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IPL 2018: Security ramped up at Hyderabad's Uppal stadium

About 2,500 police personnel will be deployed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium at Uppal, Hyderabad for the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to be held between April 9 and May 19.About 250 security men, 329 traffic cops, 1,038 law and order policemen, six armed forces units, Octopus, mounted police along with five fire tenders with fire fighting squad will be deployed at the stadium, said Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M. Bhagwat.He further informed that the stadium with a capacity for 38,000 people, will also have 100 CCTV cameras."From April 9, there are seven matches in Hyderabad. Six matches will held at night time from 8pm to 11pm, while one of the matches on April 22 will be starting at 4pm for which we have made sufficient bandobast arrangements, say around 2,500 people," Bhagwat told ANI.He added, "We have installed CCTV cameras also. There will be secuity teams like mounted police, octopus and other wings to help police in arrangements. We also had a

Texas prepares to send National Guard to Mexico border

Texas is preparing to deploy National Guard troops and vehicles to the border with Mexico, the US state's top military commander has said.

Educational institutions closed in Kashmir Valley

Authorities have ordered the shut down of higher secondary schools, colleges and universities in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday to prevent a face off between agitating students and the security forces.

Palestinians term Friday Gaza clashes "the Friday of Rubber Tires"

The Palestinian activists had dubbed Friday's rallies as the "the Friday of Rubber Tires", with protesters setting hundreds of car tires alight along the Gaza Strip's eastern border.Since Friday morning, thousands of Palestinians have converged on the Gaza Strip's eastern border with Israel to take part in ongoing anti-occupation demonstrations in conflict of Israel-Palestine, as reported by the Anadolu Agency.According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, at least seven Palestinians have been killed and 3, 500 others injured till now in the ongoing protest."Medical teams are treating the wounded in field hospitals set up near the border," ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said in a statement.Hamas, which has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, voiced defiance in the face of the ongoing violence."Our people arrayed along the border will resist plans to terminate the Palestinian cause," Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Anadolu Agency.Demonstrators demand that Palestinian refugees be ..

6 killed in twin explosions in Mogadishu

At least six persons including two soldiers have been killed and several others injured in two separate explosions here.

7 killed by Israeli fire, scores hurt in Gaza border protest

Israeli troops killed seven men today in the second mass protest in as many weeks along Gaza's volatile border, as Palestinians torched piles of tires to create a smoke screen to block the view of snipers. Today's deaths brought to 29 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire over the past week, including 23 protesters. Gaza's Health Ministry said 1,070 people were wounded on Friday, including 293 by live fire. It said 25 of those wounded were in serious condition. Among those hurt were 12 women and 48 minors, the ministry added. Today's march was the second in what Gaza's Hamas rulers said would be several weeks of protests against a decade-old border blockade of the territory. Israel has accused the Islamic militant group of using the protests as a cover for attacking Israel's border, and has warned that those approaching the fence put their lives at risk. On Friday, thousands of Palestinians streamed to five tent encampments that organizers had set up, each about several .

27 civilians dead in air strikes on Syria's Douma: monitor

Air strikes on the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta killed 27 civilians today, a monitor said, after talks sputtered over a deal for the battered town. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said dozens of air strikes hit the town of Douma. "At least 27 civilians died, including five children," said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.

At least 10 killed in new central Nigeria attack: police

- At least 10 people were killed on in a fresh outbreak of violence in the central Nigeria state of Benue where there have been increasing herder-farmer clashes, police said today. "Eight dead bodies were found in the bush around Tse-Adudu and Enger villages in Gwer West local government area yesterday," Benue state police spokesman Moses Yamu said in a statement. "This is in addition to the two that were removed from the same area at about 8:30 am (7:30 GMT) of the same day," said Yamu, adding "they were believed to be victims of armed bandits." Locals put the death toll higher, saying that they were missing upwards of 30 people after the armed men ransacked their villages. "(They were) shooting anything on sight and razing the houses and huts,"said a resident of Agagbe village, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity. The motivation for the attack was unclear. Since the start of the year, Nigeria has seen a growing number of clashes between largely nomadic herders and sedentary .

