An Ahmedabad court on Monday held that though Narendra Modi had committed an offence under RP Act by not disclosing his marital status while contesting Assembly polls in 2012, a petition seeking registration of an FIR against him cannot be entertained due to a time-bar prescribed for such cases.
A ten-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in a village of Malda district when she was returning home after attending a wedding in an adjacent village, the police said today.
The victim, daughter of a labourer in Kachiadanga village was returning alone from her grandmother’s place yesterday when she was allegedly raped, Additional Superintendent of police Abhishekh Modi said.
Villagers found her lying in an unconscious state and rushed her to Bulbulchadi Health Centre from where she was referred to Malda Medical College and Hospital
Light to moderate showers today brought down temperatures in most parts of north India, including in Uttar Pradesh, where three persons died in rain-related incidents.
The national capital experienced a sultry day with a high humidity level of 92 per cent. The day temperature remained well below the 40 degrees Celsius mark.
Following overnight rains, the maximum temperature in Delhi settled at 37.2 degrees, down by nearly two notches from yesterday’s 39 degrees. The minimum temperature was two points below normal at 25.2 degrees Celsius.
A sight-seeing trip turned tragic for a group of five persons, including two girls, when they drowned in Dindi reservoir in neighbouring Nalgonda district of Telangana on Monday, police said.
The victims, all relatives, had come down to Dindi to attend the 12th day death rituals of a relative and went to the reservoir for sight-seeing and entered the water for swimming.
However, none of them knew swimming and drowned, a police official attached to Dindi police station said.
Asserting that she has upheld the rights of Tamil Nadu in Cauvery issue by getting the final order of the inter-state water dispute tribunal published in central gazette, Chief Minister Jayalaithaa on Monday said steps were being taken to set up the Cauvery Management Board to give effect to the tribunal’s verdict.
Following death of 11 persons in last week’s flood in the state capital following heavy rains, the government on Monday started a major eviction drive across the city to clear the wetlands.
Kamrup Metro district administration has been clearing the encroachments on both sides of the Bharalu river, the tributary flowing through the city, since this morning, Assam Commissioner and Secretary (Political) Prateek Hajela said.
Along with this, the administration is demolishing the illegal houses constructed on the Silsako lake in the city, he added.
Japanese two-wheeler maker Yamaha on Monday launched upgraded variants of its 150 CC bikes – FZ and FZ-S – priced up to Rs 78,250 (ex-showroom Delhi).
The company, which had first launched the FZ series in India in 2008, will start selling the two variants – FZ Version 2.0 and FZ-S Version 2.0 from Tuesday.
While the new FZ variant is priced at Rs 76,250, the FZ-S version would be retailed at Rs 78,250 (ex-showroom Delhi).
India Monday announced a new liberal visa policy for Afghan nationals who will now be allowed to stay in the country on humanitarian grounds for two years.
According to a home ministry release, the new policy further streamlines procedures being implemented in the current visa policy for citizens of Afghanistan. The new policy will be implemented from July 1.
Under the policy, the government may allow Afghan nationals to stay in India on stay visa/resident permit up to two years at a time.
West Bengal was stunned Monday after Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul was caught on a video threatening to gun down his Marxist rivals and “unleash his boys for raping” women. He denied making the comments, saying he had spoken in the heat of the moment.
A Bengali news channel telecast Paul, from Krishnanagar constituency, of warning Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) men to “beware” of him as he won’t “spare them and destroy their entire clan”.
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State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) Monday hiked the petrol price by Rs.1.69 a litre, excluding taxes, effective from midnight, owing to a rise in global oil prices and exchange rates.
Diesel prices were also hiked by 50 paise per litre.
“Due to geo-political unrest in the Middle East, there has been significant increase in international oil prices during the past two weeks”, Indian Oil said here in a release.
Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that the cabinet decision on quotas for Marathas and Muslims has not come into force as a government resolution in this regard is yet to be issued.
“In order to provide such a law, a government resolution will have to be issued. Only then such a decision could be implemented,” Advocate General Darius Khambata told the court.
The court was hearing a PIL challenging 16 per cent reservation for Marathas in government jobs and educational institutions in the state.
Eight core industries such as coal, electricity, crude oil, cement and steel, grew 2.3 percent in May this year, compared to 5.9 percent during the corresponding month of last year, official data showed Monday.
The index of eight core industries having a combined weight of 37.90 percent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2004-05 stood at 168.7 in the month under review, the ministry of commerce and industry said in a statement.
Alleging that the ruling TRS is trying to wrest the Telangana Legislative Council chairman’s post through unethical means, Congress today petitioned the Governor to postpone the election to the position.
As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, the chairman is to be elected to the council. Deputy chairman of the council in undivided AP state, N Vidyasagar, has been officiating as the chairman, pending election to the post.
The council has now been convened for a meeting on July 2.
World powers should be ” realistic” in nuclear talks with Iran so that results could be achieved, senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi was quoted as saying by media Monday.
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GAIL (India) Limited has initiated implementation of a slew of relief measures for the affected families and villagers of Nagaram following the tragic gas pipeline incident in which nineteen people lost their lives and several were injured. The compensation of Rs. 20 lakhs per deceased and Rs. 50,000/- to each of the 19 injured, totaling to Rs. 3.89 crore was handed over to the district administration today. The disbursement of compensation to the individual eligible beneficiaries will begin today.
A Thailand delegation recently offered prayers at one of the holiest Buddhist shrines in Bodh Gaya in Bihar, where Lord Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment. Nearly 200 women officers from police department as well as army mediated at the Mahabodhi Temple complex under the Bodhi tree after shaving their head and donning saffron and white clothes. They would lead a nun”s life for 12 days to take lessons in Buddhism from monks.
Mulberry growers in Jammu and Kashmir are happy as bad weather conditions and excessive rainfall has worked in favour of the fruit”s production. The growers in Srinagar, are content with the production as the climatic conditions have proved to be conducive for the cultivation of mulberry fruit – a new favourite among the foreign tourists. “This year climate was not too good. There was heavy rainfall, heavy downpour from the month of February up to May. But in some plants we are seeing there are so many other fruits, which are grown in Kashmir valley.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday congratulated scientists and the people who made the PSLV C-23 launch a success, thus positioning India in a strong place globally in space. “PSLV C-23”s successful launch has positioned India strong internationally. At the same time those scientists and people who were behind the work in ensuring this launch (PSLV C-23) successful today in the presence of prime minister Narendra Modi deserves applaud. Infact this is a day of celebration for the people of this country,” Naqvi said.
The Narendra Modi government was striving to bring about a turn around in all aspects of governance and it was both “premature and unfair” to pass judgement on it after just its first month, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Monday.
It was “premature and unfair” to pass judgement as the government had just completed one month in office, said Rajnath Singh, also the Bharatiya Janata Party president and the local MP, while on a one-day visit to the Uttar Pradesh capital.
A 54-year-old general manager of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee has been arrested here on charges of molesting a woman employee of the organisation, police said Monday.
Harjeet Singh was arrested a few hours after the woman, in her 30s, filed a police complaint Sunday at the Parliament Street police station.
The woman, who has been working at the Rakabganj gurdwara for a few years, said she was molested by Singh June 21.
“Singh would use abusive language while talking to her and with other employees,” said a police official, quoting the woman’s complaint.
Union Minister and Former Army Chief General V.K. Singh on Monday said that the foreign ministry does its work to tell China about what’s wrong or right.
Commenting on the row over the Chinese new map showing Arunachal Pradesh as part of its own territory, Singh told ANI “When China does something, India’s External Affairs ministry responds by conveying to them what is wrong or right,” he said.