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TopicGun violence

Topic: gun violence

Gunfights, IED fuel fears over security in Manipur. Situation ‘stable’, says military officer

Assam Rifles jawan sustained minor injury while diffusing IED in Bishnupur district Friday, it is learnt. Manipur policeman was killed and 2 injured in gunfight the previous day.

Surge in gun violence & gang rivalry murders in Yogi’s UP, but other violent crimes on decline

National Crime Records Bureau data shows number of cases under Arms Act in UP about 16 per lakh, 3 times over national average (5.4), while kidnapping cases & violent crimes have gone down.

Multiple casualties in a shooting in Los Angeles as police respond, reports LA times

The shooting took place after 10 p.m. around the location of a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration. Tens of thousands of people had attended the festival earlier in the day.

July 4 weekend in Chicago turns bloody- 37 shot, 7 killed in horrific gun violence

Illinois: The July 4 weekend in Chicago, Illinois, witnessed a series of shooting incidents in which at least 37 people were injured and 7...

3 killed in shooting inside shopping mall in Copenhagen, gunman arrested

Copenhagen , July 4 (ANI): A 22-year-old gunman killed three people and injured a similar number of people in a shooting incident at a...

US close to historic gun-control bill after 2 mass shootings, but doesn’t hike age of purchase

New Delhi: The United States on Tuesday made its most significant attempt in decades to introduce legislation that would curb gun violence – a...

‘Robbers’ fire at police during search operation in Delhi’s Yamuna Khadar, 2 injured

The injured have been shifted to the hospital and a case under sections 186/353/307/34 IPC and 27 Arms Act was registered after several weapons were recovered from their possession.

‘Lost my son due to your govt’s negligence’ — Sidhu Moosewala’s father pens letter to CM Mann

Responding to the letter, in which the singer's father also demanded a probe by central agencies, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann agreed to a judicial probe in the case.

Reducing gun violence will require more policing, not less

If progressives make guns harder to get and don’t penalize illegal possession, then a future where only outlaws have guns is inevitable.

As Texas massacre reignites gun control debate, a look at deadliest school shootings in history

The US tops the list in terms of frequency of such attacks. But there have been horrific school shootings in other parts of the world too.

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China will be more central to India now. Though an anti-US unity is premature

Even with the option of EU markets, China will have to be a significant part of India’s economic policy. But the difficult security relationship is an important complication.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.