Violence breaks out near Syrian capital killing dozens

Syrian troops began a ground offensive under the cover of airstrikes on rebel-held areas outside the capital Damascus today after a 10-day truce collapsed over disagreement regarding evacuation of opposition fighters. The new wave of violence left at least 36 people dead, including women and children, according to state media and opposition activists. By sunset today, artillery pieces, multiple rocket launchers and warplanes intensely pounded the city of Douma, which is home to tens of thousands of people. Live TV footage showed thick smoke billowing from different parts of the city as airstrikes create huge clouds of dust. Douma is the largest city in eastern Ghouta. Government forces captured the entire region except for the city in a crushing offensive in February and March. The city is a stronghold of the Saudi-backed Army of Islam. Violence resumed in and around Douma on Friday afternoon after the Army of Islam placed new conditions on an evacuation deal that saw hundreds of ...

Two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza clashes: ministry

Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians while around 250 others were wounded in clashes today as thousands protested along the Gaza Strips border, the enclaves health ministry said. The latest Palestinian fatality was named as Shadi Shabat, 38, killed in clashes east of Gaza City. Another man was shot dead earlier east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, the ministry said. The clashes come a week after similar demonstrations led to violence in which Israeli forces killed 19 Palestinians in the deadliest day since a 2014 war. Israels army has faced criticism over its use of live fire, but it has warned open-fire rules will remain unchanged to stop damage to the border fence, infiltrations and attacks. Today, Israels military said in a statement that "approximately 10,000 Palestinians have been rioting in five locations along the border with the Gaza Strip". It added that "several attempts have been made to damage and cross the security fence under the cover of the smokescreen created by .

Rs 20 lakh in cash, jewellery looted from bank

A group of gunmen today looted around Rs 20 lakh in cash and jewellery from a nationalised bank branch in Angul district, police said. Six men armed with crude pistols entered branch in Angul posing as customers and locked up staff members and customers in a room. They also taken away their mobile phones, police said. Eye-witnesses said the looters, who were speaking in Hindi and Bengali, took away the booty in bags they had carried with them. "We have got some clues and a thorough investigation is being conducted," Angul Superintendent of Police, Mitrabhanu Mohapatra said. The police of neighbouring areas have been alerted, he said.

TMC govt has failed in WB: Irani

Union minister Smriti Irani today pilloried the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal for the violence over nomination filing for next month's panchayat polls, claiming that the Mamata Banerjee-led regime had "failed in the state". "The death of BJP leader Ajit Murmu only speaks of the law-and-order situation in the state. It speaks about how the TMC government has failed in the state...It shows how democracy is dying in Bengal," the information and broadcasting minister told a press conference at the state BJP office here. Murmu, a BJP worker, died on Wednesday after allegedly being thrashed by TMC workers in West Bengal's Bankura district. The incident took place outside the office of the block development officer in the Ranibandh area. Irani said the entire country was well aware of the "ground reality in Bengal". Asked for her comment on the need for deployment of central forces for the rural polls, a demand made by the opposition parties, she said, "Being a central ...

Injured LeT militant caught in J&K

An injured Pakistani LeT militant was apprehended in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district in Friday, police said.

4 Palestinians killed by Israel as unrest returns to Gaza

At least four Palestinian protesters were killed and 260 others injured by Israeli security forces on Friday as violent disturbances returned to the border area of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said.

