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UN chief says 'shocked' by Venezuelan civilian deaths
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday he was "shocked and saddened" by the civilian deaths in Venezuela, and called on all sides to lower tensions. Guterres issued a statement on the situation a day after an opposition attempt to bring humanitarian supplies into the country was repelled by security forces firing tear gas and rubber bullets. Two people were reported killed near the Brazilian border, and Colombian civil defense officials said 285 people were injured in clashes at bridges along Venezuela's border with Colombia. Guterres said he was "shocked and saddened to learn that a number of civilians lost their lives in the context of yesterday's events." Appealing for calm, the UN chief urged "all actors to lower tensions and pursue every effort to prevent further escalation." He appealed "for violence to be avoided at any cost and for lethal force not to be used in any circumstances.
J-K encounter: Police officer, army jawan, 3 terrorists killed
Three terrorists of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were killed on Sunday in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, where a Deputy Superintendent of Police also lost his life. An Army jawan who was injured in the gunfight later succumbed to his injuries, police said.Two other Army personnel, including a Major, were also injured in the encounter which broke out after the troops of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 34 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and the Jammu and Kashmir Police were conducting search operations in Tarigam area of the district.Security forces have recovered arms and ammunition from the site of encounter. The identity of slain terrorists is yet to be established."A group of militants from Jaish were hiding somewhere in the area after which security forces started the encounter operation," said DGP Dilbagh Singh.Dy SP of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Aman Kumar Thakur, who led from the front in the operation received critical bullet wounds
2 killed as protests escalate in Arunachal Pradesh, Dy CM's residence attacked
Two persons were killed and three injured in police firing as protests over recommendations of granting permanent resident certificates (PRCs) to six communities escalated on Sunday in Arunachal Pradesh, police sources said. Police opened fire when protesters tried to attack the private residence of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu at ESS sector here in the afternoon. Security personnel urged them to return, but without paying any heed to the request, the protesters marched towards his residence and started pelting stones. To control the situation, police had to resort to firing in which two men, aged between 20 and 24 years, were killed, the sources said. Three others were injured in the firing. The body of another person, who was killed in alleged police firing on Friday night, was kept by the protesters at the Indira Gandhi Park here and they said that it will not be buried until their demands were met. So far, two persons have lost their lives and four injured as ...
Suspected Jaish terrorists arrested from UP posed as students, were trying to recruit members
The two suspected terrorists of Jaish-e-Mohammad, the group behind an attack of CRPF soldiers in Pulwama district, were posing as students and involved in recruiting for the terror outfit in Deoband of Saharanpur district, a senior UP police official said Sunday. Director General of Police O P Singh interrogated them for about four hours and later coordinated with his counterpart from Jammu and Kashmir, from where the two hailed, said the Anti-Terror Squad official. "An analysis of mobile phones of both the accused has started and important information pertaining to module and its members have been retrieved," he said. The official said more arrests are likely in future. "The arrested persons were using BBM, virtual numbers and an app not available on Google Play Store. It was used for messaging. In their conversation, the movement of weapons and preparations to commit major terror incident were discussed," he said. Shahnawaz Ahmad Teli, from Kulgam in J&K, and Aquib Ahmad Malik, .
Four beheaded in attacks in Mozambique's volatile north
Assailants beheaded four people and injured 20 in three weekend attacks in Mozambique's volatile north, sources said Sunday, days after US gas giant Anadarko's convoys were ambushed in the area. The first attack rocked the village of Matapata in Palma district, the gas-rich region where Maputo hopes to establish a multi-billion dollar fossil fuel hub but has repeatedly suffered attacks blamed on jihadists. One person was killed in that assault whose nephew told AFP he had been beheaded. The second attack occurred late Saturday in the village of Quelimane near the Tanzanian border. That attack claimed three lives and left 16 injured, a local source told AFP, adding that seven were treated locally while six seriously wounded patients were transferred to the district hospital in Mocimboa da Praia. All three fatalities were beheaded after being shot dead, the source added. A third attack targeted Mucujo, 200 kilometres north of Pemba, on Saturday, injuring four people, a military source .
Amar Jawan Jyoti will continue; inseparable part of history: Officials
The nation will get a new eternal flame on Monday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the National War Memorial, but Amar Jawan Jyoti will continue as it is an "inseparable" part of the country's history, defence officials said Sunday. Modi will dedicate the memorial to the nation built in memory of soldiers killed in action since Independence, at the India Gate complex here, by lighting a flame positioned at the bottom of the stone-made obelisk. During a brief here, ahead of the inauguration, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Lt Gen P S Rajeshwar said the Amar Jawan Jyoti, built in 1972 underneath the India Gate arch to commemorate soldiers martyred in the Indo-Pak War of 1971, "will continue to be there". "Wreath-laying ceremony on all designated days will be held at the National War Memorial built in memory of soldiers and unsung heroes who have laid down their lives defending the nation since Independence. A new flame will come up there. But the eternal flame at Amar ...
