The accused, identified as Aman Putra Chand Khan, reportedly snatched a pistol from one of the policemen escorting him to the court and opened fire at the police team. In response, the police returned fire, injuring him in the right leg.
Delhi's Karkardooma Court has sentenced four convicts to 20 years of jail punishment in a decade-old case involving abduction, gang rape, illegal confinement, causing hurt and criminal intimidation. Women convicts have been sentenced for the Abetment of the offences.
Under the leadership of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the administration has launched action against illegal occupations, and so far, more than 43 illegally operated madrasas have been sealed in Dehradun, Uttarakhand CMO said in a press release.
After Premchand Aggarwal's resignation, all eyes are on the possible Cabinet expansion in the BJP government in Uttarakhand. The sources in the BJP said that there would be a major overhaul in the Cabinet.
"BJP, which calls itself a double-engine government, is running in double confusion and doing double blunders... Unemployment has surrounded Bundelkhand and entire Uttar Pradesh.." Yadav said, speaking to the media.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed his condolences on the demise of Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar, the 76th custodian of the House of Mewar.
Uttarakhand Parliamentary Affairs and Finance Minister Premchand Aggarwal on Sunday submitted his resignation from the cabinet to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
BJP MP Dinesh Sharma welcomed the Allahabad High Court order granting permission to whitewash Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, and said that it was neither the policy of Centre nor the state government to insult any religious place.
Sambhal Police said that security forces were on duty for long hours on March 13 and 14 to maintain law and order, working shifts of 14 to 16 hours to ensure that the festival passed without incident.
BJP MLA from Kedarnath assembly constituency, Asha Nautiyal, said that a meeting was held for the 'yatra' management in Kedarnath, and people raised some issues that went unnoticed.