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Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 17 (ANI): Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai on Friday hailed the surrender of 208 Naxalites, calling it a "historic day". The Chief Minister assured that the State government will work towards skilling and rehabilitating the Left Wing Extremists, who laid down their arms. CM Sai told reporters, "It is a historic day not just for Chhattisgarh but the entire nation when Naxalites in large numbers will surrender and join the mainstream. The government will work ...Read More >
Park's director Sonali Ghosh said that intelligence inputs had indicated the movement of armed poachers inside the park, following which all anti-poaching camps were immediately alerted. "They were instructed to comb the area and block possible escape routes," she said. Around 2:50am, a river patrol team from the Burapahar Range spotted light emanating from an unidentified object in the Maite Tapu area and located a group of suspected poachers. Also Read: Assam: Suspected poacher killed in Ka ...Read More >
Guwahati, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Alert security forces in Assam's Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) on Thursday foiled a rhino poaching attempt and arrested three poachers, officials said. KNPTR Director Sonali Ghosh said that in a joint operation conducted by Biswanath Police along with Majuli Police and Lakhimpur Police, led by Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) (Crime), Biswanath and Additional Superintendent of Police (HQ), successfully foiled a rhino poaching attempt. ...Read More >
The Ministry of Defence signed a Rs 659.47 crore contract for advanced Night Sight devices for the Indian Army's SIG 716 Assault Rifles. This procurement, classified as Buy (Indian-IDDM), ensures over 51% indigenous content, boosting domestic defence manufacturing and enhancing soldiers' night combat capabilities up to 500 meters. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract worth Rs 659.47 crore on 15 October 2025 for the procurement of Night Sight (Image Intensifier) devices for the Indian ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 15 (UNI) The Ministry of Defence inked a contract agreement worth Rs 659.47 crore for procurement of Night Sight (Image Intensifier) for 7.62 x 51mm Assault Rifle along with accessories for the Indian Army, here today. The Night Sight will enable soldiers to fully exploit the longer effective range of the SIG 716 Assault Rifle. These sights are capable of engaging targets up to an effective range of 500 metres, even under starlit conditions and provide a significant improvement ...Read More >
Imphal, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) A mob attacked a convoy of Manipur Police at Longja village in the state's Chandel district, damaging several vehicles, though no injuries were reported, officials said on Thursday. A police official in Imphal said that windshields of three police vehicles were damaged in the attack that took place late on Wednesday when the police were conducting an operation in the hill areas. However, there is no report of any injuries on either side. One of those vehicles bel ...Read More >
Imphal: Security forces arrested three Maoist rebels and one member of the Red Army after busting an insurgent hideout during anti-militant operations conducted in Manipur's Imphal Valley on Sunday. According to police reports, they captured Ngairangbam Apollo Meetei, also known as Ibungo (37), a cadre of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party-Maoist (KCP-Maoist), from his residence under Lamlai Police Station in Imphal East district. They also arrested Angom Achou Singh (34), a KCP (City Meite ...Read More >
Imphal, Sep 29 (PTI) Security forces have arrested four militants belonging to different proscribed outfits from Manipur's Imphal West and East districts, police said on Monday. All the arrests were made on Sunday. One active cadre of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (City Meitei) was arrested from a residential locality at Phayeng Ching Khunou in Imphal West district, a police statement said. A double-barrel rifle was seized from the possession of the insurgent, identified as 34-year-ol ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Tension simmered in Indana village of Nuh on Saturday after a police raid to investigate a case of vehicle thefts from Punjab escalated into violence. The confrontation resulted in several policemen being injured after being pelted with stones, shots being fired, and multiple vehicles damaged.According to officials, the incident occurred around 11.30am when a joint team of the Tauru and Punhana CIA units raided the house of Azad, a former councillor and main accused. As soon as Azad spo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Budding shooter Anushka Thokur added a second gold to her bag, clinching the top spot in women's 50m rifle 3-positions event even as Adriyan Karmakar won a silver in the men's section of the same event in a depleted field in the ISSF Junior World Cup here on Sunday. With these two medals, India have taken their tally to 13, including four gold, six silver and three bronze. Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) are second with three gold, one silver and two bronze, while Ital ...Read More >
