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Three troops shot dead by comrade 11 confirmed dead, 50 rescued British police probing attacks as one killed in J&K border firing in Karnataka building collapse on five Birmingham mosques AFP Around 400 rescuers have Heavy earth-movers and AFP The force added the inci- police said. Following reports AFP New Delhi rescuers with specialised equip- London dents were “being treated as of a similar attack at another Srinagar been scouring through ment and sniffer dogs were de- linked”. mosque in a nearby neighbour- Eleven people were con- tonnes concrete and steel ployed in the increasingly des- A sledgehammer-wielding man “We don’t know the motive hood, officers launched targeted A paramilitary trooper in Indi- firmed dead on Thursday three after the latest tragedy in perate operation. The victims was seen smashing windows for last night’s attacks,” said patrols and discovered “further an-administered Kashmir shot days after a building under Karnataka state on Tuesday were mostly from northern at two mosques in Britain’s Chief Constable Dave Thomp- damage” at two other sites. dead three of his comrades early construction in southern Indian states who came to the second city Birmingham and son in a statement. A fifth mosque later re- Thursday, officials said, as fresh caved in, officials said. region for work. three more have been similarly “The force and the coun- ported that windows had been violence raged in the restive ter- Around 400 rescuers have in Dharwad district, but three Police have charged the vandalised overnight, the police ter terrorism unit are working smashed. “Forensic officers are ritory where 40 troops died in a been scouring through tonnes more bodies were pulled out on builder with manslaughter but said on Thursday. side-by-side to find whoever is working to identify evidence, bombing last month. concrete and steel after the lat- Thursday. he remains free, with investiga- Counter-terrorism officers responsible.” and CCTV is being examined,” Separately an Indian soldier est tragedy in Karnataka state “At least 15 people are pos- tors saying he will be arrested are investigating attacks on the Officers were first alerted the West Midlands force added. was killed in the latest exchange on Tuesday. sibly still under the debris and after the rescue operation is mosques in different areas in in the early hours of Thursday Some 22 percent of the Bir- of fire with Pakistani forces Fifty-three people have it’s unlikely they will survive,” over. Last September, five peo- the central English city, West to reports of a man smashing mingham population described across the de-facto Line of Con- been rescued from the rub- emergency official Srikant, who ple were killed after a Delhi Midlands Police said in a state- windows with a sledgehammer themselves as Muslim in the trol (LoC) border since the two ble of the five-storey building goes by one name, told AFP. apartment block collapsed. ment. at one of the places of worship, 2011 census. nations launched tit-for-tat air strikes last month. Police said the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper opened fire on his col- EU leaders pile pressure on leagues with his service rifle at a camp in Udhampur, some 200 UK MPs to back Brexit deal kilometres (125 miles) south of Modi sticks to the main city Srinagar. AFP “He shot himself too and is Brussels in a critical condition at a hospi- tal,” Jammu police official MK European leaders piled the Sinha told AFP, saying the man as declared pressure on British MPs Thurs- “may have been under the influ- day to back a divorce deal they ence of drugs”. have negotiated with Prime According to rights group Minister Theresa May, warning Jammu Kashmir Coalition of that the alternative was a cliff- Civil Society (JKCCS), 20 Indian edge exit from the EU next week. armed forces personnel killed Gandhinagar nominee May has asked EU leaders themselves in 2018, the most in for a three-month delay to Brexit a decade. Since 2004 there have to allow her to try one more time been 80 incidents of “fratricide” to get her withdrawal agreement and 323 suicides, it says. will be contesting against in Amethi again through parliament, and the bloc has indicated it could post- UK Prime Minister Theresa May. pone exit day to May 22. But as they arrived at a Dutch Prime Minister Mark two-day summit in Brussels Rutte said he expected his fel- dominated by Britain’s deep po- low European leaders to agree in Protests in J&K litical crisis, the other 27 leaders principle on Thursday to May’s warned that this would be pos- request