News for 'Special Operations Group'

Mufti disbands SOG in J&K

Mufti disbands SOG in J&K

Rediff.com12 Mar 2003

While the personnel would be absorbed into the regular police force, Sayeed said those SOG personnel who had committed acts of omission would face stern action.

Haryana's Nuh on alert ahead of religious procession

Haryana's Nuh on alert ahead of religious procession

Rediff.com21 Jul 2024

Around 2,500 personnel from police and paramilitary have been deployed in the district this year a day before the yatra, police said.

Al Badr militant killed in J&K

Al Badr militant killed in J&K

Rediff.com7 Sep 2006

An AK rifle along with four magazines and a mobile phone were recovered from the slain militant.

2 terrorists killed in encounter in Kashmir

2 terrorists killed in encounter in Kashmir

Rediff.com31 Dec 2015

Two militants believed to be from the Lashkar-e-Tayiba were killed in an overnight gunfight in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

J&K: Four militants killed in encounter

J&K: Four militants killed in encounter

Rediff.com9 Sep 2007

He said the encounter broke out when the police along with army launched a search and cordon operation in the area following specific information about the presence of some militants there.

JK: Two injured in grenade explosion

JK: Two injured in grenade explosion

Rediff.com1 Sep 2008

Two persons, including a police official, were critically injured in a grenade explosion in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Monday.

Jaipur blasts suspect surrenders

Jaipur blasts suspect surrenders

Rediff.com23 Aug 2008

A suspect in the Jaipur serial bomb blasts case surrendered on Friday night, according to the police.Sleuths of the Special Operation Group were interrogating the suspect, whose name was not released.The police earlier searched the residence of the suspect, who is a tailor by profession, but could not trace him.At least 68 people were killed in the serial blasts that rocked the Pink city on May 13.

Pak terrorist killed near Hazratbal shrine

Pak terrorist killed near Hazratbal shrine

Rediff.com10 Mar 2022

'His (the Pakistani terrorist's) aim was to enter the mosque, engage with the security forces, stir religious sentiments of the people and create a law and order problem. But we will not let them to succeed in that.'

Excise policy: AAP's Goa poll kickbacks detected in I-T, CBI probes, says ED

Excise policy: AAP's Goa poll kickbacks detected in I-T, CBI probes, says ED

Rediff.com31 Mar 2024

Statements of five 'Angadiya' firm operators have also been recorded by the ED to establish the "money trail" of this alleged Rs 45 crore bribe amount.

Small Town India Falls In Love With MFs

Small Town India Falls In Love With MFs

Rediff.com24 Dec 2024

More than 50 per cent of SIP accounts come from semi-urban and rural areas.

Foreign Brands Are Eyeing India Again

Foreign Brands Are Eyeing India Again

Rediff.com28 Sep 2024

Whether it's Carrefour, Ford, or other foreign majors, they are ready to adjust their strategies and design their plans in a way that would address the Indian consumption story.

Harkat-ul-Mujahideen commander shot dead

Harkat-ul-Mujahideen commander shot dead

Rediff.com1 Jan 2006

In a pre-dawn operation, security forces shot dead a self-styled deputy chief commander of the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen in an encounter at Alasteng on the outskirts of Srinagar.

Govt extends ceasefire pact with 3 Naga breakaway groups

Govt extends ceasefire pact with 3 Naga breakaway groups

Rediff.com12 Apr 2021

The Centre on Monday extended the ceasefire agreements with three insurgent groups of Nagaland for one more year till April next year.

BJP leader's wife killed, 5 hurt as UP police, villagers clash in U'khand

BJP leader's wife killed, 5 hurt as UP police, villagers clash in U'khand

Rediff.com13 Oct 2022

Four of the injured are personnel of UP police, two of them with gunshot wounds, the police said.

3 top militants killed in encounters in Kashmi

3 top militants killed in encounters in Kashmi

Rediff.com10 Feb 2008

Security forces in Kashmir on Sunday killed three top militants, including the financial chief, of the frontline Hizbul Mujahideen and the divisional commander of Harkatul Mujahideen in two separate encounters.

Stowaway booked under Passport Act, quizzing on

Stowaway booked under Passport Act, quizzing on

Rediff.com27 Dec 2009

An Indian man who managed to board an Air India flight at Medina in Saudi Arabia without ticket or passport and hid in the toilet to travel Jaipur, has been booked under the Passport Act even as his interrogation so far has not revealed any intention to cause any harm.

Uri camp attackers well trained in special ops; Pak hand obvious: Army

Uri camp attackers well trained in special ops; Pak hand obvious: Army

Rediff.com7 Dec 2014

The Army on Sunday said it had enough evidence to show that the six terrorists who carried out the attack on an Army camp in Uri belonged to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and were supported by the Pakistani establishment.

Fugitive killed in J&K encounter

Fugitive killed in J&K encounter

Rediff.com17 Dec 2008

Two militants from the Hizbul Mujaheedin outfit, including fugitive Raees Ahmad Kachroo, were killed in a fierce encounter at Mailura in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Wednesday morning. Based on a tip-off about the militants hiding in a house in Mailura, troops of the 55 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group of the police surrounded their hide-out and asked the two militants to surrender. were killed," a police spokesman said.

The IAF Pilot Who Saved A Jaguar

The IAF Pilot Who Saved A Jaguar

Rediff.com25 Nov 2024

The sky outside was a perfect blue with fair winds on that hot day in July, but inside the Jaguar an emergency was unraveling with every passing second. Wing Commander Vernon Desmond Keane had two options: Eject and see his beloved aircraft crash -- which would come at a great cost to the nation and cause harm to civilian life and property on the ground. Or try the limits of his training; push the aircraft and his flying skills to the edge of technical and human endurance and save them both.

