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.
A stampede-like situation was seen at CMR shopping mall in Hyderabad's Siddipet after customers came in huge number to buy sarees priced at Rs 10 each.
Thousands of women rushed to the mall to get the sarees at the offer price which was arranged inside the cellar. Many people have been reported to be injured.