The shutdown by Maratha groups seeking reservation evoked a mixed response on Wednesday in Mumbai and the coastal districts of Maharashtra, but ended on a violent note as police tear-gassed and caned protestors.


Maratha quota stir evokes mixed response in Mumbai, coastal districts


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The current defence budget as a percentage of GDP is lowest since the India-China war in 1962, a parliamentary panel has said and expressed its "unhappiness" over the share of capital expenditure in the defence expenditure being "abysmally low".


Defence budget as percentage of GDP lowest since 1962 war, says House panel


Famous French security researcher, who goes by the name of Elliot Alderson, claimed on Wednesday that identity data of nearly 9,000 people who logged into the Jharkhand government's portal is available in the open.


Jharkhand government portal leaking users' identity data: French researcher


Stating that India has deepened its partnership and engagement across the vast expanse of Africa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday charted out 10 principles of his country's engagement with African nations.


Modi charts out 10 principles of India's African reach-out


India and Bangladesh border guards have adopted a zero tolerance policy to curb smuggling of arms, explosives and drugs and human trafficking along the frontiers of the two countries, officials said here on Wednesday after a four-day border coordination conference.


India, Bangladesh adopt zero tolerance towards trans-border crimes: Officials


(Attn Editors: A revised edition of "A Soldier's Diary: Kargil, The Inside Story" by Harinder Baweja is being published on the occasion of Kargil Diwas. Presented below is an exclusive excerpt from the new foreword by G.L. Batra, father of Capt. Vikram Batra, recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest gallantry award.)


'I will either come back after raising the Indian flag in victory or return wrapped in it' (Book Extract) (July 26 is Kargil Diwas)


For more than a year, none of Google's over 85,000 employees have been hacked, thanks to physical security keys that have replaced one-time codes at their workplace.


Physical security keys protect Google workforce from hacking


India and Uganda on Tuesday agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in the areas of economy and defence following delegation-level talks co-chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni here.


India, Uganda agree to boost economic, defence cooperation


Israel said it shot down a Syrian warplane that entered its airspace and that the jet crashed on the Syrian-held side of the Golan Heights.


Israel shoots down Syrian warplane near Golan Heights


Two alleged Bangladeshi terror operatives were arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Noida on Tuesday in a joint operation by the Uttar Pradesh's Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) and the West Bengal Police, an official said.


Two Bangladeshi terror operatives nabbed in Noida


A court here on Tuesday issued summons to former IAF chief S.P. Tyagi and others in a money laundering case related to the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.


Court summons ex-IAF chief Tyagi in chopper scandal case


A wagon of a goods train derailed on the Varanasi-Lucknow  route late on Monday night near Akbarganj railway station in Amethi, the police said on Tuesday, adding many trains have been diverted and some cancelled.


Goods train derails in Amethi, disrupts rail traffic


A passenger aboard an IndiGo airlines' Chandigarh-Srinagar flight was detained on Tuesday after he shouted on board that the flight had been hijacked.


IndiGo passenger detained for hijack threat


The Rajasthan Police on Monday formed a high-level team to probe why policemen took three hours to reach a hospital only four kilometres away with a badly injured man accused of smuggling cows, and subsequently suspended an Assistant Sub-Inspector for the undue delay.


Police probing delay in taking lynch victim to hospital, official suspended


The UK police have arrested three men in connection with a suspected acid attack on a three-year-old boy in the city of Worcester.


3 arrested over acid attack on British boy


The Haryana Police is planning to strengthen the Special Task Force (STF) by inducting 100 highly-qualified cyber experts to crackdown on high-profile active criminals on social media platforms, Director General of Police (DGP) B.S. Sandhu said on Monday.


Haryana Police to strengthen STF


One woman was killed and 14 people were injured after a lone gunman walked along Toronto's busy Danforth Avenue, randomly shot at pedestrians before opening fire on crowded restaurants, Canadian authorities said.


Shooting in Toronto leaves 2 dead, including gunman


With serious crimes being reported from parks and narrow lanes in national capital, the Delhi Police on Saturday came up with bicycle patrols for quick and effective surveillance of these and other congested areas.


Now Delhi Police to have bicycle patrols for parks, narrow lanes


A mountaineering expedition has located the wreckage and mortal remains of a victim who, along with 98 army personnel and four crew members, was killed in an Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft crash in Himachal Pradesh's icy terrain 50 years ago, officials said on Saturday.


Remains of 1968 aircraft crash victim recovered


Union Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that Congress President Rahul Gandhi made the no-trust motion an occasion for frivolity by fabricating a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron that never happened.


Rahul concocted conversation with French President: Jaitley


Border crimes, disputed territories and better border coordination would be discussed at the bi-annual meeting of Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) beginning Sunday, top BSF official said on Saturday.

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