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Rohingya's protest for 'justice' on crackdown anniversary
Thousands of Rohingya refugees staged protests for "justice" today on the first anniversary of a Myanmar military crackdown that forced them to flee to camps in Bangladesh. About 700,000 of the Muslim minority poured across the border after attacks by the Myanmar military and Buddhist groups that the United Nations has likened to ethnic cleansing. Thousands held peaceful marches and attended rallies chanting "We want justice from the UN." At the Kutupalong camp, a giant banner proclaimed: "Never Again: Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day. 25 August, 2018." Some wore bandanas emblazoned with the slogan "Save Rohingya" while others waved flags. Other marches and gatherings were planned across what has become the world's biggest refugee camp, activists told AFP. Rohingya militants staged attacks on Myanmar police posts on August 25 last year sparking the crackdown in which an unknown number of Rohingya were killed. Many have arrived in the Bangladesh camps with stories of rape, torture and
J&K Police devises strategy for cops visiting families
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said they were devising a strategy for policemen wanting to visit their families during occasions and emergencies.
26 children killed by coalition strikes in Yemen: UN
Two Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen have killed at least 26 children, UN officials have said, renewing calls for an independent investigation of attacks targeting civilians in the three-year war. At least 22 children and four women died in an attack on Thursday while fleeing fighting in the Al-Durayhimi district, south of the rebel-held city of Hodeida, UN aid chief Mark Lowcock said yesterday. In addition to that strike, four other children were killed in a separate air strike in Al-Durayhimi, also on Thursday. "This is the second time in two weeks that an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition has resulted in dozens of civilian casualties," Lowcock, the undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said in a statement. A coalition attack on a bus in the northern rebel stronghold of Saada on August 9 killed 40 children, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to call for an independent investigation. Lowcock renewed the UN appeal for "an impartial, independent and .
Soldiers to get better medical treatment at Siachen
The Ministry of Defence has tied up with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to provide better treatment to the soldiers of the Armed forces even at the remotest parts of the country, including the most difficult parts of Siachen.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of Telemedicine nodes was signed on Friday between Development and Education Communication Unit (DECU) of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Department of Space, Ahmedabad and Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff (Medical), Ministry of Defence (MoD) at New Delhi.The document was signed by Virender Kumar, Director, DECU, ISRO and Lt Gen CS Narayanan, Dy Chief IDS (Medical) in the presence of Lt Gen Bipin Puri, Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS).ISRO will establish 53 more nodes in the first phase to existing twenty in the Army, Navy and Air Force across the country.The highest battleground in the world not just have a functioning node on the Siachen Glacier, four
At least 22 children killed by coalition air strike in Yemen: UN aid chief
At least 22 children and four women were killed by a Saudi-led coalition air strike while fleeing fighting in Yemen, the UN aid chief said today, condemning attacks on civilians. Four children were also killed yesterday in a separate air strike in Al-Durayhimi district, south of the rebel-held city of Hodeida, said Mark Lowcock, the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs.
40 pc decline in Naxal activities in last three years: DG CRPF
Naxal activities have declined by 40 per cent over the last three years and the Central Reserve Police Force is opening camps in the core areas of the rebels, CRPF Director General R R Bhatnagar said today. He said the force had seen great success in dealing with Naxalism. "During the last three years, Naxalism has decreased by 40 per cent. Their (Naxalites) activities have decreased greatly in areas where they had dominance," Bhatnagar told reporters. The CRPF is opening camps in the core areas of Naxalites and successfully conducting regular operations, he said. Bhatnagar added that the CRPF tries to reach out to people in distress in the various areas where the force operates. The CRPF, he said, provides medical facilities to the people in naxal areas. "We have also introduced human face of the force and you have seen that in several naxal areas. In a recent case, we hospitalised an injured naxal woman even when she was firing on our troops and our jawan gave blood to save her," he
India's SCO anti-terror exercise with Pakistan begins
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Exercise began on Friday, bringing Indian and Pakistani militaries to participate for the first time in a joint exercise under the anti-terror setting.The six-day SCO Exercise, which has brought the two countries together for the Exercise Peaceful Mission 2018, will continue till August 29 at Chebarkul town in Chelyabinsk Oblast in Russia. The Indian contingent will return on August 30.The opening ceremony of the peace mission exercise was conducted at the Combined Arms Range at Chebarkul. It started with a speech by Central Military District Commander Col Gen Alexander Lapin, the Exercise Chief, who exhorted the participating troops to execute all tasks allotted to them in a professional manner.The meet was declared open with the hoisting of national flags of all member nations, accompanied by respective national anthems. Contingent commanders also addressed the gathering followed by an impressive march past.Col Gen Lapin conducted an ...
Dog's bark triggered Mirchpur Dalits killing incident
The barking of a dog, belonging to a member of the Dalit community, on a group of inebriated Jat youths who were passing through the village was the trigger for the Mirchpur Dalit killings, according to the Delhi High Court. The incident was described in the court's 209-page verdict in which it convicted 33 Jats for the crime. It noted that the incident dates back to the evening of April 19, 2010, when a group of Jat youths were returning through the Mirchpur village and a villager's dog barked at them to which the Jats took an offence and started throwing stones at the pet. When the villager and his nephew came out and objected, they were threatened by the Jats with dire consequences. An altercation broke out which was somehow defused by the villager after which the youths left, the judgement noted. After this, the Jat community members asked the dog owner to apologise to avoid further problems. When he and his neighbour reached the house of one of the accused, they were severely ...
