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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.

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.

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.

All 4 accused, including Swami Aseemanand, acquitted in Samjhauta Express blast case

An IED blast rocked the bi-weekly train near Panipat on 18 February 2007 and killed 68 people from India and Pakistan.

Jaish’s Afghan IED expert killed but hunt for Pulwama mastermind to continue

4 Army personnel, including a major, and a policeman were also killed in the encounter. 8 security personnel, including the DIG of south Kashmir, were injured.

The IED twist to Kashmir terrorism — ‘worst fears’ of security forces have come true

Attack on CRPF convoy in Pulwama is something that the security establishment had long feared. More than terrorists, they say, IEDs are their biggest enemies.

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