Clean up begins on Venezuela-Colombia border after unrest
Venezuelan migrants on Sunday helped clean debris from a bridge where troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro a day earlier fired tear gas on activists trying to deliver humanitarian aid in violent clashes that left two people dead and some 300 injured. Colombian President Ivan Duque reinforced security around two international bridges near the city of Cucuta and ordered them closed for 48 hours to allow for the clean-up effort. He said that acts of "barbarism" committed by Maduro's troops in blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid required a forceful international response something that could come as early as Monday, when U.S. Vice President Mike Pence travels to the Colombian capital for an emergency summit on Venezuela with foreign ministers from more than a dozen mostly conservative Latin American and Caribbean states. "Yesterday the dictatorship sealed its moral and diplomatic defeat before the eyes of the world," said Duque after surveying damage on the Simon Bolivar ...
Guj: Two groups clash in Anand, 6 houses set on fire
A clash broke out between people from two communities in Gujarat's Anand district on Sunday evening resulting in six houses being set on fire, police said. Seventeen teargas shells had to be fired to stop the stone-pelting crowds and bring the situation under control in Akbarpur locality in Khambhat town here, Anand Superintendent of Police Makarand Chauhan said. He said no one was injured in the incident but six houses were set ablaze by the mob. "Children were playing by throwing stones at each other. However, matters soon turned serious and led to a clash, leading to six houses being set on fire. Investigations are on to find out what caused the clash." Chauhan said. He informed that 200 police personnel, under four deputy superintendents of police, have been deployed at the spot to maintain peace.
India hands over 155 houses in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday handed over 155 houses built under an Indian project to people in the island nation's tea-producing region populated by "Indian Tamils".
Sri Lanka: 155 houses built with India's assistance handed over to beneficiaries
A total of 155 houses built by India under the Indian Housing Project in Sri Lanka, were on Sunday handed over to the residents of the country's plantation area.The handover took place in a special ceremony at Bridwell Estate in Bogawantalawa jointly by Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe and High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu in the presence of the Minister for Hill country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development, Palani Digambaram.Wickremesinghe, in his remarks, thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Government of India for the development support extended to Sri Lanka.The High Commissioner, in his remarks on the occasion, congratulated the owners of the newly built independent houses.Sandhu underscored that the Indian Housing Project in Sri Lanka with a grant of over 350 million USD (about 50 billion LKR), was the largest Indian grant assistance project in any country abroad. He also recalled that out of the total ...
Senior police officer, soldier, 3 militants killed in Kashmir (Third Lead)
A senior police officer, an Army soldier and three militants were killed on Sunday in a gunfight between security forces and holed up militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district.
PM to dedicate National War Memorial by lighting eternal flame below obelisk
Drawing inspiration from the 'Chakravyuh' formation, the iconic National War Memorial set to be unveiled on Monday boasts of four thematic concentric circles with a tall ceremonial obelisk at its centre that will bear the eternal flame. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the memorial, spread over 40 acres in the India Gate complex here, by lighting the flame positioned at the bottom of the stone-made obelisk. Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Lt Gen P S Rajeshwar, during a briefing here, also said the Amar Jawan Jyoti built in 1972 underneath the India Gate arch to commemorate soldiers martyred in the Indo-Pak War of 1971, will continue to be there. A senior defence official said the project has been executed at a cost of Rs 176 crore and its design was selected through a global competition. The central part of the sprawling complex has been built in a sunken plot as the design had to respect the heritage look of the India Gate's Central Vista, officials said. "The prime ...
N Korea could become 'great economic power' without nukes: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said North Korea could become one of the world's "great economic powers" if it relinquished its nuclear arsenal, ahead of his summit with Kim Jong Un. In a series of tweets on the eve of his departure for this week's summit in Hanoi, Trump also praised China and Russia for enforcing sanctions on North Korea while insisting he had a "great relationship with Chairman Kim." "Chairman Kim realizes, perhaps better than anyone else, that without nuclear weapons, his country could fast become one of the great economic powers anywhere in the world. Because of its location and people (and him), it has more potential for rapid growth than any other nation!" he wrote. Trump said he and Kim "both expect a continuation of the progress made at first Summit in Singapore. Denuclearization?" Their groundbreaking summit in June produced only a vague statement on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Kim is demanding the lifting of punishing sanctions while ...
