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Swamy suspects Congress' hand in Bulandshahr violence
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday alleged that there could be Congress party's hand in the Bulandshahr violence, which left two people, including a senior police officer, dead on Monday."This incident occurred because of some miscreants, we will find out whether they were Congressmen who are trying to give a bad name to Uttar Pradesh chief Minister Adirtyanath Yogi government or something else," Dr Subramanian Swamy told ANI.Responding to the Congress party's allegations that "Uttar Pradesh is burning and Yogi is busy in campaigning", Swamy said, "Wasn't India burning during 1984 anti-Sikh riots? In fact, nothing has brought us as bad a name as the genocide of 1984. What about thousands of innocent people who were put in jail without any trial during the emergency?"Violent protests erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district on Monday, over reports of a cattle carcass lying in the fields.The angry mob threw stones and torched vehicles outside a ...
Brother of Australia cricketer arrested over fake terror 'hit list'
The brother of Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja was arrested Tuesday by counter-terrorism police over an apparently fake list of terror targets that included former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. A police source told AFP Arsakan Khawaja, 39, was arrested in suburban Sydney and is being questioned in relation to allegations he attempted to pervert justice by making a false document. "The arrest relates to documents allegedly found on University of (New South Wales) grounds in August this year containing plans to facilitate terrorism attacks," police said in a statement. The Australian newspaper reported that Arsakan Khawaja is a university colleague of Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen, a 25-year-old who was arrested in August over the purported terror list, but later released, as the script did not match his handwriting. It did not appear from the charges that the list was linked to any credible assassination plots. The motivation for writing the list is unclear. Pakistan born Australian ...
Brother of test cricketer Khawaja arrested in Australia
The brother of Australia test cricketer Usman Khawaja has been taken into custody by counter-terrorism police investigating the discovery in August of a laptop computer containing a purported terrorist hit-list. Arsalan Khawaja, 39, was arrested Tuesday morning after being pulled over while driving in western Sydney, according to a spokesperson for New South Wales state police. Australian media, quoting police sources, said Arsalan Khawaja was being questioned about forgery and an attempt to pervert justice. The arrest comes as Usman Khawaja prepares with the Australia squad in Adelaide ahead of Thursday's first test against India, the start of a crucial four-match series in which the home side could challenge India's position as the world's top-ranked test team. Tuesday's police operation stemmed from the discovery in an office at the University of New South Wales of a laptop which contained an alleged hit-list naming former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and his deputy Julie ...
Tribute paid to Param Vir Lance Naik Albert Ekka on death anniversary
Lance Naik Albert Ekka, who was killed in 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war and was also awarded India's highest gallantry award, the Param Vir Chakra (posthumously), was paid tribute on his death anniversary in Agartala on Monday.People paid floral tribute to Ekka along with the local Member of Legislative Assembly Dilip Das.Speaking to ANI Das said, "We are remembering a person who saved this city. During the war of 1971, he along with his fellows saved the city from the attack of Pakistan's army. These people at the cost of their lives saved the city."Ekka along and 13 others were killed while fighting against the Pakistani troops on the Eastern Front on December 4, 1971, at Gangasagar in erstwhile East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) opposite Agartala. The place is located near Akhaura in Brahmanbaria district.A small war memorial was built at Dukli in memory of Ekka and other soldiers who died during the war.
Bulandshahr violence: 300-500 people attacked police force, says eyewitness
Sub Inspector Suresh Kumar, an eyewitness in the killing of Uttar Pradesh Police Inspector Subodh Kumar claimed that around 300-500 people had attacked the entire police force.Speaking to ANI Kumar said, "The crowd jammed the road and started throwing stones at the police. There were around 300-500 people. The entire police force was attacked. I got hurt myself and after that, I do not know what happened."Elaborating upon the series of events that took place on Monday, Kumar added, "The police got information about the incident and reached the spot. After reaching the spot we saw remains of cattle and told people that we will send the same for post-mortem. It was a situation of chaos, our officials noted the statement of people. But all of them were saying different things we tried to make them understand but failed."Furthermore, he told ANI that the deceased Inspector was like an elder brother to him and was a nice man.Singh lost his life on Monday in the clashes that erupted over ..
Ornaments looted from Jharkhand temple
A gang of dacoits have looted ornaments estimated to be valued at Rs 1 crore from the Sri Rani Sati Dadi Mandir here in Jamtara district, police said on Monday. Around eight armed dacoits confined the temple priest on Sunday night and took away ornaments including gold chains, silver umbrellas, silver padukas, ear rings, nose rings, and gold bangles studded with diamond. The dacoits, who have hidden some silver ornaments in mud under a road bridge, was recovered, police said adding that a hunt was launched to apprehend the culprits.
