India

Bhopal, Nov 14 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said on Thursday that the RSS and the BJP should accept the Supreme Court's decision in the Sabarimala temple case just as they did in the Ayodhya matter.

He was reacting to the apex court's decision to refer the Sabarimala and similar religious issues to a larger bench.

Mau (UP), Nov 14 (PTI) A teenage girl was allegedly raped by three men in a village in the Ghosi area here, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place on November 8, they said, adding that the 17-year-old girl had gone to her field when the three men of the same village allegedly raped her.

The family members of the girl alleged that they had approached the police with a complaint on the day of the incident itself, but the latter did not register an FIR.

New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI) A Chinese passenger was apprehended by CISF personnel at the Delhi airport on Thursday for allegedly carrying a satellite phone in his baggage, officials said.

Chang Wen Tang was intercepted at the Terminal-II of the Indira Gandhi International Airport before he could board a flight to Raipur, they said.

The satellite phone of Thuraya brand was kept in the hand baggage of the Chinese passenger, they said.

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 14 (PTI) Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday heaped praise on the LDF government in Kerala and said it is a model for other BJP, non-BJP-ruled states on implementation of Central projects.

He thanked the state government for the successful implementation of the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) pipeline project.

The Union minister of petroleum, natural gas and steel was speaking to the media after he met chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan at his office here.

Ghaziabad (UP), Nov 14 (PTI) The Ghaziabad administration on Thursday issued orders making it mandatory to obtain its permission for buying, selling or flying drones, a senior official said.

The buyers and sellers of drones have also been instructed to get their Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) registered, Additional District Magistrate (city) Shailendra Kumar said.

Permission must be obtained from the M's office before buying or selling drones or using unregistered ones, he said.

New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI) Political parties and Hindu outfits in Kerala have given mixed reaction to the Supreme Court on Thursday deciding to set up a larger bench to reexamine religious issues including those arising out of its 2018 verdict that lifted a centuries-old ban on women of menstruating age visiting the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple.

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) A thick layer of toxic smog engulfed Delhi as the pollution level continued to remain in the 'severe' category for the fourth consecutive day on Friday.

The high pollution can be attributed to low wind speed, which has led to stagnation of pollutants in the air and slowed down the dispersion process, authorities said.

Noida (UP), Nov 15 (PTI) A 21-year-old woman was allegedly raped by five men in a park here where she had reached to meet a friend in the hope of finding a job but was molested by him also, police said on Friday.

The incident took place in Sector 63 on Wednesday night and four of the six men involved in the case have been arrested, Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Vaibhav Krishna said.

Nagpur, Nov 15 (PTI) NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday said a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government will be formed and it will complete five-year term as he ruled out the possibility of mid-term polls in Maharashtra which is currently under Presidents rule.

He said the three parties want to form a stable government which will be development-oriented.

There is no possibility of mid-term polls. This government will be formed and it will complete five years. We all will ensure this government runs for five years, Pawar told reporters here.

New Delhi, Nov 14 (PTI) Teachers from various universities of the national capital on Thursday took out a protest march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar against the New Education Policy and several other issues.

The issue of the Jawaharlal Nehru University's hostel fee hike also echoed in the march. JNU Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh participated in the march.

The march also saw a huge presence of students from various universities.

They raised slogans against the government.

Teachers are currently at the Barakhamba Road.