India

NEW DELHI, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 people lost their lives in India's eastern state of Bihar following heavy rainfall over the last 24 hours, media reported on Sunday.

According to the reports, four people died near Patna after a tree fell on auto at Khagaul railway station. Two persons were also injured in the incident. While four people lost their lives in Barari and two killed in Khanjarpur, one died in Munger, two died after their house collapsed due to heavy rains in Kaimur district and one person died in Patna on Saturday due to electrocution.

Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Sep 28 (PTI) A complaint was filed in a court here on Saturday seeking that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan be tried for waging war against the country and other offences for his speech at the UN General Assembly.

Sudhir Kumar Ojha, a lawyer, who earlier filed petitions against Bollywood actors and top political leaders, moved his latest application in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Surya Kant Tiwari.

New Delhi, Sept 29 (PTI) Several hundred prisoners, who have not been convicted for murder, rape and corruption, will be released from jails across India on October 2 to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, officials said on Sunday.

The number of prisoners to be released on Gandhi Jayanti could be around 600 and the final list is being prepared by the Union Home Ministry in close coordination with state governments and the union territory administrations.

Kaushambi, Sep 28 (PTI) A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by a neighbour in Karari area here, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on Friday night and the accused Mustaqueem has been arrested, Superintendent of Police Pradeep Gupta said.

Lucknow, Sep 28 (PTI) As many as 35 fresh rain-related deaths were reported from different parts of Uttar Pradesh, the state government said on Saturday.

While 25 people died on Saturday, 10 perished on Friday, the official statement said, adding that another 5 were injured in various rain-related incidents.

On Saturday, four persons died in a house collapse in Mirzapur and an equal number of people were killed when a wall fell on them in Azamgarh due to heavy rain.

Ghaziabad, Sep 28 (PTI) Building plans in Ghaziabad will now be approved online, officials said on Saturday.

Building plans on land measuring 300 metre or less will be approved within 24 hours without any manual interface, while those in bigger plots will be sanctioned within a month, they said.

The decision was taken to avoid delays in sanctioning building plans, on directions of the state government at the board meeting of the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), its chairperson Anita Meshram told reporters.

Mumbai, Sep 29 (PTI) The RBI may cut the key policy rate again on Friday, the fifth in row, to complement the government's measures like reducing corporate tax and promoting credit offtake to spur economic activity during the festive season amid range-bound inflation.

The RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das headed Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will announce the fourth bi-monthly monetary policy for 2019-20 on Friday, October 4, after its three-day meeting.

Srinagar, Sep 28: Three Kashmiris were killed on Saturday in an alleged gunfight between with Indian security forces and Kashmiri separatists in Batote area along the Jammu-Kishtwar national highway of Indian administered Kashmir, an Indian official said.

One Indian soldier was also killed during the action, said Jammu-based Army PRO Lt Col Devender Anand told PTI. He said the search operation is still going on and further details are awaited.

Bengaluru, Sep 27 (PTI) The Congress in Karnataka on Friday said the Election Commission was functioning like an "agent of BJP" and termed its move to defer bypolls to 15 assembly segments in the State till the Supreme Court decides on the case of disqualified Congress-JD(S) legislators as "arbitrary."

In the country's history,this is the first time the Election Commission (EC) has cancelled elections after issuing notification without giving any reason, the party claimed.

New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) The BJP on Friday emerged victorious in two of the four assembly constituencies where bypolls were held while the ruling LDF wrested a seat in Kerala and the Congress consolidated its position in Chhattisgarh, winning Naxal-affected Dantewada.

BJP candidates won in Uttar Pradesh and Tripura defeating their Samajwadi Party and CPI-M rivals respectively.

LDF's Mani C Kappen defeated Jose Tom Pulikkunnel of the opposition Congress-led UDF in a closely-contested fight.