India

Banda (UP), Feb 3 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her uncle in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, police said on Wednesday.

According to the police, the girl was at home on Tuesday when her 24-year-old uncle reached there and raped her.

Jaspura police station SHO Pankaj Singh said an FIR has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act based on a complaint filed by the girl's father.

The girl has been sent for medical examination.

New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) The government on Wednesday told Rajya Sabha that crimes against members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the country increased by 7.3 per cent and 26.5 per cent respectively in 2019.

Kanpur: Bus ride is quite easy for all those Jajmauites boarding from Nai Chungi crossing.

But how are the humble passengers duped by the roadways employee deputed to issue the ticket on different routes?

They charge the full fare but do not print the small thinly ticket showing the complete amount taken in the name of fare.

If a passenger happens to complete the journey up to the crowded Bada Chauraha, a fixed sum of Rs 14 is charged but the conductor rarely returns the balance if the amount exceeds.

New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) The Congress raised the issue of cases filed against its MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, demanding withdrawal of the sedition charges that were slapped to "intimidate independent journalism and free voice".

Raising the issue through a zero hour mention, Digvijaya Singh of the Congress said FIRs had been filed against politicians, journalists and civil society activists under felonious sections in the past few days.

New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the government over barricades and road blocks set up at farmer agitation sites on Delhi's borders, and asked the Centre to "build bridges and not walls".

Farmers' protest sites at Delhi's borders have turned into fortresses with police beefing up security and strengthening barricades.

Kolkata, Feb 1 (PTI) The West Bengal BJP has sought permission from the state government for its month-long 'rath yatra' across the state ahead of the assembly polls.

BJP state vice-president Pratap Banerjee, in a letter to Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay, said the saffron camp, beginning February, intends to take out five rallies, as part of the 'rath yatra', crisscrossing the entire state.

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The Rashtrapati Bhavan will re-open for visitors from Saturday, nearly 11 months after it was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an official statement issued on Monday.

It will be open on Saturdays and Sundays (except on government holidays), the statement said.

Visitors can book their slots online on the website https://presidentofindia.nic.in or https://rashtrapatisachivalaya.gov.in/, said the statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) With parked DTC buses sealing main entry points, multi-layered security arrangements and check points -- both by police and farmers' union volunteers -- Ghazipur, the new focal point of the ongoing farmers' agitation, witnessed heightened restrictions on Monday.

Jaunpur (UP), Feb 1 (PTI) Unidentified assailants shot dead a Nagar Palika corporator in Line Bazar police station area here late on Monday night, police said.

Bala Yadav (50) was shot dead by unidentified assailants who fled from the scene, CO (City) Jitendra Dube said.

Yadav was involved in plotting of land because of which he had rivalry with some people, the CO said, adding this could be the reason behind the murder.

Kolkata, Feb 1 (PTI) Alleging that the NDA government is not open to criticism, CPI(M) leader Mohammed Salim on Monday said his Twitter account was suspended during the day, after he compared the Union Budget with a trading platform, and slammed the Centre over its handling of the farmers stir.

Salim told reporters that his account as well those of others were blocked temporarily, "at the behest of the IT department of the Centre".