A 40-year-old man was allegedly strangled to death by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on suspicion of being a "police informer", officials said on Thursday.
Israeli security forces arrested 46 wanted Palestinians in overnight counter-terror raids around Judea and Samaria on Tuesday night, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday. The IDF said 30 of the people arrested were associated with Hamas.
DMK MP TR Baalu on Wednesday sought an appointment from Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar along with kith and kin of fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan security forces on October 28 at mid-sea while fishing in Indian waters to draw attention to their plight.
Taking to X, he shared, "Any other action or statement - harms the people's ability to stand and their strength. The Prime Minister must retract his statement last night, and stop dealing with the issue."
Senior sources in the security forces said the entire issue started in the area a few days ago when a BSF soldier was fired upon by Pakistani troops while he was carrying out repairs near the border fence on the international border fence there.
"There was a lot of firing by Pakistan overnight. No person was injured but houses were damaged. This kind of firing from the Pakistani side has been witnessed after almost six years. Our security forces retaliated to the firing," Dev Raj Chowdhary, Sarpanch, at border village Bulleh Chak in
Border Security Force Jawans said on Thursday evening that Pakistani troops started unprovoked firing on BSF troops at the International Border in violation of the ceasefire in the RS Pura sector.
Two Pakistani terrorists were gunned down by security forces after an infiltration bid was foiled in the Uri Sector of Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
Earlier this month, at least 10 terrorists were killed in a gun battle with the security forces in the Tank region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Pezu neighbourhood
Two Naxals were killed following an exchange of fire with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district on Saturday morning, a top police official said.
He further said that the security forces have recovered more than 1,000 illegal and illicit weapons, including automatic weapons, across the state in the past two years.