Six security personnel were killed and eight injured in back-to-back attacks by Naxals in insurgency-hit districts of Chhattisgarh, which has seen a string of strikes by the red ultras in the past three days.
The action follows the sealing of a Srinagar-based property of the founder and self-styled chief commander of the Al-Umar Mujahideen, Mushtaq Zargar alias 'Latram', on Thursday.
The terrorists ambushed the police team which had gone to Mir Bazaar area to investigate a road accident case.
A CRPF jawan was killed and another injured in a gun-fight with Naxals on Tuesday in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district.
a woman being escorted to a police station for questioning detonated explosives strapped to her body in the high-security area near the Sri Lankan Prime Minister's official residence.
A man opened fire at a suburban home in Houston on Thursday, killing four of his children as well as two adults and then surrendered to the police following a lengthy standoff in an incident that authorities say was triggered by a domestic dispute.
At least three Border Security Force jawans were killed and four others injured when suspected Naxals blew up the vehicle they were travelling in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Wednesday.
Seven other criminals were arrested in separate seven encounters in four districts
Terming the incident "unfortunate", the Bangladesh home minister said the director general of both the forces should ideally sit together and solve the issue.
The incident occurred at Lippitiputta village under Dambriguda mandal when Araku (ST) MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma went to take part in a 'grama darsini' (village visit) programme.
A 22-year-old youth was shot dead by the police in Bhiwani when he was returning from a party in the wee hours of Monday, his family alleged. But the police have claimed that it was a case of accidental firing. The main accused, constable Karmbir, has been arrested and a case against seven other personnel of Hisar's Hansi police has been registered, Superintendent of Police, Bhiwani, Sanjay Singh said.The killing of Kuldeep sparked violent protests in the area.
Hiran's body was found in a creek in Thane district on March 5.
The operation turned into an encounter after terrorists opened fire on security forces.
One cop from the Gidham police station, in Dantewada district, was killed and another abducted in the incident.
At least five policemen were killed and a huge cache of arms and ammunition were looted by militants belonging to the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army in an ambush in Garo hills of Meghalaya on Tuesday.
Terrorists carried out three attacks in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, leaving one CRPF personnel dead and four persons, including two workers from Bihar and a Kashmiri Pandit, injured, officials said.
Two Central Reserve Police Force commandos were killed in an IED blast triggered by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district early on Tuesday.
The incident took place on Sunday when a pandal fell on the people due to strong winds and heavy rains during a religious programme.
The NIA also conducted a raid at the residence of Shiv Sena leader and former 'encounter specialist' of Mumbai Police, Pradeep Sharma in connection with the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiren murder case on Thursday, sources said.
The rebels fired randomly at the policemen, killing five constables, a chowkidar and three civilians.
The ultras for the first time this season put up pamphlets, banners and flags on Thursday, appealing to people to observe Maoist week -- from July 28 to August 3.
Five other personnel were injured along with two civilians, including a 10-year-old girl.
A Central Industrial Security Force jawan was killed in Gaya by a colleague for trying to outrage the modesty of his wife and daughter.
Suspected militants targeted a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's restive northwest on Tuesday, killing a policeman who was protecting the vaccinators, officials said.
The bus carrying personnel of the Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police came under fire from the terrorists in the evening. The vehicle was going from Bemina to Zewan, a police official said.
The slain security force personnel were identified as Sepoy Ajay Kumar and Constable Lateef Gujri.
One policeman was killed and another wounded in a grenade attack in northern Kashmir on Wednesday evening. According to the police, some militants hurled a grenade at a police patrol party at Kralgund near Handwara in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday evening. Two policemen were injured in the blast."Irfan Ahmad, a head constable, succumbed to his injuries in the hospital while another cop is battling for his life in the hospital," a police officer said.
The attack took place around 8.25 pm.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned the attack.
A prime witness in the Nitish Katara murder case has lodged a complaint against Kriparam Sharma, the president of the Congress' Noida unit and a close aide of DP Yadav for allegedly demanding extortion in Sahibabad, Ghaziabad.
In a poll related advisory, the cops have been asked not to be seen or perceived as favouring a particular political party or candidate through their social media updates.
The four men, all lorry workers, aged between 20 and 24, were arrested on November 29 for allegedly raping and killing the woman by smothering her and later burning her body.
'Yogiji has neither been successful in reducing crime in the state nor has he been able to make the people feel that they are safe,' says one UP minister.
Four security personnel were killed after a large number of armed Naxalites attacked a relief camp in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
A day after the terror attack on the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, services on the Central Railways were back to normal on Thursday, officials said.
The slain militant was identified as Muzaffar Naikoo alias Muzz Moulv of Lashkar, he said, adding the body has been sent to his native village in Sopore area of north Kashmir.
11 people died on Friday and some more were taken ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor sold by a licensed vendor in Aligarh, a senior official said.
In a report published by the Times of India, experts say 'black carbon' from the smog and ash is covering the glaciers, making them more prone to melting.
4 militants and a paramilitary central reserve police force (CRPF) trooper were killed on Sunday in two encounters across the valley.
