An encounter broke out between militants and security forces on Thursday morning near Basantgarh in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, as joint teams of the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police continued a search operation that had been underway following fresh intelligence inputs.
The situation in Rajasthan’s Vijaynagar remains tense as former councillor Hakim Qureshi, who was arrested in an alleged molestation and ‘love jihad’ case after a campaign by Hindu right-wing groups, was beaten up by lawyers inside the Ajmer court premises.
A violent altercation broke out at South Asian University (SAU) on Wednesday when members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) allegedly attacked students, including women, and mess staff over the serving of non-vegetarian food.
A group of Muslim students from Kerala, studying at Delhi University’s Zakir Husain College, were allegedly attacked and forced out of their rented apartment in Laxmi Nagar, Delhi on 2 October.
Gunmen stormed a maternity hospital in Afghan capital Kabul, setting off an hours-long shoot-out with the police and killing 16 people, including two newborn babies, their mothers and an nurses.
According to the United Nations, over 3,300 migrants from the Central American Caravans are currently seeking asylum in Mexico. The Mexican government reports that nearly 8,250 migrants have entered the country since Oct. 19.