Jammu and Kashmir: Army Bomb Disposal Squad defused 20kg IED at Baramulla-Handwara highway

Security forces have averted a major terror plot by timely neutralisation of the IED. The traffic which was halted on the Baramulla-Handwara road in Jammu and Kashmir for initial hours was resumed at 10.00 am This is the second IED Read More …

India: ‘Highly radicalised’ operative of ISIS ‘Voice of Hind’ module arrested by NIA in Varanasi

Basit Kalam Siddiqui (24), an operative of the ISIS ‘Voice of Hind’ module, was arrested from Varanasi. He was arrested in a case related to the conspiracy hatched by ISIS, to radicalise and recruit youth in India to wage war Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Terror Hideout Busted In Surankot; IED Batteries, Grenades Recovered

In a significant success, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday busted a terror hideout in the Surankot area of Poonch. The operation was launched early today morning after Jammu and Kashmir Police generated specific input. Police have recovered 16 IED Read More …

India: Experts, agencies discuss how to counter emerging terror, IED threats at National Security Guard seminar

New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): A two-day National Security Guard (NSG) Raising Day International Seminar on the theme “Countering Emerging Terror and IED threats by Harnessing Latest Technology” was conducted on October 14 and 15 at NSG Manesar Garrison. Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Police recover IEDs and sticky bombs from Kathua district

The Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday claimed to have recovered half a dozen explosive devices from a militant hideout in the Kathua district. According to the police, the seized explosives included three IEDs and an equal number of sticky bombs. Read More …

India: DRDO starts work on scent pads to train military dogs for detection of explosives/drugs

In a first, the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has started working on the development of scent pads for training military dogs to detect explosives or narcotics. A proposal regarding this was sent by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), as Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: LeT planned blasts in Udhampur with an eye on Amit Shah’s visit

Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit was behind the recent twin blasts in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur which were carried out ahead of high profile visit of the Union home minister to convey “all is not well” in the Union Territory, DGP Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 2 hurt in twin IED blasts ahead of Shah’s visit

Ahead of the scheduled visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Jammu and Kashmir, twin IED blasts in two passenger buses within a time gap of eight hours rocked Udhampur district. Two persons were left injured in the blasts. Read More …

India: Bomb-making manuals, weapons, and jihadi documents seized in PFI raids

The Islamist organisation, Popular Front of India (PFI) and its sister organisations and fronts, were banned by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India under the UAPA Act via a notification on September 27. Before the ban was announced, Read More …

India: CRPF jawan killed in IED blast in Bijapur district

A jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast, suspected to have triggered by Naxalites, in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Wednesday evening, police said. The incident occurred at around 6:30 pm Read More …

Terror groups are recruiting engineer-terrorists

US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence opines that terrorists will conduct AI-powered cyberattacks and pair AI software with commercially available drones to create ‘smart weapons’. The recent issue of “Voice of Khorasan”, the Islamic State’s mouthpiece in Afghanistan and Read More …

India: Thoubal police recover IED planted by suspected militants

Police in Manipur’s Thoubal district on Sunday recovered an IED which was planted by suspected militants at the house of an individual. Police said that the IED was found planted at the veranda of the house of one Puyam Tenden Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Explosives recovered near LoC in Poonch

Security forces on Thursday recovered explosives near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. During a search operation, Army troops found a bag near the LoC in Noorkot area, they said. They recovered a Read More …

India: 2 involved in planting IED arrested in Manipur

Two persons involved in the planting of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the office of Ward Development Committee in Manipur’s Imphal West district on September 8 were arrested, police said on Monday. Superintendent of Police, Imphal West, Ksh Shivakanta Read More …

India: Bomb explodes in front of RSS worker’s house in Kerala’s Kannur

A crude bomb exploded in front of a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker’s residence in the Chavassery area of Kannur district on Thursday night. As per police, the explosion took place about 50 meters away from Sudheesh’s house. Police along Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: IED Defused In Srinagar

The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that it recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 30-35 Kgs during a search operation in Khonmoh area of Srinagar district. “On a specific input regarding presence of militants in Khonmoh area Read More …

India: 106 landmines, 360 cartridges, 500 m of codex wire in a massive anti-Naxal operation Octopus in Jharkhand

In a massive operation against Naxals in the Budha Pahar area of Jharkhand, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police teams have recovered 106 different types of landmines, over 360 cartridges, 500 m of codex wire ammonium nitrate, arrow Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: In a first, ‘Magnetic IED’ recovered in Baramulla district

In a first, government forces on Sunday claimed to have recovered magnetic improvised devices in Sopore village in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a statement, issued to a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said that a Read More …

India: Canada-based gangster behind IED bomb planted under Police SI’s car

With the arrest of seven persons including a man who planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the car of Punjab Police Sub-Inspector in Amritsar, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Saturday said that it is yet another Read More …