Restricting police from carrying firearms ill-conceived: BJP

Last Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013, 22:30

Describing the Omar government`s order of restricting security personnel from carrying lethal weapons while on duty, the BJP on Saturday said that the order was passed in total disregard of the principles of security deployment.

Is it the right time to withdraw AFSPA from J&K?

Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 12:52

Srinagar attack has reignited the debate over withdrawal of AFSPA from J&K.

BJP slams UPA for not acting against terror

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 19:07

As five CRPF personnel were killed in a terror attack in Kashmir, the BJP slammed the government for not acting against Pakistan on terror.

Mauritius seeks India’s cooperation to combat piracy, militancy

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 11:13

President Pranab Mukherjee met his Mauritius counterpart President Rajkeswur Purryag in Port Louis.

Militants kill six labourers in Pakistan

Last Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 22:26

Six labourers were gunned down by militants in Pakistan`s restive Balochistan Province on Sunday.

More deaths due to road mishaps than militancy in J&K: DGP

Last Updated: Monday, January 7, 2013, 17:58

Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed more deaths in traffic accidents than due to militancy in the last one decade, state DGP Ashok Prasad said.

Nearly 50,000 weapons seized in J&K in 23 yrs of militancy

Last Updated: Sunday, December 30, 2012, 17:05

Twenty-three years of insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir have seen security forces recover nearly 50,000 weapons, including 30,859 AK assault rifles, according to a recent report on militancy compiled by the state Home Ministry.

Militancy in Jammu and Kashmir at its nadir

Last Updated: Thursday, December 27, 2012, 19:18

The year 2012 has seen "lowest terror violence" since the outbreak of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir over two decades ago with 37 deaths in such incidents in the state.

`Govt will insure that militancy is not revived in Punjab`

Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2012, 21:52

Union minister Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh on Friday said all efforts will be made to counter any attempt to revive terrorism in Punjab.

Militancy, atrocity against women major challenges: DGP

Last Updated: Saturday, December 1, 2012, 00:49

Senior IPS officer Kulbir Kishan who took over as Meghalaya`s Director General of Police today said tackling militancy and law and order in Garo Hills region and dealing with rising crimes against women are major challenges.

Sikh militant groups trying to revive militancy in Punjab

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 15:08

Sikh militant groups, especially those based abroad, continue to persist with their efforts to revive militancy in Punjab, Lok Sabha was informed.

Firing in Baramulla, cop seriously injured

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 15:57

Throwing a big challenge at the security forces, some militants on Tuesday opened indiscriminate firing on a police check-post in Baramulla district in Jammu & Kashmir.