Srinagar Jan 22 PTI Two militants belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba LeT outfit were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday police said A police spokesman said that based on a specific input regarding the presence of terrorists in village Kilbal area of Shopian in south Kashmir a cordon-and-search operation was launched During the search operation as the joint search party proceeded towards the suspected spot the hiding terrorists fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter he said In the ensuing encounter two terrorists of the proscribed terror outfit LeT TRF were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of the encounter the spokesman said The Resistance Front TRF is a shadow group of the Lashkar-e-Taiba LeT He identified them as Sameer Ahmad Shah a resident of Dhangam in Shopian and Rayees Ahmad Mir of Pulwama As per police records both the killed terrorists were part of group involved in several terror crime cases including attacks on security forces and civilian atrocities he said Incriminating materials arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of the encounter All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation the spokesman added PTI SSB SMN SMN

Srinagar Jan 22 PTI Two militants belonging to proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday police saidActing on specific input about the presence of militants in Kilbal area of the south Kashmir district security forces launched a cordon and search operation there a police official saidHe said as the forces were conducting searches in the area the hiding militants fired upon themThe forces retaliated ensuing the encounter in which two militants were killed the official saidHe said those killed were locals of The Resistance Front TRF a shadow group of Lashkar-e-Taiba LeTIncriminating material including arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of the encounterPTI SSB SRY

Thane Jan 22 PTI Two directors of a Kolhapur-based firm have been booked for allegedly cheating a distributor in Bhiwandi in Thane district to the tune of Rs 19 lakh a police official said on Saturday The husband-wife duo had taken Rs12 lakh from a distributor to supply noodles and other eatables and gained his confidence by sending items worth Rs 1078 lakh Assistant Inspector Abhijit Patil of Kongaon police station They then asked the distributor for Rs 1215 lakh and also asked him to give Rs 626 lakh to another Goa-based distributor all on goodwill After the transactions were completed the accused vanished leaving the distributor poorer by over Rs 19 lakh he said Efforts are on to nab the two accused the official said PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Mumbai Jan 22 PTI Two persons were injured in a major fire that broke out on the 18th floor of a residential building in Tardeo area of central Mumbai on Saturday morning an official said The blaze erupted around 7 am in Kamla building located opposite Gandhi Hospital at Gowalia Tank the official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC said It is a ground plus 20-storey building The fire broke out on its 18th floor On being alerted the fire brigade personnel and police rushed the spot Thirteen fire engines seven water jetties among others are involved in the firefighting operation he said adding that it was tagged as a level-3 major fire Two persons were injured in the blaze and were taken to the nearby Bhatia Hospital Details about their condition are awaited the official said The firefighting and rescue operation is still on he added PTI DC NP NP

Thane Jan 19 PTI Two persons were charred to death after a truck carrying liquid sulfur met with an accident and hit an autorickshaw which led to both the vehicles catching fire at Ambarnath township in Thane district of Maharashtra on Wednesday afternoon police said The accident occurred near a nullah in Ambarnath east area and the two deceased were occupants of the autorickshaw they said The truck was on its way from Ambarnath to Shil Near the nullah it developed some technical snag and started moving backwards due to the gradient It crushed an autorickshaw on the way due to which the fuel tank of the rickshaw exploded and led to a fire in both the vehicles deputy commissioner of police traffic Balasaheb Patil said Soon the sulphur in the truck also caught fire The two occupants of the rickshaw were charred to death and the deceased are being identified he said Both the vehicles were completely damaged in the incident Patil added On being informed the police and the fire brigade personnel of the Ambarnath Municipal Council rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze he said A fire officer said that the incident took place shortly before 4 pm Police said that the bodies of the two victims were sent to a local government hospital for post-mortem PTI COR NP NP

