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France: 57 people, including 48 policemen, injured in protests over rising fuel prices

At least 48 police officers were among the 57 people that were injured on Saturday during protests held here over the rising fuel prices in the country."This Saturday, December 1, serious incidents happened in the centre of Toulouse as part of the unsanctioned rallies. The security forces were attacked by the demonstrators. The last updated report indicates that 57 people were injured, including 48 police officers," Sputnik quoted a statement from the Haute-Garonne prefecture as saying on Sunday.The statement further confirmed that five of the 48 police officers were hospitalised.The protest was held by the "yellow vests", what French drivers are commonly referred to as owing to the yellow reflective vests they wear. Demonstrations have been held since November 2017 to protest the rising fuel prices.In 2017, the President Emmanuel Macron-led government raised the direct tax on diesel, the most common fuel in the country. Since January 2018, diesel prices have increased by around 23 ...

Youth who joined militant ranks arrested in Srinagar

A youth in Jammu and Kashmir who had joined militant ranks in October was arrested by the police in Srinagar on Sunday.

US airstrike kills key Taliban leader in Afghanistan

A senior Taliban military commander has been killed in a US airstrike in Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday. Abdul Manan, who was the Taliban's 'shadow governor' in the southern Helmand province, died of wounds sustained during an airstrike late on Saturday said Omar Zwak, a spokesman for the official governor of the province. Manan's death was also confirmed by the Taliban who in a statement described it as a "big loss" for the group but vowed that it will not affect their military operations. Helmand -- the region that supplies the largest share of Afghanistan's opium crop -- has been the scene of bitter fighting for years with 10 out of 14 districts of the province either controlled or contested by the Taliban. As a senior Taliban leader, Abdul Manan had led the insurgency group's expansion as it expanded control over the opium-rich province in recent years. Afghan interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said Manan was the militants' top military leader in southern Afghanistan .

MP: 7 hurt after stone splinters hit them during mine blasting

At least seven persons were injured Sunday when they were hit by flying pieces of stones during blasting of a mine in Bagbanshi village in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, the police said. The incident occurred when the explosion was triggered for excavating stones from the mine, located around one km from here, a police officer said. "A company was constructing a national highway near the village and using explosives for quarrying stones. Seven persons sustained minor injuries when they were hit by splinters," said Superintendent of Police Mayank Awasthi. He said the incident triggered protests among the villagers who set on fire at least two four-wheelers belonging to the construction company. Police have detained the manager of the company and two others. Further investigation is underway.

Taliban takes 40 travellers as hostage

At least 40 passengers and drivers were abducted by the Taliban in Samangan province of Northern Afghanistan here on Sunday, Samangan police spokesman Mohammad Munir Rahimi has informed.Tolo News quoted Rahimi saying that the passengers were taken hostage by Taliban in order to convince the drivers to pay the taxes. The incident took place at around 10 in the morning in Khushk Dara village of Dara-e-Soof district in Samangan province of Afghanistan.Rahimi further mentioned that efforts for the safe release of the hostages were underway, reported Tolo News.In a similar incident on Tuesday, Taliban had abducted at least 25 passengers traveling from Sar-e-Pul province to Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan. Some women passengers among the 25 people kidnapped were later released.Kidnapping and hostage-taking have become a common occurrence in Afghanistan following the US invasion of the country in 2001.

Macron visits vandalized sites in Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday visited the Arc de Triomphe and Parisian streets to assess the damage after a group of protesters smashed and torched buildings and cars, plunging the city into civil unrest.

Top Taliban commander killed by US airstrike in Afghanistan

A top Taliban leader was killed in what is believed to have been a US airstrike in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said on Sunday.

