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3 Maoists killed in Jharkhand encounter; AK-56, INSAS rifle recovered

3 Maoists killed in Jharkhand encounter; AK-56, INSAS rifle recovered

Rediff.com24 Sep 2025

Three members of a banned Maoist splinter group were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Gumla district. The encounter took place in a forest area near Kechki village. Weapons and cartridges were recovered from the site.

Delhi blast linked to posters appeared in Srinagar on Oct 19?

Delhi blast linked to posters appeared in Srinagar on Oct 19?

Rediff.com12 Nov 2025

Investigation into the Red Fort blast reveals links to a Jaish-e-Mohammad module, leading to arrests and the seizure of a large quantity of explosives and weapons.

Delhi blast: 4 doctors' names removed from national medical register

Delhi blast: 4 doctors' names removed from national medical register

Rediff.com15 Nov 2025

The National Medical Commission has removed several doctors from the National Medical Register following their implication in the Delhi blast investigation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Terror groups targeting youth with no separatist affiliation

Terror groups targeting youth with no separatist affiliation

Rediff.com16 Nov 2025

Youths with no past criminal record or separatist affiliation are now preferred for recruitment by terror handlers in Jammu and Kashmir to stay under the radar of security forces, officials in the know say.

9 dead after Faridabad explosives go off at J-K police station

9 dead after Faridabad explosives go off at J-K police station

Rediff.com15 Nov 2025

The material, part of the 360 kilograms of explosives recovered from the rented residence of arrested doctor Muzammil Ganaie, was being sampled as part of the ongoing investigation, the officials said.

Docs, cleric, businessmen: Meet 'Group of 7' held for Delhi blast

Docs, cleric, businessmen: Meet 'Group of 7' held for Delhi blast

Rediff.com12 Nov 2025

According to police, the group of seven used "encrypted channels for indoctrination, coordination, movement, and logistics."

Jaish plot exposed: Docs, explosives and a premature blast

Jaish plot exposed: Docs, explosives and a premature blast

Rediff.com14 Nov 2025

Indian authorities have uncovered a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror plot involving doctors from south Kashmir, a Faridabad university, the recovery of 2,900 kg of explosives, and a car bomb near the Red Fort. Eight people have been arrested in connection with the plot.

Woman with AK-47 among 3 docs arrested with 2900 kg of explosives

Woman with AK-47 among 3 docs arrested with 2900 kg of explosives

Rediff.com10 Nov 2025

The Jammu and Kashmir Police has unearthed an interstate and transnational terror module of Jaish-e-Mohamamd and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind outfits by arresting seven persons, including two doctors, and recovering arms and ammunition, officials said in Srinagar on Monday.

Review: AK 56 is brilliant

Review: AK 56 is brilliant

Rediff.com13 Feb 2012

It is one of the best films made by director Ompraksash.

Over 1,000 arms given up in Manipur during surrender period

Over 1,000 arms given up in Manipur during surrender period

Rediff.com7 Mar 2025

More than 1,000 arms, including handguns, machine guns, grenades, mortars, and INSAS and AK-56 rifles, were surrendered by people in Manipur during a two-week amnesty period for voluntarily giving up looted and illegally held weapons. The surrender of arms comes as Manipur grapples with ethnic violence that has left hundreds dead and thousands displaced.

Manipur: 42 firearms surrendered, 2 bunkers destroyed; AK, 3 SLRs seized

Manipur: 42 firearms surrendered, 2 bunkers destroyed; AK, 3 SLRs seized

Rediff.com2 Mar 2025

Forty-two more firearms and cartridges have been surrendered by the public in five districts of ethnic strife-torn Manipur, police said. The surrender comes after Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla urged warring groups to voluntarily surrender weapons robbed from security forces and other illegally held firearms within seven days. The deadline was later extended till March 6. The surrender of firearms follows months of ethnic violence between Meiteis and Kuki-Zo groups that has resulted in the deaths of over 250 people and left thousands homeless.

About 1,000 weapons surrendered in Imphal West after Guv's appeal

About 1,000 weapons surrendered in Imphal West after Guv's appeal

Rediff.com13 Mar 2025

According to a senior officer, during the two-week deadline for surrender of arms and ammunition, a total of 990 arms were surrendered with 11,526 ammunition.

