A miscellany of book reviews
From books on US policies, the Russia-Ukraine War to notorious terrorist bodies operating in India and the trans-national arena, here' a miscellany of book reviews.
From books on US policies, the Russia-Ukraine War to notorious terrorist bodies operating in India and the trans-national arena, here' a miscellany of book reviews.
The importance of coastal security was acknowledged long ago. In the evolving world, types of threats have diversified.
A Junior Commissioned Officer was among three Army soldiers injured on Sunday in a gunfight with terrorists, involved in the killing of two Village Defence Guards in the forest of Kishtwar in the Jammu division.
A civilian porter was killed and five soldiers injured when an Army convoy was reportedly attacked by terrorists near the Nagin area of Botapathari in North Kashmir's Gulmarg.
An encounter is underway between security personnel and terrorists in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, said Kashmir Zone Police on Saturday morning.
As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.
Police said the terrorists fired indiscriminately upon a civilian identified as Javeed Ahmad Malik near his house at Larugam Tral, Awantipora. He was shifted to a hospital for treatment where he succumbed to his injuries.
Police said acting on a specific information generated by the Shopian police about the presence of terrorists at village Check-i-Sidique Khan area, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by the police, Army's 34 RR and 178 BN of the CRPF in the said area.
A close associate of the three terrorists arrested from Haridevpur revealed crucial details of their operations to central intelligence agency interrogators
The army said in the eight hour-long operation, Aijaz alias Abu Huraira, a Pakistani terrorist and two other terrorists identified as Javed Rather of Tahab, Pulwama and Shahnawaz Gani of Srinagar belonging to LeT were eliminated by the security forces.
