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Police probing social media accounts propagating videos of 'executions' by militants: Kashmir IGP
The Kashmir Police is investigating various social media accounts propagating videos of "executions" carried out by militants recently, Inspector General of Police (IGP) S P Pani said here Monday. Militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen has released two such videos in which two civilians, abducted by the outfit, were killed in front of camera. These crimes (on-camera executions carried out by militants) are terror and gruesome crimes. Their propaganda on social media is also a crime. A case already stands registered in this matter and those propagating such type of content, there are some handles which are propagating them, we are investigating them, Pani said. The IGP Kashmir was speaking to reporters at the wreath-laying ceremony of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan at Humhama. Head Constable Chandrika Prasad was killed in a militant attack on a CRPF camp in Kakapora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district Sunday night. Pani said police is seeking cooperation of the ...
NIA visits Amritsar attack site
A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team on Monday visited the spot in Amritsar in Punjab where three persons were killed in a grenade attack on Sunday.
Afghan peace: Khalilzad hopes for peace deal with Taliban before April '19
The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has expressed hope that a truce would be reached with Taliban before Afghanistan's presidential elections due next year in April.Khalilzed, while speaking to the journalist on Sunday, after the completion of the second round of the Afghan peace talks said that he is "cautiously optimistic" and "hopeful" about the peace talks with Taliban.Khalilzad said that he hopes a peace deal is reached before April 20, the date of Afghanistan's Presidential elections on April 20 and simultaneously called on the Taliban to use it as an opportunity.While TOLO news reported Khalilzad saying that the Taliban believes it cannot win the war militarily. This comes a day after General Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, affirmed that the Taliban "are not losing" in Afghanistan, and much more needs to be done to bring peace to the war-torn country.Taliban during the talks allegedly pressed for a ...
Hong Kong democracy leaders plead not guilty in Umbrella Movement trial
Three leading Hong Kong democracy campaigners pleaded not guilty on Monday to public nuisance charges over their involvement in massive rallies calling for political reform, as room for opposition in the semi-autonomous city shrinks under an assertive China. The pioneering trio are among nine activists all facing "public nuisance" charges for their participation in the 2014 Umbrella Movement protests. The charges are based on colonial-era law and carry jail terms of up to seven years. Sociology professor Chan Kin-man, 59, law professor Benny Tai, 54, and baptist minister Chu Yiu-ming, 74, founded the "Occupy Central" movement in 2013 and joined with the student-led Umbrella Movement which brought parts of the city to a standstill for months, calling for free elections for the city's leader. The activists were welcomed outside court by hundreds of supporters shouting: "Peaceful resistance! I wanted real universal suffrage!" Prosecutor Andrew Bruce argued that the mass protests had ...
Police warn action against uploading of execution videos
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday threatened action against those uploading videos on social media of executions carried out by militants.
Two women Naxals killed in encounter with police in Maha
Two women Naxals were gunned down in an encounter with police commandos in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Monday morning, a police official said. The gun battle broke out between the ultras and C-60 commandos, a specialised combat unit of the Gadchiroli police, in Nihalkay forest area under Dhanora taluka around 8.30 am, Gadchiroli's Additional Superintendent of Police Mahendra Pandit told PTI. The commandos were on an anti-Naxal operation in the area since Sunday night, he said. "The exchange of fire continued for about half-an-hour. Later, during a search, bodies of two armed women Naxals were found," Pandit said. The combing operation was on in the area, he added.
72 Sabarimala pilgrims arrested
Over 70 pilgrims have been arrested since late last night from Sabarimala temple after they failed to comply to prohibitory orders leading to protests here and across Kerala, police said on Monday.
Trump plans to visit US troops in war zones
US President Donald Trump said that he plans to visit American troops in war zones.
Fresh clashes in French fuel price protests
Fresh clashes Sunday in the "yellow vest" fuel price protests across France led to more injuries to add to the more than 400 already reported by Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. Although the protests appeared to be less widespread than those seen at the 87 locations tallied by the interior ministry overnight, protestors again clashed with police -- and sometimes motorists. Sunday's protests touched several regions across France, but their intensity appeared to be diminishing, according to AFP journalists. Police were searching for a motorist who forced a road block at Saint-Quentin, northeast France, leaving one protestor seriously injured. And police used tear gas to break up a gathering of about a thousand protestors near the northern city of Caen, after vandalism of traffic radar and the burning of wooden pallets. Earlier Sunday, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner reported that the first day and night of protests had left one person dead and more than 400 people hurt, 14 ..
Russia says it does not plan to transfer disputed islands to Japan
The return to the 1956 Joint Declaration in the Russia-Japan peace treaty talks in no way implies an automatic transfer of Russian territories to Japan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.
Russia says no 'automatic' return of disputed islands to Japan
Russia said Sunday that upcoming talks about resolving a dispute with Japan over a group of islands claimed by Tokyo would not necessarily result in Moscow relinquishing them. "Can you say that this means an automatic return of some territories? Certainly not," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian TV in remarks reported by the TASS agency. The dispute over the Kuril chain goes back to the end of World War II, when their annexation by the Soviet Union was confirmed in peace treaties between the victorious powers and accepted by Japan. Tokyo claims however that some islands, which it refers to as its Northern Territories, were not covered in the agreement and should be handed back. The dispute has been standing in the way of a peace treaty between the two nations that would officially end World War II hostilities. In September, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that both countries sign a peace treaty this year "without any preconditions", but Tokyo said the territorial .
