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RAF launches probe into actions of its personnel during Delhi student protestsThe Rapid Action Force is investigating claims of excessive force during student demonstrations. Officials are verifying events and inciden...
Bhojshala row: SC to hear Muslim side's plea over location of alternative namaz site on July 29The Supreme Court will hear a plea regarding an alternative namaz site. Muslim petitioners argue the allocated site is too far from Bhojsha...
Rahul Gandhi shows pellet gun injuries of protester to slam govt, says 'stop assaulting our students'Rahul Gandhi called for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's removal and PM Modi's apology. He presented a student allegedly injured by ...
Joint Opposition to raise 'pellet gun' use on students in Parliament; PM, Home Minister must be held accountable: TMCThe Trinamool Congress stated the opposition will raise pellet gun use allegations. They demand Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah ...
CRPF sends 21000 "less lethal" plastic bullets to Kashmir"Tests have shown that these plastic bullets are less lethal. This will reduce our dependence on pellet guns and other non-lethal weapons u...
Restrained use keeps pellet gun deaths in J&K in checkLast year, 15 civilians were killed and 396 were left injured by pellet guns. This year, one civilian was killed and 36 were injured.
Now a grenade with spicy jelly to tackle protests in Jammu and KashmirPellet guns will be used only after less lethal weapons fail to control the stone-pelting protesters and before firing is ordered as the la...
Government will look at non-lethal alternatives to pellet guns: Rajnath SinghDescribing the youth of Kashmir as "patriots", he said in "there is an attempt to misguide some" of them and a "mindset that stokes baseles...
17 JK protesters died of pellet gun injuries in 2016-17: GovtThe minister, in a written reply, also said the government has constituted an expert committee on July 26, 2016 to explore alternatives to ...
Use of pellet guns: Centre asked to consider other meansThe apex court asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to file a detailed reply on what alternate effective steps could be taken to deal with ...
Forces to start using PAVA shells in Kashmir shortlySecurity 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...
No blanket ban on pellet guns, but to be used in rare casesSenior government functionaries have arrived at this conclusion after extensive consultations with security forces and examining the ground...
Are you angry with me? J&K CM asks girl blinded by pellets, at Safdarjung"Even if she requires an eye transplant to see the world again, the state government will provide full support," she told the doctors.
Left pushes for dialogue with all stakeholders in KashmirAt the meeting, Yechury and CPI's National Secretary D Raja pressed for a dialogue with all stakeholders in Kashmir and stopping the use of...
Searing image of Kashmir post Burhan Wani is pellet-scarred faces of peoplePellet guns were first used in 2010 when protests engulfed Kashmir. The then National Conference (NC) government led by Omar Abdullah allow...
Expert team formed to explore alternatives to pellet gunsThe Central government had also sent a team of doctors to Kashmir Valley to treat youths injured due to firing by pellet guns.
CRPF DG K Durga feels sorry for pellet injuries in KashmirWe 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...