Latest News: Terrorists & Security Forces Exchange Fire in Kulgam

Catch all the latest updates here.(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)A fire broke out at Gurunanak Timber market in Indore around 9 pm on Monday, 27 May. Two wood godowns and two shops were gutted in the fire. The fire was later controlled.(Source: ANI)At least two people were killed and 19 others injured in a mass stabbing attack in the Japanese city of Kawasaki, the local fire department said."A man stabbed them," a spokesman for the fire department, Dai Nagase said.(Source: AFP)Fire breaks out at a light bulb manufacturing factory in Delhi’s Peera Garhi area. 15 fire tenders are at the spot.(Source: ANI)An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded at 4:53 am in Kuchai area of Saraikella in Jharkhand on the troops of 209 CoBRA and Jharkhand police who were out on special operations. Eight CoBRA personnel and three Jharkhand police personnel were injured in the incident.(Source: ANI)President Donald Trump bid farewell Tuesday to Japan's Emperor Naruhito and flew to a US naval base to wrap up a symbolism-laden state visit reaffirming Washington's clout in Asia in the face of rising Chinese power.(Source: PTI)A Child’s death has been confirmed in stabbing rampage in Japan. Attacker injured 17 others before killing himself with the knife.(Source: ANI)At least five people died and several others were taken ill after consuming spurious liquor in Ramnagar area of Barabanki district, police said on Tuesday.The locals belonging to Raniganj and adjoining villages were taken ill after consuming liquor on Monday night and rushed to Ramnagar Community Health Centre (CHC), police said.While five of them died, some others were undergoing treatment at the CHC, they said.(Source: PTI)A civilian, who was shot at and injured by suspected militants in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, has succumbed to injuries, police said on Tuesday.Militants Monday night fired at and injured a civilian identified as Abdul Majeed Shah, a resident of Babagund area of Langate in the north Kashmir district, a police official said.Police have registered a case, the official said, adding a hunt has been launched to trace the assailants.(Source: PTI)The Supreme Court refused to pass an order in the Hapur lynching case, which directed the Uttar Pradesh government with respect to filling of the supplementary charge sheet.(Source: ANI)Supreme Court issues notice to Rajasthan Government and Jail Superintendent of Central Jail after hearing a bail petition filed by an arrested accused lodged in jail for allegedly possessing counterfeit currency notes.(Source: ANI)At least 10 militants, including Taliban’s designated governor for Khwaja Sabz Posh district in Faryab, were killed in an operation by Afghan forces in the province, the 209 Shaheen Corps said in a statement.(Source: ANI)The United Nations children's agency says attacks on schools in Afghanistan tripled in 2018, compared to the year before.UNICEF's press release on Tuesday says the number of attacks on schools went from 68 in 2017, to 192 in 2018. It was the first time school attacks had increased since 2015.(Source: PTI)A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming "I will kill you!" attacked a group of schoolgirls and adults near a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, killing two and injuring 16 before killing himself, officials said.(Source: PTI)Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany has to be more vigilant when it comes to nationalist movements across Europe because of the country's Nazi past.(Source: PTI)Two people, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in a market place bombing in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, a military spokesman said Tuesday -- an apparent retaliatory attack for the killing of a wanted rebel leader.(Source: PTI)Exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces in Kokernag in Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir.(Source: ANI)One militant killed in encounter at Kachwan, Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir.(Source: News18)Supreme Court agrees to hear on Thursday plea of Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi seeking direction for maintaining status quo as it existed before Madras High Court order which curtailed her authority to act independently of elected government in April this year.(Source: ANI)The Aligarh Muslim University has cancelled the entrance examinations for the Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLISc) and the Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes which were held on 23 and 26 May, respectively.AMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Tariq Mansoor ordered the cancellation of the entrance examinations on 27 May after a racket was busted following the arrest of four people allegedly involved in leaking the question paper of the MBA entrance test.(Source: PTI)The Supreme Court to hear a plea filed by LG of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi on 30 May, seeking status quo prior to the Madras High Court's order to be maintained, till the pendency of the appeal.On 30 April, Madras HC had curtailed LG's powers to act independently.