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Police sources said the student, identified as Owais Ahmed, was killed when security forces fired on a mob which had attacked the polling party as it was leaving a polling station in Mandigam village of Handwara tehsil of Kupwara.

The ED had also urged a Delhi court to issue a notice to a news organisation asking it to explain as to how it accessed the documents, whereas Michel supported the demand of a probe while accusing the agency of politicising the matter.

More than 100 families reside in Jorafarm, about 35 km from Jammu. In 2018, most 'kullas' (mud houses) in the village were burnt due to Pakistani shelling twice — in January and May. A large number of buffaloes and horses were also killed.

When News18 reached out to Namo Foods, the food shop said that they did not supply any packets.

The highway closure was imposed by the government two months after the suicide attack in Pulwama on a CRPF convoy that killed 40 paramilitary jawans.

Chhattisgarh Police have also recovered a GPS device of Naxals from the site in which the rebels had set the location of the Improvised Explosive Device used in the incident.

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said that through the Rafale fighter jet deal with France, the BJP government 'promoted cronyism'.

A deadly Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Tuesday killed a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and four security personnel, two days before polling for phase 1 in the state.

Shaukat Ali was reportedly beaten on the road and the mob asked him if he was from Bangladesh and had licence to sell beef.

The Income Tax department on Sunday began searching the offices and residential premises of Kamal Nath’s Officer on Special Duty, Praveen Kakkar, former advisor RK Miglani and executives linked to his brother-in-law Deepak Puri’s firm Moser Baer.

As the nation celebrates 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Navjivan Trust has started a unique initiative wherein prisoners of Sabarmati jail sing Bapu's favourite bhajans thrice a week in the evenings.

Chief Electoral Officer L Venkateshwarlu said he received several complaints and he had sought a report from the district administration on the issue.

Mallya had appealed against the decision of UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid to extradite him to India.

Farooq Abdullah's reaction came after the BJP manifesto was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah which said the party would abrogate Articles 370 and 35(A) if voted to power.

Officials said steps were being taken to repair the statue. Meanwhile, DMK president M K Stalin condemned the desecration of the statue.

The survey, published in the its April issue of Mass Media, a monthly media research journal, says that its Muslim respondents complain of anti-Muslim bias, hostile editorial policy and lack of coverage.