encounter

Sukma, March 29 A Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, on Sunday, two days before the Centre's March 31 deadline to eliminate Maoism from the country, police said.The gunfight took place in the forest area under the Polampalli police...

Agra, March 28 A 29-year-old man accused of killing a minor girl was killed in an encounter here on Saturday, police said.The body of an eight-year-old girl was found in a flour drum earlier this week in the Tajganj area.Sunil, a tenant in the girl's Siddharth Nagar house, was accused of...

New Delhi, March 27 Two men wanted in a murder case were shot at and arrested in the Rohini area of outer Delhi, police sources said on Friday.The encounter took place in Rohini Sector 28, and both men were shot in the leg, they said.On March 19, Ravi Bhardwaj was shot dead inside his house...

Jammu, March 26 The administration has sought information and evidence from the public following an order by authorities to conduct a magisterial inquiry into an encounter in the Ramnagar area of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir last month.Two Pakistani terrorists, including a top...

New Delhi, March 24 – The Delhi Police arrested a wanted criminal on Tuesday after an early morning encounter in the IP Estate area of the national capital, officials said, adding that the accused sustained a gunshot injury and has been admitted to a hospital.According to officials, a team...

Bhubaneswar, March 23 – Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi revealed on Monday that as many as 15 Maoist cadres are currently active in different parts of the state.In a written reply to a query in the state Assembly, Majhi said that according to the Central Government’s Security Related...

Ghaziabad (UP), March 18 A man accused of killing a 4-year-old girl in the Nandigram area here was arrested after an encounter in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said.Police arrested Gaurav Prajapati, 24, around 3 am and recovered a homemade pistol, two used cartridges, and one live...

Motihari/Patna (Bihar), March 17 Members of a special task force (STF) and two criminals were killed in an encounter in East Champaran district of Bihar on Tuesday, officials said.The incident took place in the Chakia area in the early hours.The deceased STF personnel was identified as...

The terrorist killed along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district on Tuesday during a failed infiltration attempt has been identified as an operative of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit. Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that the terrorist was killed in the general...

Jammu, March 11 The terrorist who was killed along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district during a failed infiltration attempt has been identified as a launching operative of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, officials said on Wednesday.According to the army, the...

Rajouri/Jammu, March 10 Army troops foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, killing one terrorist and recovering three weapons, six magazines, and three grenades during an encounter, officials said.This is the second...

Rajouri/Jammu, March 10 Army troops foiled an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, killing one terrorist during an encounter, officials said.Acting on intelligence inputs, security forces detected the movement of two...

New Delhi, March 10 Two shooters, wanted in connection with the murder of a businessman in Bawana, northern Delhi, were arrested after a brief exchange of fire with the police in the Rohini area, an official said on Tuesday.The encounter took place in Rohini, Sector 34, when police intercepted...

Hyderabad, March 7 The NIA has issued notices to several individuals who attended and spoke at the funeral of a CPI (Maoist) leader last year, sources said on Saturday.They claimed the notices were issued to at least seven people, including a lawyer, who attended and addressed a gathering at...

Kanpur (UP), February 27 The Kanpur Police has cracked a case of organized robbery after the arrest of six people, two of whom were apprehended in an encounter, officials said on Friday. Interestingly, the investigation has also uncovered an alleged hawala network involving crores of rupees...

Hardoi (UP), February 26 A man here is alleged to have attacked a class 12 female student with a sharp-edged weapon after she refused to marry him, police said on Thursday.The woman remains in critical condition.Her family claimed that they had earlier filed a police complaint against the...

Raipur/Bijapur, February 26 – In a major success for security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, two high-value Maoist cadres, carrying a combined reward of Rs ten lakh, were killed in an encounter in the Indravati River area of Bijapur district on Thursday.Preliminary identification...

In Chhattisgarh, two Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Bijapur district today. Three rifles and other weapons and ammunition have been recovered from the scene.District Superintendent of Police, Dr. Jitendra Yadav, said that a joint team of security forces...

Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), February 26 Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, according to police.The exchange of fire took place in a forest along the Indravati river in the morning when a joint team of security...

Chandigarh, February 25 The Punjab Police shot dead a man in an exchange of fire and arrested another for their alleged involvement in the killing of two police personnel in Gurdaspur, an officer said on Wednesday.The action came after assistant sub-inspector Gurnam Singh and home guard Ashok...