Breaking news on December 6

Autopsy of four accused in the rape and murder of the Hyderabad veterinarian done, videographed at Mahabubnagar govt hospital

PM Narendra Modi reached Pune to attend the Conference of Director Generals and Inspector Generals of Police on 7 and 8 December. Home Minister Amit Shah, Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, CM Uddhav Thackeray and Former CM Devendra Fadnavis welcomed him at the airport.

Telangana High Court has directed that the bodies of the four accused (in rape and murder of woman veterinarian), who were killed in the encounter today be preserved by the State till 08:00 pm on December 9.

Indian Army has issued procedures and guidelines for its serving officers and jawans desirous of visiting Gurudwara Darbar Saheb in Pakistan through the Kartarpur corridor.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written to Prime Minister Modi seeking to increase the allocation of wheat from 2,32,631 metric tonne to 2,53,302 metric tonne, to the state for benefit of families under Food Security Act.

Jharkhand High Court rejects bail plea of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in fodder scam case

Central Crime Branch (CCB) conducted raid at Bangalore Turf Club on complaints received about cheating. Rs 96 lakhs cash was seized during the raid

Lawyer Gunaratna Sadavarte said: "Mumbai based lawyers, including me, filed a letter petition before CJI, National Human Rights Commission of India, Telangana HC and DGP demanding registration of FIR against police personnel for killing 4 accused in custody in the name of encounter."

NESO advisor Samujjal K Bhattacharya said: "North East Students' Union calls for NE bandh on Dec 10 against Citizenship Amendment Bill."

Active shooter situation reported at a US Navy base in Florida

Rahul Gandhi visits a govt school in Sultan Bathery of Wayanad district, where a girl lost her life after she was bitten by a snake inside a classroom of the school on November 20.

Father of Telangana veterinarian who was raped and murdered said: "Justice has been delivered. My daughter will not come back now, but my message for the people is that entire country should stand with families that go through the same."

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged gangrape of a woman in Durg on December 4. Police says, "the victim who hails from Mumbai alleged that she was raped by four men then assaulted and looted. Further investigation underway."

Mortal remains of a soldier, Naik Akhil SS who lost his life in an avalanche which had hit an army camp in Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir on December 3, brought to his native place in Thiruvananthapuram, today.

Medical report of two policemen who were injured in the encounter at Shadnagar, Hyderabad Police

Central GST and State GST authorities to organize a nationwide GST Stakeholder Feedback Diwas on New GST Returns on 7th December for getting an on the spot response to the new GST Returns to be introduced from 1 April 2020.

The 5 December medical report of Unnao woman who was set ablaze yesterday, states, "no stabbing, only burn injuries".

Goa CM Pramod Sawant said: "Who is responsible for Onion prices touching Rs 150, 170 or 180? Rains? No. We are responsible because we do not plant onions."

FIR registered against 9 people for allegedly trying to rape law student in UP's Bareilly

Praveen Kumar, IG Law and Order on incident in which a woman was set ablaze in Bihar area of Unnao said: "A police contingent including one Sub inspector and two constables have been deployed at her (victim's) residence as a precautionary measure."

Women in Jaggaiahpeta celebrate after the accused in the rape and murder of the woman veterinarian in Telangana were killed in an encounter earlier today.

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Hyderabad rape case accused said: " Better late than never."

Raveesh Kumar, MEA on 2nd consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav said: "I have said in the past that we are in touch with Pakistani side through diplomatic channels. We have requested for immediate, effective and unhindered consular access from Pakistan in the light of ICJ judgment."

Next India-Japan summit to take place from Dec 15 to 17: MEA

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress said: "For the last few days the country has been agitating over brutal crime against women. Our demand was Home Ministry should respond to our grievances but instead of addressing our concern, treasury benches resorted to hurling allegations."

"The treasury benches were preparing themselves to stall the House on excuse that during exchange of views in Parliament, Minister Smriti Irani was humiliated. It was to dilute concerns raised by us, as all debates take place in full glare of media," he added. 

Raveesh Kumar, MEA on fugitive self-styled godman Nithyananda said: "We have canceled his passport and rejected his application for a new one. We've sensitized all our missions and posts that this man is wanted in several cases of crime. We have asked our missions to sensitize the local govt"

MEA, Raveesh Kumar said: "We are in contact with the families of 6 Indian who have lost their lives in Sudan. Our efforts will also be focused how to repatriate bodies of those who have lost their lives."

"On Dec 3, 18 Indian national crew members were abducted from the ship 'Nave Constellation' at high seas near Nigeria. We are working closely with the Nigerian authorities," he added. 

Bodies of accused in the rape and murder of the woman veterinarian being shifted from the encounter site

Tamil Nadu: A second flood warning has been issued  due to the filling of the Vaigai Dam in Thenni district, due to the continuous rainfall in the region. Water level in Vaigai Dam has reached 68.6 feet.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said: "I don't tolerate any kind of violence against women. My standing instruction to police is to arrest accused immediately and chargesheet them within 3-10 days. This is the law."