New Delhi Dec 31 PTI Two people were arrested for allegedly killing a parking attendant following an argument in northwest Delhis Subhash Place area police said on FridayAccording to police Subhash Place police station received a PCR call regarding the incident on ThursdayDuring inquiry it was found that a quarrel took place between the security guards of D-Mall and parking attendants over the removal of vehicles from the parking area Whitewash work was going on in the mall and vehicles were spattered with paint Deputy Commissioner of Police northwest Usha Rangnani saidParking attendant Amrit Lal a resident of Pitampura sustained head injuries after he was beaten up by one Sajjan and his two associates Lal succumbed to his injuries during treatment she saidSajjan 24 a resident of Ashok Vihar and Sanjeev 25 a resident of Shakurpur have been arrested the DCP saidA case has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code IPC in connection with the incident the police saidAnother case was registered on the basis of the statement of an injured guard Satyapal In this case Sunil a resident of Bhajanpura has been arrested they said PTI NIT DIV DIV

Itanagar Dec 30 PTI Two more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh pushing the tally in the northeastern state to 55336 a senior health department official said on Thursday The state did not report any fresh case on the previous day The death toll remained at 280 as no new fatality due to the infection was reported in the last 24 hours State Surveillance Officer Dr Lobsang Jampa said One more person recuperated from the disease during the period taking the total number of recoveries to 55037 he said The recovery rate among coronavirus patients in the state stood at 9946 per cent Arunachal Pradesh now has 19 active cases The Capital Complex Region comprising Itanagar Naharlagun Nirjuli and Banderdewa areas has the highest number of active cases at 12 followed by Namsai district at three Lohit at two West Kameng and Tawang at one each The state has conducted 1204800 sample tests for COVID-19 so far including 210 on Wednesday and the positivity ratio stood at 095 per cent State Immunisation Officer Dr Dimong Padung said 1460089 people have been inoculated since the beginning of the vaccination drive PTI UPL SBN BDC BDC

Kolkata Dec 30 PTI Two children were injured in an explosion at a garbage vat in Salt Lakes Nayapatti area on Thursday morning police saidThe children were playing near the vat kept aside a ground when the low-intensity blast happened around 1130 am they saidThe injured children were admitted to the Bidhannagar Sub-divisional Hospital Their conditions are stated to be stable a police officer saidForensic experts visited the spot and collected samples to ascertain the cause of the blast he saidThe explosion rocked the area triggering panic among residents of the nearby slum PTI SUS SOM SOM

Ahmedabad Dec 29 PTI Two minor boys and a woman were killed and nearly 10 other people injured when their multi-utility vehicle MUV rammed into a stationary truck in Gujarats Ahmedabad district on Wednesday morning police said The MUV was going from Vapi in south Gujarat towards Rajkot in Saurashtra when it hit the truck parked on a roadside from behind near Bagodara town on a state highway an official from Bagodara police station said Two school-going boys and a woman were killed in the accident he said Around 10 other passengers of the MUV were injured and rushed to the civil hospital in Ahmedabad for treatment the official said PTI KA GK GK

New Delhi Dec 23 PTI Two men were arrested for allegedly abducting an eatery owners relative in northwest Delhis Shalimar Bagh area police said on ThursdayThey have been identified as Dushyant alias Harsh 26 and Vishal 24 residents of Badli village here They are cab drivers police said The eatery owner complained to the police that two parties -- two people on a motorcycle and three others in a car -- picked up a fight with each other at his outlet over parking on Tuesday night Though both parties left the place in sometime the three men in car arrived back at the eatery about an hour later and demanded details about the men on the motorcycle from the eatery owner When he refused to entertain them they forcefully took away his 28-year-old cousin police said The accused allegedly released the man after robbing him of Rs 10000 cash and another Rs 15000 that they forcefully withdrew from his ATM card Deputy Commissioner of Police northwest Usha Rangnani said the car was registered with a cab aggregator and that the vehicle has been seizedA mobile phone and Rs 21000 were recovered from their possession she said Efforts to nab the other accused are on the DCP said PTI NIT NIT CJ CJ