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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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Topic: Encounters

Family of 3 ‘Hmar militants’ killed in Cachar allege ‘fake encounter’ — ‘videos look staged, scripted’

District police say the 3 were involved in drug trafficking. Apex Hmar tribal body demands independent magisterial inquiry, disciplinary action against cops & compensation for next of kin.

12 Maoists killed in Bijapur encounter, Chhattisgarh CM congratulates security forces

Exchange of gunfire broke out Friday between Naxals and security forces in the jungle near Pidiya village.

Student leader to Purvanchal bahubali — who was Vinod Upadhyay, killed in encounter with UP STF

Vinod Kumar Upadhyay enjoyed patronage of Hari Shankar Tiwari & had at least 35 criminal cases lodged against him in police stations across UP between 1999 and November 2023.

Who benefits from the killing of Atiq? Upcoming dons, politicians

75 years after Independence, a robust criminal justice system is a dire need for a nation seeking a Vishwa Guru status.

Watch Mumbai Mafia if ‘D-Company’, encounters and the ‘terror’ of Bombay still intrigue you

Mumbai Mafia focuses on how a few cops became larger-than-life figures as they tackled the rising terror and Mumbai’s organised crime through encounters.

2 militants killed in encounter in J&K’s Kulgam village

Srinagar: Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. Security forces...

Two mo​​re soldiers including JCO killed in J&K’s Poonch, toll rises to 9 for the week

The soldiers were killed in the ongoing counter-insurgency operation at the Surankote forest, Thanamandi in Rajouri & Mendhar in Poonch.

Stone-pelting more serious than terrorism, impacts economic activity & schools: IGP Kashmir

IGP Vijay Kumar, at a press conference, said 19 militants have been killed since January this year and 18 Kashmiris have joined the insurgency, taking the number of active militants to 200.

3 militants killed, one civilian injured during encounter in J&K’s Pulwama

A search operation turned into an encounter after militants opened fire on security forces in Tikken area of Pulwama district Wednesday, police said.

Kashmir sees jump in terrorist encounters ahead of Article 370 removal anniversary

Until 30 July, 148 terrorists have been killed in encounters in Kashmir valley. But 116 of them have been killed since April.

On Camera

Should Goa share Mhadei waters? A living river can’t be divided like property

Asking Goa to give up 4% of a river’s flow to help parched districts seems reasonable, moral. But it masks a deeper ethical problem: who bears the burden of the ‘greater common good’?

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.