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MP: FIR Against Man For Giving Triple Talaq To Wife
A 27-year-old woman from Indore in Madhya Pradesh has lodged an FIR against her husband for giving her triple talaq, a practice now banned under law, police said on Monday. The couple got married on February 7, 2016. However, the woman left her husband'...
6-year-old Nephew of Unnao Rape-cum-murder Victim Missing, Say UP Police
The missing child, a class one student, is the son of the brother of the 23-year-old woman, who was allegedly gang-raped by five men last year.
Will Soon Approve Tree Transplantation Policy: CM Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his government will soon bring a new policy under which agencies will have to transplant 80 per cent of the trees affected by their projects to a new location. Many times cutting of trees becomes...
Covid-19 Cases in India Top 66 Lakh with 74,442 New Infections, Recovery Rate Rises to 84.34%
The total coronavirus cases mounted to 66,23,815 with 74,442 people testing positive for the infection in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,02,685 with the virus claiming 903 lives in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Delhi Airport Discards Batch of Ink as Former MP Tweets Photo of Burns After Being Stamped on Hand
The former MP received a prompt response from Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri. “Thank you for drawing my attention to this. I have spoken to CMD AAI,” the minister said.
South Korea Reports Virus Numbers Trending Lower
Seoul (AP) South Korea has reported 73 new cases of the coronavirus, its fifth straight day of below 100, although officials expressed concern that could rise because of increased travel during a five-day holiday period that ended on Sunday. The figures...
Bengal BJP Suspects Roles of Police, TMC in Former Councillor Manish Shukla's Killing, Seeks CBI Probe
Shukla was shot dead on Sunday evening by two unknown bike-borne assailants while he was attending a party meeting at B T Road, following which he was taken to a nearby private hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Bhagwat Asks Volunteers To Work For Social Harmony, Cow Welfare
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday interacted with office-bearers and volunteers of the Sangh's Jaipur unit and asked them to work for social harmony, cow welfare, and Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNT), among other causes. On the second day of his two-...
'Bengal Cannot be Dharmsala for Anti-nationals': Kailash Vijayvargiya Vows to Fight Against 'Corrupt' TMC
BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya who is the party's Bengal minder, gave a call to defeat the "corrupt, undemocratic and autocratic" TMC in Assembly elections due next year.
Woman Gang-raped, Brutally Beaten Up In Gurgaon; Four Held
A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped and brutally beaten up by four men in Gurgaon, causing her severe head injuries, in the early hours of Sunday, police said. All the accused, aged between 20 and 25, were arrested within hours of the crime, they sa...
Noida: 1 More COVID-19 Death; Recovery Rate Almost 90 Pc
Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded one more fatality linked to COVID-19 on Sunday, taking the death toll in the district to 56, official data showed. The total number of patients who have recovered from the infection crossed 12,000-mark and the...
Case Lodged Over Objectionable Social Media Post
The Lucknow Police has registered a case against unknown persons for allegedly posting objectionable material on social media pertaining to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, trying to malign his image and instigate caste violence, an official...
Man Arrested For Raping 7-yr-old Girl In UP's Pratapgarh
A man was arrested in Kandhai police station area of this district on Sunday for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl, officials said. "On the evening of September 22, the girl was playing at the door of her house, when the 22-year-old man from the sa...
Delhi Firefighters Rescue More Than 2,400 Birds In Over 6 Months
According to data shared by the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), they received 13,271 distress calls between March 15 and September 30 this year, of which 2,433 were for rescue of birds and 1,681 for animals.
Govt Schools In Kerala Drawing More Students Thanks To Rejuvenation Campaign: CM
Five lakh new students have enrolled in government schools in Kerala in the last three years with the focus on upgrading them as "Centres of Excellence" with modern facilities, according to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Though in the past there w...
September Data Shows Credible Signs of Economic Growth, Says Finance Minister
The Ministry said that earnest efforts made by the government in last few months have now started showing the green shoots and the month of September has exhibited credible signs of economic growth.