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  • Prajwal Revanna taken to hospital for medical examination

    Suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, was taken to hospital for medical examination under tight security on Friday, police said. Escorted by female police officials, he was taken to Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital here.

    The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the allegations against Prajwal arrested him as soon as he landed at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Friday.

    The 33 year-old MP, who arrived from Germany’s Munich, was taken to the CID office for interrogation, sources in the SIT said. The SIT is also contemplating a potency test on Prajwal. AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesA potency test is done to ascertain that a rape accused is capable of committing sexual assault on victims.

    Prajwal, grandson of Deve Gowda and the BJP-JD(S) alliance candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha segment, is facing charges of sexually abusing many women. He has been so far booked in three cases of sexual assault.

  • West Bengal: Ahead of Phase 3 Lok Sabha polling, security raised in Murshidabad; angry Malda villagers refuse to cast vote – The Economic Times Video

    Murshidabad (WB): Security tightened in West Bengal’s Murshidabad on May 06 ahead of the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024. Police personnel checked every vehicle. Voting in Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency will take place on May 07 in the third phase of elections. Meanwhile, people in Birnagar village near Malda have decided to boycott the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. People alleged that the Government has not done any development work in the Birnagar village. Villagers are bearing the brunt of heavy floods and they are finding it difficult to meet their livelihood. Due to heavy rain and overflowing of the river, many lost their lives or were forced to relocate. Now, villagers said that they are not left with any other option but to boycott voting in Lok Sabha Elections. Villagers alleged that they have been living in distress for many years as leaders make only false promises.

  • Mukhtar Ansari: Mukhtar Ansari’s mortal remains brought to his Ghazipur residence, last rites today; security beefed up – The Economic Times Video

    The deceased body of Mukhtar Ansari, a former gangster turned politician, who passed away due to a cardiac arrest on Thursday, has been transported to his residence in Ghazipur for the final rites under heavy police deployment by the district administration on Saturday.

  • Last 10 years a ‘Golden Era’ for Northeast: Amit Shah

    Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said that if the last 10 years in northeast are compared with 75 years after the country’s independence, then this decade will definitely be considered as the golden period of the Northeast.

    He was addressing the 71st plenary session of the North Eastern Council in Shillong. While all the chief ministers and governors of eight northeastern states attended the meeting, Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh skipped it owing to law and situation in his state.

    Shah said that the last 10 years under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been the most significant for the development of the northeast in 75 years since independence. Shah said that the northeast, which was struggling with various ethnic, linguistic, border and extremist group-related problems, has also had the beginning of a fresh and durable era of peace in these 10 years.Shah urged all the states to control the Gross Fiscal Deficit and said that Manipur, Assam, Nagaland and Tripura have made commendable efforts in this direction. The Union home minister said that from 2004 to 2014, a total of 11,121 violent incidents took place in the northeast. It declined by 73% to 3,114 from 2014 to 2023. Deaths among security forces dropped by 71% from 458 to 132, while civilian deaths declined by 86%.

  • Security forces alert to threat of drones from across border: BSF officer

    Threat of drones were present everywhere along the Indo-Pakistan border but security forces are alert to foil any nefarious design from across the border and to ensure the protection of the people.

  • Lt Gen Manjinder Singh reviews security situation in Jammu region

    By PTI

    JAMMU: General Officer Commanding, XVI Corps, Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh on Thursday reviewed the security situation in the Jammu region ahead of the commencement of the annual Amarnath yatra next month, officials said.

    Thursday’s meeting was held close on the heels of Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi’s visit to forward areas in twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch to review the security situation and operational preparedness in the region, they said.

    “A security review meeting chaired by Lt Gen Singh was held at Nagrota. The meeting was attended by Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh and senior officials of various intelligence agencies operating in the region,” a defence spokesman said.

    The meeting primarily focused on the prevailing security situation in the Jammu division, he said.

    The security measures for the forthcoming Machail as well as Amarnath yatra were also discussed in detail to ensure streamlined coordination between intelligence and security agencies, the spokesman said.

    The Amarnath yatra, scheduled to begin from June 30 to August 11, is taking place after a gap of two years.

