This is the fourth IED blast triggered by Naxals in Chhattisgarh in the last 15 days.
Pakistan's military spokesman said the convoy was targeted with an improvised explosive device when it was traveling from north Waziristan to Bannu, a major city bordering Afghanistan.
Suspension of mobile phone and Internet services on Republic and Independence days has been part of the security drill in the valley since 2005 when militants used a mobile phone to trigger an IED blast near the venue of Independence Day celebrations.
All four blasts occurred in a span of 10 minutes -- between 8.15 and 8.25 am, a police officer said. There has been no report of any casualty, as Republic Day being a holiday, people were mostly indoors, he said.
The sources said the ultras targeted the officer's vehicle, which also suffered damages in the explosion triggering panic in the north Kashmir township.
Though the identity of the insurgents was not known, police said it suspected that they belonged to the banned United National Liberation Front.
It is important to have a common investigation cell for the whole of India to identify the various elements involved in this wide area network and neutralise them. Piecemeal investigation in different states ruled by different political parties each with its own partisan perception and agenda will result in our continuing to bleed at the hands of this network.
Security forces on Friday averted a major tragedy by detecting and defusing two RDX fitted improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
From preliminary reports, one could make the following surmise: firstly, the terrorists did not want to cause mass casualties; secondly, Bengaluru has the largest concentration of foreign businessmen and experts, but they did not want to target them; thirdly, they did not want to target the foreign tourists either.
The improvised explosive device, planted in a van in the Railway Colony market at Bamunimaidan, went off at around 11.45 am.
The district administration of Dibrugarh district holds the official celebrations of Independence Day in the parade ground in the town. Police informed that PTD fitted IED could be set for explosion about six months in advance.
'Belgian Malinois' dogs have been extensively used by central security forces and police units in anti-Naxal operations and counter-terrorist tasks.
Official sources said a police patrol party on a routine checking for the security of the Muzaffarabad bound passengers, noticed a tin on the roadside at Lawaypora, about 15 km from Srinagar in north Kashmir this morning at 0720 IST.
In the first case, the arrested accused has been identified as Yograj Singh alias Yog, a resident of Rajoke village in Tarn Taran district.
Police said militants planted the improvised explosive device in a Yamaha motorcycle in front of Sani temple in Fancy Bazar, which is the biggest business centre in the entire North-East.
Though the run-up to the ULFA raising day this year was violence-free unlike in previous years, the outfit targetted the Kolkata-bound Kamrup Express by planting an improvised explosive devise on a bicycle in Namrup railway station in Dibrugarh district on Monday morning. The IED was detected by the 44 Field Regiment and defused, the sources said.
The police investigating into the Mangaluru blast case on Monday picked up a person from Bengaluru who was allegedly in touch with the blast accused Shariq while another was detained in Nilgiris in neighbouring Tamil Nadu and brought to Karnataka.
Police said a powerful Improvised Explosive Device concealed in a handcart was triggered off by militants when a paramilitary Border Security Force vehicle neared it on the Srinagar Muzaffarabad road in Baramulla town.
No injuries were reported in the incident, defence sources said.
Lalu, who is leaving for Panipat by a special plane, said that two suitcases containing IEDs have been recovered from the site.
The boat, with a high-power motor, was en route to Talaimannar from Tuticorin late Monday night when a naval patrol vessel intercepted it.
Frontline militant group Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
Police said a pre-planted IED near a paramilitary barricade went off on Friday morning.
The banned outfit ambushed an army vehicle with a powerful bomb near remote Asomiyagaon village.
Two boys were seriously injured when an improvised explosive device hidden by militants near a stream went off.
The list of prohibited items includes liquid, gel and aerosol products, which can be used for improvising explosive devices.
The death toll may go up given that condition of eight of the injured was stated to be serious.
An IED went off at about 9 am near off a BSF camp at Moirangpurel area, injuring a seven-year-old girl Tinoi in Imphal East district.
Munna Lahori, a Pakistani national, was also responsible for a series of civilian killings in Kashmir, a police official said.
The battalion had lost its first Commanding Officer, Colonel Rajinder Chauhan, on August 21, 2000.
The Congress said the foot march, being led by party leader Rahul Gandhi, will proceed according to its schedule and reach Jammu on Monday afternoon.
A number of sportspersons participating in the games were earlier received at the station, City Additional Superintendent of Police Rajen Singh said.
Security personnel in J&K and the Northeast are increasingly encountering technological innovations in explosives planted by militants.
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