(Source: ANI)In an development to the Payal Tadvi suicide case, one of the three doctors accused in the case has been detained. More details awaited, reported ANI.In the Barabanki spurious liquor deaths case. the police have registered an FIR against three people including the owner of the liquor shop.Two terrorists have been neutralised by security forces in the encounter in Anantnag.A 48-year-old man allegedly killed his wife following a quarrel in Kendrapara district, police said.Agro-chemical firm Insecticides India Tuesday reported more than three-fold jump in standalone net profit to Rs 28.55 crore during the fourth quarter of 2018-19 on strong sales.Men and women who were forcibly sterilised under a now-defunct eugenics law had their bid for compensation rejected by a Japanese court, which said the statute of limitations had passed.Kerala DGP Loknath Behera on reported ISIS movement along the Kerala Coast, “Kerala's coast is fully covered. It's always better to be alert rather than complacent. Intelligence, coastal security, local police, & QRT have been alerted. We're ready, people should not feel insecure.”In medical student Payal Tadvi’s suicide case, the National Commission for Women writes to director of BYL Nair Hospital requesting for an investigation and apprise the commission of action taken in the case.As Pakistan marked the 21st anniversary of its atomic tests, jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said that his decision to make the country a nuclear power has made its defence "invincible."Sri Lanka High Commission: Security situation in Sri Lanka is gradually returning to normal with the lifting of curfew & restrictions on social media and the opening of schools. Indian nationals travelling to Sri Lanka are advised to be careful and vigilant.The Supreme Court asked the 2018 Hapur lynching victim to bring to the notice of the trial court the statements of two crucial witnesses recorded by a judicial magistrate.A semi-official news agency in Iran says a wife of an adviser to President Hassan Rouhani has been shot and killed at her home.Mizoram Assembly Speaker Lalrinliana Sailo Tuesday administered oath to newly elected Mizo National Front (MNF) legislator Zothantluanga.Ministry of External Affairs have said, “Security situation in Sri Lanka is gradually returning to normal with the lifting of curfew & restrictions on social media and the opening of schools. Indian nationals travelling to Sri Lanka are advised to be careful and vigilant.”MEA also added that Indian nationals requiring any assistance can get in touch round the clock with HC in Colombo, Assistant HC in Kandy & Consulates in Jaffna & Hambantota. Helpline numbers of the Indian HC in Colombo are: +94-772234176, +94-777902082, +94-112422788, +94-112422789.(Source: ANI)Two separate rallies were held in Thane and Palghar in Maharashtra for action against those responsible for allegedly driving a tribal medical student to suicide in a Mumbai hospital by harassing her over her caste.(Source: PTI)The police told the Delhi High Court on that it had launched a probe into the role of passport officials in connection with the issuance of the travel document to real estate baron Sushil Ansal, convicted for the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire incident that claimed 59 lives.(Source: PTI)Three members of a family died when their car rammed into a truck in Haryana's Hisar district, police said.(Source: PTI)Three motorcycle-borne men opened fire at police personnel in Karnal and managed to free from custody a convict they were transporting from a court, officials said.(Source: PTI)A small-time film director was among the three persons arrested by crime branch officials in Mumbai for allegedly trying to extort Rs 25 lakh from a film producer in Gorai, police said.(Source: PTI)CBI said, “No second notice has been issued to former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar,” reported ANI.Earlier, the officials had said that the CBI had issued second summons to former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with Saradha scam probe.CBI has sent 'documents' to ADG CID Rajeev Kumar's office, sources say no fresh summons in connection with Saradha scam probe.(Source: ANI and PTI)Ex-Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar dodges CBI, seeks more timeThe Uttar Pradesh government approved setting up a corpus for funding the management and running of shelter homes for stray cattle and forming urgently required infrastructure in the state.A meeting of the state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, cleared the Uttar Pradesh Cow Conservation and Development Fund rules, 2019, to run and manage the 'govansh ashray sthals' at the district-level.(Source: PTI)The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea moved by a UAE-based businessman challenging a supplementary chargesheet filed against him by the NIA in a terror-funding case.A bench of justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal said it was of the considered view that the trial court's order taking cognisance of the supplementary chargesheet was “within the realm of law and does not warrant any interference.”(Source: PTI)Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh directed police to book drug peddlers under the Public Safety Act (PSA) to curb their malpractices and bring them to justice.(Source: PTI)Justice AK Mittal was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court, the officials said.Governor Tathagata Roy administered the oath of office to Justice Mittal at the Raj Bhavan here in the presence of Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, his cabinet colleagues and senior government officers, they said.(Source: PTI)A court in Ahmedabad has asked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to appear before it in connection with criminal defamation suits filed against him by the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank and its chairman Ajay Patel.(Source: PTI)Medical student Payal Tadvi suicide case: One of the three doctors accused in the case has been arrested. More details awaited.(Source: ANI)Payal Tadvi Suicide Case: One of Three Accused Doctors ArrestedChief Executive Officer Richard Morin, the first foreigner to head the country's main bourse, resigned after he was served a notice for allegedly running his own wealth management company in Canada.(Source: PTI)A rare all-white giant panda has been photographed for the first time, according to a nature reserve in southwestern China.Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan province released a photo this past weekend showing the panda crossing through a verdant forest in the reserve.(Source: PTI)Hindu Makkal Katchi founder-leader Arjun Sampath visited Sri Lanka and paid homage to the victims of the Easter Sunday serial blasts and those killed in the 2009 civil war, the Tamil Nadu based right wing outfit said.(Source: PTI)Iran's foreign ministry insisted it did not currently see the need for mediation with the United States, as it played down the chances of a military clash with Washington.(Source: PTI)Jammu & Kashmir: Pakistan violates ceasefire in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district. Indian Army retaliating.(Source: ANI)Fourteen of the 26 people charged with forcibly tonsuring the heads of nine men and trimming the nails of seven women in Jharkhand's Seraikela- Kharsawan district have been arrested, the police said.(Source: PTI)Growing numbers of outcast Rohingya refugees are risking their lives by crossing the closed Myanmar-Bangladesh border with narcotics pills packed into their stomachs, the police said.(Source: PTI)A Delhi court issued a non-bailable warrant against an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba operative accused of money laundering and acting as a terror financing conduit.(Source: PTI)Taking a swipe at Imran Khan, jailed premier Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not give respect to his Pakistani counterpart as he did not take his call in February when the two nations were engaged in aerial combat.(Source: PTI)South African paceman Dale Steyn has been ruled out of Thursday's World Cup opener against England, with the Proteas coach Ottis Gibson saying the pace great is "getting closer" to full recovery from a shoulder injury.(Source: PTI)An architect cannot restrain the owner of a building he has designed from demolishing it, the Delhi High Court ruled while dismissing a plea for recreating the demolished Hall of Nations and the Nehru Pavilion at a separate location here.(Source: PTI)The Jammu and Kashmir administration ordered cancellation of appointment made on the basis of certificates issued by the Central Board of Higher Education (CBHE), New Delhi, which has turned out to be a fake institution.(Source: PTI)In the Barabanki spurious liquor deaths case, death toll has risen to fourteen.Earlier in the day, an FIR was registered against 3 in the case.(Source: ANI)Deputy Commissioner of police (Bengaluru South) K Annamalai, who is popularly known as 'Singham' of Karnataka, Tuesday resigned from the Indian Police Service, to pursue "public service."Annamalai met Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy in the presence of state Home Minister M B Patil and informed him about his resignation.(Source: PTI)In Hyderabad, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), seized 11.1 kg gold worth Rs 3,63,52,500 from a woman passenger at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and Rs 1.5 crore worth of foreign currency from the hotel the woman was staying in.(Source: ANI)A team of 14 officers and personnel of Myanmar Air Force made a two-day visit to Air Force Station Jorhat on 27 and 28 May 2019, as a defence cooperation plan between India and Myanmar.(Source: ANI)A Baghdad court has sentenced two more Frenchmen to death for joining the Islamic State jihadist group, raising the number of French IS members on death row in Iraq to six.(Source: AFP)Pakistani troops fired from small arms and shelled forward posts in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district using mortar, officials said.(Source: PTI)Nineteen Bangladeshi nationals were arrested Tuesday at Tirupur for allegedly staying without valid documents and claiming they were from West Bengal, police said.(Source: PTI)A grocery shop-owner, Prithivi Choudhary (60) was killed by unidentified miscreants in Bihar's Begusarai district, the police said.(Source: PTI)Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray met a delegation of employees belonging to the now grounded Jet Airways.The delegation appealed to Thackeray, whose party is part of the BJP-led governments at the Centre and in Maharashtra, to take steps for the private airline's revival.(Source: PTI)The Lakshadweep administration held a multi-agency security review meeting following intelligence reports that a boat carrying 15 Islamic State (IS) terrorists had set off from Sri Lanka to the scenic islands.(Source: PTI)Senior Taliban officials including the group's top political advisor met with Afghan political figures in Moscow, saying they were committed to peace in Afghanistan -- even as US-led talks appear to have stalled.(Source: PTI)Three men suspected to be members of 'Bawariya gang' were arrested in connection with cases of snatching, theft and burglary across the city, police said.(Source: PTI)Alwar gangrape survivor appointed constable in Rajasthan Police, state cabinet clears appointment.(Source: ANI)Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa to take over on Wednesday as the Chairman , Chiefs of Staffs Committee from Admiral Sunil Lanba who is retiring on 31 May. Chairman, COSC is the senior most defence officer in the country and looks after tri-services matters of the armed forces.(Source: ANI)The NHRC sent a notice to DGP of Haryana over reports of a video of a woman allegedly being beaten by some Faridabad police personnel going viral on social media.(Source: PTI)Pakistan and China have agreed to further expand the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) after the top leadership of the two sides held in-depth discussions on Phase-II of the ambitious project, the Foreign Office said.(Source: PTI)The US Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law that requires abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetuses in the same way as human remains, a sign that the conservative court is more open to abortion restrictions.