"Police have taken up the matter (Malda case). It is a fact that the woman was charred to death but we have to wait for the post mortem report to come to a conclusion if she was raped," she added. 

Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA): "6 under-served and 24 un-served airports/airstrips in the North-East are up for bidding under UDAN 4.0 Scheme. MoCA is also providing additional Viability Gap Funding (VGF) of around 25% to the airlines."

Hyderabad MP and AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi said: "I am against encounters. Even, the National Human Rights Commission has taken cognizance of the encounter."

BJP MP Gautam Gambhir said: "Judicial system needs to be reformed. Verdict of fast track court should be final & there should be no further appeals or mercy petitions for the death penalty. If they (accused in veterinarian rape &murder case) were trying to escape then, I stand with police."

Sensex has slumped 334.44 points to close at 40,445.15; Nifty ends below 12,000-level.

Parents of Nirbhaya have moved the President's office seeking rejection of the mercy petition filed by one of the convicts Vinay Sharma. The letter states that this mercy petition is a deliberate attempt to avoid the execution of the death sentence and hamper the dissemination of justice.

Cyberabad CP, VC Sajjanar: There were around 10 police with the accused persons during the time of encounter. We have recovered the victim's cell phone here at the spot.

Cyberabad CP, VC Sajjanar: We have also seized two weapons from the accused persons. The body of accused have been shifted to local govt hospital for PME.

Cyberabad CP, VC Sajjanar: The police warned them and asked them to surrender but they continued to fire. Then we opened fire and they were killed in the encounter. During encounter, two police men have been injured and they have been shifted to the local hospital.

Cyberabad CP VC Sajjanar on today's encounter: Today, the police brought the accused to the crime spot as part of investigation. The accused then attacked the police with sticks and then snatched the weapons from us and they started firing on police.

Cyberabad CP VC Sajjanar: On 4 and 5 December, we interrogated the accused after taking the accused into police custody.

Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) & National Register of Citizens (NRC) are two sides of the same coin. We won't allow implementation of CAB in Bengal.I urge other political parties to not support CAB, Says Mamta Banerjee.

The Union Home Ministry has sent to President Ram Nath Kovind the recommendation of the Delhi government rejecting the mercy plea of one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case.

Delhi High Court asks Centre response on a plea seeking to maintain the highest standards of safety and security measures at all railway stations across the country.

BJP Parliamentary Party meeting to be held on December 10 at Parliament Library Building

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and party Chief Whip in Lok Sabha Kodikunnil Suresh have given Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha on the 'law and order situation of Uttar Pradesh.

The air quality in Delhi-NCR deteriorated further, slipping to 'severe' category on Friday. The Air Quality Index in the national capital was 411. The satellite cities of Ghaziabad (426), Greater Noida (426) and Noida (423) also recorded air quality in the severe category.

An AQI between 0-50 is considered 'good', 51-100 'satisfactory', 101-200 'moderate', 201-300 'poor', 301-400 'very poor' and 401-500 'severe'. An AQI above 500 falls in the 'severe plus' category.

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The sister of the main accused in Thursday's case of a rape victim being set on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district has demanded a CBI inquiry into the case. The girl, who did not wish to be named, said that her family was being targeted because of a political conspiracy.

A 22-year-old Indian-origin man has been jailed for one year and a week and fined 30,000 Singapore dollars for soliciting more than 3,000 clients for a pimp in Singapore, according to a media report on Friday.

Ashok Kumar Manogaran, 22, who is accused of soliciting 3,360 clients, was jailed on Wednesday. If Manogaran does not pay the fine, he will have to serve an additional three months of jail time, according to The New Paper.

All four accused in the Hyderabad veterinarian's rape and murder case have been killed in a police encounter at Shadnagar on Friday. Hyderabad police had taken the four accused at the crime spot to recreate the scene, during which they tried to flee the spot.

According to reports, all the four accused in the Hyderabad gangrape and murder case were killed at National Highway-44. One of the accused had also snatched the police's pistol while fleeing.

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic on Thursday due to a landslide in Ramban district that left over 1,000 vehicles stranded,

A film actress on Thursday lodged a police complaint against a group of unidentified youths for harassing her last night in Salt Lake area in the northern fringes of the city, police said. The accused are yet to be arrested.

In her complaint lodged at Bidhan Nagar (North) police station, the actress said she was harassed by a group of car-borne youths last night while returning home in Salt Lake.

Two persons died on the spot when their two-wheeler rammed into a truck on Kalyan-Badlapur highway in the district in the early hours of Thursday,

All schools, colleges and educational institutions in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh will remain shut on Friday in view of law and order situation, officials said on Thursday. December 6 marks the 17th anniversary of the Babri Mosque demolition in Ayodhya.

Nine government officials including two Rajasthan Administrative Service officers were suspended on Thursday for the alleged dereliction of duty in implementing various welfare schemes of the state, official sources said. Three other employees were also issued charge sheet for dereliction of duty, they said.

The action was taken on directions by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday who reviewed the implementation of various schemes and programmes through video conferencing with district collectors, they said.