Anti-insurgency Operations

In a major anti-insurgency operation, eight Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh today, the police said.

A Congress delegation will visit Nagaland on Wednesday to meet the families of those who died in an anti-insurgency operation, said Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi.

The Opposition in Assam today demanded the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act (AFSPA) which has gained renewed momentum following the death of 14 civilians in firing by security forces in a botched anti-insurgency operation in Nagaland.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Centre over the killing of civilians during an anti-insurgency operation in Mon district of Nagaland, saying the government must give a "real reply".

An army officer and four other soldiers were killed in action during an encounter between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Monday, officials said.

The Centre on Wednesday defended army operations in the northeast and Jammu and Kashmir, and told the Supreme Court that India was faced with a war-like situation which was not akin to inter-country conventional war.

Nigerian troops will soon launch a massive military offensive to end insurgency in the northeast region of the West African country, Chief of Army Staff Lt General Kenneth Minimah said.

In a major anti-insurgency operation, eight Maoists were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh today, the police said.

A Congress delegation will visit Nagaland on Wednesday to meet the families of those who died in an anti-insurgency operation, said Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi.

The Opposition in Assam today demanded the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act (AFSPA) which has gained renewed momentum following the death of 14 civilians in firing by security forces in a botched anti-insurgency operation in Nagaland.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Centre over the killing of civilians during an anti-insurgency operation in Mon district of Nagaland, saying the government must give a "real reply".

An army officer and four other soldiers were killed in action during an encounter between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Monday, officials said.

The Centre on Wednesday defended army operations in the northeast and Jammu and Kashmir, and told the Supreme Court that India was faced with a war-like situation which was not akin to inter-country conventional war.

Nigerian troops will soon launch a massive military offensive to end insurgency in the northeast region of the West African country, Chief of Army Staff Lt General Kenneth Minimah said.