UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday expressed confidence that insurgent outfits who have not come forward for talks so far will realise the futility of violence and join the peace process.

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The Centre on Wednesday offered talks with Maoists and insurgents in the north east with a condition that they should suspend violence.

"Violence does not pay and violence will not pay. The State wil

Security measures have been stepped up in Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh following intelligence reports of infiltration by some insurgents and Maoist groups from neighbouring Ass

Afghan officials say two air strikes over the weekend in southern Afghanistan killed 16 insurgents.

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has killed more than 30 insurgents on Pakistani territory, the Nato-led force said late Sunday.

A shootout between the Chechen president's personal protection detail and suspected separatist insurgents left 19 people dead early on Sunday, including five civilians, officials and media reports sai

A BSF jawan was killed and another critically injured in an ambush by insurgents at Ratiacherra, a remote tribal hamlet in Tripura's Dhalai district bordering Bangladesh, on Friday.

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At least 36 people were killed and 28 injured in a suicide bombing targeting security personnel in southwestern Baghdad on Sunday, a security source said.

The bomber, who was wearing an explosive bel