J-K: Lt Gen AK Bhatt interacts with families of slain bravehearts
Lieutenant General AK Bhatt on Monday interacted with family members of brave hearts Late Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani and Sepoy Mukhtiar Ahmad Malik at Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district.During the interaction, Lieutenant General Bhatt assured all possible support from the Army.The Indian Army had shared a picture on Twitter wherein the army officer can be seen consoling the father of Wani, who was killed during an operation carried out by the armed forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.The ADG PI of Indian Army shared a moving photo captured during his funeral. "You are not alone," he wrote.According to reports, Wani was the two-time winner of the Sena Medal. A resident of Kulgam, he had been with the Territorial Army but was operating with 34 Rashtriya Rifles on Sunday.
Afghan blast claims life of fourth US soldier
A fourth US soldier has died as a result of a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan last week, the Pentagon said Monday. Sergeant Jason Mitchell McClary, 24, from Pennsylvania, died on Sunday, after being treated in a US military hospital in Germany, the Pentagon said in a statement. His death takes the number of American military personnel to have been killed in Afghanistan this year to 13. The November 27 attack saw an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near Ghazni city in central Afghanistan. Two other US troops and an American contractor were wounded in what was the deadliest single incident for US forces so far this year.
Wounded rebels evacuated from Yemen on UN charter flight
Wounded Yemeni rebels were flown out of Sanaa on a UN charter flight Monday for medical treatment in Oman, an airport source told AFP, a critical step towards planned peace talks. The source said the flight had taken off at 6.00 pm (15:00 GMT) carrying 50 wounded rebels, their escorts and a team of doctors. A UN source confirmed that wounded rebels had been evacuated from the Yemeni capital in what was a "confidence-building measure" aimed at pushing ahead with negotiations between Huthi rebels and a rival Saudi-led military coalition this month. UN envoy Martin Griffiths landed in Sanaa on Monday for talks with the rebels. The fate of wounded Huthis had been a stumbling block to the start of a previous round of aborted peace talks in Geneva in September, when the rebel delegation refused to leave Sanaa for the scheduled negotiations. The Huthis, who are linked to Iran, have said they will now attend the talks in Sweden if they are guaranteed safe passage. The United Nations has ...
Macron seeks way out of crisis after Paris riots
French leader Emmanuel Macron faced growing pressure Monday to find a way out of the worst crisis of his presidency after shocking scenes of rioting over taxes in Paris at the weekend. As dozens of people were brought to court, over the worst clashes in central Paris in decades on Saturday, Macron's government was preparing its response. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, who cancelled a scheduled trip to Poland, met the heads of the main opposition parties, many of whom sense opportunities in Macron's woes. The president has vowed not to back down on the anti-pollution fuel taxes which sparked the protests in rural France, but on Monday the government indicated that it might make concessions. Four people have died in incidents linked to the anti-government protests which began on November 17. They include an 80-year-old woman in Marseille who was hit by fragments of a tear gas canister while closing her shutters during riots on Saturday and died later in hospital, local prosecutors ...
Nepalese women train to join elite British Army Gurhka forces
Dozens of young Nepali women who hope to join the elite Gurkha regiment of the British Army took part in a rigorous training and exercise session in Kathmandu on Monday.
Bangladesh court records testimony of 1st witness in 2016 terror attack trial
An anti-terrorism special tribunal in Bangladesh on Monday recorded the statement of first witness in the 2016 terror attack case, three years after the country's deadliest attack killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, including an Indian national. Militants of the banned Neo-Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (Neo-JMB) attacked the posh Holey Artisan restaurant in the Gulshan diplomatic enclave on July 1, 2016 in the Bangladesh capital. Twenty-two people--an Indian girl, nine Italians, seven Japanese and five Bangladeshis, including two police officers--were killed in the attack. "Police sub-inspector Ripon Kumar Das testified before the court as the first prosecution witness, being the complainant in the case," a court official said. Six of the eight accused, who had earlier confessed to their involvement in the attack, appeared before the court on Monday amid heavy police security to face the trial. The other two accused are on the run, but were being tried in absentia. All the accused ..
