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Srinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) Seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured on Saturday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district.Officials said that seven CRPF jawans were injured in Dagpora area of Srinagar district in a road accident."The accident occurred at Dagpora in Ahmad Nagar area when a bulletproof Bunker vehicle of the CRPF went out of the driver's control and skidded off the road plunging into a water canal. The injured have been shifted to SKIMS for treatment," the officials added.Doctors attending on the injured jawans said they were stable."The injured have been identified as Naginder Singh (36), Ajit Kumar Ram (36), Raj Kishore Rai (40), Amit Kumar Yadav (38), Rajdhan Ram (55), Mankar Kumar (40) and Neeraj Kumar (45)," the officials said.Road ...

New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Following the shirtless protest by Youth Congress workers at India AI Impact Summit, BJP National Spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi on Saturday targeted the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, referring to him as 'Lashkar-e-Rahul' and stating that the country would never forget the incident.Speaking to reporters, Trivedi said, “At the AI Summit, on one hand, we witnessed a magnificent display of India’s talent and intellect. On the other hand, we saw a shameful display of the Congress party’s pettiness and obscenity. What the Congress has done is not politics. It cannot simply be dismissed as negative politics.”He further remarked, “It is like treason against the nation. At a time when the entire country is agitated and angry, such behaviour is unaccept...

Guwahati, Feb 21 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the Northeast, which was once considered a disturbed region, is today witnessing peace and stability due to sustained efforts by the BJP-led government at the Centre.Addressing the 87th Raising Day celebrations of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Guwahati, HM Shah said that the role played by the CRPF and other security forces in restoring peace in the region has been historic and unparalleled.He noted that nearly 700 CRPF personnel have sacrificed their lives over the decades to ensure peace and security in the Northeast.“The Northeast was once associated with unrest, violence and instability. Today, peace has returned to the region, and the credit goes to the bravery and sacrifices of our security force...

Chennai, Feb 21 (IANS) With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections drawing closer, political activity across the state has intensified, and alliance negotiations have entered a crucial phase. The latest development - the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) joining the DMK-led front - has significantly altered the seat-sharing arithmetic within the rival AIADMK alliance.Until recently, the DMDK, led by Premalatha Vijayakanth, was widely expected to align with the AIADMK.However, in a dramatic turn of events, the party opted to join the DMK alliance, prompting fresh discussions among AIADMK’s existing partners over seat allocation.Sources indicate that in the absence of DMDK within the AIADMK front, other alliance partners are likely to press for a larger share of seats.In the 2021 Assembly e...

Bagalkot (Karnataka), Feb 21 (IANS) Three migrant labourers and their two-year-old child, all hailing from Maharashtra, were killed in a road accident in Karnataka’s Bagalkot district on Saturday, the police said.According to the police, the victims were travelling in a tractor trolley to a sugarcane field for harvesting work when the trolley reportedly got detached from the vehicle and overturned near Katte Kere in Jamakhandi taluk, killing four of them on the spot.The deceased have been identified as Manish Pandey, 23, Halaki Pandey, 2, Lakshmi Chiramadi, 27, and Rekha Bhuke. They were residents of Gupawadi village in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra. The labourers had come to the Jamakhandi region for seasonal sugarcane cutting work.The police said the impact of the accident was so seve...

Giridih (Jharkhand), Feb 21 (IANS) In a shocking incident in Jharkhand’s Giridih district, the partially burned body of Rakesh Mahato, former chairman of the Giridih Zila Parishad, was recovered from the Khankhi forest under the Nimiaghat police station limits on Saturday, officials said.Police officials said the condition of the body and evidence found at the scene strongly indicate that Mahato was murdered. Preliminary findings suggest that the perpetrators attempted to destroy his identity and conceal the crime by setting the body on fire using dry leaves and other forest debris.Upon receiving information about the incident, police teams from Nimiaghat and Dumri stations rushed to the spot. The operation was led by Dumri Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Sumit Kumar. Senior officers ...