Nine people died in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Monday after Maoists used an improvised explosive device to blow up a vehicle carrying members of the district reserve guard — the first major insurgent strike amid a string of ferocious encounters by security forces over the past year to eradicate Left-wing extremism in the state. “The victims, members of the District …
Hyderabad: Lieutenant Colonel M.S. Dhoni would be commanding a company in the Army’s Victor Force headquartered in Awantipora of South Kashmir and is likely to be assigned to road opening parties and road domination besides patrolling the garrison and guard duty, senior Army officials said. He will be assigned duties of securing the perimeter of the garrison besides RoP and …
