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J-K: Civilian, Army jawan killed, 2 security personnel injured in encounter
A civilian and an Army jawan were killed and two security forces personnel injured today during an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, officials said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the district's Khudwani area last night, following information about presence of militants there, the officials said. They said a gunbattle broke out between the militants and the security forces in the early hours. Three security force personnel were injured in the initial exchange of firing. Later one of them succumbed to injuries at a hospital, the officials said. Local residents started pelting security personnel with stones, leading to clashes, they said, adding that some civilians were injured. The officials said a 25-year-old man succumbed to injuries at a hospital. It is not immediately known how the deceased got injured, they said.
Soldier, civilian killed in J&K gunfight
A civilian and a soldier were killed on Wednesday in an ongoing gunfight between the security forces and the militants in Jammu and Kashmir.
Syria 'bleeding inside and out', says UN chief
UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed strong concern over continued violence and hostilities in Syria, saying the country is "bleeding inside and out", and called for full implementation of a UN resolution for a ceasefire in the nation where the conflict is entering its eighth year. The UN Secretary-General said there has been no cessation of hostilities in Syria. Though conflicts in some areas are diminishing in intensity, violence continues in Eastern Ghouta and beyond -- including in Afrin, parts of Idlib and in Damascus and its suburbs, he said. "I am deeply saddened by the immense loss and cascading suffering of the Syrian people. And I am deeply disappointed by all those who have, year after year, by action or inaction, by design or indifference, allowed this to happen...Syria is bleeding inside and out," the UN chief told the 15-member UN Security Council. He was briefing the Council yesterday on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2401 unanimously adopted last .
J-K: Civilian killed, 3 security personnel injured in encounter
A civilian was killed and three security forces personnel injured today during an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, officials said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the district's Khudwani area last night, following information about presence of militants there, the officials said. They said a gunbattle broke out between the militants and security forces in the early hours. Three security force personnel were injured in the initial exchange of firing, the officials said. Local residents started pelting security personnel with stones, leading to clashes, they said, adding that some civilians were injured. The officials said a 25-year-old man succumbed to injuries at a hospital. It was not immediately known how the deceased got injured, they said.
SSB arrests one human trafficker rescues 7 children
The 42nd Battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Tuesday arrested one human trafficker and rescued seven children at Rupaidiha town near India-Nepal border.The children were being taken from Shimla to Rampur when the SSB rescued them.The children were later handed over to a Nepal based NGO for protection.
Security forces, militants clash in Kashmir's Kulgam district
A gunfight started late Tuesday evening between the security forces and the militants in south Kashmir's Kulgam district.
Mary Kom advances to final of 48kg with 5-0 verdict
Indian boxing legend M C Mary Kom (48kg) advanced to the Commonwealth Games final with a comprehensive triumph over Sri Lanka's Anusha Dilrukshi Koddithuwak here today. It was a battle of veterans as 35-year-old Mary Kom took on the 39-year-old Dilrukshi. Mary Kom, also a sitting Rajya Sabha MP in India, prevailed 5-0 in a dull contest where clean punches were few and far. Despite the height advantage Koddithuwak struggled to connect for most part. She picked up pace in the final three minutes but Mary Kom drew from her own well of experience to thwart her. The five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist Indian is competing in her maiden CWG.
At least 20 dead after botched prison escape in Brazil
At least 20 people were killed on Tuesday when inmates attempted to escape from a prison in northern Brazil, official sources said.
Egypt court sentences 36 to death for role in church bombings
A military court in Egypt today sentenced 36 people to death for their role in several deadly church bombings, their lawyers said. A string of bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Cairo, Alexandria and the Nile Delta city of Tanta between 2016 and 2017 killed at least 80 people. The bombings were claimed by the Islamic State group. According to defence lawyers, a total of 48 people appeared before the military court accused of playing a role in the attacks. Egypt's Coptic minority makes up around 10 percent of its 96-million-strong population, and they have been targeted on numerous occasions by IS.
Ambedkar advised shunning violent ways in post-1947 India: Bhagwat
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said B R Ambedkar had felt that violence and even a non-violent protest such as a "Satyagraha" should have no place in independent India. Interestingly, his statement came against the backdrop of today's anti-quota Bandh and last week's shutdown by Dalit outfits against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, which had witnessed violence. "Today, our methods and deeds are totally different (than those of the freedom fighters) and they will have to be so. In the speech in the Constituent Assembly, Ambedkar had said that what we did during the British rule was fine for that time. Resorting to violence, like we did during the British rule, will not work in our own rule (post Independence)," Bhagwat said. "He (Ambedkar) had even said that while a Satyagraha was legally permissible, even that was not required in our rule. The only way to get a work done was through the courts," the RSS chief said, speaking at the launch of a website ..
Unesco deplores Palestinian lensman's killing in Gaza
Paris, April 11 (IANS/AKI) Unesco Director-General Audrey Azoulay on Tuesday condemned the killing of Palestinian photographer Yaser Murtaja and welcomed an Israeli probe into the incident.