Forces take out area domination patrol in J-K's Rajouri

A long area domination patrol was Sunday taken out in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesperson said. Officers and other ranks of police and central paramilitary forces took part in the area domination patrol which started from district police lines and passed through Gujjar Mandi, Abdullah bridge, old town, Tariq bridge, Salani, Panja and Jawahar Nagar area, he said. The spokesperson said hundreds of jawans were part of this long patrol which was led by Additional Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Liyaqit Ali under the supervision of SSP Rajouri Yougal Manhas. Besides area domination, area familiarisation was also a motive of the patrol, he said adding that random frisking of vehicles was also conducted during the patrol. In the recent past, Rajouri police, in close coordination with district civil administration, has taken stern action against people involved in unlawful activities and many notorious elements have been detained under the Public Safety Act ...

Militants abduct 40 truck drivers in Afghanistan

Anti-government militants abducted 40 truck drivers in Afghanistan's northern province of Samangan on Sunday, police said.

France mulls state of emergency amid Yellow Vest protests

The French government will consider imposing a state of emergency in the wake of 'yellow vest' protests across the country over fuel price hike and economic policies, spokesman Benjamin Griveaux said on Sunday.According to Sputnik, Griveaux informed that French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Interior Minister Christophe Castaner would discuss all options available to them at a meeting later today.France's capital has been witnessing widespread violent protests lately with agitators resorting to looting and vandalising shops, setting cars and buildings ablaze and fighting with the police. Ruckus was also created in several other cities and towns across France including Charleville Mezieres, Nantes and Marseille.Responding to these protests, Griveaux while speaking to Europe 1 radio said, "We have to think about the measures that can be taken so that these incidents don't happen again."Earlier in November, the French President had strongly condemned the ..

Israel releases Palestinian Jerusalem governor to house arrest

An Israeli court on Sunday released the Palestinian governor of Jerusalem from detention to house arrest for three days as part of an investigation related to a land sale. Adnan Gheith, who was arrested on November 25, will be confined to his home through Tuesday, Jerusalem magistrate court justice Chavi Toker ruled. Police have been investigating Gheith over suspicions he was involved in the Palestinian Authority's arrest in October of America-Palestinian Issam Akel, who is accused of involvement in selling an east Jerusalem building to Jewish buyers. Such sales are considered treasonous among Palestinians concerned with Israeli settlers buying property in annexed east Jerusalem. Police also suspect Gheith of recruiting Palestinian residents of Jerusalem to the PA armed forces, which Israel says violates the 1993 Oslo accords. Palestinian officials have condemned his arrest and claim it is intended to pressure the Palestinian leadership over Akel's case. Israelis, as well as US ...

Food inspector shot at in Haflong

An employee of the Assam government's Food and Civil Supply department was shot at by an unidentified gunman at his office in Dima Hasao district, police said Sunday. According to police the gunman entered the Food and Civil Supply office at Haflong Government College Road here on Saturday and shot at Food Inspector Donald Dibragade, 37, from close range. After firing two rounds at Dibragede, the assailant fled away, they said. Dibragede received serious injuries and was immediately rushed to Haflong Civil Hospital for treatment, police said, adding that investigation into the incident was on. The police arrested two persons for their involvement in the shooting of Dibragede. Haflong DIG D Upadhaya said "Babu Chetri, the owner of a fair price shop in Haflong, had some dispute with Dibragede over some official work. This made him to conspire with Ibuhing Kuame in order to clear his path." Addressing a press conference, the DIG said Kuame, who was booked earlier also for .

Odisha sounds high alert as Maoists observe PLGA Week

The Odisha police has sounded a high alert and stepped up combing operations in the naxal-hit areas of the state as the Maoists started observing People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Week from Sunday, a police official said. Patrolling and combing operations were intensified in the Maoist hotbed of Malkangiri and Koraput districts in view of the PLGA week being observed by them till December 8, he said. The security forces are fully prepared to deal with any possible strike by the Maoists, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Malkangiri, Jagmohan Meena, said. All Border Security Force (BSF) camps and police stations have been put on alert with the instructions to follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs), he said. Joint combing operations have been launched by the BSF, Special Operation Group (SOG) and District Voluntary Force (DVF) in areas bordering Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, to foil any movement of the Maoists from the neighbouring states, the SP added. Similar ...

