Armed with AK-47 rifles and grenades, a group of four terrorists attacked the CRPF troops centre at around 2.20 am on Tuesday, a CRPF spokesperson said.
Terrorists planned to target the Vaishno Devi temple at Jammu, according to the latest report of the Intelligence Bureau. The IB, which intercepted a satellite phone conversation of terrorists around 2 weeks ago, said in its report that a plan was being devised to attack the temple and move to New Delhi and Mumbai in case they failed in their mission. The plan involved infiltrating the border and then hurl grenades on places of religious worship.
Security at the airports across the country has been tightened following a terrorist attack on Pakistan's largest airport in Karachi in which at least 28 people, including 10 terrorists, were killed.
Acting deputy vice chancellor of a private university has been arrested in Dhaka along with two others for sheltering militants who carried out Bangladesh's worst terror attack at a cafe in which 22 people were killed by suspected Islamic State militants.
The slain militants are believed to be members of Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh.
The injured included former Asom Gana Parishad MP Prabin Sharma.
A sub-inspector injured in the attack was hospitalised and his condition was stable, sources said.
"We believe in peace and we are giving a message of peace from here. But, their generals should understand that we have a large Army and we are prepared..."
The attack left two Indian soldiers dead while one BAT member was killed in retaliatory action by Indian troops.
Surendra Kumar Sahoo recalls the turbulent days when he had put his life on the line fighting the enemy forces.
Restoration of colonial woodwork could take almost an year.
Canadian-Bangladeshi Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury and his two associates were killed during an encounter at the militants' hideout.
Geo News channel quoted intelligence sources as saying that at least four terrorists, wearing suicide vests and carrying automatic weapons, were involved in the attack.
The police said the two hurled grenades and fired from automatic weapons forcing their entry into the headquarters of 144 CRPF battalion on Boulevard Road, where people were busy shopping on the eve of Eid.
The two terrorists who attacked a Border Security Force convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway, killing two jawans, belong to Pakistan, the government said in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
Three employees of a BSNL franchise were seriously wounded in a militant attack in Kashmir's Sopore town on Monday morning.
The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
At least 20 other soldiers are injured including some very seriously.
A day after his arrest, top Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Nadeem Abrar and a Pakistani terrorist were killed in an encounter in Parimpora area of the city, police said on Tuesday.
According to one newspaper report, Tu-95 strategic bombers fired the missiles from the Caspian Sea, located more than 1,000 miles from the Ukrainian capital.
A senior police officer said that militants fired at Imtiyaz Ahmad Nadroo, 25, near his house where a telecom tower is installed.
Tehreek-e-Taliban militants, who launched a major assault on Pakistan's largest airport in Karachi, were carrying XStat devices, which can heal gunshot wounds within seconds and were aiming for a long siege of the facility, a security official said on Monday.
By the time the police force could move any closer to the five-feet-high wall fencing the land, the encroachers had started firing. Within seconds it was raining bullets and the encroachers had positioned themselves at the trees in the enclosed area.
'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.'
Ten people -- seven males, three females -- were injured by gunfire and an additional 13 were either injured as they rushed to get out of the train station or they suffered smoke inhalation.
At least 20 people were feared killed and 30 others wounded when suspected militants hurled hand-grenades and fired on people offering prayers in a mosque in northwestern Pakistan late on Wednesday night. The village in Miskene area, where the carnage took place, is near the Afghan border in lower Dir town and has recorded the presence of militants.
Lance Naik Albert Ekka, Param Vir Chakra, was only 28 when he made the supreme sacrifice for the Motherland.
Four personnel were also injured in the Naxal attack and two of them were stated to be critical.
On January 2, 2016, a team of gunmen wearing Indian army fatigues waded through a branch of the Ravi river on the India-Pakistan Punjab border. Arriving on the Indian side, the men hijacked vehicles and drove towards the sprawling Pathankot Air Force base.
It said the prime minister of Pakistan has neither chosen to condemn the heinous act nor condoled with the bereaved families.
She also said the Kartarpur corridor initiative was not linked to the dialogue process with Pakistan.
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