News for 'Improvised Explosive Devices'

Bengaluru blast suspect caught on CCTV cameras of cafe, nearby shops

Bengaluru blast suspect caught on CCTV cameras of cafe, nearby shops

Rediff.com2 Mar 2024

According to official sources, images of the suspect's movement have been captured by the CCTV cameras at the Rameshwaram cafe in Brookefield area and those nearby.

Suspects did detailed recce of Ghazipur flower market before planting IED

Suspects did detailed recce of Ghazipur flower market before planting IED

Rediff.com14 Jan 2022

Soon after the Delhi police recovered an improvised explosive device from the city's Ghazipur flower market on Friday, the special cell said that the suspects had done a detailed recce of the spot where the explosive was recovered.

Mangaluru blast accused shared terror videos with other accused: Police

Mangaluru blast accused shared terror videos with other accused: Police

Rediff.com29 Nov 2022

The prime accused in the Mangaluru blast case, Mohammed Shariq, had professed the ideology of ISIS and shared the videos of the terror outfit with other accused in the case, police sources said.

Why extremists target Pakistani navy

Why extremists target Pakistani navy

Rediff.com27 Apr 2011

Senior analyst B Raman explains why the Pakistani navy has been the favorrite target of jihadists.

PHOTOS: A day after Hyd blasts, IM angle gathers steam

PHOTOS: A day after Hyd blasts, IM angle gathers steam

Rediff.com22 Feb 2013

Banned militant outfit Indian Mujahideen's name has cropped up in the preliminary investigation into the twin blasts in Hyderabad in which the toll climbed to 16 on Friday.

1 jawan killed, 3 hurt in IED blast along LoC

1 jawan killed, 3 hurt in IED blast along LoC

Rediff.com12 Jun 2014

An army jawan was killed and three others injured in a blast triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device attack along LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.

Wanted Punjab terrorist arrested in US; had links with ISI, BKI

Wanted Punjab terrorist arrested in US; had links with ISI, BKI

Rediff.com18 Apr 2025

Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia alias Jora, an alleged terrorist who had illegally entered the US, was arrested by the FBI and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations in Sacramento.

Police find 2 landmines under Dantewada highway

Police find 2 landmines under Dantewada highway

Rediff.com10 May 2010

A major tragedy was averted after two Naxal-planted landmines carrying 50 and 25 kg explosives were unearthed from a national highway in Dantewada on Monday, barely days after an IED blast left eight CRPF personnel dead in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.

Hyd blasts: Ammonium nitrate procured locally, say cops

Hyd blasts: Ammonium nitrate procured locally, say cops

Rediff.com22 Feb 2013

The Forensic Sciences Laboratories preliminary report on the Hyderabad bomb composition states that each bomb had 900 grams of ammonium nitrate in it which was procured locally.

Assam: 1 killed, 6 hurt in blast

Assam: 1 killed, 6 hurt in blast

Rediff.com24 Sep 2012

One person was killed and six others were injured when suspected militants belonging to the anti-talks faction of United Liberation Front of Assam triggered a powerful bomb explosion in the heart of Sivasagar town in Upper Assam on Monday.

Four soldiers die in Kashmir blast

Four soldiers die in Kashmir blast

Rediff.com5 Feb 2004

3 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh

3 Maoists killed in encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh

Rediff.com25 Feb 2024

The security forces had received inputs about the presence of cadres belonging to company no. 5 of Maoists in Bhomra, Hurtarai and Michchebeda villages, he said.

Traces of ammonium nitrate found in Hyd blasts site

Traces of ammonium nitrate found in Hyd blasts site

Rediff.com21 Feb 2013

An official from the NIA who visited the site of the twin blasts in Hyderabad -- that killed at least 15 and injured 78 others on Thursday evening -- said that there were traces of ammonium nitrate at the spot.

Al Qaeda planning attack on US facilities

Al Qaeda planning attack on US facilities

Rediff.com13 Feb 2010

Al-Qaeda and other terror groups like the Taliban and their affiliates are planning to strike against American facilities and its nationals in South and Central Asia, the United States said on Saturday.