'Make substantive changes in curriculum from school level'
Bemoaning the trend of fewer candidates from Tamil Nadu getting into civil services and premier institutes like IITs and IIMs,defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman today urged the state to make substantive changes in the curriculum from school level to revive the numbers. Sitharaman, who was taking part in the 150th anniversary celebrations of Lady Sivaswami Girls Higher Secondary School here, also urged the girls to get into the armed forces. "There used to be at least three out of 10 candidates in IAS and foreign services from Tamil Nadu... Today all those numbers have reduced. I still don't understand why... Our presence in governance, research and development and in institutions like IITs, IIMs and IISs has seen a reduction," she added. She suggested to education minister K A Sengottaiyan,who was also present, that the curriculum be made more dynamic and challeinging. "If substantive changes are brought into the curriculum, we will be able to revive the numbers and make
Asean lawmakers seek ICC trial of crimes against Rohingyas
A group of parliamentarians from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Friday urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to try those responsible for alleged crimes against the ethnic Rohingya community in Myanmar.
142 militants killed in anti-terror ops in 2018: DG CRPF
As many as 142 militants have been eliminated in anti-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir this year, the Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), R R Bhatnagar, said today. There are approximately 200-250 militant still operating in Kashmir Valley, he told reporters here. The DG asserted that the law and order situation is "better" in Kashmir compared to 2016-17 and the number of injured personnel has decreased. As part of efforts to discourage youths from joining militants, he said a helpline called Madadgar was started by the force which received 2.5 lakh calls during last one year . He sad the militants were targeting unarmed security personnel and their families as they were frustrated. "Our force is better protected and there is a better security situation on the law and order front (in Kashmir). In days to come, forces will perform even better." Bhatnagar said, "In this year alone till now, 142 terrorists have been neutralized and last year also there were ...
Repco Home Finance sets up satellite centre at Sri City
: City-based Repco Home Finance has inaugurated a satellite centre at neighbouring Sri City Special Economic Zone under its expansion drive. Repco Home Finance Ltd, Chairman and former Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishna Murthy unveiled a plaque at Sri City, about 100 km from here, recently. "I would like to thank (Sri City Founder) Ravindra Sannareddy for responding positively to our proposal of setting up a satellite centre. We hope employees of Sri City units and public will make use of our services", Murthy said in a statement today. Sannareddy said the entry of Repco Home Finance Ltd has come at a time when Sri City was focusing on developing social infrastructure. "Their presence in Sri City will certainly be an added advantage to people who aspire to own a house", he said. Repco Home Finance has 141 branches and 23 satellite centres across the country. The company clocked a profit for the quarter ending June 30, 2018 to Rs 60.9 crore.
Ebola spreads to DR Congo city surrounded by rebels: WHO
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a city surrounded by rebels, creating challenges responders were "dreading," the World Health Organization said today. One probable case and one suspected case have emerged in the city of Oicha in DRC's North Kivu province, WHO's emergency response chief, Peter Salama, told reporters. While Oicha itself is not under rebel control, Salama said the city is entirely surrounded by territory held by a feared Ugandan insurgent group known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). "For the first time we have a confirmed case...in an area with high insecurity," Salama said. "It really was the problem we were anticipating and the problem at the same time we were dreading." Large numbers of civilians have been killed by unrest around Oicha, while aid workers, priests and government employers are currently being held hostage there by insurgents, according to Salama. The outbreak, the 10th to hit DRC since 1976, began on August 1 ..
Militants thrash temple guards in J-K
A group of militants on Friday forced their way into a temple's guard post in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district and beat up the guards there.
NIA recovers 14 stolen service hand guns in Manipur
Sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday night recovered nine 9mm pistols from the residence of P. Haokip, the 'commander-in-chief' of the United Kuki Liberation Front, a signatory to the peace pact with the Centre.
China aims to build houses, roads in Sri Lanka north to extend sway
COLOMBO (Reuters) - China wants to build houses and roads in Sri Lanka's north, much of which is in a state of disrepair nearly a decade after the end of civil war, Chinese and Sri Lankan officials said, in a bid to expand it influence beyond the island's south.
Pakistani militant killed in encounter
A Pakistani militant belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit was killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir today, police said. A police spokesman said a search operation was launched by security forces in Vailoo area of Kokernag in the south Kashmir district in the early today. During the search operation, the search party came in contact with the militants leading to an encounter and in the ensuing encounter, one militant was killed, he said. He said huge quantity of ammunition and incriminating material was seized from the site of the encounter. "From the incriminating material seized, it is learnt that the killed terrorist is a Pakistani affiliated with proscribed terror outfit JeM and was involved in several attacks on security forces and civilians in the area, the spokesman said. The identity of the slain ultra is being ascertained. He said police have registered a case under relevant sections of law and investigation has been ...
IS remains matter of significant concern: UN official
The Islamic State (IS) remains a cause of a serious and significant concern despite the great losses the terrorist group has suffered, Vladimir Voronkov, undersecretary-general for UN Counter-Terrorism Office, has said.
Militants kill forest guard in J&K
Militants have killed a forest guard in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said on Friday.
Pak backstabbed US in Afghanistan: veteran army colonel
Pakistan has been playing a dubious role in Afghanistan while dealing with the Taliban and other terror outfits, alleged a veteran United States army colonel, Lawrence Sellin.Sellin, who has served in Afghanistan, northern Iraq and a humanitarian mission of West Africa, wrote in The Daily Caller that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) provided arms and ammunition to Taliban fighters in October 2001, just after U.S. bombing of Afghanistan began.The then Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf held a meeting with ISI director Lt. Gen. Mahmod Ahmed and other top brass of the army, who argued that Pakistan should not help the United States at all in its war against the Taliban and al-Qaeda."Pakistan's duplicity has continued for seventeen years. While accepting billions of dollars in military and economic aid, Pakistan has been slowly bleeding the U.S. to death in Afghanistan through its support of the Taliban, Haqqani Network and other terrorist groups", said colonel ...