
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Bihar government's stand on a plea for a CBI probe into the police firing on a group of villagers in Forbesganj in June that left five persons dead. A bench of justices RM Lodha and JS Khehar issued notice to the state government, seeking its response to the plea for CBI probe into the incident. The plea was made by a...

01:13 PM, Oct 10, 2011

Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu: With two more persons succumbing to injuries at a hospital, the death toll in the police firing on a stone-pelting mob of Dalits, who indulged in violence following detention of their leader John Pandian, has risen to seven, police said on Monday. Two persons identified as Teerpukani and Vellaichamy succumbed to injuries late on Sunday night. Officials have suspended bus services to the rural areas in the...

10:30 AM, Sep 12, 2011

Chennai: Three protesters were killed on Sunday at Paramakudi in the district after police fired at stone-pelting dalit agitators following reports that their leader had been detained, the security agency said. Reports say the firing took place after a face-off between police and Dalit protestors. 15 policemen, including DIG Sandeep Mittal, were injured in the stone-pelting as the mob set ablaze vehicles. The incident happened during Emmanuel Sekaran Memorial celebrations...

03:04 PM, Sep 11, 2011

Mumbai: Three protesters on Wednesday killed in police firing in Maval near Pune, raising the question if the Maharashtra Police have use excessive force in putting down the farmers protest. The Maharashtra government has ordered an enquiry and six policemen have been suspended after the footage of the police action was aired. Visuals clearly exposed that the police didn't follow protocol and shoot in the air or below the waist,...

08:55 PM, Aug 11, 2011

New Delhi: Did the Maharashtra police aim to kill during the Pune firing. A dramatic video of the farmers' protest in Pune that left three dead shows police with guns aimed at head height of protestors. The Maharashtra assembly was stalled on the issue on Thursday. The video clearly shows how the police fired at head level and not in air as they should have. The farmers were protesting the...

12:05 PM, Aug 11, 2011

The visuals show policemen firing on protesters, attacking vehicles and slapping drivers. ...

05:44 PM, Aug 10, 2011

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission today said it will send a team for conducting an on-the-spot inquiry into alleged police firing and killing of four persons in Forbesganj in Bihar on June 3. The rights panel has asked its Director General (Investigation) to depute a team to the area in Araria district of the state. Four persons, including a woman and a baby, were killed in police firing...

06:53 PM, Jun 20, 2011

Patna: No action has been taken by the Nitish Kumar government even 10 days after the police crackdown on villagers in Forbesganj in Bihars Araria district where four people were killed in police firing. Amia Khatoon has been mourning the loss of her 16-year-old son Mustaq, who was shot at and lynched by the local police. "My son was caught in the clash. He was severely beaten by the police....

10:20 PM, Jun 15, 2011

Kakrapalli: A thermal power plant, to be set up in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, has local people up in arms protesting, alleging that they will be deprived of their livelihood, even as two persons died in police firing. The Environment Ministry has on Tuesday refused to lift its suspension order on East coast Energy on the proposed Srikakulam power plant. The project, claims activists, threatens Andhra Pradesh's wet lands. Bahar Dutt...

05:54 PM, Mar 08, 2011

Darjeeling: The army was being deployed in violence-hit areas of Darjeeling district after 2 persons were killed on Tuesday when the police opened fire to stop Gorkha Janmukti Morcha supporters from taking out a march in adjacent Jalpaiguri district defying prohibitory orders, sparking arson by GJM workers who torched government vehicles and offices. "From tonight, the army will undertake flag marches in all the affected areas of Darjeeling district, including...

10:57 PM, Feb 08, 2011

Hyderabad: Two students were killed on Wednesday and two others got injured when the rifle of a policeman went off accidentally during a weapon demonstration in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. As part of the police commemoration week that began on October 15, police personnel were giving a demonstration of communication equipment and weapons to students at Velairpadu village in the district, when the incident occurred, police said. The policeman...

04:23 PM, Oct 20, 2010

Srinagar: Kashmir continues to be on the edge as curfew enters seventh day here even as three individuals are killed in police firing and seven injured in Anantnag and Pattan on Saturday. Curfew was lifted in Srinagar for a few hours to allow people to stock up on food and medicines. Today’s deaths take the toll to 98 people killed in a span of 100 days of unrest in the...

10:45 AM, Sep 18, 2010

The protesters, who were from the Jat community, were demanding reservation in government jobs. ...

03:26 PM, Sep 13, 2010

Srinagar: Five people were wounded in police firing in the sensitive Maisuma locality of Srinagar even as curfew continued in parts of the city. Police opened fire in the uptown Maisuma area on Monday afternoon, injuring five people, one of them critically. The injured were admitted to the SMHS Hospital, a police officer said. The incident took place near the residence of pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman...

02:42 PM, Aug 30, 2010
Srinagar: Thousands of people defied curfew in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town on Friday morning after an 18-year-old succumbed to his injuries sustained in firing by security forces, taking the civilian toll since June 11 to 61, officials said. Mudasir Nazir, 18, was killed and two people were hurt when Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers opened fire on Thursday evening after a violent mob attacked their picket in Sopore...

10:34 AM, Aug 20, 2010