Terrrorism

A day after India and the US asked Islamabad to rein in cross-border terror, China today put up a strong defence of Pakistan, saying it was at the frontlines of the fight against terrorism.

A massive anti-terror operation has been launched in Kashmir's Shopian district after a series of attacks and videos showing large groups of terrorists moving freely in the area.

"I heard a thud, turned round and there was a man lying about 10 yards away from me," Reuters photographer Toby Melville recalls, describing the moment a man fell from London's Westminster Bridge to the pavement below during Wednesday's attack.

Brussels was hit by a number of deadly explosions on Tuesday, with all signs pointing toward a coordinated terror attack.

Victims lay in pools of blood, their limbs blown off, as the smoke cleared to reveal a scene of horror after twin explosions ripped through the main terminal at Brussels airport, witnesses told AFP.

Three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including one from Pakistan, were killed in an encounter with security forces early today in Sopore town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district."All the three militants have been killed and the operation is over," Srinagar-based Defence spokesman Lt Colonel J S Brar said, adding further details of the incid...

Rukshana, the girl from Kasmir, who fought off three militants after she turned their own arms on them and shot one dead is to get a gallantry award.

A day after India and the US asked Islamabad to rein in cross-border terror, China today put up a strong defence of Pakistan, saying it was at the frontlines of the fight against terrorism.

A massive anti-terror operation has been launched in Kashmir's Shopian district after a series of attacks and videos showing large groups of terrorists moving freely in the area.

"I heard a thud, turned round and there was a man lying about 10 yards away from me," Reuters photographer Toby Melville recalls, describing the moment a man fell from London's Westminster Bridge to the pavement below during Wednesday's attack.

Brussels was hit by a number of deadly explosions on Tuesday, with all signs pointing toward a coordinated terror attack.

Victims lay in pools of blood, their limbs blown off, as the smoke cleared to reveal a scene of horror after twin explosions ripped through the main terminal at Brussels airport, witnesses told AFP.

Three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including one from Pakistan, were killed in an encounter with security forces early today in Sopore town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district."All the three militants have been killed and the operation is over," Srinagar-based Defence spokesman Lt Colonel J S Brar said, adding further details of the incid...

Rukshana, the girl from Kasmir, who fought off three militants after she turned their own arms on them and shot one dead is to get a gallantry award.