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Hundreds of Afghan polling centres open for second day of voting
Hundreds of Afghan polling centres opened Sunday for a second day of voting in a chaotic legislative election marred by deadly violence and technical glitches that have eroded its credibility. Around three million people defied the threat of militant attacks to cast their ballot in the long-delayed poll on Saturday, official figures showed, but many polling sites opened several hours late or not at all. The Independent Election Commission (IEC), which has been lambasted for its chaotic organisation of the vote that is more three years late, said 401 polling centres would open Sunday until 5:00 pm (1230 GMT). "There was disorder, slowness, shortcomings and mismanagement by the IEC," said Ali Reza Rohani, a spokesman for the Electoral Complaints Commission. A Western official said the ballot was a "victory for the Afghan people who were not deterred" by the biometric machines, administrative incompetence and Taliban threats. Nearly 170 people -- civilians and security forces -- were ...
J-K: 3 terrorists killed in Kulgam encounter
Three terrorists have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Larro area of Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Sunday. The operation has concluded.Confirming the same, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh told reporters here, "The encounter concluded just now and I have been told that three terrorists were neutralised in it. The operation is being winded up. The identities (of the terrorists) are yet to be ascertained. We will shortly give out the details. There are no casualties from the police side."The latest encounter comes two days after two terrorists were gunned down when they tried to attack the police in the Kralhaar area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir.The police had recovered two AK-47 rifles with Under Barrel Grenade Launcher, three grenades, two Chinese pistols and other weapons from their possession.
3 militants killed in encounter in J&K's Kulgam
Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, police said. The identity of the slain militants is being ascertained, a police official said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Laroo area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir following specific information about the presence of militants in the area, he said. As the forces were conducting the searches, the ultras fired upon them, triggering the encounter, the official added.
PM Modi honours survivours of 1959 Ladakh's Hot Spring attack
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday honoured the survivours of 1959 Ladakh's Hot Spring attack, on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day.Prime Minister Modi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani paid tributes to the policemen killed in an ambush by Chinese troops, who had violated Indian Territory in Aksai Chin area, on this day in 1959.The Prime Minister marking the National Police Commemoration Day also inaugurated a 30-feet-tall and 238-tonne heavy black granite central sculpture honouring the slain troopers, a museum and a wall of valour bearing the names of over 34,800 martyred personnel.Until the autumn of 1959, the Indian Police personnel were responsible for manning the 2,500-mile long border of India with Tibet. On October 20, 1959, three reconnaissance parties were launched from Hot Springs in preparation for further movement of an Indian expedition which was on its way to Lanak La. Two parties returned to Hot ...
On National Police Commemoration Day, PM inaugurates memorial for the khaki forces
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated and dedicated to the nation a refurbished national police memorial here and a newly-built museum for the khaki-donning forces. A 30-feet-tall and 238-tonne heavy black granite central sculpture honouring the slain troopers, a museum and a wall of valour bearing the names of over 34,800 martyred personnel were unveiled during the event held to to mark the National Police Commemoration Day. The PM was accorded a ceremonial salute upon his arrival at the memorial which is built on a 6.12-acre land in central Delhi's Chanakyapuri area. He was received by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the venue. He then led the people present for the event into laying wreaths on the memorial in the honour and memory of the jawan killed in the line of action. Ministers of state in the Home Ministry Kiren Rijiju and Hansram G Ahir, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval along with senior officers and personnel of various Central Armed Police ...
Israel indefinitely postpones demolition of Bedouin West Bank village: statement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frozen plans to demolish a strategically located Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank that has drawn the world's attention, his office said Sunday. "The intention is to give a chance to the negotiations and the offers we received from different bodies, including in recent days," a statement from Netanyahu's office said about Khan al-Ahmar.
J-K:Encounter breaks out between security forces, militants
An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district Sunday, police said. A cordon and search operation was launched in the Laroo area in south Kashmir this morning following specific information about the presence of militants in the area, a police official said. He said as the forces were conducting searches, the militants fired on them, and an encounter broke out. The gunfight is going on. Further details are awaited, the official said.
