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Two officers also dead in encounter
Four Pakistan based terrorists were gunned down and two security forces’ personnel lost their life in a fierce encounter that broke out in the forest area in the Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.

Based on intelligence developed by police on the presence of terrorists, security forces launched an operation in the Laam forest of Tral area, the official said.

The slain personnel were identified as Sepoy Ajay Kumar and Constable Lateef Gujri.

 

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J&K police personnel carry the coffin of Latif Gujar, who died fighting militants, in Tral on Tuesday. PTI


A gun battle broke out when the militants opened fire at the security personnel, the official said.

In the initial exchange of fire, one soldier and a policeman sustained injuries. They were evacuated to hospitals here but succumbed to injuries, the official said.

The slain security force personnel were identified as Sepoy Ajay Kumar of 42 Rashtriya Rifles and Constable Lateef Gujri.

Ajay Kumar, who was from Panjola village in Himachal’s Sirmaur district, died at the Army Base Hospital here.

Four militants were also killed, the official said, adding that weapons and other war-like stores were recovered from the encounter site.

While the individual identity of the slain militants is being ascertained, the official said at least two of them were believed to be foreigners. With PTI

 

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/braveheart-cremated-with-military-honours/579676.html
The body of Sepoy Ajay Kumar of the 42 Rashtriya Rifles, who was martyred on Tuesday in the Tral region of Jammu and Kashmir in a counter-terrorist operation, was brought to his native Kotla Panjola panchayat at Pachhad in Sirmaur district on Wednesday and cremated with full military honours.

He is survived by his mother Kamla Devi and father Suresh Kaundal while his younger brother Sanjay Kumar had died of cancer a few months ago. His father is a carpenter and Ajay was the only earning member of the family.

The parents were inconsolable as the news of his death reached the village. Ajay, who was born on June 25, 1992, had joined the Army in 2013 as his remote village had little to offer in terms of employment.

Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur expressed grief over the death of Ajay Kumar. He belonged to Thurag village of Kotla-Panjhola panchayat .

The Governor said Ajay Kumar laid down his life for the nation and people would always remain indebted to him for this supreme sacrifice.

In his condolence message, the Chief Minister said Himachal Pradesh had been a land of brave soldiers and Ajay Kumar sacrificed his life for the integrity of the country. He expressed sympathies with the bereaved family members and prayed to the Almighty for the peace of the departed soul.

 

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ja...udhampur-as-2-jawans-laid-to-rest/583656.html

Posted at: May 4, 2018, 12:52 AM; last updated: May 4, 2018, 12:52 AM (IST)
Gloom in Udhampur as 2 jawans laid to rest
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Udhampur, May 3

A pall of gloom descended on the native villages of two Army jawans as their bodies reached the Ramnagar area of Udhampur on Wednesday night. The two soldiers were killed in a road accident in Punjab on Tuesday night. Both had got married 15 days ago.

According to reports, the incident took place at Batala in Punjab when the car they were travelling in lost control and collided with a truck. The soldiers died on the spot while their wives were critically injured. The two women were rushed to a hospital.

Army jawan Anil Kumar, a resident of Priya Badal village in Ramnagar, was married to Jyoti Devi, while Rajinder Kumar, a resident of Choki Jandrore village in Ramnagar, was married to Shobu Devi 15 days ago. They were returning home from Himachal Pradesh where they had gone for their honeymoon.

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Dehradun, May 2

Two ITBP jawans were killed as a bus fell into a gorge in the Pithoragarh district.

The mishap took place during early morning hours on Munshiyari-Pithoragarh road in Pithoragarh district. The ITBP bus was on way to Pithoragarh from Munshiyari when near Girgaon Banik village, the driver lost the control of steering and the bus fell into a gorge. On getting to know of the mishap, local villagers rushed to the spot to conduct relief operations. — TNS

 

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...litant-attack-in-anantnag/article23893509.ece

Srinagar, May 15, 2018 17:54 IST
Updated: May 15, 2018 17:54 IST

One policeman was killed and another injured in a militant attack in South Kashmir’s Anantnag on Tuesday afternoon.

“Militants fired upon a police vehicle in Anantnag's Bijbehara. The police retaliated the fire. One injured policeman succumbed to injuries in the hospital and another is undergoing a treatment,” said a police spokesman.

Deceased policeman was identified as Bilal Ahmed. The injured policeman was identified as Abdul Rashid. The security forces later cordoned off the area and started a combing operation to nab the attackers.

BSF jawan killed in Jammu

In Jammu, a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed as Pakistani troops opened fire on the International Border (IB) in Samba Sector.

"Pakistan rangers violated ceasefire agreement at 1:30 a.m. and resorted to unprovoked firing at the BSF positions. The exchange of fire was on for three hours,” said an official.

