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KOLKATA: The West Bengal Police have arrested three more persons in connection with the murder of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh that sparked the retaliatory killing of eight people in Bagtoi village of Birbhum district. The three accused identified as Shera Sheikh, Sanju Sheikh and Raja Sheikh were booked and arrested from different places in Malda, Rampurhat, […]

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday terminated the services of five of its employees including two policemen for allegedly having links with terror outfits. The five employees, who have been terminated under Article 311(2)(C) of the Constitution, include two policemen, a computer operator, a teacher, one nursing orderly with J&K health department. Article […]

SRINAGAR: Thirty-two years after the killing of Kashmiri Pandit Satish Tickoo, a city-based court on Wednesday started hearing his family’s plea seeking a report on the progress of the investigation against former JKLF terrorist Bitta Karate in the murder case. Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karate had shot dead Tickoo, a businessman, outside his residence […]

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against six people for their involvement in attempts to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in India and Sri Lanka. The accused entered into a criminal conspiracy to revive the LTTE by committing forgery for cheating besides using forged documents […]

PULWAMA (J&K): Located in the hotbed of terrorism in the Valley, Lassipora and Oukhoo villages in south Kashmir’s Pulwama have emerged as a hub of pencil slate manufacturing over the years, contributing to the economic growth of Jammu and Kashmir, and providing employment to thousands of locals. Dozens of units, many operating inside residential buildings, […]