Mulund blast: Police recover AK-56 rifle of accuse

Mulund blast: Police recover AK-56 rifle of accuse

Rediff.com24 Apr 2003

Police recovered the rifle during a raid on a house in Padgha village and allege it was given to Nachan by a suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist.

Security forces seize rockets, mortars in Manipur; 8 UNLF-P men held

Security forces seize rockets, mortars in Manipur; 8 UNLF-P men held

Rediff.com31 Oct 2024

The members were arrested on Monday for threatening people and obstructing the land demarcation process in Thoubal district.

1 terrorist killed as Rajnath visits J-K's Rajouri

1 terrorist killed as Rajnath visits J-K's Rajouri

Rediff.com6 May 2023

A terrorist was killed and another was most likely injured on Saturday in an ongoing operation in the densely forested area of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir, Army said.

FIR filed against Delhi university professor over Shivling post

FIR filed against Delhi university professor over Shivling post

Rediff.com18 May 2022

The Delhi police has registered an FIR against an associate professor of Delhi University's Hindu College for his "objectionable" social media post alluding to claims about the 'Shivling' found inside the Gyanvapi mosque complex, officials said on Wednesday.

3 JeM terrorists killed in JK; 16 so far in 2022

3 JeM terrorists killed in JK; 16 so far in 2022

Rediff.com7 Jan 2022

The encounter broke out in Budgam's Zolwa village late on Thursday.

Punjab police busts terror module handled from Canada, Pakistan

Punjab police busts terror module handled from Canada, Pakistan

Rediff.com23 Sep 2022

The Punjab police on Friday claimed to have busted an ISI-backed terror module jointly handled by Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh alias Landa and Pakistan-based gangster Harvinder Singh Rinda with the arrest of two of its operatives.

Hizbul terrorist, bodyguard killed in J-K infiltration bid

Hizbul terrorist, bodyguard killed in J-K infiltration bid

Rediff.com7 Aug 2023

A self-styled divisional commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen was killed along with his bodyguard as security forces foiled an infiltration attempt and a conspiracy by the proscribed outfit to revive its activities in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district early on Monday, officials said.

Punjab cops bust 2 Canada-based ISI-backed terror modules, seize arms

Punjab cops bust 2 Canada-based ISI-backed terror modules, seize arms

Rediff.com4 Oct 2022

In the first case, the arrested accused has been identified as Yograj Singh alias Yog, a resident of Rajoke village in Tarn Taran district.

5 terrorists killed in 2 separate encounters in J-K

5 terrorists killed in 2 separate encounters in J-K

Rediff.com30 Jan 2022

The gunfights, which broke out on Saturday night, took place in Pulwama and Budgam districts of the Kashmir valley.

Khalnayak's Charm And Controversy

Khalnayak's Charm And Controversy

Rediff.com30 Aug 2023

A messy masala about an antihero bolstered by tons of whimsy, controversy and high drama, Khalnayak's hype is stuff of history. Sukanya Verma celebrates 30 years of this blockbuster.

2 'armed Pak intruders' shot dead along Punjab border

2 'armed Pak intruders' shot dead along Punjab border

Rediff.com17 Dec 2020

The armed infiltrators were shot dead close to the Attari front around 2.30 am, official sources said.

Trailer review: Sanju proves Ranbir's acting chops

Trailer review: Sanju proves Ranbir's acting chops

Rediff.com30 May 2018

'I wonder what Zaibunissa Kazi would feel if she saw the trailer for Sanju.' 'An effort that proves movies are made about celebrities who get away after committing a crime while poor souls like Zaibunissa rot all their lives in prison only for knowing a star like Sanjay Dutt,' says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

Assam: GNLA ultras held with huge cache of arms

Assam: GNLA ultras held with huge cache of arms

Rediff.com13 Jun 2013

Two cadres of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army and an accomplice were arrested by the Assam Police along with a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the Inter State Bus Terminus in Guwahati on Thursday

'They wanted to strike terror in India'

'They wanted to strike terror in India'

Rediff.com11 Mar 2023

'The entire idea behind the serial bomb blasts was to strike fear in the minds of Indians.' 'I don't think the blasts were targeted to derail the Indian economy; the idea behind the blasts was retribution.'

