2 army vehicles torched in KashmirSeptember 7th, 2009 SRINAGAR - An irate mob Monday torched two army vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir's Sumbal town after one of them ran over a six-year-old girl. The accident near the Sumbal colony, 20 km from here, triggered immediate outrage from the locals at the site where Insha lay dead after being run over by an army vehicle that was part of a passing convoy.
Army recovers 20 kg of RDX in Jammu and KashmirAugust 17th, 2009 JAMMU - The Indian Army Monday recovered 20 kg of highly explosive RDX in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's border district of Rajouri, a defence source said. The source said that four boxes of the explosive material were found from a forest in Gambhir Mughlan, 18 km north of here.
Dhaka names ex-intelligence sleuth, diplomat as deserterAugust 16th, 2009 DHAKA - The Bangladesh government has declared as deserter an army brigadier general who was a top military intelligence official posted in its mission in Washington last year. Brigadier General Chowdhury Fazlul Bari could face a court martial if he returns home, The Daily Star said Sunday.
Grime doesn't pay: Australian police nab suspected car thief asleep at the wheel in a car washAugust 3rd, 2009 Suspected Aussie thief caught napping in car washADELAIDE, Australia — Police say they have arrested a suspected car thief whom they caught napping at the wheel of a stolen car. South Australia Police say the 30-year-old man drove the Audi convertible into an automatic car wash early Monday and apparently fell asleep.
Missing youth rescued from militantsAugust 1st, 2009 JAMMU - A 21-year-old man from Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district was Saturday rescued by the Indian Army from militants who were coercing him to join their outfit, an official said. Abdul Gani of Kunda village in the mountainous district was found in the Shapur Shal area, army spokesman Lt.
Accidental blast in army firing range injures threeAugust 1st, 2009 JAMMU - Three children were injured in an accidental blast near an army firing range close to the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The children, all of them rag-pickers, had gone to collect waste metal from the firing range in the Khour area, about 50 km west of Jammu.
Wyoming police arrest suspected car thief they found sleeping in 2001 OldsmobileJuly 24th, 2009 Suspected Wyo. car thief found sleeping in the carCASPER, Wyo.
New York robbery victim consoles thiefJune 4th, 2009 NEW YORK - Role reversal at gun point: After an attempted robbery of a store near New York City, the owner showed generous mercy instead of calling the police. The thief came charging into the convenience store in Long Island shortly before closing armed with a baseball bat and demanded money, according to the security videotape broadcast Wednesday on US television.
Two militants, woman killed in Kashmir gun battleApril 18th, 2009 JAMMU - Two guerrillas of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit and a woman associate were killed Saturday in a gunbattle between the militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. The gunbattle erupted after the state police and the Indian Army launched a joint search operation following inputs that two militants were hiding in Baggla area in the mountainous Doda district, about 190 km from here.
IED recovered in Jammu and KashmirMarch 28th, 2009 JAMMU - Army troops Saturday recovered a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) in a forest area of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The three-kg bomb was recovered in jungles of Thanna Mandi in Rajouri district, about 200 km northwest of Jammu, said a defence spokesman.
Woman held in Jammu and Kashmir for helping LeTMarch 18th, 2009 JAMMU - A woman was arrested Wednesday for providing logistic support to militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit in the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said. The woman, identified as 35-year-old Suraiya Begum, a resident of Thathri in Doda district, some 175 km north-east of Jammu, was arrested by the police following a tip off.
Territorial Army soldier feared to have joined Lashkar in DodaMarch 12th, 2009 JAMMU - Territorial Army and police sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, fear that one of their personnel has deserted his unit and joined the Lashkar-e-Toiba. Both claimed that Zafarullah, a soldier with the 169 Territorial Army, which is posted in Doda district, ran away with two rifles on Sunday morning.
LeT militant arrested in Jammu and KashmirJanuary 18th, 2009 JAMMU - A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was arrested from the mountainous district of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir Monday, the police said. A police team, on a specific input, conducted search operations in a village near Bhaderwah town of Doda, about 180 km northeast of Jammu, and arrested Imtiaz Ahmed.
Four militants killed by soldiers in Jammu and KashmirJanuary 1st, 2009 JAMMU - Four militants were killed in a gunbattle with soldiers in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir Friday, an army official said. 'The army has shot dead four militants in the operation in Pati Tar's mountainous forest area in Mendhar.
Three Jaish terrorists nabbed in JammuDecember 22nd, 2008 JAMMU - Three terrorists of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) have been arrested in Jammu. One of them is a Pakistani army regular, police said here Tuesday.
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