The claim came a day after Indian government sources said the Chinese army personnel recently demanded removal of two bunkers on the border in Sikkim, which was rejected outright.
This is the fourth IED blast triggered by Naxals in Chhattisgarh in the last 15 days.
The army captured the Viyattankulam area in Mannar after killing 22 rebels and destroying 16 bunkers
The firing and mortar shelling continued night long in several sectors of Poonch and Rajouri districts.
Official sources said the militants hurled a hand grenade at the force's bunker near Hanuman Mandir but it missed the target and exploded on the road injuring one passerby.
Over 29 Tamil Tigers have been killed and 36 injured in separate clashes with the security forces in Sri Lanka's embattled north. In a separate incident, two civilians were killed in a roadside bomb attack in northern Jaffna.
Rediff.com lists a few other dramatic and frightful hostage situations that sent governments and security agencies into a tizzy.
The exact number of terrorists is not known but as per initial calls received at PCR Jammu four to five terrorists were involved.
'The logical step is to challenge the very legitimacy of the Chinese claim over Tibet,' recommends Inspector General Gurdip Singh Uban (retd).
Gerard Houllier's departure from Liverpoool is the result of two simple, but crucial factors - too many bad results and too many mediocre performances.
Setting aside considerations of political expediency, India should act to stop the bleeding. If nothing else, the humanitarian crisis demands a response.
'It is pure luck that we did not have any body bags, otherwise things could have been nasty.'
The IAF has insisted it hit its targets. If that is indeed true, then the lack of obvious damage could mean it has used a different bomb -- possibly procured secretly from Israel.
Twenty one years ago, the Indian Army and Indian Air Force fought a bloody and bitter war to evict Pakistani intruders from the icy heights in Kargil. Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) salutes the lesser known heroes of the Kargil War.
'Our defence services are in a position to checkmate any Chinese adventurism.'
Villagers along the Line of Control in Poonch and Rajouri have been asked to shift immediately inside the bunkers in case of shelling from across the border.
The earthquake epicentred in the Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan struck at around 2.40 pm, sending ripples across several states like Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi- National Capital Region, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan.
Hu Zhiyong, a research fellow at the Shanghai Academy of Social Science, claimed that India is provoking China because it wanted to prove to the United States that it could contain China while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the US.
Briton Graeme McDowell fired a flawless six-under-par 66 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the British Open.
Chandigarh golfer Harmeet Kahlon today left for Florida in USA for a two week coaching under Jonathan Yarwood.
At least 25 persons were injured in clashes between protestors and security forces in Kashmir on Saturday.
The MEPs said they stand by India in its fight against terrorism.
'It had to be a surgical operation, one that caused the minimum damage but it had to be as quick as possible because once word got around...' General K S Brar looks back at Operation Bluestar.
'It had to be a surgical operation, one that caused the minimum damage but it had to be as quick as possible because once word got around...' General K S Brar looks back at Operation Bluestar.
In an interview to the tabloid The Sun from his cell, the once feared ruler of Iraq described how he looked for his motorbike to flee from the clutches of the US combat forces just minutes before they surrounded him.
The flight test of the Air Launched Cruise Missile, Ra'ad, which is also known as Hatf VIII, was the seventh since it was first tested in 2007.
General K S Brar tells Amberish K Diwanji about his feelings as a Sikh who sent soldiers into his religion's most revered site.
Several armymen are facing allegations of staging fake encounters at the Line of Control in Siachen glacier.
'Every army chief has told the government that it is not in the interest of the army for it to enter civil situations,' says General K S Brar.
'While I was shooting the target, Major Surinder Singh videotaped the operation from behind me,' Havaldar Neel Bahadur said.
Border Security Force Director General D K Pathak is rushing to border areas along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of heavy shelling from Pakistan that left a trooper dead on Monday and caused damage to civilian infrastructure.
In the fire exchange, Naik Muddasar Ahmed was grievously injured when mortar shells landed on his bunker, the spokesman said, adding that he was evacuated to the medical room where he succumbed to injuries.
They are Major Surinder Singh, Company Commander of a Gorkha Battalion, \n\nCommanding Officer of the Battalion Col K D Singh and his adjutant Major Rohit Lama.
