Sri Lanka’s main Opposition party has accused parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana of “violating” the Constitution, in clearing the appointment of a controversial official as the island’s police chief. When The Hindu contacted the Speaker for comment, he said Mr. Premadasa’s accusation was “totally baseless.” “If they think there is a violation, they have to go to the courts, not …
Star sprinter Hima Das won the 200m race quite comfortably in 23.79 seconds, while long jumper Ancy Sojan shared the limelight with a best effort of 6.49m in the Indian Grand Prix-1 athletics event here on Monday. Sojan, meanwhile, produced a series of leaps beyond 6.00m and won with a best effort of 6.49m, just past the 6.45m mark laid …
Forensic analysis has established that the charred bodies found in a burnt Bolero in Haryana’s Bhiwani and the blood stains in a second car retrieved by investigators from Jind were of cousins Mohammed Junaid and Mohammed Nasi, who were allegedly killed by cow vigilante groups, officials aware of the matter said on Sunday. Last week, Rajasthan Police recovered a Mahindra …
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday claimed that a top Lashkar-e-Tayyaba commander who had murdered 12 civilians by slitting their throats during the 2016 unrest in the Valley was “eliminated” in a brief shootout near Srinagar’s famed Mughal Shalimar Gardens earlier during the day. IGP Vijay Kumar said: “The Srinagar police received inputs that dreaded terrorist and a …
Two Pakistani terrorists, including a top Pakistani ultra belonging to the family of the group's chief Masood Azhar and involved in the planning of the 2019 Pulwama attack, were killed in Saturday's encounter. Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said, "Topmost Pakistani terrorist affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lamboo, killed in today's encounter." The IGP said Mohammad Ismal …