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New Delhi: A video of Army rifleman Aurangzeb surfaced in which he was seen being interrogated by militants about encounters in which he had participated. The video is understood to have been shot moments before he was killed by terrorist.

Officials said that Aurangzeb, who was in blue jeans and t-shirt was being asked by suspected HizbulMujahideen militants about his duties, posting and encounters in which he participated in 1.15 minutes video probably shot in a forest area, they said. 

The rifleman, who was 'buddy' of a company commander, was abducted by militants at Kalampora in Pulwama yesterday morning when he was on his way home in Rajouri district for Eid celebrations. His body was found by a team of police and Army at Gussu village, about 10 km away from Kalampora, in Pulwama district.

New Delhi: A move that is likely to trim irrational profits made by distributors, wholesalers, retailers and even hospitals by selling such products to patients, the Central government plans to reduce prices of commonly used medical devices by capping the trade margin at 30% on the first point of sale.

The government think tank Niti Aayog has suggested that in order to make medical devices and services affordable, rationalisation of trade margins may be considered and, on high volume medical devices, up to 30% margin may be allowed over the manufacturer’s price at the first point of sale. The proposal was discussed at a meeting with the prime minister’s office recently.

The Niti Aayog has also started consultation with other stakeholders including medical device manufacturers and public health groups on the issue. It has also recommended the standing committee on affordable medicines and health products to come up with a list of medical devices, where volumes are high and industry profits can be curbed to apply the cap on margins.

New Delhi: All construction activity in Delhi has been banned until Sunday as oxic air pollutants has engulfed the city. The capital was laden by dust winds blowing in from neighbouring states. Most other parts of northern India were also covered by haze, including the mountain state of Himachal Pradesh.

At least 13 departing flight from Delhi airport and 11 Delhi-bound flights were cancelled because of the dust pollution, which prompted the authorities to advise people to avoid staying outdoors for too long.

Delhi’s lieutenant governor Anil Baijal banned directed government agencies and municipal corporations to enforce dust control measures at construction sites, carry out water sprinkling and mechanized sweeping of roads and prevent open garbage burning to prevent dust pollution.

New Delhi: As per the Pune police’s submission in a court that four accused arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence were allegedly involved in planning and executing a lecture series in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University. This lecture was organized ‘in memory’ of a Maoist killed in a police encounter to instigate students to join the proscribed CPI (Maoist) outfit.

The court extended the police custody of the four accused — Sudhir Dhavale, Mahesh Raut, Shoma Sen and Rona Wilson — till June 21 after they were produced before it.