Terrorist hideout busted in north Kashmir

Terrorist hideout busted in north Kashmir

Rediff.com23 Nov 2010

A terrorist hideout was busted by security forces in Waripora Balla village near north Kashmir's Pattan town on Tuesday. One person was held and huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the den, said a police spokesman.

2 jawans injured in IED blast in Kashmir

2 jawans injured in IED blast in Kashmir

Rediff.com16 Oct 2014

Two army troopers were injured in a powerful improvised explosive device blast near Chakala village in north Kashmir on Thursday morning.

Minor explosion outside NIA camp office in Kolkata

Minor explosion outside NIA camp office in Kolkata

Rediff.com10 Nov 2014

A minor explosion took place outside the camp office of the National Investigation Agency, which is probing the Burdwan blast case, in Salt Lake area on Monday evening.

Bengaluru caf blast: NIA charges 4, says BJP office was first target

Bengaluru caf blast: NIA charges 4, says BJP office was first target

Rediff.com9 Sep 2024

It said two of the key accused were Islamic State of Iraq and Syria radicals, who used fraudulently obtained "Indian SIM cards and Indian bank accounts" besides "various Indian and Bangladeshi Identity documents downloaded from the dark web (which is accessible only through specialised browsers) in carrying out their nefarious activities.

J&K: Jawan killed in IED blast

J&K: Jawan killed in IED blast

Rediff.com4 Oct 2014

One army trooper was killed and another wounded in a powerful blast in the Balnoi sector of Poonch district, Kashmir on Saturday, a defence spokesman said.

Pune blast: IED's composition stumps investigators

Pune blast: IED's composition stumps investigators

Rediff.com16 Feb 2010

The packing of the improvised explosive device with RDX, used in the blast at Pune's German bakery has left forensic experts flummoxed as they were unable to find any remnant to identify the circuit used for detonating the bomb.

Army defuses IED in Srinagar, averts tragedy

Army defuses IED in Srinagar, averts tragedy

Rediff.com30 Apr 2013

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.

Dilsukh Nagar's second tryst with terror

Dilsukh Nagar's second tryst with terror

Rediff.com21 Feb 2013

Hyderabad's Dilsukh Nagar became a victim of terror for the second time on Thursday. On November 21 2002, a blast occurred at the Sai Baba temple in the same area in which two persons were killed and 22 others were injured after an improvised explosive device triggered the explosion.

Are Hyderabad blasts the handiwork of locals?

Are Hyderabad blasts the handiwork of locals?

Rediff.com21 Feb 2013

The limited geographical area of the twin blasts rules out the involvement of a large team of terrorists. The objective of the perpetrators was obviously to cause fatalities as an act of reprisal, says B Raman

Helicopter-mounted radar to tackle Naxal IEDs

Helicopter-mounted radar to tackle Naxal IEDs

Rediff.com2 Jul 2010

India is deploying cutting-edge technology to defeat a simple insurgent weapon that J&K militants and Naxals are using to lethal effect: the Improvised Explosive Device, or IED. Swedish company Saab has offered to partner India's Defence Research and Development Organisation in fitting Saab's CARABAS radar on India's Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), which would allow the scanning of wide swathes of territory to detect IEDs well before they can be exploded.

NIA arrests Jharkhand resident as 8th accused in Pune ISIS module case

NIA arrests Jharkhand resident as 8th accused in Pune ISIS module case

Rediff.com2 Nov 2023

The arrested person was identified as Mohammad Shahnawaz Alam, a resident of Hazaribagh area of Jharkhand.

ULFA plan to disrupt I-Day celebrations foiled

ULFA plan to disrupt I-Day celebrations foiled

Rediff.com14 Aug 2009

A senior police official informed that the police came to know about the explosive materials following the arrest of an ULFA militant in Guwahati on Thursday.

