PDP president Mehbooba Mufti was on Monday put under house arrest to prevent her from visiting Anantnag to meet the family of a youth who was killed in cross-firing between security forces and militants last week, a party leader claimed.
Addressing an election meeting on what once was the home turf of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday appeared to invoke nature as a great leveller -- a force that delivers justice.
A youth was killed and a woman injured in Jalandhar district on Tuesday after a Dera head allegedly opened fire on Dalits objecting to his "derogatory" remarks against Valmiki.
The incident took place in Vile Parle (West) area, where Mahadik is seen clearly on CCTV footage assaulting Chetan Geveriya (28), who works at Trupti Sweet and Farsan Mart on DJ Road, with a bamboo stick.
Three masked men on motorcycles threw the firebombs into the club in the Agouza district early Friday morning and fled.
The family members of the deceased had named five men linked to the Bajrang Dal in their complaint to the police.
Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday lashed out at opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) parties over Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks against 'Sanatan Dharma', accusing them of insulting 'Sanatan Dharma' for votebank and appeasement politics.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a most-wanted terrorist, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakhs, from the Delhi airport three years after he was declared an absconder and the Interpol issued a red corner notice against him.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said she was deeply distressed by the killing of 'civilians' in 'crossfire'.
The official said five civilians received bullet injuries in the cross-firing near the gunfight site.
She said the encounter in Jammu's Sidhra area in the morning, where four terrorists were killed, belied the government claims of uprooting terrorism in J and K.
Abdullah said if the gap between the communities is to be bridged, the hateful campaigns like The Kashmir Files film and incessant Hindu-Muslim debates on the media have to be stopped.
'Initiatives taken by the government and security forces had resulted in a drop in the number of local youths being radicalised and taking to insurgency over the last few months.'
A police officer said that during the investigation names of two suspects residing in Pakistan and Germany, both from banned Sikh organisations, have emerged.
Two people have been killed as protesters on Saturday attacked police posts and security personnel in several areas and targeted BJP office in Kulgam as violence broke out in Kashmir Valley, a day after Burhan Wani, a poster boy of terror outfit Hizbul Mujhaideen, was killed in an encounter.
A Delhi court has ordered framing of charges against banned terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen's (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and several of its operatives, including Mohammed Danish Ansari, in a case of conspiring to wage war against India in 2012.
The deceased, identified as Ghulam Mohammed, owned a shop at Parim Pora.
Mobs defied curfew to indulge in stone-pelting leaving 15 people, including eight security personnel, injured in the incidents.
The identities and affiliation of the terrorists were yet to be known. Arms and ammunition had been recovered from the site.
One person was killed and two others injured seriously when a Central Reserve Police Force personnel opened fire on a group of youths in Dharmasthala in coastal Karnataka on Friday.The incident took place while the youths were playing cricket at a local ground and the cricket ball hit one of the CRPF men. A heated argument broke out between the CRPF personnel and the youths. The locals reportedly pelted stones at the CRPF men, who retaliated by resorting to lathi charge.
Stunning images featuring NSG commandos using death-defying spider-man technique for intervention to an insight into anti-hijacking operations are shot by ace photographer Pravin Talan and his associate Rupali Saagar.
Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources.
Scores of workers of Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party, held a protest outside Defence Minister A K Antony's residence in New Delhi demanding a strong response by the government against the killing of five Indian soldiers on the Line of Control.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena to take strict action over the murder of a minor girl in Shahbad Dairy in Delhi and said it was his responsibility to maintain law and order in the city.
Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA's all-time greatest players whose international stardom transcended basketball, was killed at age 41 on Sunday in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others on board, officials said.
One person was killed and 11 others injured when a stampede broke out at the Kalina ground in Mumbai on Monday where a police recruitment drive was being held.
One of the lawyers representing the two Youth Congress workers confirmed that the court of judicial first class magistrate in Thiruvananthapuram directed the Valiyathura police to register an FIR.
Handwritten notes indicating radicalisation, IS-related symbols and classification of people are among the material recovered from the house of Jamesha Mubin, a man killed in a car explosion in this city on October 23, an incident that has sent shock waves across Tamil Nadu and raised apprehensions of a possible terror angle into the blast.
Investigators from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board began arriving in the area on Sunday to launch separate crash investigations.
'We first collected samples from all the bomb blast sites.' 'We had to find what was common among them.'
According to sources, the eight people were arrested from Delhi and the numbers could go up as teams have been sent to make more arrests.
The rider was wearing the helmet but due to the impact, it came off and his head hit the divider resulting in severe injuries.
Nine security force personnel were injured in the firing by the terrorists, they said adding five of them succumbed to injuries.
A youth was killed and three others injured as security forces opened fire in Kupwara district of Kashmir to disperse protesters who were pelting stones on an army camp.
Makki and other LeT/JUD operatives "have been involved in raising funds, recruiting and radicalising youth to violence and planning attacks in India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)," the sanctions committee said, providing a statement for the reasons of Makki's listing.
Panthic politics came easily to Parkash Singh Badal. But he was quick to abandon it when it became a problem, points out Aditi Phadnis.
Terming as 'unfortunate' the suspected honour killing of a youth in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, the Centre on Tuesday sought a report from the state government on the issue. Minister of State for Home R P N Singh also said that the government is "very seriously trying" to amend the Constitution to deal with incidents of honour killings in the country.
'Meiteis started feeling insecure stating that the illegal immigrant population is growing in the valley, and that the majority community would become a minority.'
Three youths who allegedly carried out the sensational honour killing of three of their relatives in Delhi on Sunday were on Thursday arrested at Garhmukteshwar area near Ghaziabad.Mandeep Nagar, 23, Ankit Chaudhury, 22, and Nakul Khari, 21 were arrested from Garhmukteshwar, nearly 90 kms from Delhi, and a country made pistol was recovered from them, Senior Superintendent of Police Raghubir Lal said, adding that they have also seized a car.
'The Centre and state need to take a unified approach and take concerted action before this matter assumes menacing proportions because unemployment, the drug trade and the levels of frustration among the youth make them vulnerable to any maverick who promises something better.'
