Opposition INDIA bloc leaders will meet Monday to decide on continuing their Parliament protest. Some Congress members want to raise pendin...

Rahul Gandhi called for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's removal and PM Modi's apology. He presented a student allegedly injured by ...

"Tests have shown that these plastic bullets are less lethal. This will reduce our dependence on pellet guns and other non-lethal weapons u...

Human rights activist Venkatesh Nayak had sought to know the SOP for using pellet guns which led to large-scale injuries and blindings duri...

Describing the youth of Kashmir as "patriots", he said in "there is an attempt to misguide some" of them and a "mindset that stokes baseles...

Amnesty International India representatives reiterated the demand that pellet firing shotguns should be banned immediately.

During the last hearing on April 28, the government had ruled out talks with separatist elements or those raising the issues of "accession ...

The apex court asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to file a detailed reply on what alternate effective steps could be taken to deal with ...

What kind of force has to be used at the relevant point of time or in a given situation or place, has to be decided by the persons in-charg...

Security forces are being trained in the use of PAVA shells and they will start using these in a few days, they said about the non-lethal w...

The Home Minister cleared the file for use of Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide (PAVA) also called Nonivamide as an alternative to the pellet ...

Senior government functionaries have arrived at this conclusion after extensive consultations with security forces and examining the ground...

At the meeting, Yechury and CPI's National Secretary D Raja pressed for a dialogue with all stakeholders in Kashmir and stopping the use of...

However, the protesters, including party leaders and legislators, were stopped by police near the Zero Bridge, following which they staged ...

Pellet guns were first used in 2010 when protests engulfed Kashmir. The then National Conference (NC) government led by Omar Abdullah allow...

The Central government had also sent a team of doctors to Kashmir Valley to treat youths injured due to firing by pellet guns.

We use it only when the situation is going out of control and where loss of life (of jawans) is imminent, we use them only in extreme situa...