"Such use of force will alienate large sections of Indian society from the national goal of Viksit Bharat," the BJP veteran said.
"There is no plan of Delhi police to crack down on the ongoing protest tonight as is being conveyed...," said Delhi Police.
A day after a policeman was shot dead by terrorists in Anantnag, security forces demolished the houses of two active Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists and launched a massive crackdown across Kashmir, detaining hundreds of suspected overground workers (OGWs), even as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti questioned the legality and effectiveness of the measures.
A Congress march against the alleged NEET paper leak and police action on protesting students turned into a political street showdown in Ranchi on Thursday.
Senior IPS officer and Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of Kerala M R Kumar has been suspended from service with immediate effect. The action came after a Special Investigation Team (SIT) found him guilty of sabotaging the probe into the controversial Alappuzha "rescue operation" assault case.
Paralakhemundi Railway Station in Odisha's Gajapati district has been redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) at a cost of Rs 17 crore and is among the 59 stations in the State to be upgraded under the programme.
Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra has sought Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma's intervention to ensure that the state government bears the entire cost of treatment for the women who have sought euthanasia to escape the trauma of kidney failure they developed following complications after caesarean deliveries.
Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Dattatray Bharne, a leader of the Sunetra Pawar-led NCP, stated here that Sunetra Pawar must take over as Maharashtra chief minister whenever Devendra Fadnavis goes to the Centre or becomes Prime Minister of India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he looked forward to visiting Haryana, Chandigarh and Punjab to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for a series of development projects spanning railways, healthcare, education, connectivity and culture, asserting that the initiatives would significantly improve the lives of people, particularly the country's youth.
Naivedya Agarwal, Director of N.A.N. GreenMet, said India's priority should be to develop domestic refining capabilities instead of limiting itself to recovering minerals from battery waste.
