The mother of Ghulam – who was gunned down by Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force on Thursday with Asad Ahmad, the son of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad – has declared the state government’s action to be ‘absolutely correct’. “All gangsters and criminals will take a lesson from this. I had no idea that he (her […]
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India tests battle readiness on China border
Amid the continuing tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) jointly conducted an exercise in the eastern sector to validate plans for carrying out a strategic airlift of special forces.The exercise witnessed IAF planes and helicopters […]
Bathinda military station firing: Punjab Police pick holes in eyewitness account
Punjab Police officials investigating the murder of four Indian Army jawans in the high-security Bathinda military station on Wednesday have raised suspicion about the claim of an eyewitness soldier after the autopsy did not suggest any injury mark of a sharp-edged weapon. Investigators reiterated that the killing was not linked to any terrorist activity but […]
Asad Ahmad killing: Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP, Yogi over ‘false encounter’
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has slammed Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for using ‘fake encounters’ to divert attention from ‘real issues’. Yadav, a former UP chief minister, tweeted shortly after state police confirmed the killing of Asad Ahmad – the son of gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad – in an encounter in Jhansi district. Asad […]
Jailed gangster Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad killed in encounter with UP Police
Gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad and an accomplice, both wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, were killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police in Jhansi on Thursday, officials said.“Asad and Ghulam were wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case of Prayagraj and were carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh each. They […]
ED files case against BBC India under FEMA for ‘FDI violations’
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday registered a case against BBC India for alleged foreign exchange violation, officials said. This is not the first time that the UK-headquartered broadcaster came under an Indian agency investigation. In February this year, the BBC offices in India were searched as part of an investigation by the income tax authorities. […]
Leaked US intel document claims Serbia agreed to arm Ukraine
Serbia, the only country in Europe that has refused to sanction Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, agreed to supply arms to Kyiv or has sent them already, according to a classified Pentagon document.The document, a summary of European governments’ responses to Ukraine’s requests for military training and “lethal aid” or weapons, was among dozens […]
Sachin Pilot in Delhi day after fast seeking action against Vasundhara Raje govt graft
Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot reached Delhi on Wednesday, a day after he observed a fast in Jaipur demanding action in cases of alleged corruption under the previous Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government in Rajasthan.There was speculation that he might meet the party’s AICC in-charge of Rajasthan Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and other senior leaders, but sources […]
4 Army jawans killed in Bathinda military station firing; Insas rifle, 28 bullets went missing on Monday
At least four Indian Army jawans were killed after a firing incident took place inside the Bathinda Military Station in Punjab on Wednesday morning, the South Western Command of the Army said in a statement. “It has been ascertained that in the unfortunate incident, four army jawans of an artillery unit succumbed to gunshot injuries […]
Punjab’s Bathinda military station firing prima facie fratricide. No terror attack
A firing incident killed four persons at the Bathinda military station in Punjab early on Wednesday, the Indian Army said, adding that a search operation was ongoing. Prima facie it’s a case of fratricide killing with no evidence of a terror attack. Sources in the Amry headquarters revealed that the perpetrator is apparently alive and […]