(Source: AP)A 24-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly abducting the father of a woman he wanted to marry after her family rejected his proposal, the police said.(Source: PTI)Three children, who went missing, were rescued from Delhi's Kakardooma and Dilshad Colony areas by PCR personnel and reunited with their families, the police officials said.(Source: PTI)The Telangana government issued orders enhancing social security pension to senior citizens and other categories of people, fulfilling a poll promise.While the hike is Rs 3,016 from Rs 1,000 for disabled persons, it is Rs 2,016 for others from Rs 1,000.(Source: PTI)Police arrested Shubham, a wanted criminal who had allegedly shot dead a Hindu outfit leader in October 2017, officials said.Shubham was arrested from Batala after a brief exchange of fire with police officials, they said.(Source: PTI)Sri Lanka signed a deal with India and Japan to develop a deep-sea container terminal in the country that has seen increasing forays by China which has taken a strategic port on a 99-year lease that has worried New Delhi.(Source: PTI)The Allahabad High Court said crores of rupees were sanctioned during the recent Kumbh to beautify the city and widen its roads, but nothing has been done to manage its traffic here.(Source: PTI)NIA sources: A two member NIA team has gone to Colombo, Sri Lanka in connection with two ISIS related cases being investigated by NIA.(Source: ANI)The Madhya Pradesh High Court's bench in Indore granted permission to a gang-rape victim to abort her nine-week-old foetus.Justice Virender Singh, presiding over the vacation bench, allowed the 19-year-old woman's writ petition, seeking permission to terminate her "unwanted pregnancy."(Source: PTI)In West Bengal, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Arnab Ghosh and Dilip Hazra, both Kolkata Police officers, to appear before them at the CBI office in Kolkata on Wednesday, 29 May in conncetion to the Saradha chit fund scam.(Source: ANI)Saradha Scam: Ex-Kolkata CP Moves SC for Extension of ProtectionFollowing the unfortunate death of 16 people due to consumption of spurious liquor, Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three people while the state government has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the deceased.(Source: ANI)Spurious Liquor Claims 16 Lives in UP’s Barabanki, CM Orders ProbeThe Gujarat government is planning to expand Porbandar airport to boost tourism and help security agencies land helicopters and aircraft, an official release said.(Source: PTI)A day before taking oath as Chief Minister of Odisha for a fifth consecutive term, BJD president Naveen Patnaik visited Shree Jagannath temple in Puri and sought blessings of the Lord.(Source: PTI)In Punjab, Anti Narcotics Cell, Ferozepur arrested two persons in possession of 1 kg heroin, brought from Pakistan.1 pistol, 2 magazines and 14 cartridges recovered from their possession.(Source: ANI)A sanitary napkin vending machine was installed at the Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Specialty Hospital in Chennai on Menstrual Hygiene Day.(Source: ANI)The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which sells milk and milk products under the Amul brand said it aims to achieve a business turnover of Rs 50,000 crore by 2020-21.(Source: PTI)President Donald Trump's top Mideast advisers face skeptical audiences as they visit several locations in the region and in Europe starting to rally support for what they have billed as a workshop on the economic foundations of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.(Source: AP)North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has decided to survey coaching institutes operating in public buildings in the Karol Bagh Zone to assess compliance of civic and building safety norms, following the devastating blaze in Surat that killed 20 students at a coaching complex.(Source: PTI)Two men were arrested and a juvenile was apprehended for allegedly robbing two persons in Central Delhi's Minto Road area, police said.Dilbagh Singh, Jammu & Kashmir DGP said, “There are around 275 terrorists out of which around 75 are foreign terrorists and others are locals. This number is decreasing, only 40 locals have joined in the last 5 and a half months, which is less than half of what it used to be.”(Source: ANI)A 52-year-old assistant sub-inspector was injured after his motorcycle was hit by a speeding canter-truck and the two-wheeler was found about 100-feet away from the site of the accident in Rohini, police said.(Source: PTI)US-based retail chain Walmart said it has appointed Suresh Kumar, an IIT Madras graduate and former Google executive, as chief technology officer and chief development officer.(Source: PTI)Walmart Inc appointed Suresh Kumar, a former employee of Alphabet Inc-owned Google and Amazon, as its new chief technology officer as it tries to fuel an internal tech transformation and boost its e-commerce business.(Source: Reuters)A girl was allegedly abducted at gunpoint and raped in Muzaffarnagar’s Budhana on 27 May. “Case registered against one person. Investigation is underway,” the police said.(Source: ANI)A petrol pump cashier and another person was shot at by miscreants on Tuesday, 28 May, in Lucknow. “The injured has been admitted to the hospital. Rs 4-5 lakh cash which they were carrying at the time wasn't looted and is in the custody of the pump. A case has been registered and efforts are on to nab the accused,” the police said.(Source: ANI)Exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces underway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district. More details are awaited.(Source: ANI)Army detained two suspects near military station in Ratnuchak in Jammu, late last night. More details are awaited.(Source: ANI)

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