Jammu and Kashmir: In Poonch district, a mine explosion has taken place along the Line of Control (LoC), injuring an Army personnel. Reportedly, the soldier was patrolling in Balakote-Mendhar sector where he stepped on a landmine, resulting in the blast. The soldier has been taken to the hospital.
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Pakistan’s turmoil: Nawaz in jail while 130 killed in poll meeting
Just hours before the arrest of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a deadliest suicide bomber claimed at least 133 lives, including a top nationalist leader, amid a poll meeting in Baluchistan on Friday. Candidate Siraj Raisani, a politician running for provincial legislature, died along with more than 125 civilians when[Read More…]
Five killed in blast in firecracker factory
Patna: At least five people were killed and seven seriously injured in an explosion in an illegal firecracker factory in Bihar’s Nalanda district, police said on Friday. Police officer Sudhir Kumar Porika said the unit was located in Khashganj area and the disaster took place on Thursday night. The injured[Read More…]
Blast in London underground: Several commuters injured
A blast on a London underground train on Friday morning left several commuters injured, panicked and disrupted service drawing heavy responses from police officers and emergency workers. The BBC, citing unnamed counterterrorism sources, said the blast was being treated as a terrorist attack. Britain was hit by several terrorist attacks[Read More…]
Manipur blast kills Assam Rifles jawan, injures three others
A blast claimed the life of one Assam Rifles jawan and injured three others in the mishap. The incident happened on Friday morning. The bomb blast took place at the security checking point of Ramva AR post, under Shangshak Police Station of Ukhrul District. The security forces have cordoned off[Read More…]
China Kindergarten blast: 7 dead, 59 injured
At least seven people have been found dead in a blast which occurred in a Kindergarten in Eastern China. As per police reports, till now 59 people have been found injured, of which nine are in critical condition. The blast happened near the entrance to the building in the city of[Read More…]
Midnight blast hits US embassy in Kiev
A blast took place in the United States embassy in Ukraine’s capital Kiev late Wednesday night. However, no casualties have been reported, Ukranian police said on Thursday. The blast hit the embassy located in central Kiev shortly after midnight, a statement quoted. “Investigators found that an unknown person threw an[Read More…]
Explosion near embassies in Kabul: 40 feared killed
A massive explosion rocked the German embassy in Kabul during the morning rush hour on Wednesday. At least 40 people are feared killed or injured after a car-bomb exploded. As the Indian, and US embassies are also near to the location of the explosion in the Afghan capital’s diplomatic enclave,[Read More…]
Blast kills 13, injured 24 in Baghdad; IS claims responsibility
A car bomb blasted outside a popular ice cream shop in central Baghdad killing 13 people while 24 are injured on early Tuesday. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the violent attack. Iraqi officials said involved remotely detonated bombs inside a parked car on condition of anonymity. Notably,[Read More…]
Manchester blast: Bomber died in the blast, says police
In an update, Police chief constable of the city Ian Hopkins said that the bomber of the tragic blast that happened in Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester died in the blast. At least 22 people were killed in a suspected blast at the end of a pop concert by US[Read More…]
10 labourers killed in Pakistan’s Gwadar
At least 10 labourers were killed and two others injured in two separate firing incidents that happened in Pakistan’s southwest port city of Gwadar in Balochistan on Saturday. According to Geo News, the firings took place in the Pishgan and Ganth Road areas of Gwadar. Unidentified assailants on bikes open[Read More…]
Huge explosion rocks Damascus airport
Pakistan: 5 killed, 30 injured in blast in Parachinar
A blast occurred in Parachinar in Kurram Agency on Friday morning, killing at least 5 people while 30 others were reported to be injured. The injured were rushed to the hospital and emergency has been declared in hospitals of the city. The agency is seen as one of the most[Read More…]
3 killed in Meghalaya oil tanker blast
Islamic State’s car bomb kills over 50 in northwest Syria
A car bomb killed more than 40 people on Friday in a Syrian village held by rebels. Just after the jihadist group was driven from its last stronghold in the area. The blast in the village of Sousian hit a security checkpoint controlled by rebels fighting under the Free Syrian[Read More…]
7 killed and 15 wounded in a blast in Iraq
Undetected bomb kills 3 minors in Iraq
A blast in western Iraq killed three child shepherds when one of them stepped on a roadside bomb planted by the Islamic State group, as reported by some local officers. The victims were aged between nine and thirteen and were herding sheep when the fatal blast happened on Sunday. The[Read More…]
15 killed in a blast in Somalia
A powerful bomb blast through a car bomb in a busy market in the western part of Somalia’s capital killed at least 15 people. The incident took place Mogadishu’s Madina district today. The bomb injured more than 10 people and causalities may rise said the police. No group has yet[Read More…]
Bombay HC deffers judgement in Lt Col Purohit’s bail application: Malegaon blast
After Lt Col Prasad Purohit, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts, challenged a subordinate court order that denied him bail; the Bombay High Court passed it’s first order regarding the petition on Friday. On Friday, the National Investigating Agency (NIA) closed the discussion by claiming that there are enough evidences to[Read More…]
Pakistan: 100 killed in blast at Sindh’s Shahbaz Qalandar shrine; ISIS-claimed responsibility
An alleged suicide bomber blew himself up near the gate of the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh province of Pakistan late Thursday evening. The incident killed at least 100 people and injured over 250. As per the police, the blast happened during a Sufi ritual called[Read More…]
At least 30 killed, over 100 injured in blast at Sufi shrine in Sehwan
At least 30 people were killed and over 100 others injured when a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up inside the shrine of revered Sufi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan town in Pakistan’s Sindh province, the fifth deadly terror attack in the country within a week. The blast took place[Read More…]
Pakistan: 16 killed, 60 hurt as suicide bomber hits Mall Road in Lahore
At least 16 people, including two top police officers, were killed and nearly 60 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up during a protest rally outside the Punjab Assembly building in Lahore in eastern Pakistan. As per Geo TV reports, the blast occurred as a large number[Read More…]
3 killed in a blast in Bhatinda at a Congress poll rally
Two persons and a minor girl were killed while 15 others injured in an explosion in a car at the site of an election meeting Tuesday in Bathinda district of Punjab. Police said a pressure cooker had been recovered from the site which had been cordoned off by BSF personnel. There[Read More…]
Pakistan: At least 20 killed, over 50 injured in blast
At least 20 people were killed and more than 50 others were injured in a bomb blast that rocked a vegetable market in northwest Pakistan’s Kurram Agency’s Parachinar on Saturday morning. Reportedly, the blast occurred at a crowded Sabzi Mandi, inside Eidgah Bazaar in Parachinar, near the Afghan border. Following[Read More…]
