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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicGun violence

Topic: gun violence

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.

A nation shares its queen’s grief on Prince Philip’s death, and PM Johnson shifts goalposts

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.