# India

ISIS terrorists may have entered UP, alert along Nepal border: Cops

The alert was sounded in Maharajganj, Kushinagar and Siddharth Nagar districts along the border.

PTI | New Delhi | January 5, 2020 3:31 pm

ISIS terrorists may have entered UP, alert along Nepal border: Cops

An alert has been sounded along the India-Nepal border after two ISIS terrorists were suspected to have entered UP, a top police official said on Sunday.

“Two wanted terrorists Abdul Samad and Iliyas can try to enter Nepal from Uttar Pradesh,” IG (Basti range) Ashutosh Kumar said on Sunday. The alert was sounded in Maharajganj, Kushinagar and Siddharth Nagar districts along the border, he added.

# India

Protestors against Vaishnodevi ropeway project clash with cops in Jammu

The ropeway project is meant to carry pilgrims to the mountain cave shrine from the base town.

# Cities

Two held as police foils gangwar murder plot

Delhi police successfully thwarted a murder attempt linked to an ongoing gangwar with the arrest of two individuals suspected of plotting the murder after an exchange of fire in Dabri area of South West Delhi.

# India

PM praises Kanpur Ploggers Group for cleaning Ganga ghats in ‘Mann Ki Baat’

Under the guidance of the Uttar Pradesh government, the Kanpur Ploggers’ Group has been diligently cleaning Ganga ghats of Kanpur for 183 weeks, barring the period during COVID-19 pandemic.