3 arrested for loot of 'zarda' worth Rs 50 lakh from Aligarh

Three people were arrested today in connection with the loot of a popular brand of 'zarda' (seasoned tobbaco) worth Rs 50 lakh from Aligarh last year, police said. A total of 156 cartons of 'zarda' was also recovered from the arrested accused, said Madhur Verma, DCP (New Delhi). The policemen of Barakhamba Road police station arrested Ashok Garg, 43, from Super Bazar, Connaught Place. A country-made pistol and two rounds of bullets were recovered from his car, said the officer. During interrogation, Garg revealed the names of his associates -- Madan Lal Suryavanshi and Deepak Kumar. The duo were arrested from Mayapuri, he said. The cartons were looted from Aligarh on the intervening night of August 24-25, and a case was registered at Delhi Gate police station .

CPIM MLA condemns beheading of youth in Kashmir by terrorists

CPI (M) MLA M Y Tarigami today condemned the beheading of a youth in the Kashmir valley by terrorists, saying it was sheer brutality. Earlier in the day, police recovered the headless body of a man, who was abducted by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants from Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Wednesday night. The body of Manzoor Ahmad Bhat (25) was found on the periphery of Hajin in Bandipora, senior superintendent of police (SSP), Bandipora, Sheikh Zulfikar, said. Zulfikar said the body of Manzoor, who was abducted on the intervening night of April 4 and 5, was left headless by militants. "There are no sufficient words to condemn such brutality," Tarigami said. "Brutality is brutality in whatever form it happens and by whomsoever and wherever it takes place. It must be condemned in strongest terms," he said.

Four civilians dead in air raids on Syrias rebel Douma: monitor

Air strikes killed four civilians today in the last opposition-held town in Syrias Eastern Ghouta, a monitor said, the first bombardment there since talks sputtered over a rebel withdrawal. "Twelve air strikes hit multiple areas in Douma," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor based in Britain. "Four civilians were killed and around 25 wounded," he told AFP. They were the first bombing raids on Douma since negotiations began around 10 days ago over a withdrawal of rebels and civilians from the town, the largest in Eastern Ghouta. Backed by Russia, Syrian troops have recaptured 95 percent of Ghouta since February 18 through a combination of a deadly air and ground assault and evacuation deals. Moscow had announced a deal with Jaish al-Islam, the Islamist faction that holds the town, but hardliners within the group were reportedly refusing to leave their positions. Syria and Russia had threatened a resumption of their brutal assault if ...

Lashkar does ISIS-style beheading in Kashmir, police recovers headless body

On Monday night, militants abducted and later killed Nasser Ahmad alias Muntazir

Ambedkar's statue damaged in Haryana village

Tension prevailed in Haryana's Ramayan village, about 20 kilometres from Hisar, after a statue of Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar was found damaged today. This was the third time the statue was vandalised. In 2015 and 2016, the same statue was damaged by miscreants. The police said it had registered cases following previous incidents but failed to arrest the people behind the incidents. Today, a large number of villagers owing allegiance to outfits such as the Ambedkar Yuva Manch, the Valmiki Sabha and the Backward Class Mahasabha started an indefinite 'dharna' near the Ambedkar Park, where the statue was found damaged. They raised slogans and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. An arm of the statue was broken and it was found at the base of the pedestal. A team of administration and police officials from Hansi town reached the village and assured the villagers that people responsible for the vandalism would be arrested within a week. They also assured the villagers about ...

LeT militant arrested from JK's Kupwara

Security forces today arrested a Pakistani militant, who had managed to escape an anti-militancy operation recently, from Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Pursuing credible leads, security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in Juggiyal village of Hyhama area in Kupwara today, a police official said. He said during the operation, security forces zeroed in on a house where the terrorist was hiding. The forces strategically trapped the terrorist and arrested him from the spot, he added. "He has been identified as Zabiullah, son of Sannaullah Saqib, a resident of Multan in Pakistan. He is affiliated to outlawed terror organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba and had recently infiltrated into India," the official said. The militant was part of the terror group which was eliminated at Halmatpora recently. Five militants were killed and five security force personnel lost their lives in the operation on March 20. Incriminating materials were found in the possession of ...