US dreams of 'unipolar world' in nuclear deal pull-out: Russian foreign ministry
Washington's move to pull out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty with Russia is motivated by a dream of a single global superpower, Russian state news agencies has cited Saturday a foreign ministry source as saying. "The main motive is a dream of a unipolar world. Will it come true? No," a foreign ministry source told RIA Novosti state news agency. The official said that Russia has "many times publicly denounced the US policy course towards dismantling the nuclear deal." Washington "has approached this step over the course of many years by deliberately and step by step destroying the basis for the agreement," the official said, quoted by Russia's three main news agencies. "This decision is part of the US policy course to withdraw from those international legal agreements that place equal responsibilities on it and its partners and make vulnerable its concept of its own 'exceptionalism'," the official said. Russian senator Alexei Pushkov wrote on Twitter that the move was "the second
Trump says US will pull out of nuclear deal with Russia
President Donald Trump has confirmed that the United States plans to leave a landmark nuclear weapons treaty with Russia over claims Moscow has violated the deal. "Russia has not adhered to the agreement. So we are going to terminate the agreement," Trump told reporters in Elko, Nevada, on Saturday. "Russia has violated the agreement. They've been violating it for many years. I don't know why president (Barack) Obama didn't negotiate or pull out. And we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons (while) we're not allowed to.
Afghanistan Elections: Interior Minister confirms 192 security incidents
Afghanistan's Interior Minister Wais Barmak on Saturday confirmed that 192 security incidents had taken place across the nation on the day of parliamentary polling.According to Tolo News, Barmak said that at least 17 civilians were killed and 83 civilians were injured in these attacks. He also stated that 10 policemen and one Afghan National Army soldier were killed in the attack, while 17 security officers sustained injuries in the attacks.The Taliban had earlier threatened to disrupt the elections in the nation and had also claimed responsibility behind the deaths of numerous candidates in the past.Tolo News quoted Deputy Minister of interior for security, General Akhtar Mohammad Ibrahimi, as saying that the deadliest attack on Saturday had been a suicide bombing in Kabul's PD17 that claimed the lives of 10 civilians and five policemen.Polls were held across the nation on Saturday to the 'Wolesi Jirga' or lower house of the Afghanistan Parliament.The elections were postponed in ...
Colombian military copter crashes, killing 4: officials
A Colombian military helicopter crashed on Saturday after conducting an operation against drug traffickers, killing all four crew members, officials announced. Defense Minister Guillermo Botero, in a Twitter message, identified the dead as Major Pedro Granados, Captain David Quintero, Sergeant Ramiro Santos and Corporal Eduardo Gutierrez. The wreckage of the helicopter, an army Black Hawk, was found on the ground between the cities of Balboa and Argelia in the country's west. Bad weather hampered the search. A team of specialized technical investigators was heading to the crash site, a military statement said. The craft was returning to the Jose Hilario Lopez base in the city of Popayan -- capital of Cauca department, where the government has been battling both rebels and drug gangs -- when it disappeared from radars. The army said it immediately sent troops of an anti-drug brigade to the crash site, but bad weather impeded their efforts. The government has long struggled against ...
2 dead, 4 injured as car overturns after hitting divider
Two men died and four others were injured when their car overturned after hitting a divider on Peeragrahi flyover in outer Delhi on Saturday, police said. The deceased persons were identified as Shrug and Sharukh, both in their 20s, they said. The injured persons were rushed to a nearby hospital. They were identified as Ayub Khan, Sameer Khan, Deepak and Deepak Mittal, the police added.
Modi to inaugurate National Police Memorial
On the occasion of Police Commemoration Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the National Police Memorial on Sunday to recognize the the sacrifices made by police personnel since Independence.
5 killed, 118 injured in Afghanistan's polling day violence
At least five people were killed and 118 injured in a series of violent attacks and explosions in Afghanistan as the long-awaited parliamentary elections got underway in the militancy-plagued country on Saturday.
