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Counter-militancy forces shot dead Hizbul Mujahideen leader Riyaz Naikoo at his home village in Pulwama after militants killed eight security personnel, including Col Ashutosh Sharma, the Commanding Officer of 21 Rashtriya Rifles, and Major Anuj Sood, in two separate attacks since Sunday, indicating a surge in militant activities and counter-steps in Kashmir.

Leaked screenshots of BoisLockerRoom, an Instagram group of school students in Delhi, has stirred a storm as the boys were seen sharing obscene messages and morphed pictures of underage girls, and planning gang rapes. Police have identified 10 members, one of them was detained.

At least a dozen people were killed after a toxic gas leaked from the plant of LG Polymers in Visakhapatnam early on Thursday. More than a 1,000 people in five villages within a 3km radius reported sick. The synthetic chemical styrene leaked from the plant, which workers were preparing to restart after it was closed during the lockdown.