Umar Ganie captures images of security personnel cordoning off the area and defusing an improvised explosive device, IED, on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway at Palhallan in the Pattan area of Baramulla district on Monday, December 9, 2024.
A tragic cruise boat accident at Bargi Dam in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, has claimed nine lives after a sudden storm caused the vessel to capsize, prompting extensive rescue efforts.
The army on Tuesday averted a major tragedy by detecting and defusing a powerful pre-planted Improvised Explosive Device on the strategic Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway near Parimpora in Srinagar.
In his address, Sharif praised US President Donald Trump, saying his "efforts for peace helped avert a ... war in South Asia".
A major tragedy was on Saturday averted with the timely detection of an IED by the Army on the Jammu-Poonch highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch border district, officials said. The IED, planted by militants, was detected at Sheri-Kashmir bridge on the highway at the entry of Poonch town, ahead of the passage of a convoy in the area, an army official said.The device was later defused by the bomb disposal squad, he said.
An army major and a Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant were killed and a jawan injured in a gunbattle in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, a top army official said.
He then went on to say that, however, he won't get a Nobel Peace Prize for any of his efforts.
A vehicle-borne IED blast was averted as security forces detected a car laden with 45 kg of explosives in Pulwama.
An unidentified terrorist was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in north Kashmir's Kupwara on Friday, the seventh to be killed in three encounters in the district since Thursday.
'With deep regret, it has now been ascertained that Gen Bipin Rawat, Mrs Madhulika Rawat and 11 other persons on board have died in the unfortunate accident,' the IAF tweeted.
A major tragedy was averted in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Tuesday following a timely detection of four powerful improvised explosive devices by the army and local police.
A major train tragedy was averted on Thuraday when a bomb planted on railway tracks by suspected tribal militants in lower Assam's Udalguri district exploded minutes after Arunachal Express passed the area, official sources said.
It was found under a culvert on the Sarthangal-Bhadarwa Road.
The army foiled the infiltration bid -- the first such attempt this year -- by the Pakistan-based outfit in an overnight operation
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said saving lives and extending all help to the families of the deceased is the state government's priority.
'An unsung hero is fine, but an insulted one is not.'
In this age of fake news, there are so many things I cannot say for sure anymore, says Veenu Sandhu.
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