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  Three militants arrested in Manipur

  India | June 13, 2015 12:24 IST

  Imphal: In the aftermath of the June 4 ambush on an Army convoy in which 18 soldiers were killed,three militants, including two NSCN(K) insurgents, have been arrested in Manipur.A self styled 'chairman' of NSCN(K)'s 'Amamchat

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  Shopkeeper shot dead in Sopore by suspected militants

  India | June 13, 2015 9:50 IST

  Srinagar: Suspected militants on June 12 shot dead a shopkeeper in Sopore town of north Kashmir Baramulla district, police said.The gunmen shot at and critically injured Khursheed Ahmad Bhat inside his shop at Bomai in

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  20 armymen killed, 11 injured in insurgent ambush in Manipur

  India | June 05, 2015 7:12 IST

  Imphal:  In the worst attack in two decades, insurgents today ambushed a military convoy in Manipur's Chandel district killing at least 20 army personnel and injuring 11 others.Army and civilian authorities suspect the involvement of

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  Militants lay siege to guesthouse in Afghanistan's capital

  World | May 27, 2015 7:38 IST

  Kabul: Heavy gunfire and explosions broke out again early Wednesday in an upscale neighborhood in Afghanistan's capital, as police surrounded a guesthouse popular with foreigners thought to be under attack by insurgents.The firefight in the

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  Militants strike twice in Kashmir; soldier among three killed

  India | May 26, 2015 6:42 IST

  Srinagar: Three persons, including a soldier and a militant, were killed and two people were injured today as ultras targeted an army patrol and a franchise of BSNL at two places in Kashmir, police said.Militants

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  Terrorists open fire at BSNL showroom in Sopore; 3 injured

  India | May 25, 2015 16:18 IST

  Srinagar: One person was killed and two others were injured in a militant attack on a telecom company outlet in Sopore town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday, police said.The militants opened firing on

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  Eight Assam Rifles men killed in Nagaland militant attack

  India | May 03, 2015 23:32 IST

  Kohima: Eight security personnel were killed today in an ambush by underground militants in Mon district of Nagaland, defence sources said.The incident took place at Changlang Su area in Mon district around 2.30 p.m., when

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  Police prevent 6 Kashmiri youths from joining militant ranks

  India | April 09, 2015 19:38 IST

  Srinagar: Six young boys were detained by police, and handed over to parents, as they were heading to join militant ranks in south Kashmir Shopian district, officials said today.“We have detained six youth following technical

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  Security forces bust militant hideout in Baramulla

  India | April 06, 2015 8:00 IST

  Srinagar: Security forces busted a militant hideout yesterday and seized a cache of arms and ammunition in Baramulla district of Kashmir."Based on specific inputs, a search operation of Army was launched today in general area

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  One militant killed in Kashmir gunfight

  India | February 25, 2015 10:30 IST

  Srinagar: One separatist guerrilla of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit was killed Wednesday in a gunfight which is still on between the security forces and holed up guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district."Following specific intelligence

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  Islamic State group reaches for Afghanistan and Pakistan

  World | January 17, 2015 8:04 IST

  Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan: Afghanistan and Pakistan, home to al-Qaida and Taliban militants and the focus of the longest war in U.S. history, face a new, emerging threat from the Islamic State group, officials have told

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  On Christmas, Barack Obama marks end of Afghan combat

  World | December 26, 2014 11:39 IST

  Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii:  President Barack Obama marked the end of more than a decade of combat in Afghanistan by paying tribute to America's military, telling troops on Christmas Day that their sacrifices have allowed for

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  Pakistan: 77 militants killed after school massacre

  World | December 19, 2014 23:08 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistani warplanes and ground forces killed at least 77 militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Friday, days after Taliban fighters killed 148 people—most of them children—in a school

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  Teenage survivor recounts horrific tale of Peshawar attack

  World | December 18, 2014 16:35 IST

  Peshawar:  Ladyluck favoured a 14-year-old student who survived miraculously after being hit on the forehead by a bullet fired from point blank range by a Taliban militant in the school massacre here that killed 148

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  Militant hideout busted in Kupwara

  India | December 16, 2014 19:51 IST

  Srinagar:  Security forces today busted a militant hideout in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, recovering a cache of arms and ammunition.  “Police and Army busted a hideout during a search operation in Waligam forest

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  'IS may recruit locals, exploit Pakistan's sectarian divide'

  World | December 10, 2014 13:39 IST

  Islamabad: The Pakistan government has realised that the Islamic State (IS) group is a potential threat that could benefit from the changing militant landscape in the country and exploit the sectarian schism by signing up

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  Attack on police station in Iraq kills 9 people

  World | December 07, 2014 16:05 IST

  Baghdad: Militants attacked a police station in an Iraqi village north of Baghdad, killing at least nine people Sunday, officials said.The attack started at dawn with a suicide car bomber hitting the blast walls that

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  Lashkar-e-Taiba keen to revive militancy in J&K: Security agencies

  India | December 06, 2014 12:19 IST

  New Delhi: If security agencies are to be believed then the single largest casualty suffered by security forces in many years in Jammu and Kashmir may not just be linked to the ongoing state assembly

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  J&K Polls: Militants frustrated by high voter turnout, says Rajnath Singh

  Politics | December 05, 2014 23:27 IST

  Pargwal border: Militants want to create fear psychosis among people in Jammu and Kashmir as they are frustrated by the high voter turnout in the ongoing assembly elections, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday

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  Tribesman publicly beheaded in Pakistan

  World | November 15, 2014 11:39 IST

  Islamabad: Militants have beheaded a tribesman in public after accusing him of spying for security forces in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, a media report said Saturday.According to sources, the beheading was carried out Friday in a