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08 May

Over 23,000 Rescued From Violence-Hit Areas In Manipur

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Curfew was lifted for a few hours on Monday morning, and life was slowly returning to some degree of normalcy in violence-torn Manipur as people left their homes in the state capital Imphal to buy essentials, officials said. According to PTI, drones and helicopters carried out close surveillance, while the military and the Assam Rifles carried out flag marches in various areas rocked by communal violence in recent days.In response to the Meiti community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, tribals staged a protest in ten hill districts of the state on Wednesday.Meitis represent about 53% of Manipur's population and…

08 May

22 Killed In Kerala Tourist Boat Tragedy

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At least 22 people, most of them children, drowned when a tourist boat carrying around 40 passengers capsized in Kerala's Tanur area of Malappuram on Sunday evening. According to the district administration, the death toll has now stood at 22. According to Minister V Abdurhiman, the condition of 7 people is critical. It is believed to be more people trapped under the boat. Efforts are underway to bring the sunken boat to shore. Rescue work is going on with the help of fire service personnel and volunteers. According to the police, this incident happened around 7 pm. However, the exact…

05 May

Two soldiers killed, four injured in ongoing Rajouri encounter

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Two army soldiers were killed and four others, including an officer, were injured after terrorists planted an explosive device during an encounter with security forces in Kandi area of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Friday morning. According to army officials, the terrorists belong to the same group that ambushed an army truck on April 20 killed at least five soldiers and injured another. “Based on specific information about the presence of terrorists in the Kandi forest of the Rajouri sector, a joint operation was launched. A search party makes contact with a group of terrorists holed up in a…

04 May

Army Helicopter crashes in Jammu Kashmir’s Kishtwar District

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An army helicopter carrying two people crashed in a forest area on Thursday in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, according to officials. No casualties have been reported yet, but more details are awaited. Officials said the accident took place in the Marwah area of the hill district. A defense spokesman said a search operation had been launched. Earlier this March, two pilots were killed after an Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashed in the Mandalay hills of Arunachal Pradesh. A search operation was launched by the Indian Army, Armed Seema Bal (SSB) and police after the accident. The officials informed…

19 Apr

Fire in Thane commercial complex brought under control after 10 hrs

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A major fire broke out at a commercial complex in Maharashtra's Thane city on Wednesday morning and was brought under control after 10 hours, officials said. Thane Municipal Corporation Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said at least 15 cars parked in the building were burnt and many offices were destroyed. He said that no casualty was reported. The fire broke out around 8.30 pm on Tuesday at the ground-plus-five-story Orion Business Park building, which houses around 90 shops and offices, including a private blood bank, and is located next to Cine Wonder Mall on Ghodbunder Road, officials…

17 Apr

Rajkot couple sacrifices lives as part of ritual

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A man and his wife died after allegedly beheading themselves using a guillotine-like device to offer their heads for a sacrificial ritual in Gujarat's Rajkot district, police said on Sunday. Hemubhai Makwana (38) and his wife Hansaben (35) committed suicide by cutting their heads with a device blade in a hut on their farm in Vinchia village, said Indrajitsinh Jadeja, sub-inspector of Vinchia police station. Sub-inspector ID Jadeja of Vinchhiya police station said the couple lifted the heavy blade on the guideway with the help of a rope and placed its head near the yajna kund and then unlatched the…

12 Apr

School evacuated after bomb threat in Delhi

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students of a school were evacuated on Wednesday when the school in south Delhi received a threat via email. Indian Public School in Sadiq Nagar at 10:49 am, received an email claiming that a bomb has been planted on the premises of the school. The premises have been searched by the police twice, but nothing suspicious has been found so far. As a precautionary measure school was evacuated by the police. Police arrived at the spot with Bomb Disposal Squad and the dog squad. Last year in November, the school received a similar bomb threat email from an unknown sender.…

31 Mar

6 die in fire caused by mosquito coil in Delhi

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Six members of a family died of suffocation at their Delhi home after inhaling poisonous gas overnight after mosquito repellent spilled on the mattress, police said. The family lived in the Shastri Park area of North East Delhi. Three fire engines reached the house after the fire department received information about the fire at around 8.52 am. North-East District DCP Joy Tirki said the Shastri Park police received a call on Friday morning that a house on Mazarwala Road near Machhi Market was on fire. Police reached the spot and found that the injured were taken to Jag Pravesh Chandra…

24 Mar

Tufanganj police recovered body of housewife

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The police recovered the body of the housewife from inside the house in the area Kadam Bagan No. 9/203 of Nakkatigarh Village Panchayat. The dead woman's name is Rinku Debnath. Husband Subrata De alias Khokon De has been absconding since the incident. The incident created a sensation in the area. A large police force of Tufan Ganj Police Station and a Sub-Divisional Police Officer reached the spot after receiving the information about the incident. The body was rescued by the police on Thursday late night. It is known that the housewife's husband, Subrata De alias Khokon De, runs a catering…

09 Mar

Increasing risk of conflict: US report on India-China

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Increasing military deployment in LAC on both sides of the border has elevated the risk of arm conflict between both nations, which also pose a direct threat to US interest and calls for US intervention, a US intelligence report said. The Annual Threat Assessment Of the US Intelligence pointed out that India-China will remain strained in wake of all previous standoffs between both countries, even the galwan clash which led to numerous casualties on both sides, even if both countries are engaged in border talks. the report even points out that the persistent low level of friction between two nation…