ISIL is seeking to rebuild its capabilities in Syria after its major downfall in the last 5 years and with the reports of use of Chemical Weapons in its controlled areas, India is concerned that they could be misused.
DGP Singh also said the year saw fewer infiltration of terrorists from across the border with the UT coming across no instance of any terrorist from Afghanistan infiltrating into the country.
According to DGP Dilbag Singh, 182 terrorists, including 44 top ultras, killed in 100 successful operations in Jammu and Kashmir in 2021.
Jammu And Kashmir: The Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai in Rajya Sabha said seven persons have been arrested in connection with attacks on religious minorities, while four terrorists involved in these incidents have been killed.
Terrorists on Sunday opened fire and injured a JKP Follower Mushtaq Ahmad Wagay at Pulwama. He has been shifted to Bone and Joint Hospital for treatment.
Security forces killed Feroz Ahmad Dar, a member of proscribed terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, who was involved in several terror attacks, including an attack in Shopian's Zainapora back in 2018, which killed four police personnel.
Two policemen were killed and 12 others injured as terrorists opened fire on a bus carrying Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police personnel on the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday, the 20th anniversary of the Parliament Attack, according to officials.
The slain terrorist has been identified as Sameer Ahmad Tantray, who was a categorized terrorist linked with proscribed terror outfit JeM and was part of groups involved in several terror crime cases. He was a resident of Baragam.
The terrorists fired upon JKP Constable Tausif Ahmad near his residence at SD Colony, Batamaloo in Srinagar at about 8 pm.
The officials said the suspected terrorist, affiliated with Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh(JMB) was arrested from the state's South 24 Parganas district.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he hopes to continue working well with the new German government during Chancellor Angela Merkel's farewell visit to the country.
According to the Army, the bodies of a jawan and the JCO were recovered during the search operation on October 16.
Police claim 13 terrorists have been killed in Kashmir in nine encounters over the last nine days.
The J&K UT has witnessed a spike in civilian killings with at least seven civilians killed in the past three days, with the latest being a school principal and a teacher.
There has been spurt in killings of civilians in Kashmir in the past three days, with at least seven civilians killed, including famous chemist ML Bindroo.
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said that the United States is within its rights to continue drone strikes inside Afghanistan.
According to latest Congressional Research Service report, among the foreign terror groups in Pakistan, five groups including LeT and Jaish are India centric.
'We exercise our Right of Reply to one more attempt by the leader of Pakistan to tarnish the image of this august Forum by bringing in matters internal to my country, and going so far as to spew falsehoods on the world stage,' First Secretary Sneha Dubey said in the UN General Assembly on Friday.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.