Ayodhya: UP CM meets top officials, reviews situation

UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today held a meeting with top officials and reviewed the law and order situation in the backdrop of two stone-laden trucks arriving in Ayodhya on Sunday. Taking note of media reports in this regard, Yadav summoned top officials of Home and Police departments and directed them to take effective measures to maintain law and order in the state. "No one should be allowed to vitiate the law and order situation in the state. The matter of Ayodhya dispute is pending in the Supreme Court. The state government will follow the SC order in letter in spirit. No nuisance will be tolerated by anyone in the state," Yadav said. "You (Police) should keep an eye on rumourmongers and anti-social elements and remain alert," the Chief Minister said. He also directed to keep social media platforms under careful observation to prevent posting of "objectionable" content. The state government had yesterday sought a "confidential" report from Intelligence Department on two stone-laden trucks arriving in Ayodhya six months after the VHP announced a nationwide drive to collect stones for construction of Ram temple.

10 dead as BSF Superking aircraft crashes in Delhi

At least 10 people have died after a chartered aircraft of the Border Security Force (BSF) carrying them crashed near Badpola village in Sector 8 of Dwaraka area in Delhi. The Ranchi-bound BSF Superking aircraft was carrying technicians who were reportedly headed to the border areas when the incident took place. The 10 people on board the flight included the pilot and Deputy Commandant of BSF. The deceased include Insp R P Yadav, Pilot Rajesh Shivrain, Pilot B P Bhatt,Dy comdt D. Kumar,Insp s n sharma, SI Ravindra Kr,SI Chotte Lal,ASI D P Chouhan, SI Sunder Singh, Ct K Rawat. The incident took place soon after the Ranchi-bound plane took off from Delhi at 9:40 am, the BSF said, adding that the aircraft was carrying technicians.

Techie attacks people with sword before being shot

A 26-year-old 'mentally depressed' software engineer today went on a rampage in Karimnagar as he attacked people on the street with a sword and severely injured as many as six persons, including his parents and two policemen, before being fatally shot by police. Balvinder Singh alias Babloo, resident of Laxmi Nagar locality of Karimnagar town, was undergoing treatment for mental depression and other psychological problems following his failure in the civil services examination recently, said Deputy Superintendent of Police, J Rama Rao. An employee with a multinational IT firm in Bengaluru, Balvinder was staying with his parents for the past one month and undergoing treatment. "This morning, he attacked his parents with a sword. Thereafter, he came out on the street and started attacking people aimlessly. He also attacked two police constables. Sensing the danger, our police inspector (Vijay Sarathi) shot him," Rama Rao said. After being informed about Balvinder's violent turn, police rushed to the spot in a van and tried to overpower him. An eyewitness said that Balvinder also injured himself with the sword and damaged the windshield of a vehicle parked in the area. "Balvinder attacked a constable and tried to strike him with the sword. He was shot and then taken to the government hospital. He died there. Initial information says that six persons were injured by him," the DSP said. Officer on Special Duty, Karimnagar, L Subba Rayudu said that Balvinder's father was severely injured in the attack. "His mother is recovering though she is not able to talk to anybody at the moment. His father is severely injured. We will be able to get more details only when they talk. Then only will we be able to assess as to what actually prompted him (Balvinder) to behave like that," Subba Rayudu told PTI. Further inquiries are on into the case, police added.

San Francisco police arrest man in threats to Muslims

Bomb squad crews safely detonated a possible explosive device at the house of a San Francisco Bay Area man and arrested him in connection with threats against Muslim people, a newspaper has reported. Officers in Richmond received a tip that a man had said he wanted to harm Muslim community members, the Contra Costa Times reported on Sunday. Detectives said they learned the man might have made an explosive device at his home. Authorities evacuated nearby residents Sunday before serving a search warrant at the man's house and destroying the possible device. No one was injured. Police said the man was arrested without in incident. His name and age were not released. No further details were released.

Special one day session of Delhi Assembly today to discuss DDCA case and CBI raid

Delhi Cabinet has approved setting up of commission of inquiry to probe the alleged irregularities in Delhi District Cricket Association, DDCA. In a tweet, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, Government has also called for one day special session of assembly today to discuss the alleged scam and CBI raid at Delhi Secretariat. The one member commission of inquiry will be headed former Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium.

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