Improvised Explosive Device

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Rescue team members carry the body of a security personnel who was killed in a blast carried out by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. At least ten police personnel and a driver were killed in the Naxal ambush.(Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Time for zero tolerance against Naxalite terror

India must be as intolerant of domestic terrorism as it is of cross-border terror

28 Apr 2023 12:10 AM

Kashmiri pandits shout slogans and block Tawi Bridge during a protest after militants shot dead two teachers in Srinagar's Eidgah Sangam area, in Jammu, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (PTI)

Top RAW, IB gumshoes in Srinagar, NIA quizzes scores over target killings

The National Investigation Act, 2008 gives the agency powers to take suo motu cognisance of terror activities in any part of the country

11 Oct 2021 3:48 AM

The IED material was attached with the flying object and was meant to be assembled into an IED before use. (ANI)

J&K police shoots down drone carrying 5 kg IED material in border belt of Jammu

The police had earlier received 'specific input' about Jaish-e-Muhammad’s plan to drop a payload through a drone near Akhnoor area of Jammu

23 Jul 2021 11:21 AM

The officials paid last respects to the dog, who died on September 11. (Photo: ANI)

Rajnath Singh condoles 9-yr-old dog's death

Dutch was instrumental in identifying Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in various operations.

15 Sep 2019 3:28 PM

It was informed by villagers of Kondasawli that a meeting of around 250 Naxals took place near their village prior to August 15 where 300 people of other villages were also called and directed by Naxals to oppose the security forces. (Photo: ANI)

Chhattisgarh: Naxals plant 3 IEDs on Sukma-Dantewada border

The incident was reported on August 18 by 231 bn of CRPF.

21 Aug 2019 9:37 AM

Earlier on June 9, the IED was planted on a handcart near the builder's house on June 9.

Three arrested for planting explosive near school

The IED had timer and was supposed to go off around 10.30 pm, however it failed to explode due to some fault.

05 Jul 2019 4:09 AM

A few photos of the BJD flag on the jawan’s coffin went viral on social media on Thursday night and quickly triggered an outrage. (Photo: Twitter | @AmitabhMohanty9)

BJD facing flak over party flag on coffin of Odisha jawan martyred in Pulwama

Ajit Sahoo of 44 Rashtriya Rifles was killed when militants attacked patrol vehicle with an IED in Arihal village of Pulwama district.

21 Jun 2019 5:08 PM

A police officer weeps near the coffin of colleague Arsheed Ahmad as he pays homage to Ahmad during a wreath laying ceremony in Srinagar on Monday. Police inspector Ahmad, who was critically injured in a militant attack in J&K’s Anantnag district on June 12, had succumbed to his injuries on Sunday afternoon at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

J&K: Major killed, many injured in 2 terror attacks

The attacks took place a day after the authorities sounded a security high alert in the Kashmir Valley.

18 Jun 2019 2:41 AM

A file photo of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis paying his respects to the 40 jawans who were killed in the May 1 attack in Gadchiroli.

Naxals call for bandh in Gadchiroli

Ramco and Durva were carrying rewards of Rs 16 lakh and Rs 4 lakh, respectively, on their heads, the police said.

18 May 2019 4:13 AM

ndo-Tibetan Border Police constable Maan Singh suffered minor injuries from the splinters of the improvised explosive device (IED) that took place at the Koracha-Manpur axis of the district at about 11 AM. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

LS polls: Naxals trigger IED blast; ITBP jawan injured in Chhattisgarh

Polling in the Manpur-Mohla Assembly segment of Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency is being held from 7 am to 3 pm.

18 Apr 2019 1:54 PM

The MLA's mobile phone is missing and it might have been taken by Naxals, the official said. (Image: AP)

Record polling in village struck by Naxal attack

“The final figure on polling percentage in the booth may go up”, sources in district election office (DEO) in Dantewada said.

12 Apr 2019 5:23 AM

100 Naxals suspected to be involved in Dantewada ambush: Chhattisgarh Police

Bheema Mandavi, the BJP MLA from Dantewada seat, and four personnel of his security staff were killed.

10 Apr 2019 2:59 PM

The tribals were on way to their village of Kodre in Bijapur district after visiting “Fagun Mela”, a summer festival, in district headquarters of Dantewada in south Bastar, when the incident took place.

Naxals blow up van in Chhattisgarh, 9 critically hurt

This was the second major Naxal attack in last one week ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

21 Mar 2019 1:56 AM

IED found in bag on state transport bus

The IED was found on a bus that plies from Karjat to Apta and back, said an officer from Rasayani police.

22 Feb 2019 2:32 AM

BJP MP Vikram Usendi’s farmhouse in Bastar, blown up by Naxals on Wednesday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Chhattisgarh: Naxals blow up BJP MP’s farmhouse

Singh launched his “Vikash Yatra” from the Danteswari shrine, the deity of tribal-dominated Bastar, earlier this month.

24 May 2018 2:08 AM

The injured were immediately rushed to different hospitals in Imphal, but two BSF jawan succumbed to their injuries at RIMS Hospital. (Representational Image)

Two BSF men die as IED explosion hits Imphal

The blast was so powerful that it not only injured five people but also badly shattered the grocery shop.

10 May 2018 5:58 AM

While cordoning off a nearby forest bordering Telangana, an assistant constable of the DRG inadvertently stepped on the pressure improvised explosive device connection following which it exploded. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

C'garh: DRG jawan killed by pressure bomb planted by naxals

The DRG team was out on an area domination operation in a forest near Tippapuram, 500 kms from Raipur.

11 Feb 2018 12:54 PM

Naxal held, IED planted by maoists detected in Chhattisgarh

The patrolling team comprising Border Security Force (BSF) and local police spotted Gavde near Larchhora village forest.

26 Sep 2017 8:51 PM

No group, including the Taliban, has so far claimed responsibility for the blast. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

2 killed in roadside mine blast in Zabul province of Afghanistan

The blast occurred in Shahjoy district of the province after a civilian vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).

31 Jul 2017 2:03 PM

‘Ulfa roping in miscreants for terror acts’

Saying that Ulfa (I) rebels are plotting violence to create communal unrest, they said that conspiracy was being hatched in Myanmar.

05 Mar 2017 5:34 AM

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