Security Personnel

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls deferred due to state’s demand for 70,000 security troops, claim Home Ministry officials

The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections were deferred as the state administration asked for over 70,000 paramilitary troops for conducting simultaneous polls, a demand which could not be acceded to

Pulwama terror attack: Traders body observes nationwide market bandh today

CAIT secretary general Praveen Khandelwal said during the bandh, traders would observe a day long fast and take out a tribute march in their respective states.

CRPF jawan shoots self with colleague's AK-47 in poll-bound Chhattisgarh; probe underway to find reason for suicide

Constable Rajiv Kumar Singh, the CRPF jawan, was a native of Jamunipur village of Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district. He was on poll duty in Chhattisgarh where the second phase of voting will be held on Tuesday.

Rape-accused escapes Gurugram jail in garbage truck; police book prison officials for security lapses

The accused on Friday afternoon managed to escape from the district jail in Gurugram by discreetly boarding a garbage collection vehicle.

Pakistan violated ceasefire over 600 times in 2017, says Home Ministry official

Pakistan has violated the ceasefire over 600 times so far in 2017, the highest in the last one decade, an official said

LeT militants attack police bus in Srinagar on eve of Eid: One personnel killed, five injured

On Friday, militants opened fire on a police bus at the Pantha Chowk area in Srinagar

Eight security personnel killed in Pulwama as militants attack police complex

Eight security personnel, including four CRPF men, were killed when militants carried out a suicide attack on a district police complex in south Kashmir's Pulwama today, triggering a massive gunfight in which the three terrorists were killed.

Independence Day: New Delhi gets unprecedented ground-to-air security cover ahead of event

The national capital, including the Red Fort from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on the 71st Independence Day on Tuesday, has been put under an unprecedented ground-to-air security cover

Nawaz Sharif grilled in Panama Papers case, accuses 'unseen elements' of plotting against govt

Beleaguered prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said he and his family have done nothing wrong and lashed out at "some unseen elements" for plotting against his democratically-elected government, as he became Pakistan's first sitting premier to be grilled by a graft probe panel.

Chhattisgarh: 2 security personnel killed, another 2 injured in face-off with Naxals in Bijapur

Two security personnel were killed and as many injured in an exchange of fire with Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Friday, police said.