Situation along LoC can escalate any time: Army Chief
New Delhi: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said that the situation along the Line of Control can escalate any time and the country has to be prepared for escalatory matrix. His remarks came in the backdrop of spurt in ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in August. “The situation along the Line of Control can escalate any time. We have to be prepared for escalatory matrix,” Rawat said. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy had told Lok Sabha last month that “950 incidents of ceasefire violation along the LoC from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir were reported during August 2019 to October 2019”. (PTI)
PM to review progress in govt’s works in last 6 months on Saturday
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will review on Saturday the progress made by various ministries in the last six months after the BJP returned to power for the second consecutive term, government sources have said.While brief presentations would be made by various ministries on various decisions taken by them, the focus would be on agriculture, rural development and the social sector. Usually, the Council of Ministers meets after Cabinet meeting every month. But this time, the meeting is being held independently. The regular weekly Cabinet meeting will be held on December 24, the sources said. In the past few weeks, the prime minister has reviewed progress made by various ministries in implementing the government’s policies during cabinet meetings. But Saturday’s meeting assumes significance as it would be attended by ministers of state and ministers of state with independent charge. The BJP-led NDA returned to power with a greater mandate in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. It completed six months in power in November. (PTI)
Man ‘kills’ step-son because he did not sleep on time
Mumbai: The police in Panvel in neighbouring Navi Mumbai have arrested a man for allegedly killing his eight-year-old step-son because he refused to go to bed on time. Rakesh Ambaji Tambde (32), who drives an auto rickshaw, was arrested on late Tuesday night. Ramesh alias Kaanti Paanhage, his friend, was also arrested for allegedly helping Tambde in disposing of the body. Tambde, his wife and his step-son Suraj slept out in the open by the roadside in Panvel town, the police said on Wednesday. Tambde often lost his temper when the boy refused to sleep on time. On Sunday night, Tambde allegedly strangulated Suraj, and later, with Paanhage’s help, he stuffed the body in a gunny sack and dumped it on Uran-Palspe road. Navi Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Kumar told PTI that during questioning Tambde told police that the boy’s refusal to sleep infuriated him and led him to commit the crime, but the investigators were trying to ascertain if that was the real reason. Both the accused were booked for murder under IPC section 302. A local court remanded them in police custody till December 23. (PTI)