Gaza court sentences six to death for 'collaborating' with Israel
A military court in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Monday sentenced six people, including a woman, to death for "collaborating" with Israel, authorities said. In total 14 people were sentenced for "collaborating with the occupation," with five sentenced to be hanged and one shot, the interior ministry in Gaza said. Eight others were sentenced to hard labour ranging from six to 15 years. The rulings came after eight people were killed when an Israeli special forces operation in Gaza was uncovered on November 11, leading to a vicious firefight. Hamas fired hundreds of rockets at Israel in response, with the Jewish state striking dozens of targets in Gaza before a November 13 ceasefire agreement. The six sentenced to death Monday were not directly related to the flareup, officials said. Iyad al-Bozum, the spokesman of the interior ministry in Gaza, told AFP they were linked "to a communications and eavesdropping device planted by the (Israeli) occupation". Six Hamas members were killed when
UP: Police inspector, civilian killed in clashes over alleged cattle slaughter
A police inspector lost his life after clashes erupted over the presence of illegal animal slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr city on Monday.As per the police, clashes began after locals in the region found cattle carcass in the nearby area.During the violence that ensued in the region, a local youth, identified as Sumit, was shot and immediately shifted to a hospital in Meerut. However, he succumbed to his injuries.In the wake of the unrest, Uttar Pradesh Police's Additional Director General (ADG) of law and order, Anand Kumar told media: "One policeman died in stone pelting from villagers. Later, a local Sumit also got shot and was shifted to a hospital in Meerut where he succumbed to injuries. A probe is underway to find out who shot him."Kumar further said that villagers protested because they found cattle carcass in the field. "People complained that cattle carcass was found in the field, villagers were assured action, but villagers carried the carcass on a tractor ...
2012 demonstration: Delhi court discharges Kejriwal, 6 others
The Patiala House Court here on Monday discharged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and six others in a case of alleged rioting near then former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence in 2012.Kejriwal and his aides were facing a case for trying to stage protests in connection with the alleged coal scam near Singh's residence and two other places.The prosecution said that on August 26 2012, the police had used water cannons and tear gas to quell the protests following which the demonstrators turned violent. The police registered a rioting case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
Court discharges Kejriwal, others in 2012 rioting
In a breather to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a court on Monday discharged him and six others in a 2012 case of rioting outside then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's house.
Six shot dead in 'terror attack' in Burkina Faso
Six people were shot dead on Monday by police in eastern Burkina Faso during a "terrorist attack" on a security patrol, security sources said. An officer was also wounded in the incident at about 0500 GMT near Bougui, about 10 kilometres (6 miles) from Fada N'Gourma, the main town in the Eastern Region administrative area, a source said. "A patrol team of the territorial gendarmerie brigade of Fada N'Gourma was ambushed in the village of Bougui," a security source told AFP. "The terrorists opened fire at the convoy, damaging the lead vehicle." The police responded, firing on the attackers, killing six of them but leaving one officer with a foot injury, another security source said. "Several weapons, including Kalashnikovs and ammunition," were seized from the attackers, the source added. The security patrol was attacked during an operation to dismantle a cache of weapons belonging to suspected terrorists in the nearby area, a local official said. Burkina Faso, bordering Mali and ...
Nigerian president says he's alive, not an imposter
Nigeria's president took the extraordinary step of denying rumours that he died and was replaced by a body double, telling the country that he is alive and well. "It is the real me I assure you," President Muhammadu Buhari said Sunday to a group of Nigerians during a visit to Poland, where he is attending the United Nations Climate Conference. "A lot of people hoped that I died during my ill health," Buhari said. "I am still going strong." The 76-year-old, who was elected in 2015 and will run for his second term in February, has been in ill health throughout his presidency. But in the video of his remarks posted to Twitter by his personal assistant, he joked as he dismissed the rumors, to laughter and head-shaking applause by some government officials after a Nigerian posed a question about his identity. The government has been tight-lipped about Buhari's health throughout his presidency. Rumours of his death started in 2017, when Buhari spent seven weeks in London for medical ...
Army clashes with rebels kill 18 in eastern DR Congo
Clashes between the army and rebels loyal to a renegade former general in eastern DR Congo have killed at least 18 people, military sources said Monday. Fighting killed 14 rebels and four soldiers in Fizi, a region of South Kivu, a mineral-rich province which is prone to ethnic tensions, the sources said. The unrest is another front by rebels opposed to President Joseph Kabila as the poverty-stricken Democratic Republic of Congo prepares for a much-delayed presidential election on December 23. The military sources said one soldier and two rebels were killed early Monday in fighting. Earlier, regional army spokesman Captain Dieudonne Kaserek, told AFP 12 rebel fighters had been killed including a deputy commander known as Alida. He said three of the soldiers drowned in a river during combat. The clashes pit the army against rebels loyal to a former army general, William Amuri Yakutumba, who is opposed to Kabila. The militia is allied to rebels of the National Liberation Front based in .
UGC asks Universities to observe Dec 7 as Armed Forces Flag Day
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed varsities across the country to observe December 7 as the Armed Forces Flag Day to commemorate the "supreme sacrifices" made by the country's soldiers during conflicts. In a letter sent to the heads of such institutions, the commission asked them to acknowledge the "supreme sacrifices made by our valiant Armed Forces personnel for protecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our country and securing our lives against the threats of insurgency and terrorism" and against natural calamities. The commission also directed the varsities to organise functions or hold talks in the colleges or institutes to generate awareness on the issue among the students. The Indian Armed Forces Flag Day is observed every year on December 7 since 1949 to honour the soldiers, airmen and sailors of the country.