India

Patna, Sep 28 (PTI) It was "aayaram gayaram" politics in Bihar on Monday when the ruling JD(U) as well as the opposition RJD claimed to have scored brownie points with the induction of turncoats into their respective folds.

Rashtriya Janata Dal dealt a body blow to its renegade alliance partner Rashtriya Lok Samata Party when the latters state unit chief Bhudeo Chaudhary joined Lalu Prasads party.

Kanpur: Metro Project in the city moves with its fast momentum but it gets setbacks owing to illegal constructions coming in its routes. 

Though the Project officials insist on providing metro rail with 34 metro stations up to the year 2024, the narrow width of the road extending from Rawatpur tri-crossing to Bada Chauraha vexes them.

They decided to approach the Municipal Corporation authorities for the dismantling of illegal houses and shops But the Nigam authorities reminded them that the GT Road comes under the PWD.

Mumbai, Sep 29 (PTI) An MLA hostel in south Mumbai was evacuated after the city police received a phone call about a bomb being placed in the building, an official said on Tuesday.

However, no bomb was found after a search in the premises and the phone call turned out to be a hoax, he said.

The incident took place on Monday night when an unidentified person called the police, saying a bomb was placed inside the Akashvani MLA hostel, located near the state secretariat, the official said.

Indore, Sep 29 (PTI) Religious places have reopened in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district after nearly six months, and devotees have been asked to strictly follow all guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

In an order issued late Monday evening, district Collector Manish Singh asked devotees and priests to wear masks properly covering the nose and mouth and follow the social distancing norms.

Hathras (UP), Sep 29 (PTI) A 19-year-old Dalit woman died at a Delhi hospital on Tuesday morning, days after being raped by four men here, a senior police officer said.

The family of the girl informed that she died around 3 am, Superintendent of Police, Hathras, Vikrant Vir, said,

New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the new farm laws will have to be opposed not just for farmers but for the future of the country, as he alleged that they were like a "stab in the farmers' hearts".

Interacting with a group of farmers from across the country, he said the GST and the noteban were also attacks on farmers, but these three laws will prove to be more detrimental.

Gandhi also claimed the laws will foster an East India company-like culture and this time, a "West India company" has come in.

Dehradun, Sept 29 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on those opposing the farm reform bills, saying they do not want farmers to have the freedom of selling their produce in the open market.

Without naming the Congress, he said the frustration of a party, which ruled for four generations, was at the root of this politics of opposition for opposition's sake.

The prime minister was speaking at the launch of mega projects in Uttarakhand via video conference.

Delhi; 29 Sep 2020 (UMMN): Amnesty International has stopped its Indian operation citing freezing of its bank account by the Government of India.

Amnesty International, a London based non-governmental human rights organisation, with millions of members and supporters around the world, said its bank accounts have been frozen forcing it to lay off staff in the country, and suspend all its campaign and research work.

Kanpur: What precisely was faulty? This is a matter of study and scrutiny. This is what the Nagar Nigam Zone-3 executive engineer Ranvir Singh has told and talked about the enquiry into the whole matter.

Does it not indicate of some anomaly in the start of the work before opening of the tender regarding the laying down of interlocking tiles in a street of Babupurwa locality coming under Ward number 105.

The work was estimated to be of Rs 9.98 lakh; three tenders were also issued. Without finalisation of the tender, the materials like sand started downloading at the site.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work.

“It’s not just a number. It’s human beings. It’s people we love,” said Dr. Howard Markel, a professor of medical history at the University of Michigan who has advised government officials on containing pandemics and lost his 84-year-old mother to COVID-19 in February.