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The attack targeted a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost on the Mastung road in Quetta, the provincial capital, Deputy Inspector General of Quetta police Azhar Akram said.
Modi is scheduled to visit Palli village of Samba on National Panchayati Raj Day on April 24.
The blast occurred in the mosque in the Police Lines area around 1.40 pm when a suicide bomber present in the front row during the Zuhr (afternoon) prayers blew himself up, security officials said.
The likes of iconic actor-director Guru Dutt, South star Silk Smitha, actor Jiah Khan and now, Sushant Singh Rajput gave up on life in the Indian film industry.
Fidayeen Islam, the suicide bomber squad of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, has claimed that more than 300 fidayeen (suicide bombers) have been sent to various parts of Pakistan to target the Shia and Bralvi religious centres.
Professional footballers are having to deal with a daily barrage of online hate that threatens their mental health, Germany international Robin Gosens said on Thursday.
In a twist, the widow of the senior police official with Maharashtra Anti- Terrorism Squad husband did not commit suicide, but he accidentally triggered the firearm that led to his death, police said on Thursday.
As Bal Keshav Thackeray, one of India's most polarising politicians and Shiv Sena chief died on November 17, people in Pakistan expressed hope that his anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan legacy would perish. Thackeray often referred to Indian Muslims as 'anti-nationals' and called for Hindu suicide squads to counter what he saw as a rise in Islamic terrorism.
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Just two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir, security forces on Friday foiled a suicide attack in Jammu by the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed, eliminating two suspected Pakistani terrorists in an encounter after they fired on a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) bus and killed an officer.
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The body of Indian cricketer Jasprit Bumrah's grandfather was found in the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad on Sunday, two days after he had gone missing, in what police suspect is a case of suicide.
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The ATS, in a brief note, said the four accused, who were arrested from the airport, were Sri Lankan citizens and terrorists of the Islamic State.
Initial information from a reliable police source said that the two women killed in the blast were Chinese nationals and may have been the target of the blast.
Intelligence agencies have sounded a terror alert in Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi and major cities in Gujarat following reports that terrorists had entered these cities to target vital installations.The terrorists reportedly belong to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and have been trained by the Taliban.In Mumbai, the security arrangements at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and the Bombay Stock Exchange have been beefed up.
The Sri Lanka police on Wednesday said a senior deputy inspector general will head a team appointed to investigate four of its citizens arrested in Gujarat when on an alleged mission to carry out terror activities in India at the behest of the banned Islamic State.
Mourad Laachraoui, the brother of one of the Brussels suicide bombers, has won gold at the European Taekwondo Championships and is now set to compete for Belgium at the Olympic Games in Brazil.
A family of six, including two young girls, were responsible for the attacks, national police chief Tito Karnavian said.
Intelligence reports said a six-member suicide squad has sneaked into the capital to carry out a strike around Christmas or on New YearÂ’s Eve.
Police and central security personnel have arrested at least three Pakistanis, including Ajmal Amir Kamal, a resident of Faridkot near Multan in Pakistan's Punjab province. All the three belong to the suicide squad of Lashkar-e-Tayiba.
Television actor Tunisha Sharma was founding hanging on the sets of a serial in Mumbai on December 24, one more instance of a showbiz aspirant allegedly taking the extreme step.
Canadaian police took no action despite a warning from Air-India that extremists planned to bomb the airline.
Initial reports said the blast occurred within the barracks of the Anti-Terrorism Squad at the Police Lines. Witnesses said several injured persons were rushed to nearby hospitals by ambulances.
Palli panchayat, 17 km from Jammu city, was virtually sealed with local police and paramilitary personnel including Border Security Force and Central Reserve Police Force deployed in strength to keep a strict vigil.
Mumbai police, citing his suicide note, said the 1988-batch Indian Police Service officer took the extreme step 'out of frustration' due to his illness.
"We are fully alert to the threats as conspiracies being hatched from across the border are being foiled on a daily basis by police and other security agencies," Singh told reporters after unveiling a wall dedicated to police personnel who died fighting terrorism in Reasi district.
Police and intelligence agencies have mounted surveillance across Delhi and are carrying out random searches at hotels, lodges, guesthouses and other suspected places.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) D G Vanzara said two of the four Laskhar terrorists were from Pakistan.
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Pakistan plans to flood Kashmir with suicide squads mainly drawn from renamed Lashker-e-Tayiba in case the ongoing peace initiatives with India fail, a US-based Pakistani web newspaper reports.
Lahore-based Ghazwa Times said, 'The veil of Ishrat Jahan, a woman activist of LeT, was removed by Indian police and her body was kept with other Mujahideens (terrorists) on the ground.'
'Mufti Mohammed Sayeed says nothing can deter him from his "healing touch" policy. Can people who constantly fear acts of terror ever be "healed" by any potion at all until terror itself is killed at the roots?' asks Arvind Lavakare.
This is the fourth suicide attack by militants in the last one week.