Deceased BSF constable was identified as Devinder Singh. “Singh suffered injuries in the firing and later succumbed,” the official added.

Meanwhile, Inspector General Frontier, BSF, Srinagar, Abhinav Kumar met Governor N.N. Vohra and briefed him about the BSF’s operations in Kashmir and “about the likely pattern of the emerging security scenario”.

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BSF jawans patrol near the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu

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A Border Security Force jawan was killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistani Army along the International Border (IB) in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior BSF official said today.

The firing from across the border comes barely four days ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the State, and also ended months of lull in the border skirmishes along the IB which saw heavy Pakistan firing and shelling earlier this year.

Pakistan troops resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing on forward posts in the Manguchak area around 11.30 p.m. on May 14 night and was effectively retaliated by the jawans guarding the IB, the officer said seeking anonymity.

He said heavy firing between the two sides continued for an hour during which Constable Devender Singh was hit by a stray bullet through the loophole of his picket. The constable was immediately evacuated to a hospital but could not survive, the officer added. He said intermittent firing between the two sides was still continuing when last reports were received.

The incident came barely 24 hours after BSF noticed suspicious movement of a group of five persons, believed to be terrorists and attempting to sneak into this side, along the IB in Hiranagar sector of nearby Kathua district, prompting a massive search operation and sounding of a high alert in Jammu.

Army also pressed helicopters into service during the search operation which entered the second day on May 15, the official said.

Singh’s death took the number of persons killed in over 700 incidents of Pakistani shelling along the IB and Line of Control (LoC) in the State to 33, the highest this year. The deceased included 17 security personnel.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive in Jammu and Kashmir on May 19.

There has been a lull in firing along the IB over the past three months after intense border skirmishes in January and February, which led to many casualties and forced civilians to flee their homes.

However, the frequent ceasefire violation by Paksitan was going on along the LoC.

 

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/1-army-jawan-killed-5-injured-in-blast-in-punjab/589667.html
Posted at: May 15, 2018, 10:15 PM; last updated: May 15, 2018, 10:15 PM (IST)

Hoshiarpur, May 15

One Army jawan was killed and five others were injured in a blast at the Field Ammunition Depot in Dasuya on Tuesday evening, police said.

The explosion took place during an inspection of defective ammunition, Hoshairpur SSP J Elanchezhian said. However, he said that he was waiting for the exact details to be shared by the Army about the incident.

Jagdish Raj, the Station House Officer (Dasuya) said six jawans were injured in the blast. They were admitted to the local civil hospital in Dasuya, where a jawan succumbed to injuries, he added.

Two seriously injured jawans were referred to a hospital in Jalandhar. — PTI

 

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...ib-in-jammu/article23922185.ece?homepage=true
Jammu, May 18, 2018 08:05 IST
Updated: May 18, 2018 13:22 IST

One Border Security Forces (BSF) jawan and two civilians were killed as Pakistan violated the Ramzan ceasefire agreement and resorted to shelling on the International Border in Jammu on Friday.

An official said Pakistani troops targeted Indian positions and civilian areas on Thursday night, which left one BSF jawan dead in R.S. Pura.

“In continuing shelling, two civilians were also died in R.S. Pura and Arnia area in the shelling,” said the official.

Pakistan troops resorted to heavy mortar shelling in Arnia, R.S. Pura and Ramgarh Sectors in Jammu, said officials. “Pakistan”s fire is being retaliated in equal measure,” said an official. The borders of Jammu & Kashmir are witnessing a flare-up in the run-up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on May 19.

 

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May 18, 2018 17:12 IST


Border Security Force (BSF) personnel carry the coffin of soldier Sita Ram Upadhyaya who was killed in firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border. at the BSF headquarters in Jammu on Friday. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti hit out at Pakistan for violating ceasefire in the region, saying Islamabad has shown no respect for Ramzan. (PTI)

 

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Military honours: Army personnel paying last respects to Havildar Rafi Mohammad at Chandole . | Photo Credit: T_VIJAYA_KUMAR

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He died in a landslip in Kargil-Leh sector on May 15

A pall of gloom descended on the village on Friday as the mortal remains of Havildar Rafi Mohammad, EME corps, were laid to rest with full military honours.

Army personnel, NCC commanding officer G.M Rao, revenue divisional officer, Tenali, Mandal Revenue Officer and MLC Annam Satish Prabhakar, Bapatla, visited the house and offered their condolences.

Rafi, who got married five years ago, was supposed to come to his native village in the first week of June for a month to stay during Ramzan.

But, he died in a landslip that hit Kargil-Leh sector on May 15; he was in a recovery vehicle that got caught in the landslide and plunged into a gorge tumbling into a depth of 3,000 feet.

