To avoid civilian casualties during riot control operations, the Jammu and Kashmir Police are getting a host of non-lethal riot control equipment, police said on Friday.


J&K police to get non-lethal riot control equipment


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In a bid to highlight security flaws in Twitter, Britain-based Insinia Security temporarily hijacked several celebrity and journalist accounts active on the micro-blogging site.


Insinia Security hacks celebrity Twitter accounts to expose flaws


Gun violence on campuses across the US in 2018 reached records unseen in the past 20 years in terms of both the number of incidents and the degree of devastation, the Washington Post reported.


US school shootings set 20-year records in 2018: Report


After much of India-China ties in 2017 were under the shadow of the Doklam incident, sources here said on Thursday that ties between the two major Asian powers have not only returned to normalcy but have also heightened in 2018.


India-China ties heightened during 2018


The Border Security Force on Thursday recovered 5.6 kg of heroin along the international border with Pakistan in the Amritsar sector, a BSF spokesman said.


BSF recovers over 5-kg heroin in Punjab


In a freak accident, two Naval officers were killed here on Thursday after getting trapped beneath the iron shutter of the helicopter hangar.


Two Navy officers killed in freak accident


An Indian-origin police officer was shot and killed by an unidentified man during a traffic stop in the US state of California, officials said.


Indian-origin police officer shot dead in California


Gurugram-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up Staqu Technologies on Thursday announced the launch of Trinetra, an AI-based application for the Uttar Pradesh Police Department.


Staqu launches AI app for UP Police


The Pakistani government on Wednesday announced to launch a wide-ranging comprehensive operation to counter-terrorism and target killing across the country in March 2019.


Pak to launch anti-terrorism campaign in March 2019: Minister


Russia needs to improve the competitiveness of its economy on a global scale in response to Western sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.


Russia to enhance economic competitiveness in response to sanctions: Putin


Israel's military on Wednesday said that it found and demolished another cross-border tunnel dug by Hezbollah from Lebanon.


Israel explodes cross-border tunnel from Lebanon: Army


Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Syed Ali Raza Abidi was shot dead here by unidentified assailants and his bodyguard was arrested by the police on Wednesday.


Pakistan's former MQM-P leader shot dead, bodyguard arrested


An Indian Army soldier has shot to death following a verbal spat by his colleague in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, police said.


Soldier killed in J&K


Mexico paid tribute on Christmas Day to Puebla state Gov. Martha Erika Alonso and her husband, former Gov. Rafael Moreno Valle, who died earlier this week in a helicopter crash.


Mexican governor, senator honoured with state funeral


The Syrian air defences were triggered on Tuesday evening to a heavy Israeli missile attack that targeted areas in the countryside of the capital Damascus, media reported.


Syria's air defences intercept Israeli missiles over Damascus


Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued warrants for the arrest of at least 30 suspects, including 24 former military doctors, over their alleged links to a group accused of masterminding a failed coup in 2016.


Turkey issues arrest warrants for 30 coup suspects


At least five people were killed and 22 others were injured after a bus which had been hijacked in China's Fujian province crashed into pedestrians on a street on Tuesday, authorities said.


5 killed as hijacked bus crashes into pedestrians in China


The Indian government asked Apple to provide information regarding 27 devices and 18 accounts in the January-June 2018 period, with the company providing data in most of the cases owing to an iTunes Gift Card fraud investigation.


Apple provided users' data on Indian government requests


At least 28 civilians, one police officer and three attackers were killed after a deadly explosion and ensuing gun firing rocked a government office near a diplomatic district in Afghan capital on Monday, spokesman of Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Tuesday.


At least 32 killed in attack on Afghan govt building


Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday confirmed the deaths in a helicopter crash of Puebla state Governor Martha Erika Alonso and her husband, former Governor Rafael Moreno Valle, and expressed his condolences to their relatives.


Mexican governor, senator killed in helicopter crash


Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday reported the possible death of the governor of the state of Puebla, Martha Erika Alonso, and her husband and ex-Gov. Rafael Moreno Valle, in a helicopter crash.

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