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Police take position after a police office building was attacked by gunmen in Karachi, Pakistan February 17, 2023. (Pic: Reuters)
Militants stormed a police station in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, killing at least two people amid gunfire and explosions, officials said. Police snipers took up positions near the station, and all lights in the area were turned off. The Karachi police surgeon told Reuters that two people had been killed and three wounded. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a militant group, took responsibility for the attack in a message sent by their spokesman to journalists. "Can't exactly tell how many terrorists have entered but there are at least more than five," Deputy Inspector General Irfan Baloch told Reuters.
The station houses offices of the city's most senior police. Baloch said there could have been up to 30 police at the station at the time of the attack. Overseas cricket players are currently competing in the Pakistan Super League, and Karachi is one of the host cities. There is a game scheduled for Saturday. The police station is located along the route to the stadium and the players' hotel is a few kilometres away.
India has entered the ‘Amrit Kaal’ of its independence. The next 25 years will not only be a period of national development and glory but also an occasion when the country will play an important role in giving direction to the rest of the world. Speaking at an event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said for realising the vision of India becoming a $5 Trillion Economy, the nation’s Business leaders, State Governments, and Visionaries will have to collectively work towards this singular agenda and drive ‘Economic Change.’ He further said, "We used to have dams built and no canal networks, it's like building a six storey building with no stairs or lifts. We had mines but no logistics abilities to transport the coal. We have power plants but not good enough transmission lines. We've reimagined infrastructure as one large plan and not restricted it to silos."
The Election Commission on Friday recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered allocation of the "bow and arrow" poll symbol to it. In a 78-page order on the protracted battle for control of the organisation, the Commission allowed the Uddhav Thackeray faction to keep the "flaming torch" poll symbol allocated to it till the completion of the assembly bypolls in the state. The Commission said MLAs backing Eknath Shinde got nearly 76 per cent of votes polled in favour of the 55 winning Shiv Sena candidates in the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls. The Uddhav Thackeray faction's MLAs got 23.5 per cent of votes polled in favour of the winning Shiv Sena candidates, the three-member Commission said in a unanimous order.
"Irregularities detected on certain tax payments," said Income Tax statement on 'survey' at BBC offices. India's Income Tax Department has claimed it has uncovered irregularities in the accounting books of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) following a three-day survey - an operation widely criticised as retribution for an unflattering documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Twelve cheetahs that will arrive in Madhya Pradesh from South Africa on Saturday will be released into their quarantine enclosures in Kuno National Park (KNP) by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union minister Bhupender Yadav, an official said. These seven males and five females comprise the second set of big cats coming to KNP in Sheopur district, the first set of eight from Namibia having been released on September 17 last year at a function by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The 47-member NDRF team, along with the dog squad members Rambo and Honey, returned to India after conducting a 10-day long rescue operation from Earthquake-hit Turkey. "My whole team has returned. The team included five women as well. The earthquake has devastated Turkey and situation is very dire. We worked as a team to help those affected & supported them emotionally," said Shivani Agrawal, Sub-Inspector, NDRF.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear during the day a batch of PILs on the recent Adani Group shares crash triggered by the Hindenburg Research's fraud allegations and is likely to mull over setting up of a panel of domain experts for strengthening existing regulatory measures for stock exchanges.
Former Indian cricketer and BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma has resigned.
The Income Tax authorities have left the offices of the BBC in New Delhi and Mumbai after three days of lengthy questioning of some of its staff, the UK-headquartered public broadcaster said on Thursday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit poll-bound Nagaland on February 20 where he will participate in a mega roadshow. As per a BJP source, "Shah will visit Nagaland on February 20 to participate in a mega road show. Preparations for the roadshow are underway. The party workers are eager to meet the Home minister."
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that Kashmir has become a tourist destination rather than a place for protests, stone pelting, and revolution. While speaking at the 76th Raising Day celebrations of Delhi police at Kingsway camp, Shah said, "India's law and order, and safety have seen positive development since 2014. Every day in Kashmir used to be a place for protests, stone pelting & revolution. Today, Kashmir is filled with tourists."
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First Published: Feb 17 2023 | 8:15 AM IST