Rafi’s body was found the same evening while the body of another soldier is yet to be traced.

The youngest of five brothers, Rafi had a passion to serve in the Army following in the footsteps of his elder brother Md. Arif. Soon after completing his Intermediate, Rafi was selected as a sepoy and within five years, rose up in the ranks to become Havildar. Rafi used to help educate children from economically backward families.

 

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Chhattisgarh: Five jawans dead, two injured in IED blast in Dantewada
Two personnel were also injured in the incident. More details awaited.



By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 20, 2018 1:17:49 pm

According to officials, the blast, targetting a police vehicle, took place at 11 am when the jawans were on their way from Cholnar to Kirandul. (Express photo)

Five police personnel were killed in an IED blast on Sunday morning. Two other jawans were also injured in the incident. According to officials, the blast, targetting a police vehicle, took place at 11 am when the jawans were on their way The deceased include three jawans from the Chhattisgarh Armed Force and two jawans from Dantewada district police.

 

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Dehradun, May 20

Naik Kuldeep Nainwal of Dehradun, who was grievously injured while fighting terrorists in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir during the month of April and was undergoing treatment at Pune military hospital, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday.

A pall of gloom descended on the Harrawala locality of Dehradun, where martyr’s family is residing. The mortal remains of the martyr are expected to arrive in Dehradun on Monday.

The Martyr’s father Chakradhar Prasad Nainwal had retired from the post of hony captain from the Army. Martyr Naik Kuldeep Nainwal had joined the Mahar Regiment in the year 2001 and was posted in Kashmir for the past two-and-a-half years.

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had enquired about the well-being of Kuldeep some time back. After suffering bullet injuries in Kulgam the encounter, a grievously injured Naik Nainwal was rushed to Army’s RR Hospital where after undergoing treatment for a while he was referred to Army hospital Pune, where he finally succumbed to his injuries.

 

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The blast occurred when a road opening party of the 206th battalion of CoBRA was out on patrolling, says a senior police official.


An official of the Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF's) elite CoBRA unit was on Thursday killed and another jawan injured when a pressure bomb, planted by Maoists, went off in district, the police said.

The blast occurred around 7:45 a.m. in a forest near Puswada village when a road opening party of the 206th battalion of CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) — a specialised unit of the CRPF — was out on patrolling, a senior police official told PTI.

“Sub-Inspector Rajesh Kumar, belonging to CoBRA 206th battalion, was killed in the explosion while constable Manik Tinpare of the same unit sustained minor injuries,” he said.

“While the security personnel were cordoning off a forest near Puswada, the CoBRA official came in contact with a pressure improvised explosive device (IED), planted by Maoists beneath the dirt track, that exploded leaving the two personnel, including him [Kumar],” injured, he said.

 

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...-in-pulwama/article24010070.ece?homepage=true
Srinagar, May 28, 2018 07:50 IST
Updated: May 28, 2018 08:02 IST

The militants managed to escape by using nearby orchards as a cover.
One Army jawan and a civilian were killed as militants attacked an Army camp in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday night.

“Militants fired upon the Army’s 50 Rashtriya Rifles camp at Kakapora on Sunday night, triggering exchange of fire,” said Senior Superintendent of Police, Pulwama, Mohammad Aslam Choudary.

The militants managed to escape by using nearby orchards as a cover.

The civilian, who died on the spot after being hit by a bullet, was identified as Bilal Ahmad Ganaie from Pulwama’s Naraw-Lajoora. Ganaie was a driver by profession.

Srinagar-based Army spokesperson Colonel Rajesh Kalia identified the deceased soldier as Sepoy Vikram Singh. Singh succumbed to his injuries at Army's base hospital in Srinagar. “It was a cowardly and provocative act of terror. Terrorists carried out a stand-off attack,” said Colonel Kalia.

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...es-nipah-scare-in-kolkata/article24039574.ece
Kolkata, May 30, 2018 22:31 IST
Updated: May 30, 2018 22:32 IST

The death of a 27-year-old Army soldier hailing from Kerala has set off fears that he may have been infected with Nipah. Seenu Prasad, was admitted to Kolkata’s Command Hospital on April 20 and he passed away on May 25.

According to authorities, the soldier had gone on a month’s leave to Kerala and joined duty on May 13. He was posted at Fort William, the headquarters of the Army’s Eastern Command.

“His body fluids have been sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune, ” said Wing Commander S.S. Birdi, Chief Public Relations Officer in Kolkata for the Ministry of Defence.

Meanwhile, three patients have been moved to the isolation ward of the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Beleghata in Kolkata after they showed symptoms of viral contamination. Two of them are from Domkal in Murshidabad district and the third is from Ghatal in Paschim Medinipur. They had visited Kerala in the past few weeks.