'Something so unfortunate has happened because of illiteracy in our country. Almost all the junior actors' costumes have been burned to ashes. There is so much hard work that was put into making the clothes. We will work day and night and make up for the damages but morally, we are are very low.'
The day after an abducted policeman was killed by Maoists, the Bihar government has sought 40 companies of para-military forces from the Centre to fight Naxals.
In view of the terror threat to the state, the Kerala home department has issued instructions to hotels on accommodating foreign visitors coming to Kerala.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has sought the custody of an army colonel, a major and four others for custodial interrogation in the alleged fake encounter of three youth in Machil sector in frontier district of Kupwara in April this year.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that 64 files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose lying with the state's home department would be declassified and put in public domain from next Friday.
She alleged that certain people in the previous governments had "neglected" the matter as they "never" wanted the mystery to be solved.
A 1985-batch IAS officer with a reputation for industriousness, Murmu is currently special secretary in the revenue department.
Highlighting Maharashtra government's laxity in tackling the 26/11 terror attacks, the Ram Pradhan Committee report has pointed out that a study group formed after July 2006 train blasts, for suggesting measures to heighten security in the megapolis and other cities, has failed to submit its report so far.
A high level meeting held at the behest of the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister T K A Nair, has decided to provide more companies of the Rapid Action Force to Sabarimala during the ensuing temple season.
The banned Communist Party of India - Maoist has threatened to kill Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar if two of their top leaders were not released from prison immediately, official sources said on Friday. 'Dabloo', a naxalite leader, in a sms to a reporter of a private TV channel, claimed that the Maoists planned to kill the chief minister, State Home Department Principal Secretary Amir Subhani said. The message demanded the release of Naxal leaders 'Raviji' and Diren Singh.
In a confidential report, the Jammu and Kashmir police has accused moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Shabir Ahmed Shah of having links with Pakistan-based terror group Lashker-e-Tayiba. In the report to the state Home Department, the police have suggested some pro-active measures to curb the anti-national activities of separatist leaders and also slapped the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act against pro-Pakistan leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
The Economic Offences Wing of the Uttar Pradesh police will investigate the case against Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, who has been accused in a Rs 500-crore scam.
He also said the Naxals were spreading in urban areas and were trying to mislead the people.
A day after he was shunted out of the post of Mumbai police commissioner, senior IPS officer Rakesh Maria on Wednesday said he was not contemplating quitting.
The army has been asked by the Jammu and Kashmir government to vacate lands in Khurbathang Plateau of Ladakh which it had been using for firing, operational and logistic needs.
The Bihar police have arrested a Central Reserve Police Force assistant commandant in Gaya district on Thursday night, on charges of leaking information to Maoist guerillas and for his nexus with them, police sources have said.
The intelligence agencies had on Friday warned of a possible attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi using a human bomb either during his visit to Patna or at the public rally he is scheduled to attend in Muzaffarpur.
The orders suspending DIG (Border Range) Vanzara and Superintendent of Police Rajkumar Pandiyan of the state intelligence wing were issued on Saturday, sources in the state home department said in Ahmedabad.
The newspaper said efforts are being made to incite caste violence in the state by exploiting the clashes which took place at Bhima-Koregaon on January 1.
In the face of widespread criticism over security measures in coastal areas, a report on protection of coastline of Gujarat submitted by Justice SD Dave Commission in 2002, is gathering dust in the state home department, sources in the state secretariat said.
The Assam government will have a crack Special Task Force soon to carry out specific operations against insurgents as initiatives for the same has been started after getting approval from the state's finance department. The force is being launched in the style and format of the Greyhound Battalion in Andhra Pradesh and is expected to be made operational within two months.
Efforts are on to rescue 135 people, stranded at Gaipernath near Kota since Sunday afternoon following the breaking down of steps in the ancient cave shrine due to the landslide. Two Indian Air Force(IAF) helicopters are being pressed into service.
Shahnaz Husain had demanded a CBI probe in to her son's death. during her visit to Patna. She even met state chief minister Nitish Kumar, who promised to recommend a CBI probe. Samir Hussain fell to his death from the third floor of the apartment of his father-in-law in Patna in January.
A family of 12 people, including five children and an old lady, crossed over the LoC in the wee hours of Friday in Tanghdar area in Karnah sector of north Kashmir. The 12 people, which included an eight-month-old toddler, reached the police post, located 10 km away from the LoC, and presented themselves, sources in the state home department said.
The Bihar government led by Nitish Kumar has withdrew security cover given to Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.
One tainted cop even got a police medal from the chief minister recently.
His suspension would be effective from April 24, the date he was arrested by the Gujarat police.
There has been more than a two-fold increase in rape and dowry cases in Assam during last six years, according to data compiled and tabled before the Assam Assembly by the state home department.
There are 26 open jails across the country but none in Bihar.
Pune cops denied Asaduddin Owaisi permission to carry rally in Pune
Legislators in Jammu and Kashmir will soon be travelling in brand new sports vehicles following the PDP-BJP government ordered 100 new Mahindra Scorpio S10 BS4s for them at a whopping cost of over Rs 11 crore.
The team will also inquire into various cases of human rights violation including custodial deaths.
If the Bhima Koregaon commission is terminated before completing its work, the people affected by the violence 'would feel cheated'.
Several doctors were injured in a clash with a group of Provincial Armed Constabulary jawans in Allahabad-bound Meerut Nauchandi Express train near Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh.
The Intelligence Bureau has issued an alert about a possible attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi using a human bomb either during his visit to Patna or at the public rally he is scheduled to attend in Muzaffarpur on July 25.
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