for a delay. over teacher’s sible only if MPs approve next But they would then “put it week the deal they have already fairly and squarely at the door of custodial death resoundingly rejected twice. the British parliament to make “In the case of a negative that call”, adding: “In case they IANS British vote then we’d be head- say no, I’m not going to specu- Srinagar ing to a no deal,” French Presi- late.” European Commission dent Emmanuel Macron told President Jean-Claude Juncker Protests were held on reporters. “We all know it. And said that May “has to make Thursday in Srinagar city it’s essential to be clear in these sure that the British parliament and Awantipora town of In- days and moments.” agrees to the withdrawal deal”. dian-administered Jammu and Kashmir against the custodial death of a private Over a million sign online petition school teacher this week. asking British govt to stop Brexit National Conference leaders Ali Muhammad Sa- London: More than a million people have signed an online gar, Nasir Sogami and oth- petition asking the British government to stop Brexit within 214 ers took carried out a protest hours, briefly crashing the site Thursday during a surge in sup- march from the Nawa-e- port. With just eight days to go until Britain is scheduled to leave Subha party headquarters the European Union, the petition launched on Wednesday admit- here demanding stern action ted that a second Brexit referendum “may not happen -- so vote against those responsible for now”. “The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is ‘the the death of 28-year-old Ri- will of the people’. We need to put a stop to this claim by proving zwan Asad Pandit in police the strength of public support now, for remaining in the EU,” the custody on Monday. petition read. (AFP) Police intercepted the march at some distance from the party office, after which Prime Minister (left) with the BJP President Amit Shah. (File photo) the protesters dispersed peacefully. IANS It’s going to be 20 out of 20 in will contest in Bihar have been Macron hails Europe’s unity Protests were also held in New Delhi cleared by the party’s Central Pandit’s hometown Awanti- Kerala, says Congress-led UDF Election Committee and sent to in addressing China threat pora, where family and rela- Prime Minister Narendra Modi the state election panel. These tives of the youth demanded will fight again from his Varanasi Kasargode: The Congress-led UDF in Kerala on Thursday will be announced subsequent- AFP exhumation of the body to constituency while BJP Presi- denied the CPI-M’s charge of an “unholy nexus” between the ly, he said. Brussels show the torture marks it dent Amit Shah will make his Congress and the BJP and asserted that it was going to win all Among other prominent bore. debut in polls from 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state. candidates, former Union Min- French President Emmanuel The family has dismissed Gandhinagar, BJP leader JP Na- Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala told the media ister Sanjeev Kumar Balyan will Macron said Thursday that Eu- reports that he had tried to dda announced on Thursday. that CPI-M state Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan had made the fight from his Muzaffarnagar rope was “finally” united in ad- escape from police custody. The Gandhinagar seat is cur- statement after knowing the “stark reality” as to what would seat against dressing the threat from China, Members of the local rently held by veteran Bharatiya happen to the Left Front in the polls. (IANS) chief , while Union as Chinese President Xi Jinping Sikh community joined the leader LK Advani, Minister Satyapal Singh will launched a five-day tour of the President Emmanuel Macron. protests to demand justice who has been winning the seat again contest from his Baghpat continent. for the youth. consecutively from 1998. gh Rathore from Jaipur Rural. (Gautam seat against the RLD chief’s son Xi’s visit comes a week after south, willing to make deals for Authorities had earlier Among the prominent lead- All are sitting MPs from Buddh Nagar), DV Sadananda Jayant Chaudhary. the European Union released a investment in ports, energy and ordered a magisterial inquiry ers announced in BJP’s first list, these seats. Gowda (Bengaluru North), Ar- In Bengal, Union Minister 10-point plan outlining a shift transport. by Additional Commissioner, which had 184 names across 20 Union Minister Smriti Irani jun Ram Meghwal (Bikaner), will fight to re- to more assertive relations with “Since the beginning of my Srinagar, but after it became states, were