Ironically, rival Tamil Nadu governments expend the most on social welfare schemes, especially targeting women and youth and children, but that money comes only by selling more liquor. There is always the specious plea, which has been peddled very many times in the past, that without licensed liquor, drinkers would go after hooch and there could be more hooch tragedies and hooch deaths. No one is convinced, but no one can dispute it either, comments N Sathiya Moorthy.
A top Hizbul Mujaheedin commander and a foreign terrorist were killed in a fierce gunfight near Srinagar on Friday evening. A senior police officer said that troops of 44 Rashtriya Rifles and special operations group (SOG) of the state police jointly surrounded a forest area near Tharina village in south Kashmir'a Shopian district, 70 kms from Srinagar.
Ten security personnel were killed and as many injured in a landmine explosion triggered by Maoists in Orissa's Koraput district on Sunday, the police said.
In a massive setback to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed his petition challenging his arrest in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged excise scam, saying there was no contravention of legal provisions.
Two cops were injured in a terrorist ambush in south Kashmir Pulwama district late on Monday evening.
The SIT is probing the alleged killing of five innocents in fake gunbattles by SOG in 2006.
The encounter broke out when troops confronted a group of militants trying to sneak into the valley from across the border.
At least two civilians, including a woman, were killed and eight security personnel injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in Orissa's Koraput district on Saturday. "Two civilians were killed and eight members of the elite anti-Naxalite Special Operation Group injured in the landmine blast incident today morning," said Deputy Inspector General (southern range) Sanjeev Panda. The incident took place at Jugipalur area today morning.
He said troops of 22 Rashtriya Rifles and special operations group (SOG) of the state police jointly surrounded Noorbagh locality of the Sopore town, 54 km from Srinagar on Sunday evening on a specific information.
A gunbattle broke out between militants and security forces in Tangmarg area of north Kashmir' Baramulla district on Thursday.
Security forces have busted a militant hideout in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including 7.5 kg RDX explosive.
After the horrific murder of a tailor in Udaipur sparked outrage in the entire state, the Rajasthan government on Tuesday announced the imposition of Section 144 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in all the districts for the next one month.
A special investigation team (SIT) on Wednesday submitted a charge sheet against activist Teesta Setalvad, retired director general of police R B Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots cases.
Justifying his arrest, the ED said Kejriwal had been arrested bona fide and not for any mala fide or extraneous reasons.
Police said army and Special Operations Group of the police on a specific information surrounded a forest area in the mountains of picturesque Bungus valley of north Kashmir's Kupwara district during which the hiding terrorists fired upon the surrounding security forces. "The troops also retaliated and returned the fire, triggering a fierce gun battle and so far an army trooper and two terrorists have been killed," a senior police officer told rediff.com.
Security forces surrounded the mosque and cordoned off the area.
Ajanta Manufacturing Limited (Oreva Group) was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the British-era suspension bridge on the Machchu river that collapsed, with a special investigation team formed by the state government citing several lapses on the part of the firm.
The search operation turned into an encounter after the terrorists fired upon the security forces who retaliated, he said.
The apex court had relaxed the interim bail conditions imposed on Mishra by the trial court on January 25. Mishra was asked not to stay either in Uttar Pradesh or in Delhi during the period.
Four persons, including two Army soldiers and two militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, were killed and three security men wounded in a night-long gunfight that ended on Wednesday morning in South Kashmir.
The number of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) posts along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has been increased from 180 to 195 as part of plans to better operational capability and border management, a top official said on Friday.
Jaysukh Patel, moved the anticipatory bail plea in the sessions court in Morbi fearing arrest in the bridge collapse case, sources said.
A day after terror struck Pune, a huge cache of explosives was today seized from Valsad district of Gujarat and four persons were arrested in this connection.
"Two militants of Jaish-e-Mohammed hiding inside the house began indiscriminate automatic gunfire at the security forces. The cordon around the house was further tightened, resulting in a sustained firefight at the end of which both militants were killed," a senior police officer said in Srinagar. Arms and ammunition,including two AK-47 rifles and two magazines were recovered from the encounter site.
Two militants believed to be from the Lashkar-e-Tayiba were killed in an overnight gunfight in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Two self-styled commanders of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit and a jawan were killed in a 15-hour-long gunbattle between security forces and militants that ended on Thursday morning in Kulgam district of South Kashmir.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has alleged that the BJP was conspiring to poach the MLAs in order to destabilise his government, a charge denied by the saffron party.
Three militants of the Hizbul Mujaheedin outfit were killed in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir's Tral area in Pulwama district on Thursday evening.
Top Al Badr terrorist Abu Hamza killed in an encounter with security forces in Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
Following the capture in eastern Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the assault teams of the Wagner private military and Russian troops.
Stocks of public sector undertakings (PSUs) have been on fire in the past year as investors cheered an improvement in key operating metrics and embraced counters of these state-owned enterprises, analysts suggest. The S&P BSE PSU Index has gained over 90 per cent in the past year, rising much higher than the S&P BSE Sensex, which has rose nearly 19 per cent during this period, according to ACE Equity data. The BSE PSU Index, reports show, has delivered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28 per cent (including dividends reinvestments) over five years and risen by almost 60 per cent in the past year.
The ACB had issued notices to MLAs Bhanwarlal Sharma and Vishvendra Singh, who have been suspended from the party for alleged involvement in a conspiracy to topple the Ashok Gehlot-led government, to appear for investigation, but they failed to do so.
While the personnel would be absorbed into the regular police force, Sayeed said those SOG personnel who had committed acts of omission would face stern action.
An AK rifle along with four magazines and a mobile phone were recovered from the slain militant.
Two persons, including a police official, were critically injured in a grenade explosion in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Monday.
A suspect in the Jaipur serial bomb blasts case surrendered on Friday night, according to the police.Sleuths of the Special Operation Group were interrogating the suspect, whose name was not released.The police earlier searched the residence of the suspect, who is a tailor by profession, but could not trace him.At least 68 people were killed in the serial blasts that rocked the Pink city on May 13.
He said the encounter broke out when the police along with army launched a search and cordon operation in the area following specific information about the presence of some militants there.
With each team working on a dedicated task, the SOG is moving full steam ahead with its efforts to hit out at terrorists trying to make Srinagar their base, said senior officials anxious to recast the image of the force.
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