J&K: IED blast in Poonch kills five

J&K: IED blast in Poonch kills five

Rediff.com21 Apr 2009

Five passengers of a mini bus were killed and seven others wounded in a deadly improvised explosive device blast at Marah village in the frontier Poonch district of Jammu region on Tuesday evening.

2 heavily-armed terrorists killed along LoC in J-K's Poonch

2 heavily-armed terrorists killed along LoC in J-K's Poonch

Rediff.com8 Jan 2023

The infiltration bid was scuttled in Balakot sector on Saturday evening and a massive search operation is still underway, the spokesman said.

14 killed in IED blast outside madarsa in Quetta

14 killed in IED blast outside madarsa in Quetta

Rediff.com7 Jun 2012

At least 14 people were killed and more than 40 wounded today in a powerful Improvised Explosive Device bomb blast outside a seminary in Quetta, police said.

The Indian Mujahideen threat is real

The Indian Mujahideen threat is real

Rediff.com13 Sep 2008

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.

Bodies of 3 cops retrieved as Kathua encounter enters Day 2

Bodies of 3 cops retrieved as Kathua encounter enters Day 2

Rediff.com29 Mar 2025

Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir resumed an anti-terrorist operation in Kathua district, a day after a deadly encounter killed three terrorists and three policemen. Seven others were injured in the gunbattle. The operation began on Thursday morning after a group of suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists infiltrated from across the International Border. While the bodies of three terrorists were found, the fate of two others remains unknown. The operation, centered near Jakhole village, saw intense clashes involving police, army, and CRPF forces.

IED blast in Imphal, no casualties reported

IED blast in Imphal, no casualties reported

Rediff.com21 Jan 2015

A low intensity Improvised Explosive Device explosion shook Imphal on Wednesday ahead of the Republic Day celebrations in the city.

Gadchiroli: 4 securitymen killed in Naxal blast

Gadchiroli: 4 securitymen killed in Naxal blast

Rediff.com4 Oct 2010

Four securitymen, including two Central Reserve Police Force personnel, were killed when Naxalites triggered a powerful improvised explosive device blast in a marketplace in Perilimili village in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra when they were out shopping.

PHOTOS: I-Day celebrations pass off peacefully in Kashmir

PHOTOS: I-Day celebrations pass off peacefully in Kashmir

Rediff.com15 Aug 2014

Independence Day functions across Jammu and Kashmir went off peacefully on Friday even though curfew-like-restrictions were imposed in the old city areas of Srinagar.

US Congress panel approves bill making Pak aid conditional

US Congress panel approves bill making Pak aid conditional

Rediff.com10 May 2012

A key United States Congressional Committee on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that imposes conditions on Pakistan for receiving American economic and military aid which will depend on the action Islamabad takes against terrorists and the menace of improvised explosive devices.

NIA foils ISIS men's plot to carry out IED blasts, 8 held after 19 raids

NIA foils ISIS men's plot to carry out IED blasts, 8 held after 19 raids

Rediff.com18 Dec 2023

The early morning crackdown against the terror group in Ballari and Bengaluru in Karnataka, Amaravati, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra, Jamshedpur and Bokaro in Jharkhand and Delhi, led to the foiling of a plan by the accused to carry out terror acts, especially improvised explosive device blasts.

IM amateurs may be behind Bengaluru blasts

IM amateurs may be behind Bengaluru blasts

Rediff.com18 Apr 2010

All the three improvised explosive devices of low sophistication planted outside the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru where an IPL match was played on Saturday afternoon would appear to have been planted in the open space outside the stadium after the anti-explosive sanitisation had been done thrice by the police. B Raman's discerning take on the incident:

Pak TV anchor Hamid Mir escapes bid on life

Pak TV anchor Hamid Mir escapes bid on life

Rediff.com26 Nov 2012

A bomb disposal squad was called in to defuse the bomb that was found under the Geo News anchor's car by his driver.

Jaipur blasts bear no unique signature

Jaipur blasts bear no unique signature

Rediff.com15 May 2008

Bicycles have often been used by different terrorist groups since the jihad against the Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s.