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DGPs' meet discusses Naxal violence, counter-terror action; PM Modi sits through entire session
•Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, DGPs of all states and union territories, DGs of central police organisations and 350 other senior police officers attended the second day of the three-day conference
Joe Biden condemned violence across the US; so why won't Donald Trump do the same?
•If Donald Trump succeeds in making political violence a Joe Biden liability, the president will have all the more incentive to set the US on fire
Police cordon and search ops targeting Muslim localities in Hyderabad see normalisation of military tactic in India's most liveable city
Ayesha Minhaz •Since 2015, officials from the Hyderabad police department have claimed that cordon and search operations helped keep tabs on suspicious persons, illegal activities, rowdy-sheeters, property offenders and those involved in other offences
Sukma attack: Chhattisgarh Police under scanner for failing to train tribal recruits properly, possible leakage of operational details
Debobrat Ghose •In this joint operation, none of the slain or injured belonged to CoBRA battalion, as the CRPF headquarters clarified.
Narendra Modi leaves for BRICS summit in Brazil, says focus will be on strengthening counter-terror cooperation, digital economy
•The BRICS summit will focus on strengthening ties among the world's five major economies in key areas such as digital economy, science and technology, and also build mechanisms for counter-terrorism cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday as he left for Brazil to attend the event
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appreciates India's counter-terrorism work, launches the UNCTT Programme
•Antonio Guterres says programme would help to strengthen international counter-terrorism cooperation, expand multilateral networks for sharing information to detect, identify, disrupt and prosecute terrorists.
India, US tell Pakistan to 'meaningfully address' global concerns on cross-border terrorism
•India and the United States on Tuesday called for Pakistan to address global concerns regarding terrorism, including that emanating from across the border.
Congress' indecision may make BJP's return 'possible' as national security replaces cow, Hindutva as key poll issue
Sandipan Sharma •The Congress, the only party that could have actually stopped the BJP, is playing dead, except for occasional outbursts on Rafale
Explosives found at UK's Heathrow, London city airports and Waterloo station; police treating incidents as 'linked series'
•Another mailer turned up near London City Airport, and the third in the mail room at Waterloo Station. The package at the rail station was not opened.
Daily Bulletin: 18 separatists lose security; Maharashtra to block farmers' march; last day of Kulbhushan hearing at ICJ; day's top stories
Fp Staff •Today's top stories: Security of 18 Hurriyat separatists withdrawn; fourth and final day of the Kulbhushan Jadhav hearing at the ICJ; Maharashtra government clamps down on farmers marching from Nashik to Mumbai; and more.