  • J-K: Civilian killed, soldier injured as militants open fire to break security forces’ cordon

    By PTI

    SRINAGAR: A civilian was killed and two others, including a soldier, were injured, in an encounter between militants and security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.

    In another south Kashmir district of Anantnag, a gunfight was underway between militants and security forces.

    Giving details, a police spokesman said a cordon and search operation was launched on Monday evening by security forces in the Pandoshan area of Shopian following information about the presence of terrorists there. As the search party was establishing the cordon around the area, the hiding terrorists started indiscriminate firing on it, he said.

    The spokesman said the security forces exercised maximum restraint to save and evacuate the civilians present in the area.

    “However, during the evacuation process, the hiding terrorists targeted the civilians as well as the security forces in a bid to escape. Although the civilians were evacuated to a safer place, due to heavy firing by terrorists, one soldier Lance Naik Sanjib Das and two civilians namely Shahid Gani Dar and Suhaib Ahmad received gunshot injuries,” he said.

    The injured persons were immediately airlifted to Army’s 92 Base Hospital in Srinagar. However, the civilian, Shahid Gani Dar, succumbed to injuries, the spokesman said.

    Taking advantage of the darkness and the civilian presence, the terrorists managed to escape from the site of the encounter but efforts are on to locate them, he said.

    It has been observed in some encounters recently in Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag districts that Pakistani terrorists start firing on civilians and security forces to escape from the cordon, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said.

    “In some such encounters, terrorists managed to escape from cordon but we have lost precious lives of civilians and security forces. We are trying to bring some change in our tactical SOPs,” he said.

    A fresh gunfight broke out at Kreeri in the Dooru area of Anantnag district, the spokesman said. He said the exchange of firing was going on and there were no reports of any casualty so far.

  • Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Dwivedi reviews security scenario in Kashmir

    By PTI

    SRINAGAR: The Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the security situation in Kashmir during his three-day visit to the valley which ended on Wednesday.

    “The Army Commander was briefed by Lt Gen D P Pandey, General officer Commanding Chinar Corps, on the prevalent security situation and measures instituted to counter adversaries’ design,” a defence spokesman said here.

    He said the Army Commander had arrived here on Monday on his maiden visit to Kashmir after taking over the reins of Northern Command of the Army.

    Lt Gen Dwivedi interacted with the senior officers of Chinar Corps and lauded the strong counter infiltration grid along the Line of Control, the spokesman said.

    He said the Army Commander also appreciated the strict control exercised by the formation to abide by the ceasefire understanding between the DGMOs of both India and Pakistan, which will complete one year on February 25, 2022.

    “For the hinterland, the Army Commander complimented Chinar Corps for the conduct of operations with precision ensuring zero collateral damage. He was appreciative of the excellent Soldier-Citizen connect activities, which have resulted in overall reduction in the terrorist recruitments,” the spokesman said.

    Let Gen Dwivedi also paid homage to the 40 bravehearts of CRPF who had made the supreme sacrifice during terror attack on the convoy three years ago in Pulwama.

    The Army Commander also interacted with various civil functionaries and members of the civil society. He appreciated the rapid steps that are being taken by all agencies for sustainable peace and development of Kashmir. He lauded the synergy between all elements of the security forces and the Civil Administration.

  • Seven injured in head-on collision in J&K’s Poonch district

    By IANS

    JAMMU: Seven persons were injured in a head-on collision between two vehicles in J&K’s Poonch district on Tuesday.

    Police said seven persons were injured in a head-on collision between an army vehicle and a video coach bus near Tota Gali in Poonch district.

    The injured persons, including six males and a woman, were shifted to army hospital at BG Gali from where they have been referred to government medical college hospital Rajouri.

    “Police has taken cognisance of the incident,” sources said.

  • Terrorists hurl grenade towards security bunker in J-K’s Anantnag

    By ANI

    ANANTNAG: Terrorists lobbed a grenade towards a security bunker in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday.

    According to Jammu and Kashmir Police, the incident took place in the Arwani area of Bijbehara in Anantnag.

    Further details are awaited.