Militias unlawfully detain, torture thousands in Libya, says UN
Geneva, April 11 (IANS/AKI) Armed groups in Libya, including those affiliated with the state, hold thousands of people in prolonged arbitrary and unlawful detention and submit them to torture and other human rights violations and abuses, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Watchdog sending team to probe alleged Syria gas attack
The global chemical weapons watchdog said today it will "shortly" deploy a fact-finding team to the rebel-held Syrian town of Douma to probe an alleged poison gas attack. Both Syria and its ally Russia have called on the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to investigate after first responders said more than 40 people died in the suspected chemical arms attack on Douma on Saturday. "The OPCW technical secretariat has requested the Syrian Arab Republic to make the necessary arrangements for such a deployment," the OPCW said in a statement. "The team is preparing to deploy to Syria shortly," it added, saying the OPCW's director general Ahmet Uzumcu wants the team "to establish facts surrounding these allegations." The OPCW has maintained a presence in Syria since it first set up its fact-finding mission in 2014 following repeated allegations of chemical weapons use. But the deployment to Douma will be the first time an OPCW team has moved outside Damascus since ..
More than 1,000 Texas troops headed to Mexico border
Texas will send more than 1,000 National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border, in response to President Donald Trump's call for the military deployment to the southern frontier, the state announced Tuesday. An initial 250 Texas military personnel were sent to the border over the weekend. The Texas Military Department said the initial deployment was command and planning staff, along with support aircraft, vehicles and other equipment. The department announced Tuesday it would activate 300 reserve troops this week, and each of the following weeks, for a total of more than 1,000 troops. "The number of people coming across the border has increased more than 200 percent over this time last year," Governor Greg Abbott said in a statement. "The addition of National Guard on the border has proven to have a meaningful impact to reduce the flow of people and illegal activities coming across the border." Texas already had approximately 100 troops at the border prior to Trump's request. They were
'Bharat Bandh' call evokes mixed response in Rajasthan
The nationwide "Bharat Bandh" call given by anti-reservation groups for Tuesday evoked a mixed response in Rajasthan, with schools remaining closed in the state and traders voluntarily downing their shutters in several cities.
UN says 2 local humanitarian workers killed in South Sudan
The two aid workers have been killed in separate attacks over the weekend in civil war-torn South Sudan, the United Nations said today. A statement says armed men shot at a "clearly marked" aid vehicle near Bentiu town in Unity state, killing a local worker with the Hope Restoration organisation. And a local worker with the UNIDO organization was killed near Leer town in Unity state. They are the first two aid workers to be killed this year in South Sudan, which is one of the world's most dangerous places for aid workers. At least 98 have been killed since the fighting began in December 2013, most of them local workers. The UN also says seven local workers with the SSUHA aid organization were abducted March 25 by opposition forces while delivering health supplies in Morobo county in Central Equatoria. The UN is demanding their unconditional release. The opposition says the aid workers weren't abducted but were taken because they didn't have "proper clearance." "Our investigation says .
NSG 'zero error' force, can counter any attack: Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the National Security Guard (NSG) is a world-class "zero error" force and can counter any kind of attack in minimum response time.
Little response to anti-quota bandh in MP
The anti-quota bandh today evoked little response in Madhya Pradesh and largely passed off peacefully. Today's call for nationwide shutdown was widely seen a retaliation to the 'Bharat Bandh' called by several Dalit groups on April 2 which left left eight people, including six members of the scheduled caste community, dead in Madhya Pradesh. "The bandh passed off peacefully in the entire state. At Sidhi, some people tried to take out a protest march but they were dispersed after the police lobbed tear gas shells," Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Makrand Deouskar told PTI. Heavy police force was deployed in sensitive areas across the state to prevent a rerun of the April 2 violence. Schools and education institutes, government offices, petrol pumps remained open almost in the entire state. At a few places, the markets remained shut for a while. Normal life was affected for better part of the day in Morena and Bhind districts as curfew remained in force there. It was clamped
Seven naxals arrested in Chhattisgarh
Seven naxals, including a woman, were arrested from three different places in insurgency-hit Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh, police said today. The cadres were apprehended yesterday during the search operations by separate joint teams of security forces, Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Jitendra Shukla told PTI. The personnel belonging to Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) and district force were involved in these operations, he said. While three naxals identified as Jaitram Kashyap (30), Mandiram (35) and Manaji Katlami (26) were arrested from Irpanar village forest, two others - Budhram Wadde (40) and Sonaru alias Gadge Wadde (45) were held from Gumiyabeda-Kotnar forest, he said. Besides, two more rebels identified as Laluram Usendi (50) and Jhankai Katlam (19) were arrested from Orchha police station area, he said. They were active as members of janmilitia and janatana ...
Chepauk turns a fortress following protests over Cauvery (Third Lead)
Life in several parts of Chennai was derailed on Tuesday as several Tamil outfits staged protests against the holding of the hugely-popular IPL cricket matches in Chepauk stadium to demand a Cauvery Management Board from the Centre.