District Police Officer Asif Bahader told Dawn that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast occurred at 1:45pm (local time) at Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque on Azam Warsak Bypass Road, with the device planted in the mosque's pulpit.
According to a senior officer, during the two-week deadline for surrender of arms and ammunition, a total of 990 arms were surrendered with 11,526 ammunition. Around 366 hand grenades, 230 bombs, and 10 Improvised Explosive Devices have been recovered between February 16 and March 6 in 11 di
The operations resulted in the recovery of 25 weapons, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), grenades, ammunition and other war-like stores. Security forces also destroyed bunkers in the Kangpokpi district.
Israeli soldiers uncovered and destroyed a weapons depot and multiple improvised laboratories for explosives and drone production, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday.
In a series of search operations in several districts of Manipur, security forces apprehended 8 individuals and recovered 7 arms, including 2 rifles and 5 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
According to authorities, the explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted beside the road. The labourers were mostly from Swat and Shangla districts and were on their way to work when the blast occurred.
A 25-kilogram Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, at a distance of 3 kilometres from Usur village on the Usur-Awapalli main road, was detected and destroyed by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) team, police said on Sunday.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested two overground workers (OGWs) of the banned CPI (Maoist) terrorist organization in connection with the 2023 Chhattisgarh Assembly election Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast case.
"The Prime Minister started this SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Abadi and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) scheme. Now every piece of land falls under this scheme. Every house has its revenue record, which will be registered, allowing the owner to sell it properly."
Two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans sustained injuries after Maoists set off an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday, police said.