EU denounces Maduro regime's use of 'armed groups'
The European Union on Sunday condemned Caracas for its use of violence and armed supporters of the regime to prevent the entry of humanitarian aid into Venezuela. "We repudiate the use of irregular armed groups to intimidate civilians and lawmakers who have mobilised to distribute assistance," EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in a statement in the name of the bloc's 28 members. Her remarks came just hours after a high-risk operation to bring humanitarian aid into Venezuela descended into deadly chaos when President Nicolas Maduro's security forces fired on demonstrators, sparking clashes that left two dead and hundreds injured. Opposition leader Juan Guaido said the regime had "deployed irregulars" to block the entry of aid, referring to groups of armed Maduro supporters who tend to operate both alongside and independently of the security forces. "There are worrying reports of unrest, acts of violence and a growing number of victims, in particular in the border areas ...
PM to unveil country's first post-Independence war memorial on Monday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday inaugurate the National War Memorial near India Gate that has been built to commemorate the valour and sacrifice of the armed forces personnel who laid down their lives in the service of the nation post Independence.
1 killed as protests escalate in Arunachal Pradesh, Dy CM's residence attacked
One agitator was killed and another injured in alleged police firing as protests over recommendations of granting permanent resident certificates (PRCs) to six communities escalated on Sunday in Arunachal Pradesh, police sources said. Police opened fire when protesters tried to attack the private residence of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu at ESS sector here in the afternoon. Security personnel urged them to return but without paying any heed to the request, the protesters marched towards his residence and started pelting stones. To control the situation, police had to resort to firing in which a man, aged between 20 and 24 years, was killed, the sources said. The body of another person, who was killed in alleged police firing on Friday night, was kept by the protesters at the IG Park here and they said that it will not be buried until their demands were met. "Considering the present situation pertaining to grant of PRCs to non-APST (Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribes) ..
Police officer, Army jawan, 3 JeM terrorists killed in encounter in J&K's Kulgam
A deputy superintendent of police, an army jawan and three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists were killed in an encounter in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. The encounter took place in the Turigam area of Kulgam after the police got an intelligence input about the presence of a group of terrorists in the area, they added. The approaching police party was fired upon, in which Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Aman Thakur got seriously injured in the neck. The officer succumbed to his injuries when he was being flown to the army hospital, the officials said. An army major and two soldiers were also injured in the encounter, officials said, adding that a non-commissioned officer, Havaldar Sombir, succumbed to his injuries subsequently. The other injured persons, including the major, are out of danger. Three terrorists were also killed in the encounter, but their identity is yet to be ascertained. A 2011-batch JK Police Services officer and a resident of ...
40 personnel dead, 5 injured in Pulwama attack, confirms CRPF
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Sunday again confirmed that a total of 40 personnel of the paramilitary force were killed and five suffered injuries in the suicide terror attack in Pulwama district 10 days ago.
Over 150 India-built houses handed over to beneficiaries: Official
Over 150 houses, built by India under the Indian Housing Project in Sri Lanka, were on Sunday handed over to the residents of the country's plantation area. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Sri Lanka's Minister for Hill country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development Palani Digambaram, jointly handed over around 155 houses to the beneficiaries in a special ceremony at Bridwell Estate in Bogawantalawa, Hatton, an official statement from the Indian High Commissioner said. Wickremesinghe also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government for the development support extended by India. Several Members of Parliament and Central Provincial Council, senior officials from Plantation Human Development Trust (PHDT), Implementing Agency - Sri Lanka Red Cross, Bogawantalawa Regional Plantation Company and a large number of people from the region attended the function. Sandhu also congratulated the ..
10 companies of ITBP dispatched to violence-hit Arunachal
As many as 1,000 paramilitary troops have been dispatched to Arunachal Pradesh as widespread violence erupted in the state over the recommendation to grant permanent resident certificates (PRC) to six communities, officials said Sunday. At least two persons have died as protests broke out on Saturday after the state government announced that it was considering issuing PRC to six non-Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribes (APSTs) living in the Namsai and Changlang districts. The communities are Deoris, Sonowal Kacharis, Morans, Adivasis, Mishings and Gorkhas. Most of them are recognised as Scheduled Tribes in neighbouring Assam. The Ministry of Home Affairs has dispatched 10 additional companies of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) for deployment in law-and-order duties in Itanagar and other violence-hit places, an official said. The state government will deploy the troops as per the requirement of the local administration. Five ITBP companies have already been deployed in the state, ..