Fresh protest in Sabarimala
Fresh protest broke out at Sabarimala temple on the second day of the two month-long pilgrimage season as hundreds of devotees gathered at Nadapanthal area and agitated against the restrictions imposed by police. Due to early incidents of violence at the hill-top shrine, police have had imposed strict restrictions on devotees at Sannidhanam, including not allowing them to stay back in the night. The devotees, who were asked to leave Sannidhanam gathered at Nadapanthal, a covered pathway to the hill-top shrine, formed a group and started reciting prayers. Police was trying to pacify the protesters.
Bulgarians block roads against high fuel prices, poverty
Thousands of Bulgarians blocked major roads and border checkpoints to Turkey and Greece on Sunday as weekend protests against high fuel prices widened to reflect general discontent over low living standards in the EU's poorest country. Protesters blocked traffic for hours at various points along major highways before paramilitary police dispersed the crowds, public radio BNR reported, a day after similar protests across France. Tensions flared on the Maritsa highway leading to border checkpoints with Turkey as protesters managed to break a police cordon. About 2,000 security officers were deployed as a second day of rallies were held in dozens of towns on Sunday. More were planned on Monday. In the capital Sofia several dozen protesters marched along major boulevards shouting "Mafia!" and "Resign!", bringing traffic to a standstill. The weekend demonstrations started three weeks ago over a hike in fuel prices and planned increase in taxes on older vehicles. But they grew to decry low .
CRPF jawan killed in terrorist attack in Pulwama
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan lost his life on Sunday after terrorists opened fire on a CRPF camp at Railway Colony in Pulwama's Kakapora area.The CRPF jawan, identified as 53-year old Head Constable Chandrika Prasad, received bullet injury and was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.The terrorist attack was successfully repulsed by the CRPF. The security forces cordoned off the area and initiated search operation to nab the terrorists while trying to escape.There was an exchange of fire between security forces and terrorists. Further details will follow.Earlier in the day, two terrorists were killed in an encounter in Rebban area of Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.According to police, the deceased were identified as Nawaz Wagay of Zainpora Shopian and Yawar Wani of Litter Pulwama. Both the terrorists were associated with terror outfit Al-Badr.
CRPF jawan killed in militant attack in J-K's Pulwama
A CRPF Jawan was killed in a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday, police said. Militants lobbed a grenade and fired on a CRPF camp in Kakapora area of the district in south Kashmir Sunday evening, a police official said, adding the attack was successfully repulsed by the security forces. However, in the attack, a CRPF jawan identified as Head Constable Chandrika Prasad sustained injuries, the official said. Prasad was shifted to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to injuries. The official said as the militants were trying to flee the area after the attack, security forces immediately cordoned off the area and initiated searches. "Consequently, exchange of fire between security forces and terrorists took place till the last report was received," he said, adding further details were awaited.
Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, a true fighter
When he landed in Delhi after returning from Canada a day after Diwali, where he was receiving treatment for cancer, Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, a decorated war veteran from the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, grabbed a fistful of soil and declared "I have won another battle."Such was the mettle of the great man, whose heroics in the famous Longewala battle of 1971 inspired the 1997 blockbuster 'Border.' A soldier who devoted his life to the service of the country, Chandpuri never took credit for any battle he fought, as recalled by his son Hardeep."He always used to say 'I was only as good as the men who fought with me.' A salute to a great soldier, I as a son am extremely proud of him. Whatever he has done for the country, if I am able to do even 0.1 per cent in my whole life, I'll feel as if my life has been well lived," Hardeep said.Chandpuri was also a man guided by a strict set of moral principles."He's always guided us to be on the right path, on the path of honesty, on the path .
Youth abducted by militants in J&K released
A youth abducted by the militants earlier on Sunday from Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district has been released, officials said.
CRPF trooper killed in militant attack in Pulwama
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was killed on Sunday when militants opened fire at a CRPF camp in Pulwama district.
Havaldar killed, 2 injured in militant attack on CRPF camp
Militants attacked a newly set up camp of the CRPF in Pulwama district of south Kashmir Sunday, killing one havaldar, officials said. The ultras opened indiscriminate fire and hurled grenades on the CRPF camp at Kakapora in the district, killing the havaldar and injuring two others, they said. The camp had come up in view of the ongoing panchayat elections in the state. CRPF personnel immediately cordoned off the area, leading to an encounter with the militants.
Pope prays for victims of Central Africa massacre
Pope Francis on Sunday prayed for peace in the war-ravaged Central African Republic, where two priests were killed in ethnic unrest last week. "I learned with sadness the news of the massacre two days ago in a camp for the displaced in the Central African Republic, where two priests were also killed," the pope said during Angelus prayers at the Vatican. "Let us pray for the dead and the wounded and for all violence to end in this beloved country so much in need of peace," he said on the World Day of the Poor. Sectarian clashes in the central town of Alindao claimed at least 37 lives last week, including those of two priests. The United Nations said that some 20,000 people were affected by the violence. "Thousands" were forced to flee. The bloodbath began on Thursday when Christian militiamen killed Muslims, prompting revenge attacks. A church was also burnt. One of the world's poorest nations despite a rich supply of diamonds and uranium, CAR has struggled to recover from a 2013 civil