Grenade attack on CRPF vehicle in Imphal, one killed
A CRPF jawan was killed and another injured when a grenade was hurled at their vehicle by suspected militants at Nagampal area of Imphal town in Manipur on Saturday, police said. The incident took place at around 6.30 pm and the CRPF jawan who was identified as Umesh was killed on the spot in the blast, the police told PTI. The explosion is the second in the state since the early hours of Friday when an IED explosion occurred at Kangpokpi district a few hours ahead of Chief Minister N Biren Singh's programme. The vehicle was transporting a small contingent of CRPF personnel from Kangpokpi district to their camp at Lamphel in Imphal West district, the police said. The injured, who was identified Ram Ranjan was rushed to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). Investigation into the blast is on, the police added. The chief minister said on Friday that such incidents will not be tolerated and measures have been taken to catch the culprits with the assistance of the state ...
Robbers loot Rs 1.3 lakh from Bandhan Bank staffers in MP
Unidentified persons Saturday attacked two Bandhan Bank staffers and robbed Rs 1,30,000 in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district, police said. Four unidentified robbers, on two motorbikes, stopped Mahesh Rathore (24) and Ankit Satyanarayan (22) near Khawasa village here when the duo were returning after collecting money from bank customers, Thandla police station inspector ML Meena said. The robbers attacked them with sticks and fled after looting Rs 90,000 and Rs 40,000 from Satyanarayan and Rathore respectively, Meena said. Both received injuries and were discharged after being treated at a local hospital, he added. A case has been registered and efforts were on to nab the accused, Meena informed.
Boko Haram kill 12 farmers in Nigeria: militia
Boko Haram jihadists on Saturday hacked 12 farmers to death as they worked on their fields in the volatile northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, civilian militia said. They came in two trucks and attacked the farmers with machetes outside Kalle, a remote village 17 kilometres outside the state capital Maiduguri, the birthplace of the Boko Haram movement. "They used machetes to kill their victims who were working on their farms," militia leader Babakura Kolo said. "So far, we have recovered 12 dead bodies from the fields and nearby bush." Three people were injured in the raids. The militants had guns but did not use them so as not to attract the attention of troops in nearby Molai village, said another militia leader Ibrahim Liman. "When the farmers saw them pulling over close to their crop fields they all ran in different directions but the terrorists pursued them," Liman said. It was not clear which of the two Boko Haram factions was behind the attack. The jihadist faction loyal to ..
Encounter in Pulwama in J-K
An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. Based on credible intelligence input about the presence of militants in Pattan area of Pulwama district in south Kashmir, security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the area Saturday evening, a police official said. He said the militants fired upon the search party and a gunfight was on when reports last came in. Further details were awaited.
PM to dedicate National Police Memorial to nation on Sunday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the National Police Memorial (NPM) to the nation on Sunday. October 21 is observed as the Police Commemoration Day every year in memory of the policemen killed at Hot Springs in Ladakh by the Chinese troops on this date in 1959.The NPM has been built in recognition of the supreme sacrifice made by police personnel since independence. The memorial has been erected on 6.12 acres of land in Chanakyapuri, at the northern end of Shanti Path. This Police Memorial represents all State/UT Police Forces and Central Police Organisations of the country.Since Independence, 34,844 police personnel have died in the line duty, with 424 losing their lives this year. Many of these brave lives were lost in the fight against terrorism in various geographical regions such as Kashmir, Punjab, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and LWE-affected regions of the country. Further, a large number of police lives were lost in prevention of crime and in maintenance of law
MP: Pakistan-made pistol recovered in Jabalpur, 4 arrested
A pistol manufactured in Pakistan was among six firearms seized Saturday from four persons, including a minor, in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district, a senior police official said. Crime Branch Additional Superintendent of Police Shivesh Singh said that Ritesh Mali (26), Kartik Ben (25) and Mohiti Gupta (19) and the 17-year-old minor were nabbed from Azad Nagar in the district's Gorakhpur area following a tip-off. "We seized four pistols, one of which has been made in Attock in Pakistan, two country-made firearms and six live bullets from the accused," he informed. Police said that preliminary investigations have revealed that the weapons were brought from Sagar and Damoh districts in MP. They were charged under relevant sections of the Arms Act and produced in a court which remanded them in police custody for two days, the ASP said.