BSF troops foil infiltration bid in Samba; arms cache seized in Pooch

BSF troops foil infiltration bid in Samba; arms cache seized in Pooch

Rediff.com14 Jan 2017

The troops busted a natural hideout in which a large cache of arms, ammunition and other warlike stores was recovered.

Man who gave arms to Sanjay Dutt gets 10 years RI

Man who gave arms to Sanjay Dutt gets 10 years RI

Rediff.com6 Jun 2007

Wednesday's sentencing takes the total number of convicts sentenced in the case to 71 while 29 more are yet to be awarded punishment.

4 more TADA convicts surrender in 1993 blasts case

4 more TADA convicts surrender in 1993 blasts case

Rediff.com16 May 2013

Besides actor Sanjay Dutt, four other convicts in the 1993 bomb blast case on Thursday surrendered before a designated TADA court which took them into custody to serve their remaining sentence.

The CBI story: How Ishrat Jahan and others were KILLED

The CBI story: How Ishrat Jahan and others were KILLED

Rediff.com5 Jul 2013

Gujarat Crime Branch officials had fired 70 rounds using their automatic and semi-automatic weapons at Ishrat Jahan and three others during the alleged fake encounter nine years ago.

When Dilip Kumar campaigned for Sharad Pawar

When Dilip Kumar campaigned for Sharad Pawar

Rediff.com7 Jul 2021

From enjoying beer sessions with Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray on the terrace of his Matoshree residence to going on vacations with Nationalist Conress Party chief Sharad Pawar and his family, the late thespian Dilip Kumar enjoyed warm relations with leaders belonging to different political hues, even though the ties strained later.

Assam: 3 ULFA men nabbed with arms

Assam: 3 ULFA men nabbed with arms

Rediff.com22 Jun 2012

The Assam police on Friday night arrested three hardcore militants belonging to the proscribed United Liberation Front of Assam along with arms and ammunition from Laru area along Assam-Meghalaya border under Hamren police station in Karbi Anglong hill district of Assam.

3 Jaish terrorists arrested with weapons in Kathua

3 Jaish terrorists arrested with weapons in Kathua

Rediff.com12 Sep 2019

A truck was intercepted at 8 am on the Jammu-Pathankot Highway and during checking six AK-47 rifles were seized, Inspector General of Police, Jammu, Makesh Singh told PTI.

Case related to Kandahar hijack collapses, 19 acquitted

Case related to Kandahar hijack collapses, 19 acquitted

Rediff.com19 Oct 2012

A local court on Friday acquitted 19 persons, accused to have helped get fake passports for the hijackers of the Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in December 1999.

Delhi police release sketch of Hizbul terrorist

Delhi police release sketch of Hizbul terrorist

Rediff.com24 Mar 2013

Delhi Police on Sunday released the sketch of a suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist linked to a fidayeen attack plot, unfazed by controversy over arrest of an alleged operative four days ago from Indo-Nepal border in the case

Four Kannada films fight it out this week

Four Kannada films fight it out this week

Rediff.com8 Feb 2012

Take your pick!

Dear Mr President, can you please pardon Sanjay Dutt?

Dear Mr President, can you please pardon Sanjay Dutt?

Rediff.com18 May 2013

A Ganesh Nadar writes an open letter to President Pranab Mukherjee requesting him to pardon the Bollywood actor currently in jail for possessing an AK 56 in 1993.

Shirin: I don't want to do C-grade films

Shirin: I don't want to do C-grade films

Rediff.com9 Feb 2012

Actress Shirin Shringar talks about making a comeback in Kanadda films.

Forces bust militant hideout in Ramban, recovers cache of arms

Forces bust militant hideout in Ramban, recovers cache of arms

Rediff.com20 Aug 2014

Security forces have busted a militant hideout in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including 7.5 kg RDX explosive.

Sanjay Dutt to surrender on Feb 20

Sanjay Dutt to surrender on Feb 20

Rediff.com8 Feb 2007

The Bollywood star was found guilty of possessing a 9 mm pistol and an AK-56 rifle.