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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicEncounter killings

Topic: encounter killings

6 Maoists killed in Andhra Pradesh, day after Madvi Hidma’s encounter

Officials confirmed that the Maoists were trying to enter Andhra from Chhattisgarh & Telangana, & have arrested 50 people & seized a large amount of weapons & explosives.

Militants ambush Pakistani paramilitary troops, 11 killed in encounter

Roadside bombs hit the convoy near the Afghan border before opening fire during which 9 paramilitary soldiers and 2 officers were killed.

J&K LG Sinha assures justice in Gujjar youth killing, vows support for terror victim families in state

Parvez Ahmad (21), a Gujjar from Nikki Tawi, was killed in police crossfire in Jammu, sparking protests as his family alleges an 'innocent' was killed in a 'staged encounter'.

Operation Mahadev: 3 terrorists with suspected links to Pahalgam attack killed in J&K

Security forces, acting on an intelligence input, launched operation in Mulnar area of Harwan Monday morning. Two rounds of gunshots heard as security forces carried out searches.

7 maoists killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur during first fortnight of June

After a series of fierce encounters in the national park area where security forces were conducting several intensive anti-Maoist operations, 2 high-ranking maoist leaders were killed.

5 brothers, 4 of them Maoists. Ravi’s encounter marks end of Gajarla family ties to CPI (Maoist)

Gajarla Ravi alias Uday ‘used to put up posters, run errands for Maoists since age 7’. At the time of his death, he was senior-most Maoist leader in Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border areas.

4 Naxals, head constable killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar

A joint team of security personnel was engaged in an anti-Naxal operation when a gunfight broke out Saturday in a forest along the border of Narayanpur and Dantewada.

Amid ‘fake encounter’ claims, UP DGP issues guidelines, emphasises need for autopsy & photos from site

In letter to senior officers, UP DGP has issued 16 guidelines to be followed in encounter cases. Opposition has alleged that latest encounters in Sultanpur & Bahraich were fake.

At least 3 army personnel, one police officer injured in encounter with terrorists in J-K’s Kulgam

Security forces received intel late Friday night about terrorist movement in Arigam. Upon reaching the spot, an encounter began after the terrorists opened fire.

One of two civilians injured during Anantnag encounter succumbs to injuries, death toll rises to 3

Two Army personnel were killed and two civilians injured in a fierce gunfight with terrorists in the Ahlan Gagarmandu forest area of Anantnag district Saturday.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.