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Imphal, March 11 – Tensions remained high in the Ukhrul district of Manipur on Wednesday after at least 20 Tangkhul Naga civilians traveling along the Ukhrul-Imphal route were reportedly detained by people from another community, officials said.A police official confirming the incident said...

Islamabad, March 11 Pakistan said on Wednesday that its security forces have killed 641 Afghan Taliban operatives and injured over 855 in the ongoing military operation launched two weeks ago.Pakistan launched military action, codenamed Operation Ghazab lil-Haq (righteous fury), on February 26...

Shillong, March 11 – Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma appealed to citizens, particularly in the Garo Hills region, to maintain peace and calm amid rising tensions, as the state government decided to postpone the elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC).In a post...

Tensions persist in parts of Garo Hills following violence linked to the GHADC election nomination process. Authorities have increased security and called for peace as investigations into the incidents continue.Due to the heightened tensions in West Garo Hills, the district administration and...

Srinagar, March 11 Security forces have busted a terrorist hideout in the Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, recovering a cache of arms and ammunition, officials said on Wednesday.The hideout was discovered during a search operation in the Ranar forest area of the district, officials...

Shillong, March 11 Mobile internet services were suspended across five districts in western Meghalaya on Wednesday after several incidents of violence linked to the tribal council elections threatened to disrupt public order, principal secretary (home) FR Kharkongor said.The suspension covers...

New Delhi, March 11 – A parallel government has taken control of the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province in Pakistan, as Pakistani security forces have been unable to contain the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).The conflict against the Afghan Taliban and the Balochistan Liberation Army...

Imphal, March 11 Hundreds of people, mostly women, staged a demonstration here on Wednesday, demanding that illegal immigrants be identified through the National Register of Citizens (NRC) or any other exercise before the census in Manipur, police said.A scuffle broke out between demonstrators...

Imphal, March 11 Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam said on Wednesday that the number of firearms seized by security forces is much higher than those looted at the onset of ethnic violence in the state.Konthoujam, who is in charge of the Home Department, made the statement in the...

New Delhi, March 11 In a remarkable success for the government's efforts to combat Naxalism, 108 hardened Maoists, carrying a combined bounty of ₹3.95 crore, surrendered in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, officials said.Thirty-seven Maoists from Bijapur, 30 from Dantewada, 18 from Sukma, 16 from...

Shillong, March 11 A day after the death of two people in police firing during clashes between two groups in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, the situation remained calm but tense in the region on Wednesday, with the local administration extending curfew for two days, officials said.The...

Imphal, March 11 – Security forces in Manipur arrested ten hardcore militants belonging to different insurgent groups from six districts of the state over the past 24 hours, police said on Wednesday.A police official said that the militants were apprehended in Imphal West, Imphal East...

Imphal, March 11 Security forces arrested six militants, belonging to various banned groups, from three districts of Manipur, a police statement said on Wednesday.Three active members of the banned People's Liberation Army were apprehended on Monday in the stretch between BP-75 and BP-80 in...

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...

New Delhi, March 10 The Union Home Ministry has drafted legislation to address the grievances of cadre officers of the paramilitary forces regarding cadre review and career progression.Sources close to the development said that the ministry has drafted a bill which may rationalize the opening...

Jammu, March 10 – Alert troops foiled an infiltration attempt on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Rajouri district on Tuesday, killing one terrorist and launching a search to track down the second.Officials said that the terrorist was killed in an anti-infiltration operation in the Jhangar...

Shillong, March 10 The Army was deployed in the West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, where two people were killed by security forces after clashes broke out between two groups, officials said.Security forces opened fire to disperse violent mobs amid tensions during the nomination process for...

Shillong, March 10 – Two people were killed in "police firing" to disperse a gathering during curfew hours in the West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya on Tuesday morning, officials said.The incident has heightened tensions in the region just weeks before the election to the Garo Hills...

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...

Quetta, March 10 – Another Baloch student was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in the Balochistan province, a leading human rights organization said on Tuesday.Citing sources, the Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement, Paank, mentioned that 16-year-old Abdullah Baloch...