Ukraine urges German naval presence in the Black Sea

Ukraine's leader has called on Germany and its allies to boost their naval presence in the Black Sea to deter Russia from further aggression in the region. President Petro Poroshenko says Russia has deployed a large number of troops along its border with Ukraine. He warns that Russia intends to push further inland into Ukraine following last week's naval clash between their forces in the Black Sea. Russia has already annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. Poroshenko says "we need a strong, unified, unambiguous reaction to Russia's aggressive behaviour." He spoke Sunday in an interview published by the German Funke Media Group. Last week's clash at sea has driven tensions between Russia and Ukraine to their highest point since Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014.

Pak terror groups use women to 'honey trap' youths: officials

'Honey trapping' is one of the new methods used by Pakistan-based terror groups to woo youths towards militancy and use them as human carriers for delivering arms from one place to another or acting as guides to infiltrating terrorists, officials said. An intelligence-based operation had led to the arrest of Syed Shazia, a woman in her early 30s from Bandipore, a fortnight ago. It was seen that she had many accounts on social networking sites such as Facebook and Instagram which many youths in the Valley followed, they said. Officials from the central security agencies had been keeping a watch on the Internet Protocol (IP) address used by Shazia for several months. She used to converse with youths and would promise to meet them only if a certain "consignment" was delivered from one place to another, the officials said. Shazia had been in touch with some officials in the police department as well, but the officials termed it a usual tactic of "double-cross" as she used to report the ...

Rebel threat to not hurt opposition alliance prospects: Congress

The Congress Sunday maintained "friendly contests" in some segments among partners of the People's Alliance would have no bearing on the grouping's electoral prospects, even as negotiations are on with the "rebels" to see they retire from the contest before the polls begin. In some constituencies of Telangana, where Assembly elections would be held on December 7, Congress and Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) rebels are in the fray in seats which have been allotted to other partners. "You cannot call them rebels. We (the alliance partners) could not convince some of our candidates, so their participation is friendly contest," AICC in-charge of Telangana R C Khuntia told PTI. The TDP, the TJS led by professor M Kodandaram and CPI are part of the Congress-led People's Alliance ('Prajakutami') which has struck a seat-sharing deal among the partners. However in Wyra and Bellampalli, for example, the two seats have been allotted to the CPI, notwithstanding Congress rebels -- Ramulu Naik and G ..

Over 280 arrested in Paris protests against fuel price hike

At least 288 people have been arrested and some 100 others injured as protesters took to the streets of Paris against rising fuel prices, clashing with riot police, authorities said.

Pakistan not trustworthy, says UP minister on offer for talks with India

Terming Pakistan as unreliable, Uttar Pradesh Minister for power Srikant Sharma has said the neighbouring country should remain within limits and not forget the heroic deed of Indian forces. Speaking at a function dedicated to "Armed forces" here on Saturday evening, he said it was the generosity of India that Pakistan had been pardoned in the past when thousands of their army personnel were forced to surrender but were then released. Referring to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's offer for a dialogue with India, the minister said Islamabad was not trustworthy as it believed in "backbiting". He said after the surgical strike, Indian forces have given a message that any attempt to challenge it would be reciprocated with "compound interest". Lauding the dedication of the gallantry forces, Sharma said, the Narendra Modi Govt has fulfilled their long pending demand for one rank one pay. The function was organised by Amarnath Educational Institutions.

Cleric injured in attack in UP

A cleric was injured after allegedly being attacked by two people over some old enmity in Mujheda village here, police said Sunday. Hasan Jafir was attacked by Wazir Abbas and an unidentified man in his house in Miranpur Police Station area Saturday evening, they said. The injured cleric was admitted to a hospital, they said, adding they were searching for the accused.

288 arrested in Paris protests against rising fuel prices

At least 288 people were arrested and some 100 others injured as protests erupted in Paris against rising fuel prices, according to a police spokesperson.