A total of 20 students were injured after a mortar launched by the Arakan Army, a local insurgent group, hit a primary school in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, authorities said. On Thursday morning, members of the Arakan Army attacked a group of Myanmar military personnel during in the state’s Buthidaung township, reports Xinhua news agency. The security forces returned fire, forcing the rebels to retreat. While retreating, they launched mortar fires. One mortar hit the school, injuring students. The Arakan Army, a rebel group fighting for the rights of ethnic Rakhine people in Myanmar, clashes with the Myanmar military regularly and…
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Six persons were injured and a house was set ablaze in a clash between members of the Dalit and upper caste communities in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district. The incident took place on Thursday in Mangta village and the police have arrested six persons in this connection. According to reports, the communities allegedly clashed during the ‘Bhim Shobha Yatra’ which was being taken out after the culmination of ‘Bhim Katha’ organized by members of Dalit community in Gautam Buddha park in the village outskirts on February 8. “After the culmination of ‘Bhim Katha’, members of Dalit community took out ‘Bhim…
Fresh identity cards are now being issued to journalists here, following an alert from intelligence agencies about possibility of a terror attack on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath where the attacker could come in the guise of a journalist. The city police have started issuing identity cards carrying photographs to journalists who will cover the Chief Minister’s programmes. Only those carrying photo identity cards will be allowed to cover the programmes henceforth. Circle officer, LIU, Jagdish Singh, said, “We have been informed that security agencies have issued an alert about chances of an attack on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur.…
In a shocking report the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has reported that the Special Armed Police Battalion (SAPB) of the Kerala Police has lost guns and ammunition. The report was tabled in the Assembly yesterday. The CAG report says that there is a shortage of 25 INSAS rifles and 12,061 bullets from the armoury of the SAPB. The bullets that were lost include 1578 bullets used in AK-47 rifles and 1835 used in the INSAS rifles. The other missing bullets are used in self-loading rifles. Shockingly, the CAG noticed that the Police department sought to cover up the missing…
With two Indians confirmed to have been infected with the deadly Coronavirus aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Yokohama in Japan, the Centre on Thursday has assured all assistance. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that the Indian embassy in Tokyo was providing assistance to the crew and passengers. “Our Embassy @IndianEmbTokyo is in constant touch with the crew & passengers of #DiamondPrincess off Yokohama, Japan, rendering all necessary support & assistance. Passengers & crew are currently quarantined by Japanese authorities,” Jaishankar said in a tweet. “2 Indian crew members have tested positive…
Security has been put on high alert in the Valley amid rumours about the critical health condition of separatist Kashmiri hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani. In a late night development, the All Parties Hurriyet (Freedom) Conference released an ‘urgent’ statement from Muzaffarabad (Pakistan Occupied Jammu & Kashmir), saying that all Imams and people should gather at Eidgah, Srinagar, for the funeral in case Geelani breaths his last. On the other hand, sources in the government in New Delhi said that Geelani’s health condition is serious but stable. Some reports were also doing the rounds that Geelani had passed away on…
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), a statutory child rights body, has moved the Supreme Court seeking court-monitored SIT probe into allegations that children were sold by the shelter homes of the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa, in Jharkhand. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant issued notice on Monday to Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Punjab, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra governments and tagged the matter with pending matter connected with protection of child rights in school. Citing protection of children, NCPCR sought…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday released a biography of VP Menon where the former said, he understood from the book that “Nehru did not want Patel in the Cabinet.” Jaishankar tweeted, “Released an absorbing biography of VP Menon by @narayani_basu. Sharp contrast between Patel’s Menon and Nehru’s Menon. Much awaited justice done to a truly historical figure.” “Learnt from the book that Nehru did not want Patel in the Cabinet in 1947 and omitted him from the initial Cabinet list. Clearly, a subject for much debate. Noted that the author stood her ground on this revelation,” the Union…
Afghan capital, Kabul witnessed a suicide blast near a military academy. About five people died by the blast near a military academy on Tuesday cited Reuters as interior ministry saying. “Five including three military personnel and two civilians were killed,” interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi told Reuters, adding that 12 people were wounded, five of them civilians. However, there has been no claim of responsibility for the attack near the government-run defense university, the Marshal Fahim Military Academy. The Taliban armed group have refrained from attacking major urban centres in an effort to keep talks with the US on track,…
Veteran fashion designer Wendell Rodricks (60) passed away in Panaji, Goa, on Wednesday evening. The Padma Shri awardee was an environmentalist and a gay rights activist who had been suffering from a prolonged illness, to which he succumbed at 5.45 p.m. on Wednesday. Sources close to the family said that the funeral will take place at 3.30 p.m. on Thursday. Rodricks was a beloved face in the fashion industry who was loved by peers and competitors alike. Years ahead of his time, he was the pioneer of echo fashion in the country and can be credited with introducing the concept…