Mohammad Ikhlaq

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi met the family members of Dadri beef-lynching victim Mohammad Ikhlaq on Saturday.

Two teenagers were killed in an explosion in Mandi area of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday announced to increase financial assistance from Rs 10 to Rs 20 lakh to be given to family of Mohammad Ikhlaq, who was lynched for allegedly eating beef in Bisada village of Dadri, Gautambudhnagar.

The hearing of Dadri lynching case was on Wednesday deferred for June 6 at the fast track court.

The Varanasi district court asked the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Wednesday to clarify its request for an additional three weeks to submit a scientific survey report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex, while reserving its order for Thursday. This is ASI's sixth request for an extension at different stages of the survey and the court had already granted five - on August 5, September 8, October 5, November 2, and November 17. The mosque management committee represented by lawyer Mohammad Ikhlaq objected to ASI repeatedly seeking more time.

Local administration cited law and order concerns.

The Army on Friday returned the body of a Pakistani soldier, who was killed after he had intruded into Indian territory near Laam post along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu & Kashmir's Rajouri district a day earlier.

Terming as "unfortunate" the lynching of a serving air warrior's father over rumours of eating beef, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said they are looking at the possibility of moving the family to an Air Force area.

HYDERABAD: Salim Junaid, the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)’s Hyderabad resident agent, was arrested, along with two other associates on July 1, 1998.

Arvind Kejriwal was initially denied entry into the Bisada village by local authorities who cited law and order concerns as the primary reason.

The Centre's notification banning the sale of cattle for the purpose of slaughter has started telling on the plates with supply of beef in the city dwindling though Madras High Court’s order on Tuesday staying centre’s cattle order has provided a temporary relief to the bovine meat industry.

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