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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: IED blast

18 August, 2025: IED blast in Chattisgarh’s Bijapur kills one DRG guard & other news of the day

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from India.

CRPF commando injured in IED blast in Sukma district as phase 1 polls begins in Chhattisgarh

During patrolling, Inspector Shrikant belonging to CoBRA 206th battalion, inadvertently stepped over the IED, planted by Naxalites, leading to the explosion causing injuries to him.

6 CRPF jawans injured from an IED blast during an encounter with naxals in Jharkhand

The left wing extremists triggered the blast when COBRA batallion of CRPF & district armed police were conducting an anti-naxal operation in the forest, superintendent of police said.

J&K heating up before Modi visit: Attacks on rise, terrorist chatter on ‘high-grade IED blast’

PM's 1st visit to J&K since Article 370 abrogation. Since it was announced in March, 6 panchayat members killed in attacks, as well as 3 civilians & 5 security personnel.

In Delhi court blast chargesheet, police say accused ‘inspired’ by gangster’s murder on premises

Police say evidence against DRDO scientist Bharat Bhushan Kataria ‘beyond doubt’. Chargesheet totalling 1,040 pages filed in Patiala House Court on 15 March.

Low-intensity blast in Meghalaya’s Shillong, no casualty reported so far

One suspect has been identified and no one was injured but some shops got damaged in the blast that happened at 6:30 pm Sunday in the commercial hub of the state, the police say.

Police recover envelope addressed to Israeli Embassy from blast site, CCTV footage scanned

A minor IED blast took place near the Israeli Embassy in Delhi Friday evening. Israeli FM Gabi Ashkenazi promised full cooperation and any help in the investigation.

Intel warns of another Kashmir car bomb attack, this time where Zakir Musa was killed

The intel input identified two terrorists of the Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) as being involved in preparation of IEDs.

Car bombs are becoming the new weapon of choice for militants in Kashmir

Two jawans died Tuesday, a day after their convoy was targeted by an explosives-packed car in Pulwama, months after 40 CRPF personnel were killed in the same manner.

Random phone call tipped off Indian High Commission about IED attack in J&K

Two days after a report that Pakistan had tipped off both India & US about an attack in J&K, an Army convoy was targeted in Pulwama Monday, killing 2 soldiers.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.