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Bangladesh Army Refused To Suppress Protest, Sealing Sheikh Hasina's Fate
The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a meeting with his generals and decided that troops would not open fire on civilians to enforce a curfew.
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Some "Congress Friends" Conspired Against Removal Of AFSPA: Omar Abdullah
Under AFSPA, the armed forces are given special powers to arrest, use force and even open fire on anyone who violates the law. But over the years, civilians have levelled allegations of Army excesses in the insurgency-hit areas.
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Do Cops Need Approval To File Case Against Armymen? Top Court To Examine
The legal question of whether permission is required to file police cases against Army personnel will be settled by the Supreme Court, which is hearing an appeal by the father of an army officer posted in Jammu and Kashmir. Major Aditya Kumar was leading a convoy that allegedly opened fire on a group of civilians during a stone throwing protest in ...
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Armyman Killed In Kashmir Encounter, Civilian In Clash
An Army commando was killed and another injured in a gunfight with terrorists in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday, while a civilian there was killed when security forces opened fire in a clash with protesters, officials said.
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"Fired In Desperate Situation": Army Sources On Death Of 2 Men In Kashmir
Army sources today said that its soldiers, charged with murder over the death of two civilians in firing on protesters at a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian, "opened fire in a desperate situation". A crowd of protesters injured a soldier with stones and "threatened to burn" him, the Army sources said amid a massive political row between the s...
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Budgam Army Firing: The Car That Failed to Stop Had Actually Skidded, Says Probe Report
The Maruti car that failed to stop at an army checkpost on Monday, had actually skidded and hit an electric pole on the roadside, says a report by the Budgam District Magistrate. The fallout was fatal. The army, which says it had intelligence inputs about a movement by militants, opened fire, in which two teenage civilians - one of them a 14-year-o...
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Two Killed As Army Allegedly Opens Fire on Car in Jammu and Kashmir
Two persons were killed and two injured on Monday when an army's ambush party allegedly opened fire on their car at Chatergam in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Bangladesh Army Refused To Suppress Protest, Sealing Sheikh Hasina's Fate
The night before long-time leader Sheikh Hasina abruptly fled Bangladesh amid deadly protests, her army chief held a meeting with his generals and decided that troops would not open fire on civilians to enforce a curfew.
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Some "Congress Friends" Conspired Against Removal Of AFSPA: Omar Abdullah
Under AFSPA, the armed forces are given special powers to arrest, use force and even open fire on anyone who violates the law. But over the years, civilians have levelled allegations of Army excesses in the insurgency-hit areas.
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Do Cops Need Approval To File Case Against Armymen? Top Court To Examine
The legal question of whether permission is required to file police cases against Army personnel will be settled by the Supreme Court, which is hearing an appeal by the father of an army officer posted in Jammu and Kashmir. Major Aditya Kumar was leading a convoy that allegedly opened fire on a group of civilians during a stone throwing protest in ...
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Armyman Killed In Kashmir Encounter, Civilian In Clash
An Army commando was killed and another injured in a gunfight with terrorists in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday, while a civilian there was killed when security forces opened fire in a clash with protesters, officials said.
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"Fired In Desperate Situation": Army Sources On Death Of 2 Men In Kashmir
Army sources today said that its soldiers, charged with murder over the death of two civilians in firing on protesters at a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian, "opened fire in a desperate situation". A crowd of protesters injured a soldier with stones and "threatened to burn" him, the Army sources said amid a massive political row between the s...
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Budgam Army Firing: The Car That Failed to Stop Had Actually Skidded, Says Probe Report
The Maruti car that failed to stop at an army checkpost on Monday, had actually skidded and hit an electric pole on the roadside, says a report by the Budgam District Magistrate. The fallout was fatal. The army, which says it had intelligence inputs about a movement by militants, opened fire, in which two teenage civilians - one of them a 14-year-o...
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Two Killed As Army Allegedly Opens Fire on Car in Jammu and Kashmir
Two persons were killed and two injured on Monday when an army's ambush party allegedly opened fire on their car at Chatergam in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir.
