Kanpur: Notorious gangster Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter on Friday, July 10 after a police vehicle carrying him from Ujjain to Kanpur met with an accident and he tried to escape from the spot, a senior police official said. Inspector-General of Police (Kanpur) Mohit Agarwal said that Dubey was killed in the encounter […]

Bengaluru : The North Division police in Bengaluru have encountered notorious rowdy Slum Bharath in the early hours on Thursday near Hesaraghatta. He was shot two bullets by police inspector Venkataramanappa when Bharath opened fire on policemen with an illegal weapon. The police team had brought him to the city and was taking him to […]

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it was considering to appoint a former apex court judge to enquire into the encounter killings of four accused persons in the sensational gangrape-and-murder case of a veterinarian in Telangana. “We are conscious of the fact that the Telangana High Court had taken note of it,” […]

Hyderabad : The four accused arrested in connection with the rape-and-murder of a 25-year-old woman veterinarian near here last month were killed in an alleged encounter with the police Friday morning, police said. “The four accused were killed in an encounter with the police,” Cyberabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar said. The four men, all […]

Raipur: Two Naxals, including a woman, were today gunned down in an encounter with security forces in a dense forest of Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said. The encounter took place at around 7:30 am in Muduvandi-Kawadgaon forest axis when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Maoist operation, Deputy Inspector General of […]

Srinagar: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including top commander Waseem Shah, were today killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. Security forces launched an operation in Litter area of Pulwama this morning following information about the presence of the militants in the area, a police official said. The militants opened […]

Srinagar: An unidentified militant was today killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said. Security forces had laid an ambush at Haritar in Sopore during the intervening night following information about movement of militants through the area, a police official said. He said security forces on […]

Gadchiroli : A bandh called by Maoists protesting against the alleged police encounters, including in which six women ultras were killed recently at Medhri village in Etapalli taluka of Maharashtra, evoked a partial response in the district yesterday.In Dhanora and Korachi, the most Maoist-affected taluka headquarters in district, the shut down was total, sources said, […]

Subrahamanya: Two days after  there was an exchange of fire between Naxals and ANF personnel  near Kulkunda in Subrahamanya, a suspected Naxal has fallen victim to the bullets of the ANF on Wednesday. It may be recalled here that the ANF has been on a rigorous combing operations in the area ever since Naxals were […]

Chennai:  Five persons were today shot dead in an encounter for their alleged involvement in a bank robbery case in Chennai, police said. “Five persons were shot dead around 1 am in connection with the bank robbery case,” Commissioner of Police J K Tripathy said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team surrounded a house […]