Imphal: Assam and Manipur police on Friday arrested two senior cadres of the banned People's Liberation Army (PLA) in connection with the September 19 ambush on Assam Rifles personnel in Bishnupur district of Manipur. The attack claimed the lives of two Assam Rifles personnel and injured five others. The arrests, coordinated by the Crime Branch Police Station, Guwahati, have brought the total number of PLA cadres detained in the case to three, officials said. One of the arrested, Chongtham Ma ...Read More >
Manipur Police arrested a 38-year-old man and seized a large quantity of drugs in Imphal East. Separately, security forces apprehended a KCP (PWG) member. A significant cache of arms, ammunition, and combat gear were also recovered near Thoubal district. Imphal: In yet another bust against the drug-trafficking network, Manipur Police seized a large quantity of drugs and arrested a 38-year-old man in Imphal East district during a targeted raid carried out on Thursday.Officials sources said the a ...Read More >
Imphal, Sep 26 (PTI) Security forces have arrested a militant and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur, police said on Friday. The militant, identified as Md Tajuddin Shah (37), was arrested from Khurai Chairen Thong area in Imphal East district on Thursday. He was an active member of the banned Kangleipak Communist Party (PWG) outfit, a statement said. Besides, in an unrelated operation, security forces seized a large cache of arms and ammunition belonging to the proscribed o ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the Indian Armed Forces aspire to achieve self-reliance and aim to reduce external dependence, and the government is committed to developing a robust defence infrastructure in line with this vision. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the Indian Armed Forces aspire to achieve self-reliance and aim to reduce external dependence, and the government is committed to developing a robust defence infrastructure in line with this vision. ...Read More >
Imphal: The prime accused of the September 19 ambush, in which two Assam Rifles personnel were killed and five others injured by an armed group in Manipur's Bishnupur district, was arrested on Wednesday, officials said. A senior police official said that on receipt of specific information about the presence of armed militants in the Kameng area in Imphal West district, a team of the district police, Assam Rifles, and other security forces launched a special operation early on Wednesday and appr ...Read More >
Manipur [India], September 23 (ANI): The Indian Army and Assam Rifles, under the Spear Corps, launched a series of intelligence-based joint operations in Manipur from September 15 to 21, 2025. These coordinated efforts with Manipur Police targeted several districts, including Tengnoupal, Thoubal, Imphal East, Tamenglong, Churachandpur, Kangpokpi, and Chandel. In a post shared on X, the Spear Corps of the Indian Army said that nine active cadres were apprehended during these operations. Securit ...Read More >
Mumbai: "A man in police uniform, holding a rifle and looking angry, approached me and said: 'Is desh mein rehna hoga toh Jai Mata Di kehna hoga (If you want to live in this country, you must say Jai Mata Di).' Out of fear, I said 'Jai Mata Di' softly. He told me to say it loudly or he would shoot me there and then. His rifle was pointed towards me. I caught hold of it and pointed it upwards and asked him, 'Who are you?' He replied: 'Let go of the rifle or I'll shoot you.' I let go and he left, ...Read More >
Mumbai: In the trial against dismissed Railway Proection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh, a quadruple murder accused, the prosecution on Monday concluded the deposition of a woman passenger who travelled on the train with her children in July 2023. In court, she identified the accused, who was presented via video conference from jail, and said she was forced to chant "Jai Mata Di." She also said he was armed with a rifle."When I saw a man wearing a police uniform coming towards me, he was hol ...Read More >
New Delhi: Two alleged were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Friday, according to the police. The gun battle took place in the morning in a forest of south-west region of the district, bordering Telangana, when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Maoist operation, a police official said. After the exchange of fire stopped, the bodies of two Maoists, weapons, including a .303 rifle, and explosives were recovered from the encounter site, he said, adding tha ...Read More >
DALTONGANJ/NAGPUR: A 38-year-old commander of TPSC, a CPI (Maoist) splinter group, carrying a bounty of Rs 5 lakh, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand's Palamu Sunday. Mukhdev Yadav, alias Toofan, was involved in the killing of two cops in Keydaal jungle on Sept 3.On Saturday, notorious Maoist Shankar Mahaka (32), carrying a Rs 2 lakh bounty, was arrested in Tekameta jungle in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli. Mahaka, wanted by NIA for a civilian's murder in 2023, was scouting f ...Read More >