Union Ministers will again face Congress Presi- (Kanniya- tain his Asanol seat, where he Beijing, warning that China was mandate, I have been calling for clear that the youth had died , who will con- dent Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, kumari), Hansraj Ahir (Chan- will face Trinamool Congress’s a “rival” to the bloc as well as its a real awareness and defence of in police custody in Khrew test again from , Nitin while film actress-turned politi- drapur) and Moon Moon Sen, who has biggest trading partner. European sovereignty,” Macron area of Pulwama district, the Gadkari from Nagpur, Gen V K. cian will contest (Dhule) will also contest from shifted from Bankura. The BJP The EU is split on handling said as he arrived for a two-day inquiry will now be held by Singh (retd) from Ghaziabad, from her Mathura seat. the seats they hold. has also fielded Bengali film China, with some fearing the EU summit in Brussels. “Finally, the Assistant Commissioner, from Union Ministers Jitendra Nadda also said that can- actress Locket Chatterjee from rise of a global superpower and on subjects as important as Chi- Pulwama. and Rajyavardhan Sin- Singh (Jammu-Udhampur), didates for all the 17 seats it Hooghly. others, especially in Europe’s na, we have it,” Macron said. A tale of two Delhis: Deadly air exposes rich-poor divide AFP ranked one of the most toxic mercial centre boasting purified Aerocity. feed my family?” said the rick- New Delhi urban centres to live, regularly air. Delhi’s affluent, who are of- shaw cyclist, who earns about exceeding World Health Organ- A meal here could cost ten better informed about the 1,200 rupees ($17) a month. Walls draped in lush vertical isation (WHO) limits. twice Singh’s monthly salary, dangers of pollution, increas- He cannot dream of buying gardens and air filtered through But for Ramavtar Singh but it is a price Mawatwal is ingly expect the same safety the foreign-made air purifiers purifiers insulate diners at a there is no escape: like many willing to pay because outside measures they have in place at to protect his family at home swanky New Delhi food court of the city’s poorest, he eats, the smog is at hazardous lev- home, to be available when they -- machines favoured by Delhi’s from the choking haze outside sleeps, and works outside. els. “I love to come here for my are out. elite, expat communities and in one of the most polluted plac- “I work for six to eight hours meals. It is like getting a quick High-end eateries, bars office workers -- that easily cost es on earth. every day and my children eat oxygen shot,” the office worker and cinemas are tapping into Singh’s annual wage. But these eco-eateries, offer- and sleep outside most times of says, surrounded by creeper that demand -- installing elec- “The rich and the poor have ing cleaner air as well as mod- the year,” the father of five tells vines and a faux stream as he tronic air purifiers and creat- to breathe the same poison- ern menus to the well heeled are AFP at a roadside food stall, breathed lungfuls of filt ered ing dedicated areas of rich ous air. But the poor are more beyond reach for the poor, who gulping down a 50-cent dish of air circulating through expen- vegetation to help filter air- exposed to pollution,” explains have little means of escaping rice and lentils. sive filters. borne toxins. Sunil Dahiya, a campaigner for the deadly smog which coats the Singh earns a living by cy- deep into his lungs. most dangerous particles enter- “We need to bring greenery But for Singh, and the one in Greenpeace India. city for much of the year. cling passengers and cargo At best, he can wrap a rag ing the bloodstream. to concrete jungles and create five Indians living on less than He adds: “Most of the time, Air pollution kills more than around Delhi on his rickshaw, over his mouth on smoggy days, Across town, Abhimanyu places where everybody can $2 a day, visiting such places is they don’t even know the effects one million Indians every year, a strenuous activity that means a low-cost approach taken by Mawatwal is settling down for come for a breath of fresh air,” nothing more than a fantasy. the toxic air is having on their according to a study by Lancet he’s inhaling dangerous con- labourers and rickshaw drivers lunch at a food court in World- insists S K Sayal, CEO of Bharti “What will I do if I spend all the health. Poor communities are Planetary Health, and Delhi is centrations of tiny pollutants that does little to prevent the mark Aerocity, a grand com- Realty which owns Worldmark money on one meal? How will I definitely at the losing end.”