1 (IANS) Changing its strategy, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) guerrilla outfit has been trying to engage local boys, holding passports, after its foreign cadres started coming under pressure from ... Read more...
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‘Paresh Baruah trying to collect funds to strengthen ULFA’
February 13th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 13 (IANS) After Sheikh Hasina came to power, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has lost its investments in Bangladesh and its commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah is ... Read more...
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Bangladesh coup attempt foiled (Lead)
January 19th, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 19 (IANS) An attempt to topple Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government by engineering a coup by a group of military officers has been thwarted, the Bangladesh Army ... Read more...
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Bid to topple Bangladesh government foiled, claims army
January 19th, 2012 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Jan 19 (IANS) A bid to topple the Bangladeshi government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been foiled, the army said Thursday.The Bangladesh Army said efforts by ... Read more...
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Accused in police officer’s 1992 killing arrested
January 2nd, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 2 (IANS) Police in Hyderabad Monday arrested Mohammed Najeeb Ahmed, an accused in the killing of a senior police officer in the city in 1992.Najeeb alias Mohammed Sikander ... Read more...
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Rubbish to say Kishanji died in fake gunbattle: Mamata
December 15th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IANS) Rebutting allegations that top Maoist leader Kishanji was killed in a "fake encounter", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the security forces took ... Read more...
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Assam terror outfit disbands
December 14th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Dec 14 (IANS) Curtains have came down on one of Assam's mosty violent tribal insurgencies with a banned militant outfit formally disbanding Wednesday following the mass surrender of all ... Read more...
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Linkages between northeast terrorists continue: Government
October 20th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 20 (IANS) Terrorist outfits in the northeast continue to have close linkages between themselves to carry out subversive activities, the union home ministry said Thursday.In a notification here, ... Read more...
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Afghan forces kill three Taliban
October 2nd, 2011 - 4:36 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 2 (IANS) At least three Taliban insurgents, including a group commander, were killed by Afghan police Saturday during a raid, Xinhua reported.The killings occurred when police raided ... Read more...
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Islamabad Police foil terror bid
October 1st, 2011 - 5:55 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 1 (IANS) Islamabad Police have foiled a bid to blow up an important building in the capital, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Friday.A huge quantity of explosives were ... Read more...
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Pakistan seeks extradition of insurgent from Switzerland
September 12th, 2011 - 3:42 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 12 (IANS) Pakistan has sought extradition of a Pakistani insurgent living in Switzerland, a media report said.Bramdagh Bugti, who heads the Baloch Republican Army, is seeking asylum in ... Read more...
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Blasts have strengthened our resolve to fight terror: Pranab
July 16th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 16 (IANS) Asserting that the Mumbai serial blasts have strengthened India's resolve to root out subversive activities, union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said the terrorists would ... Read more...
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2,800 killed in Pakistan’s northwest in nine years
July 12th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) At least 2,890 people were killed in the past nine years in 2,028 terror attacks in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said a government report Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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Pakistan asks India to rectify ‘Most Wanted’ list
May 30th, 2011 - 2:56 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 29 (IANS) Pakistan has returned to India its list of "Most Wanted" terrorists and asked New Delhi to recheck it, saying some of those named were in India, ... Read more...
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Security beefed up at Eden for World Cup matches
March 14th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Kolkata Police have beefed up security arrangements at the Eden Gardens here following intelligence inputs of a terror attack during the cricket World Cup matches, a ... Read more...
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Top Maoist rebel arrested with arms and ammunition in Orissa
March 6th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by ANI
Bargarh (Orissa), Mar 6(ANI): Orissa Police on Sunday arrested a top Maoist leader, identified as Satrughan alias Manglu Biswal, from Bargarh district.Biswal was arrested from Bargarh railway station on charges of involvement ... Read more...
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Bhutan not to allow anti-India rebels on its soil
February 25th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Feb 25 (IANS) Bhutan's Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley Friday said Indian separatists would not be allowed to set up bases and launch hit-and-run guerrilla attacks out of the Himalayan nation."Now ... Read more...
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Hawala money seized in Srinagar, three arrested
January 23rd, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 23 (IANS) A large amount of hawala money, intended to fund subversive activities in the Kashmir Valley, has been seized and three people arrested, police said Sunday. A joint team ... Read more...
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Assam’s Unified Command reworking strategy to counter NDFB militants
December 1st, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
Guwahati (Assam), Dec.1 (ANI): The Unified Command in Assam has fine-tuned a strategy to intensify operations against militants with special attention focused on the Assam-Arunachal border from where they operate.The decision ... Read more...
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Government funds siphoned off to Assam terror outfit: NIA chargesheet
October 22nd, 2010 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Oct 22 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which investigates terror related crimes, has come up with startling revelations indicating that government funds worth millions of rupees ... Read more...
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Hizbul militant surrenders with family in Kashmir
August 29th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 29 (IANS) A Hizbul Mujahideen militant has returned from Pakistan- administered Kashmir and surrendered at the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district along with his family, ... Read more...
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Maoist squad member arrested in West Midnapore
August 19th, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) A Maoist squad member was arrested in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Thursday, police said.
"Haren Pal was an active member of Communist Party of India-Maoists' (CPI-Maoist) area commandant ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb promises help to surrendered Maoists
August 15th, 2010 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) Urging the Maoist guerillas to eschew violence and return to the mainstream, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Sunday promised to extend help to the surrendered ultras to ... Read more...
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