'As a police officer, I had gone on deputation to the prison department; on both occasions (the hanging of Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Memon), the government said that I should remain present.' 'I was not mentally prepared for these sensitive operations and had to work on myself to lead the teams.'
Army Chief General M M Naravane carried out an aerial reconnaissance of forward areas on Wednesday and was briefed about the prevailing security situation along the Line of Control (LOC) in the Jammu region, officials said.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Manipur government to apprise the apex court-appointed committee of the steps taken to secure places of public worship in the state where ethnic clashes have claimed more than 170 lives since May.
Judge Ravi Kumar Diakar, who had ordered the video survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi, informed the Uttar Pradesh authorities on Tuesday that he had received a hand-written threat letter.
The Uttar Pradesh police on Monday said they have identified one more accused in the PWD engineer murder case and said efforts were on to nab him. "We have identified Bhatia [named in the first information report filed by the slain engineer MK Gupta's wife Shashi Gupta]. He is district Bahujan Samaj Party president Yogendra Dohre, who is also known as Bhatia in the area," Additional Director General Law and Order Brijlal told reporters.
The clash occurred after Pakistani militants held in the jail pelted stones and hot water bottles on security personnel.
Uttar Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested Shrikant Tyagi, who was recently seen in a viral video assaulting and abusing a woman at Grand Omaxe in Noida's Sector 93 and was on the run ever since.
As per the order, all schools, colleges and academic institutions that are closed can resume functioning normally from Saturday.
'It will not make any difference to our war against terror. Those persons ought to be extradited, questioned and tried over here in our courts,' says Mumbai ATS Chief K P S Raghuvanshi.
Disclosing this on Thursday, Uttar Pradesh ADG of Police Brij Lal who also heads the state Special Task Force, told rediff.com, "The bicycle used in the blast looks like a racing model with a straight handle while the one visible on the e-mail was an ordinary one." "Furthermore, while reports from Jaipur suggested that the explosives used in the blast were tied to the handle of the bicycle, the e-mail visuals show explosives planted on the bicycle carrier at the back."
Deepu Kumar (27) was expecting his first child in June but his life was cut short in a terror attack in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, leaving his poor family without its sole breadwinner.
Police said it has been found during preliminary investigation that a woman student, a hosteller, had shared her own video with a youth from Himachal Pradesh whose role is also under the scanner.
Sreekumar's counsel claimed that each page of the 207-page diary had the signature and official seal of the then Inspector General of Police (Administration), O P Mathur.
A car, part of the cavalcade of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, went up in flames in Haryana's Karnal district on Saturday. The driver of the car lost control after its engine developed trouble near village Manakmajra. Suddenly there was a loud explosion and the car went up in flames, police said. Two people have been rounded up in connection with the incident, police said, adding it was too early to conclude whether it was an accident or an attack
"We urge and expect the media to exercise restraint before publishing or reporting on details of the investigation, and report in such a manner that it does not hamper the investigation," the court said.
The ongoing crackdown on Khalistan supporters has brought to light a questionable delay in revoking arms licences granted to the armed guards of radical preacher Amritpal Singh in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
Delhi's power circles can expect a surprise when a not-so-known officer is appointed to head the CBI.
Senior Indian Police Service officer Archana Ramasundram was today appointed Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal, the first woman to head a paramilitary force.
Amidst suspense about his whereabouts, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has reached his official residence in Ranchi, a source in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred ahead of the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas for which security has been tightened.
The apex court will on Monday take a call on moving the woman and her lawyer to AIIMS in Delhi, it said.
The Supreme Court asserted on Friday that action must be taken against all those making hate speeches "this side or that side".
The Bihar government has always been extremely touchy when it came to the subject of terrorism and in the past two years they have made it clear twice.
Four Central Reserve Police Force jawans were killed and as many injured when Naxals ambushed a road opening party of the security forces in Maoist-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, the police said.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said the government will file a special leave petition in this matter in the top court.
Pruthviraj Jadeja, the policeman, braved fierce current floodwaters and strong winds to save the children. The cop also earned the praise of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani who shared the video and lauded the officer on Twitter.
Abu Zaid, suspected IS terrorist was arrested by the ATS team from Mumbai Airport.
The 52-year-old officer had allegedly attempted suicide at his Malabar Hill residence by setting self on fire on September 15
The Haryana committee will also study laws enacted by other states on the issue, Vij said.
Drone cameras will monitor the crowds in real time.
A team of CBI officials reached CID headquarters Bhawani Bhawan in Kolkata before 4 pm. But the handover from the state agency took place at around 6:48 pm, despite the Calcutta high court setting a deadline of 4.15 pm.
Khalistani separatist Lakhbir Singh alias 'Rode', a designated terrorist under the Indian law, has died recently in Pakistan, where he had taken refuge after his uncle Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was killed in 1984 during an army action, officials said on Tuesday.
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