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Samba/Mendhar: A rusted mortar shell and a landmine were detected and later defused in controlled explosions at separate places in Samba and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.The powerful mortar shell was noticed by some villagers in Nad village along the Samba-Udhampur road in Samba ...

Kargil, Jul 1: Eleven unexploded shells were defused by the army’s bomb disposal squad in a forward village in Kargil district of Ladakh, officials said on Saturday. The unit led by the Sappers of Forever in Operations division detected the ordnance during a sanitising drive in Kurbathang area, officials ...

UDHAMPUR/JAMMU: Police on Tuesday defused an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 15 kilograms which was recovered in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, officials said.A major terror plan was averted when the cylindrical shaped IED, 300-400 grams of RDX, seven 7.62 mm cartridges and five detonators were recovered in Basantgarh ...

Srinagar: Two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) with timer were found near Phallian Mandal in Jammu district on Monday late evening and with their recovery police said that a major tradegy was averted. A top police officer said that the IEDs were found inside a black-coloured backpack lying near Phallian ...

Jammu: A live mortar was defused at a forward village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Saturday, officials said.Some labourers found the unexploded mortar shell while digging at Ajote village and informed the police, they said.A bomb disposal squad was rushed to the village and ...

Srinagar: An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found by a team of joint forces’ at Wudipora in Langate Handwara of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district this morning, officials said. They said that the explosive was detected during a routine patrolling by Army’s 30 RR and Police near locally stationed army ...

3 terror splinter groups operating in Rajouri-Poonch Bandipora, Oct 15: The security forces on Saturdaydefused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) weighing16 kgs, which was detected on Bandipora-Sopore road,thereby averting a major tragedy on the busy highwaystretch, officials said.An official told that security forces including Army's 26-Aasam rifles and J&K police ...

A joint cordon and a search operation was launched by the police and Army’s 3 Rashtriya Rifles “following a tip-off” A joint cordon and a search operation was launched by the police and Army’s 3 Rashtriya Rifles “following a tip-off” Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed in an anti-militancy ...

Rusted grenade defused in Samba Jammu, Aug 22: A rusted grenade was defused by a bomb disposal squad in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The grenade was found lying in a dried up stream by some farmers working in their fields nearby at Swankha ...

Days before the 75th Independence Day, a major mishap was averted after a 25-kg IED was detected and subsequently defused by security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday, police said. Days before the 75th Independence Day, a major mishap was averted after a 25-kg improvised explosive device ...