Search Operation

Sniffer Dogs Deployed To Track Terrorists In Jammu And Kashmir's Kishtwar

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 22, 2019

Sniffer dogs were pressed into service as a massive search operation to track down suspected terrorists in a forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district continued for the second day on Saturday, officials said.

Terrorist Who Arranged Vehicle For Pulwama Attack, His Handler Shot Dead

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday June 18, 2019

An Army soldier was killed in a gunbattle with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag today. Two terrorists were also shot dead in the encounter - one of them has been identified as Sajad Ahmad Bhat, the owner of the explosive-laden vehicle used in the suicide bombing of a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in February.

Army Major Killed, 3 Soldiers Injured In Encounter In Jammu and Kashmir

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 17, 2019

An Army Major was killed and three soldiers were injured in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir today.

Nanda Devi Climbers Still Missing, Paramilitary Team Preps For Search Ops

India News | Reported by Neeta Sharma, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday June 16, 2019

Bad weather has hampered search operations for an eight-member team of mountaineers that went missing while trying to scale the Nanda Devi East peak in Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district late last month. Officials have little hope of finding any of them alive, and there are fears that fresh avalanches in the region may have buried their bodies deep...

An-32 Aircraft Slammed Into Mountain, Suggests New Photo

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday June 12, 2019

An An-32 aircraft that went missing with 13 people aboard last week slammed into the face of a hill very close to its summit in Arunachal Pradesh's Mechuka region, a new photograph released by the Indian Air Force shows.

Bad Weather Conditions Halt Search Ops For Missing AN-32 Plane

India News | ANI | Sunday June 9, 2019

Airborne search operations to locate the missing AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force could not be carried out today due to bad weather conditions.

Air Force Announces Rs 5 Lakh Reward For Information On Missing Plane

India News | Edited by Ridhima Shukla | Saturday June 8, 2019

The Indian Air Force has announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh for information on the An-32 aircraft that went missing in Arunachal Pradesh after taking off from Assam's Jorhat on June 3. The air force is undertaking a massive search operation to trace the plane but there has been no breakthrough yet.

Search For Missing Air Force Plane Halted On Sixth Day Due To Bad Weather

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 8, 2019

An aerial search operation could not be undertaken on Saturday to trace the missing transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force in remote Mechuka in Arunachal Pradesh due to poor weather conditions, even as ground troops continued combing the mountainous area for the sixth consecutive day.

2 Brothers Went For Bath At Andhra Beach, One Missing

Andhra Pradesh News | ANI | Friday June 7, 2019

The search operation of a teenager who was swept away by a current at a beach in Andhra Pradesh is currently underway. V Hemant Kumar, 16, had gone with his brother to Manginapudi beach to take a dip after purchasing a silver idol from a shop. The two brothers got caught in the current and fell into the sea.

IAF Intensifies Search Operation To Trace Missing An-32 Aircraft

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 7, 2019

The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday said it has intensified the search operation to trace the An-32 aircraft that has gone missing in Arunachal Pradesh after taking off from Assam's Jorhat.

Air Force Plane Carrying 13 Missing After Taking Off From Assam

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday June 4, 2019

An Indian Air Force transport aircraft that took off from Assam's Jorhat with 13 people onboard on Monday has gone missing over over hilly terrain in the Northeast.

Bodies Of 4 Members Of Indian Family Found In Flooded Area In Oman

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2019

Bodies of four Indians were found in a flooded area in Oman as rescue authorities launched a massive search operation to trace six members of an Indian healthcare worker's family who went missing after torrential rains.

3 Terrorists, Including Burhan Wani's Aide, Killed In Jammu And Kashmir Encounter: Cops

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 3, 2019

An associate of the dead Hizbul commander Burhan Wani was killed along with two other terrorists in an encounter in poll-bound Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir police officials said on Friday. The encounter took place at the Imam Sahib area of the south Kashmir district following a cordon and search operation there in the early hours of Friday, ...

Mastermind Of Dantewada Maoist Attack That Killed BJP Lawmaker Shot Dead

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday May 2, 2019

The encounter took place during a morning search operation led by a joint team of District Reserve Guards (DRG) and District Force (DF) soldiers.

2 Terrorists Shot Dead In Jammu And Kashmir's Anantnag

India News | Edited by Aditya Sharma | Thursday April 25, 2019

The security forces shot dead two terrorists in an encounter in south Kashmir's Anantnag district this morning, news agency ANI reported. A search operation is going on, the police said.