Nagrota Attack

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday briefed top envoys of key nations, including the US, Russia, France and Japan on the planned terror attack by Pakistan-based terrorist group JeM in Nagrota in Jammu which was foiled by security forces on November 19, sources said.

Four suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists, who were hiding in a truck, were killed in an encounter with security forces on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Nagrota early this morning. Two policemen were injured during the gunfight. The police said it is likely that the terrorists were "planning a big attack" and that they were headed towar...

The National Investigation Agency or NIA on Tuesday named Pakistan-based UN-designated terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed's deputy chief Abdul Rouf Asgar, the brother of Masood Azhar, and 13 others in its charge-sheet of the 2016 Nagrota terror attack case.

The National Investigation Agency has arrested a man wanted in the 2016 attack on an army camp in Jammu's Nagrota when he was allegedly trying to flee the country through Sri Lanka, officials said Saturday.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday said it has made a second arrest in connection with the terror attack that killed seven soldiers at Jammu and Kashmir's Nagrota Army camp in November 2016.

Terrorists, who stormed the army camp at Nagrota in Jammu region on November 29, used a silencer-fitted weapon to kill a sentry before gaining entry into the premises, a tactic adopted by suicide attackers for the first time in the troubled state.

The Border Security Force has launched a special commando training programme for its men in Jammu and Kashmir to counter the surge in terror attacks and infiltration bids. Its focus is to prevent hostage situations and conduct room-to-room intervention to eliminate holed up terrorists with minimum collateral damages.

The mortal remains of Major Kunal Manndadir Gosavi, who was among those killed in Tuesday's terrorist attack in Nagrota, Jammu, was today consigned to flames with full state honours at his home town of Pandharpur Solapur.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to probe the twin terror attacks in Nagrota and Samba in Jammu and Kashmir in which seven army personnel were killed.

Two main complexes at the army unit in Nagrota, which witnessed a fierce gunbattle and hostage-like situation, have been cleared by the army as combing operation continued for the second day today at the camp targeted by terrorists.

Talking tough in the wake of attack on army camp in Nagrota, India today made it clear that talks with Pakistan cannot take place in an atmosphere of "continued terror", which it will never accept as "new normal" in the bilateral relationship.

On the 11th day, opposition led by Congress and TMC forced two adjournments in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over their demand condolences of the killing army men in Nagrota and other attacks before it.

The police is probing if Jasih-e-Mohammed or JeM was responsible for Tuesday's terror attack on an army camp in Nagrota near Jammu, that left seven officers and jawans dead, after a note written in Urdu with the name of JeM's Afzal Guru Squad (AGS) was recovered from the bodies of three terrorists, a senior official said.

Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag today visited the Nagrota-based 16 Corps headquarters and was briefed about yesterday's terror attack in which seven officers and jawans were killed, even as combing operation to flush out any remaining terrorist continued.

Expressing serious concern over repeated terrorist attacks on security forces establishments in the state, Governor N N Vohra today asked all security forces commanders and the government to enhance surveillance and immediately review the security of all important installations.

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday briefed top envoys of key nations, including the US, Russia, France and Japan on the planned terror attack by Pakistan-based terrorist group JeM in Nagrota in Jammu which was foiled by security forces on November 19, sources said.

Four suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists, who were hiding in a truck, were killed in an encounter with security forces on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Nagrota early this morning. Two policemen were injured during the gunfight. The police said it is likely that the terrorists were "planning a big attack" and that they were headed towar...

The National Investigation Agency or NIA on Tuesday named Pakistan-based UN-designated terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed's deputy chief Abdul Rouf Asgar, the brother of Masood Azhar, and 13 others in its charge-sheet of the 2016 Nagrota terror attack case.

The National Investigation Agency has arrested a man wanted in the 2016 attack on an army camp in Jammu's Nagrota when he was allegedly trying to flee the country through Sri Lanka, officials said Saturday.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday said it has made a second arrest in connection with the terror attack that killed seven soldiers at Jammu and Kashmir's Nagrota Army camp in November 2016.

Terrorists, who stormed the army camp at Nagrota in Jammu region on November 29, used a silencer-fitted weapon to kill a sentry before gaining entry into the premises, a tactic adopted by suicide attackers for the first time in the troubled state.

The Border Security Force has launched a special commando training programme for its men in Jammu and Kashmir to counter the surge in terror attacks and infiltration bids. Its focus is to prevent hostage situations and conduct room-to-room intervention to eliminate holed up terrorists with minimum collateral damages.

The mortal remains of Major Kunal Manndadir Gosavi, who was among those killed in Tuesday's terrorist attack in Nagrota, Jammu, was today consigned to flames with full state honours at his home town of Pandharpur Solapur.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is likely to probe the twin terror attacks in Nagrota and Samba in Jammu and Kashmir in which seven army personnel were killed.

Two main complexes at the army unit in Nagrota, which witnessed a fierce gunbattle and hostage-like situation, have been cleared by the army as combing operation continued for the second day today at the camp targeted by terrorists.

Talking tough in the wake of attack on army camp in Nagrota, India today made it clear that talks with Pakistan cannot take place in an atmosphere of "continued terror", which it will never accept as "new normal" in the bilateral relationship.

On the 11th day, opposition led by Congress and TMC forced two adjournments in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over their demand condolences of the killing army men in Nagrota and other attacks before it.

The police is probing if Jasih-e-Mohammed or JeM was responsible for Tuesday's terror attack on an army camp in Nagrota near Jammu, that left seven officers and jawans dead, after a note written in Urdu with the name of JeM's Afzal Guru Squad (AGS) was recovered from the bodies of three terrorists, a senior official said.

Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag today visited the Nagrota-based 16 Corps headquarters and was briefed about yesterday's terror attack in which seven officers and jawans were killed, even as combing operation to flush out any remaining terrorist continued.

Expressing serious concern over repeated terrorist attacks on security forces establishments in the state, Governor N N Vohra today asked all security forces commanders and the government to enhance surveillance and immediately review the security of all important installations.