Jharkhand JPSC-JSSC Aspirants' Protest Live News Updates: Jharkhand BJP president Aditya Sahu accused the Hemant Soren government of “injustice and atrocities” against JPSC-JSSC aspirants after police used lathis and water cannons during their protest march. Sahu alleged hundreds of students were injured and backed the BJP’s call for a statewide bandh on Tuesday over alleged examination irregularities.
Security forces on Tuesday launched a massive joint search operation in the Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district after noticing suspicious movement near a tunnel under construction, officials said.
A security guard, who was on duty at the construction site, noticed the suspicious movement and fired three to four rounds of fire as a precautionary measure.
No loss of life or damage to property has been reported so far, the officials said.
Following the incident, a joint search operation was launched around 6 am by personnel of police, special operation group and CRPF in the forest areas of Bhatadurian, Sangiot and adjoining areas, they said.
Two tremors of magnitude 3.4 struck Maharashtra's Palghar district within an hour, officials said on Tuesday.
No casualties or property damage have been reported, they said.
The first tremor was recorded at 10.04 pm on Monday, followed by another of the same intensity at 11 pm, according to the district information office.
The seismic activity occurred at a depth of 5 km in Jawhar taluka, District Disaster Management Cell chief Vivekanand Kadam said.
