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A state of emergency would give authorities increased powers to declare localised curfews, ban demonstrations, and give police more freedom in restraining suspected rioters and searching homes. Youths clash with police forces on the third night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old. ÉVRY- COURCOURONNES: French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Friday that the government was considering “all options” to restore order, including declaring a state of emergency, after a third night of rioting over a police officer’s killing of a youth. Asked by reporters if a state of emergency was a possibility, as some right-wing opposition parties have demanded, Borne replied: “I won’t tell you now, but we are looking at all options, with one priority: restoring order throughout the country”. The prime minister, who was visiting a police station in Evry-Courcouronnes south of Paris, is to attend a crisis security meeting chaired by President Emmanuel Macron at 1:00 pm (1...

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's silence on this incident shows that he is patronising crime in Uttar Pradesh, said the Dalit leader.  Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad shot in Saharanpur district. AMETHI: A man has been arrested in connection with a threatening post on social media against Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad who was shot at by unidentified assailants two days ago, police said on Friday. A bullet grazed Azad’s abdomen when unidentified assailants opened fire at his car in Saharanpur district’s Deoband on Wednesday. The car used in the attack has been recovered while the Bhim Army chief was discharged from hospital on Thursday. In a statement on Friday, Amethi’s Superintendent of Police Elamaran G said that taking cognisance of the death threats to Azad on the Facebook page ‘Kshatriya of Amethi’, the police on Thursday registered a case under section 506 of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology (IT) Act. Vimlesh Singh (30) was arrested on Thursd...

Gandhi, who reached Moirang by a chopper from Imphal met a number of affected people and listened to their plight. Rahul Gandhi visits relief camps at Moirang.  IMPHAL: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday visited two relief camps at Moirang in Manipur’s Bishnupur district, party officials said. Gandhi, who reached Moirang by a chopper from Imphal around 9.30 am, met a number of affected people and listened to their plight. Party sources said both the camps that Gandhi visited shelter around 1,000 people. Gandhi was accompanied by former Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh, party general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal, PCC president Keisham Meghachandra Singh and former MP Ajay Kumar. Moirang is historically known as the town where the INA hoisted the Indian tricolour in 1944. Gandhi will also meet intellectuals and civil society representatives in Imphal during the day, they said. On Thursday, he visited relief camps in Churachandpur, one of the worst affected t...

The cop who is currently absconding, was placed under suspension on June 29. He was dismissed from the service later the same day.  Image used for representational purpose only.  GUWAHATI: A police inspector was dismissed from service for allegedly assaulting a girl and taking her objectionable photographs in a police station in Assam’s Nalbari district, a top officer said. After initially being placed under suspension on Thursday, the inspector who is currently absconding was dismissed from service later the same day, he said. “Being convinced of the instant case being rarest or rare, and as the Director General of Police and Head of Police Force of Assam, and in accordance with extant law & rules, I have decided to dismiss Inspector (UB) Biman Roy from Assam Police,” DGP GP Singh said in a Tweet late on Thursday. The case originated when a minor girl filed a complaint against the police officer, alleging that he clicked nude pictures of her and harassed her in the...

The identification process was carried out on 'Bal Swaraj', a website where information about such children is uploaded and tracked in order to rehabilitate them, a senior official said.                                                                 Representational Image NEW DELHI: As many as 23,000 street children identified across the country with the help of a web portal are currently being rehabilitated, officials said on Friday. The identification process was carried out on ‘Bal Swaraj’, a website where information about such children is uploaded and tracked in order to rehabilitate them, a senior official said. According to officials, these children are categorised into three groups. The first category consists of children who have either run away from their homes or been abandoned by their families and are living...