Encounter on between Orissa cops and Maoists

Encounter on between Orissa cops and Maoists

Rediff.com2 Nov 2009

A fierce encounter is on between the Special Operation Group of the Orissa police and the Maoists in a dense forest in the state's Rayagada district since Sunday evening, the police said.

J&K: Army officer killed in encounter

J&K: Army officer killed in encounter

Rediff.com9 Nov 2007

A senior officer of the elite counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles was killed and a member of the special operations group critically wounded in two continuing north Kashmir encounters on Friday.

Adani gives Teachers' Day lecture at college that rejected him

Adani gives Teachers' Day lecture at college that rejected him

Rediff.com5 Sep 2024

Gautam Adani had in the late 1970s applied to join a Mumbai college for education, but the college rejected his application. He did not pursue education but turned to business and went on to build a $220 billion empire. About four-and-a-half decades later, he gets called to the same college to deliver a lecture to students on Teachers Day. Adani had moved to Mumbai at the age of 16 and started working as a diamond sorter.

16 injured in grenade attack on SOG camp

16 injured in grenade attack on SOG camp

Rediff.com31 Oct 2003

The camp is located in Gagran village at Shopian in Pulwama district.

Lessons from the Jaipur blasts

Lessons from the Jaipur blasts

Rediff.com5 Aug 2008

Investigations into the Jaipur blasts ensured that security agencies from across the country have started working together. The IB says that sharing of information and working in tandem has improved considerably as the investigating agencies realise that all the blasts are interlinked.

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

Rediff.com10 Oct 2024

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from now.' 'For instance, how can we deal with climate change and global warming, right now?' 'The effects of it may not be felt now; in fact, we may pay a price for it today, but it will help the generations to follow.'

JK: 4 militants killed in encounter

JK: 4 militants killed in encounter

Rediff.com22 Jun 2008

4 militants and a paramilitary central reserve police force (CRPF) trooper were killed on Sunday in two encounters across the valley.

Will Karan's Dharma Revive Now?

Will Karan's Dharma Revive Now?

Rediff.com31 Oct 2024

'What is Balaji without Ekta (Kapoor), what is Dharma without Karan (Johar?)'

2 militants, trooper killed in Kashmir

2 militants, trooper killed in Kashmir

Rediff.com22 May 2007

One of the slain militants were identified as Wasim, a Pakistani national and self-styled district commander of JeM.

Posthumous Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra for J-K police bravehearts

Posthumous Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra for J-K police bravehearts

Rediff.com15 Aug 2021

Assistant Sub-Inspector Babu Ram and Constable Altaf Hussain Bhat of Jammu and Kashmir Police were on Saturday posthumously conferred with the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra awards respectively on the eve of the 75th Independence Day. While the Ashoka Chakra is India's highest peacetime gallantry honour, Kirti Chakra is the second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards.

Will Modi Achieve A Cease Fire In Ukraine?

Will Modi Achieve A Cease Fire In Ukraine?

Rediff.com21 Aug 2024

Ukraine is currently in the middle of a strategic offensive into Russia's Kursk region.

20 injured in J&K grenade blast

20 injured in J&K grenade blast

Rediff.com10 Jul 2004

The grenade was aimed at a Special Operations Group patrol near the Lal Chowk bus stand, but fell short of the target and exploded on the road.\n\n

Lashkar militant killed in Kashmir

Lashkar militant killed in Kashmir

Rediff.com28 Feb 2007

Abu Tallah was killed by a team of local police and Special Operation Group in Billawar area in an encounter.

Kidnapper of former Adobe executive's son arrested

Kidnapper of former Adobe executive's son arrested

Rediff.com3 Apr 2008

Chattrapal, the main accused in the kidnapping of former Adobe executive Naresh Gupta's son, who escaped from a court premises in February, has been arrested, police said.Chattrapal had escaped from judicial custody on February 4 after giving a slip to two constables. The constables were taking him from the jail to the Gautam Buddha Nagar court in Noida. The Special Task Force had arrested Chattrapal from a hideout in Noida, six days after the kidnapping of Anant.

Forensic tests nail Kashmir's killer cops

Forensic tests nail Kashmir's killer cops

Rediff.com22 Feb 2007

DNA test results have established that the two persons killed as foreign militants and buried in north Kashmir, Ganderbal police district, were actually local civilians.

JK fake killings: Cops remanded

JK fake killings: Cops remanded

Rediff.com17 Feb 2007

The two were arrested in January in connection with the north Kashmir fake encounters where five civilians had been framed as foreign militants and killed in stage-managed shootouts.

4 security men, top LeT terrorist killed in J&K

4 security men, top LeT terrorist killed in J&K

Rediff.com23 Mar 2008

The gun battle broke out when militants ambushed a joint search party of Special Operations Group of local police and the Central Reserve Police Force at Telbal on Harwan-Hazratbal road on the outskirts of Srinagar, official sources said. They said three police personnel and a CRPF jawan were killed and two others, including a sub-inspector, were injured in the militant firing.

ATS DIG-led SIT to probe case against Setalvad, ex-IPS officers

ATS DIG-led SIT to probe case against Setalvad, ex-IPS officers

Rediff.com26 Jun 2022

A Special Investigation Team (SIT), to be headed by a deputy inspector general (DIG) of Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS), will probe the case against activist Teesta Setalvad and former Indian Police Service officers R B Sreekumar and Sanjiv Bhatt who have been accused of abusing the process of law by fabricating evidence to frame innocent people in connection with the 2002 Gujarat communal riots, a senior official said on Sunday.

Huge cache of arms, ammunition recovered in Kashmir

Huge cache of arms, ammunition recovered in Kashmir

Rediff.com24 Nov 2014

Army personnel on Sunday recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a militant hideout in a forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla District.