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Terming the arrests as an 'important breakthrough', the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Police said the operation smashed the media cell and the terrorism financing network of the Al-Qaida Indian Subcontinent.

The committee will study the GN Rao Committee Report and the Boston Consultancy Group (BCG) Report and give its recommendation in the matter.

A division bench of Justice Bela Trivedi and Justice A C Rao rejected an appeal filed by Anil Yadav against the death sentence awarded to him by a special POCSO court in Surat in July this year.

In December this year, the mean maximum temperature (MMT) till Thursday was 19.85 degrees Celsius. It is expected to dip to 19.15 degrees Celsius by December 31.

More, who is posted in Pune, was also booked under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, said a local police official. He is yet to be arrested.

The four accused along with others allegedly bashed up Wadala resident Hiramani Tiwari (33) and shaved his head, after he posted a comment about Thackeray on Facebook.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan made the remarks while addressing a public gathering in Jhelum district, hours after the army said that two of its soldiers were killed in "unprovoked firing" by the Indian troops along the Line of Control

Piyush Goyal's statement comes in the wake of some officers raising concerns about losing seniority and facing hurdles in their career advancement after the government announced big structural reforms in the railways, merging its eight services.

Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka said everyone has to obey the law of the land and not give the government an opportunity to take such an action.

14-month-old Champak's parents, activists Ekta and Ravi Shankar who run an NGO, Climate Agenda, were among those arrested in connection with the protest against the Citizenship Act.

Defence spokesman Col Wu Qian said that the just-concluded joint counter-terrorism drills in India 'showed the determination' of the two sides to protect the regional stability besides fighting terrorism.

'The police investigation has revealed that the violence during protests against the CAA on Friday and Saturday in Kanpur took place in an organised manner,' Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Anand Deo Tiwari.

The activist, who also gives advice to various farmer organisations, was arrested when Assam was witnessing widespread protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Internet facilities were snapped on August 5 ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah announcing the repeal of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir state into two union territories.

The hard disk, seized from Varavara Rao's house during a raid in August 2018, was earlier sent to four forensic laboratories which failed to recover any data. It was first sent to a Pune-based laboratory, where experts could not retrieve the data.

The 1,113 arrested include social activist and Congress worker Sadaf Jafar and noted theatre artist Deepak Kabir who are being kept in a Lucknow jail.