02 November 2025
Javed Ahmed Mattoo, a wanted terrorist associated with Hizbul Mujahideen in Jammu and Kashmir, was apprehended in Delhi by the special cell of Delhi Police on Friday. Mattoo was captured with a pistol, magazine, and a stolen car. According to Special CP HS Dhaliwal, Mattoo's last movement was detected at Delhi's Nizamuddin-DND area, a news channel reported.
Mattoo, a wanted terrorist with a bounty of ₹10 lakh on his head:
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards and first Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber vowed revenge on Thursday for explosions that killed at least 84 at a ceremony to commemorate top commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone in Iraq in 2020.
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack. Earlier, a senior official in U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said the blasts appeared to represent “a terrorist attack” of the type carried out in the past by Islamic State militants.
An argument with an autorickshaw driver who managed to get a hold of his service revolver led to the killing of a Deputy Superintendent of Police in Punjab, the police have found, cracking within 48 hours what was at first a blind murder case.
According to police, on the night of December 31, Dalbir Singh Deol – a weightlifter and an Arjuna awardee posted with the Punjab Armed Police – took an auto from Jalandhar bus stand to drop him home at Khojewal village, around 14.5 km away. Midway through the journey, say police, the DSP and the driver, Jalandhar resident Vijay Kumar, got into an argument over where Deol wanted to be dropped.
Two days after a 27-year-old woman — an accused in the alleged fake encounter of dreaded gangster Sandeep Gadoli — was shot dead at a Gurugram hotel room, police recovered a luxury car from Patiala in Punjab that was used to transport and dispose of the body, officials aware of the case said on Thursday.
The victim’s body, however, still remains missing, police confirmed.
With months left for the much-awaited 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress is actively engaging in discussions for seat-sharing arrangements in both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
The grand old party has now put forth ambitious proposals for each state, aiming for significant representation in the upcoming elections, sources told a media house.
In Uttar Pradesh, the Congress is gearing up for a robust electoral strategy by pitching for 40 of 80 Lok Sabha seats. In Bihar, Congress is eyeing an ambitious goal of contesting 10 to 12 seats, in a state with 40 Lok Sabha constituencies.