Medininagar, Sep 14 (PTI) A Maoist was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Sunday morning, police said. The deceased was identified as Mukhdev Yadav (40) alias Toofan ji, a self-styled sub-zonal commander of the banned Maoist splinter group Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), SP Reeshma Ramesan said. The encounter broke out in a forest area bordering Manatu and Tarhasi in the district, IG (Operations) Michael Raj S told PTI. The body of the red ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): In a final where the latest Chinese sensation Peng Xinlu shattered the world record, India's Meghana Sajjanar, playing a first world final in eight years, clinched bronze in the women's 10m air rifle, her first ever world cup medal, to help India finish the season-ending International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Ningbo, China, in fifth place on the medal tally with one gold and one bronze medal on Sunday. Meghana shot 230.0 i ...Read More >
MEDININAGAR: A Maoist was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Sunday morning, police said. An encounter broke out in a forest area on the border of Manatu and Tarhasi police stations' jurisdiction this morning, and after the operation, the body of a red rebel and a rifle were recovered from there, Jharkhand Police IG (operations) and spokesperson Michael Raj S told PTI. The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained, the police officer said, addin ...Read More >
Palamu, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Sunday, leading to the recovery of an INSAS rifle from the site, police said. The slain Maoist has been identified as Mukhdev alias Mukesh Yadav, a member of the banned Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC), a splinter group of the CPI (Maoist). He was reportedly associated with the TSPC's Shashikant Gang and had been active across Palam ...Read More >
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India] September 13 (ANI): Two Naxalites, each carrying a bounty of Rs 8 lakh, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Friday morning, police said. According to officials, acting on credible intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoists in the southwestern region of Bijapur, a search operation was launched by a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG). The operation led to an exchange of fire on the morning of September ...Read More >
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India] September 13 (ANI): Two Naxalites, each carrying a bounty of Rs 8 lakh, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh Bijapur district on Friday morning, police said. According to officials, acting on credible intelligence inputs about the presence of Maoists in the southwestern region of Bijapur, a search operation was launched by a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG). The operation led to an exchange of fire on the morning of September 12 ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Mumbai Crime Branch on Friday recreated the crime scene in the sensational INSAS rifle theft case at Navy Nagar, Colaba. The exercise, which lasted for about an hour, began around 6 pm, with both arrested accused -- Rakesh Dubulla (20) and his elder brother Umesh Dubulla (25) -- present at the spot. Brothers' Alleged Motive: Terror and Extortion According to investigators, the duo allegedly stole the rifle with the motive of creating terror in t ...Read More >
The police said they received intelligence inputs about the presence of Gatta Dalam, Company No 10, and other Maoist formations of the Gadchiroli Division in the dense forest region on August 25. Four Maoists, including three women, were killed Wednesday after an eight-hour-long encounter with security forces in the Koparshi forest area along the Gadchiroli-Narayanpur border. According to the police, they received intelligence inputs about the presence of Gatta Dalam, Company No 10, and other ...Read More >
Srinagar, Aug 4 (PTI) Security agencies have gathered evidence, including documents issued by the government of Pakistan and biometric data, confirming that the three slain foreign terrorists involved in the deadly Pahalgam attack were Pakistani nationals, officials said on Monday. The terrorists, identified as senior Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Dachigam forest on the outskirts of Srinagar on July 28 during an operation code-named 'Mahad ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): Chocolate wrappers, Pakistani ID cards, satellite phone logs and more have linked Pahalgam attackers with Pakistan, sources say. The evidences recovered by the Indian agencies between July 28-29 echo Union Home Minister Amit Shah speech in the Lok Sabha on July 29, which said that the identities of the terrorists have been traced to Pakistan. For the first time we have government-issued Pakistani documents in hand that nail the nationality of the Pahalgam att ...Read More >
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