Movement of paramilitary convoys by road for logistical and operational reasons will continue in Jammu and Kashmir as it is "necessary", the Home Ministry said, even though it has increased air support to carry troops to the state. The statement came after 40 CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide...
The CRPF has decided to tweak the standard operating procedures (SOPs) framed to secure its convoys, in the wake of a "new threat" where an explosives-laden vehicle was detonated by a terrorist alongside the force's bus in Pulwama killing 40 personnel, the chief of the paramilitary force said Sunday.
Two Youth Congress leaders died on Sunday after he was attacked by unidentified men near Periya in Kasaragod. The deceased have been identified as Kripesh and Sarath Lal.
"Two youths have been killed. We have just confirmed the identity of the deceased. Further investigation is on," police said.
The "jobless growth" has slipped into "job loss growth", which, together with rural indebtedness and urban chaos, has made the growing number of aspirational youths restless, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday, as he hit out at the government for failing to uplift the economy to its potential.