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Srinagar, March 16 (IANS) Two people were killed and four others injured when separatist guerrillas attacked a police patrol in north Kashmir’s Sopore town Tuesday evening, officials said.
A civilian and a policeman were killed, while three civilians and a policeman were wounded in the attack that took place in Sopore town, 54 km from here.
‘Militants [...]

Katra (J-K), Mar 16 (ANI): Security has been beefed up at the famous Vaishno Devi Temple near Jammu due to nine-day ”Navratri” festival, which began with religious fervour today.
Shiv Kumar Sharma, Superintendent of Police, Katra, said keeping Navratri festival in mind we have alerted our forces.
“We have a very good liaison with the Army and [...]

Srinagar, Mar 16 (ANI): At least four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after militants” opened fire on them in a busy market in Srinagar.
A civilian was also injured in the firing that took place in Kokar Bazar on Tuesday morning.
The militants eventually managed to escape, but the State police have begun an [...]

Chandigarh, March 5 (ANI): Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) party workers led by the party chief, Kuldeep Bishnoi attacked police personnel here on Friday as they stopped them from marching on the State Assembly.
Over 1,000 supporters of the Haryana Janhit Congress had gathered at the Sector 25 ground to protest against the policies of the Bhupinder [...]

Dantewada, Sept 18 (ANI): Eight naxalites and one Assistant Commandant of the CRPF were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.

According to police sources, four jawans were also injured in an encounter.

A team of [...]

Katra, Sept 18 (ANI): Security has been beefed up at the famous Vaishno Devi Temple near Jammu ahead of the nine-day “Navratri” festival.

Paramilitary and police personnel are patrolling and frisking people at important points in Katra, which is thronged by thousands of [...]

Rourkela, Sep 10 (ANI): The Maoists blew up a railway track and at least four government buildings in Orissa’s Sundargarh district today.

According to police sources, the rebels blasted railway tracks at around seven places between Bimlagarh and Patangi.

They also blew up an abandoned police station building at Kalta, another building where a CRPF [...]

Srinagar, Sep 9 (ANI): At least two people were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast that took place outside the 42nd battalion CRPF building in Srinagar on Wednesday.

There were no fatalities reported.

It is suspected that the IED was kept outside the CRPF batallion gate by militants. [...]

Hyderabad, Sep.4 (ANI): The flag-draped and flower-bedecked coffin of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajsekhara Reddy arrived in his native village Pulivendula in Kadapa District by an Indian Air Force helicopter on Friday afternoon.

The flight took off from [...]

Hyderabad, Sep.4 (ANI): The flag-draped and flower-bedecked coffin of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajsekhara Reddy left the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium on Friday afternoon, hours after it was placed there for the general public and [...]

Hyderabad, Sep.4 (ANI): The flower-bedecked gun carriage carrying the coffin of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajsekhara Reddy has reached the Lal Bahudur Shastri Stadium and is lying in state for the general public and politicians to pay their last [...]

Hyderabad, Sep 4 (ANI): The last rites of the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Rajsekhar Reddy will be held with full state honours at his native place Pulivendula in Cuddapah district today.

According to sources the burial of the departed Chief Minister will be held at around 5 p. m. Before that the body of the Reddy [...]

Hyderabad/New Delhi, Sep.3 (ANI): Search operations for missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy resumed at first light on Thursday morning.

State Government sources said that they have narrowed down the search to a 20-square kilometer radius in the Nallamalla Forest Range where they believe the seven-seat Bell helicopter carrying the chief minister may have [...]

Hyderabad, Sep.2 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary P. Ramakanth on Wednesday said that efforts are continuing to trace missing Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy.

Addressing his second press conference of the day, Ramakanth said that search operations are being focused on the Nallamalla Forest Range, and [...]

New Delhi, Sep.2 (ANI): Union Home Minster P. Chidambaram, after meeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to apprise him of the latest developments and efforts of the security forces to trace out Andhra Pradesh Y.S.Rajshekhara Reddy, missing since 9.35 morning.

Ahead [...]

New Delhi, Sep.2 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday evening said both Revenue and Forest officials of that area have been pressed into the search operations for the missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Rajshekhara Reddy.

Addressing media persons, Chidambaram said: “Paramilitary and State [...]

New Delhi, Sep.2 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked Union Law Minister and general secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh Veerappa Moily and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Prithviraj Chauhan to rush to Hyderabad [...]

Hyderabad/New Delhi, Sep. 2 (ANI): Aerial search operations for missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy have been called off, even as 5,000 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Indian Army personnel have been deployed to search for him in the forest ranges of Chitoor [...]

Hyderabad, Sep.2 (ANI): At least 5,000 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have reportedly been deployed for the search of missing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy.

State Government sources said the CRPF personnel would move along the same route that the chief minister took, notwithstanding the inclement weather. [...]

New Delhi, Sep.1 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday revealed that his government would be changing the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the state.

Talking to reporters after a meeting with Union [...]