On April 20, 2016, seven Policemen guarding polio workers were shot dead in two separate target killing incidents in Orangi Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. Ehsanullah Ehsan, the 'spokesman' of the Jama'at-ul-Ahrar (JuA, Group of the Free), a breakaway faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), while claiming responsibility for the attack in an email statement sent to Agence France-Presse(AFP) asserted, "We have carried out both attacks on the polio teams in Karachi, this was a part of ongoing attacks on Police and law enforcement agencies."
Madhya Pradesh: Disturbing Portents
On April 15, 2016, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres from the Malajkhand Dalam (armed squad) abducted two villagers from Jalda Navhi village under the Pathri Police outpost in the Balaghat District of Madhya Pradesh. They were blindfolded and taken deep inside a nearby forest where they were assaulted and subsequently shot at. While one of the abductees, Rati aka Sunder, a Class 12 student, died on the spot with a bullet in his skull, the other, identified as Rajkumar, faked his death and managed to escape. He later told Police that there were 30 to 40 Maoist cadres and they were repeatedly asking about their linkages with the Police.
Corruption: CBI registers case against MHA Under Secretary
New Delhi, May 9 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday said it has registered a case against an Under Secretary, working in the Ministry of Home Affairs (Govt. of India), and other unknown persons on charges of corruption.
Modi cannot take away my commitment to and love for India: Sonia Gandhi
Thiruvananthapuram, May 9 (IBNS): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he cannot take away her commitment to and love for India.
IAS officer apologies after his photo of 'disrespectful behaviour' goes viral
New Delhi, May 9 (IBNS): An IAS officer on Monday apologised after his photos showing 'disrespectful behaviour' went viral on social media.
Kolkata: ABVP workers demonstrate outside JU
Kolkata, May 9 (IBNS): Two days after Jadavpur University in Kolkata witnessed violence, supporters of the BJP's student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Monday protested against the incident in front of the institute on Monday.
Uttarakhand crisis: Harish Rawat 'welcomes' SC verdict
New Delhi, May 9 (IBNS) Former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat on Monday 'welcomed' the verdict given by the Supreme Court as it declined to give interim relief to nine rebel Congress MLAs.
SC gives no interim relief for 9 rebel Congress MLAs
New Delhi, May 9 (IBNS): In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to give interim relief to nine Uttarakhand rebel Congress MLAs.
Moral Policing: 22-year-old thrashed for wearing short dress in Pune
Pune, May 9 (IBNS/Just Earth News) In an alleged case of 'moral-policing', a 22-year-old woman was dragged out of her car and thrashed by a gang of men, who were clearly offended by the length of her dress, took matters in their hands, reports said.
NRRI research to benefit rice farmers say union agriculture minister
Cuttack, May 9 (IBNS) Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Radha Mohan Singh said that National Rice Research Institute (NRRI) is carrying out researches on doubled haploid, an important aspect in plant breeding, at a public meeting in Kandapur, Cuttack, Odisha, on Monday. .
Mahesh Sharma releases commemorative coin on Maharana Pratap
New Delhi, May 9 (IBNS) Union Minister for Culture and Tourism, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, released a commemorative coin of Rs. 100 and a circulation coin of Rs 10 on Maharana Pratap on Monday.
Modi's degree row intensifies as AAP says documents produced by BJP fake
New Delhi, May 9 (IBNS) The row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational qualification reached to a new height on Monday when top leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party released to the media his college degrees, which the Aam Aadmi Party described as fake.
Caught on camera: Man attacked with butcher's knife following collision in Ludhiana
Ludhiana, May 9 (IBNS) A man was attacked with butcher's knife and sticks by four other men, after his car hit theirs in a parking lot, in Punjab's Ludhiana district on Monday morning, reports said.
Rescuers continue to look for survivors at Taining landslide site in China
Beijing, May 9 (IBNS) After Taining county in China's Fijian province was hit by landslide on Sunday morning, rescuers continued with the their operations overnight, looking for the missing 41 people, reported China's Xinhuanet.
Update on rural electrification project of union government
New Delhi, May 9 (IBNS) In keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address to the nation in India where he said that the government will electrify all the 18,452 electrified villages in 100o0 days (by May 1, 2018), till date 7,654 villages have been electrified, according to a government announcement.