India

Kota, Sep 26 (PTI) A POCSO court here in Jhalawar awarded death penalty to a 23-year-old man for raping and killing a minor.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the convict.

The incident had taken place in July 2018 at a village under the Kamkheda police station.

Kochi, Sep 26 (PTI) Amid dramatic scenes, police made a forced entry into a church here, caught in a row between two factions, and removed protesting rival Jacobite priests and followers following a Kerala High Court directive on Thursday.

The Orthodox and Jacobite factions have been caught in a tussle over the possession of the church, known as Piravom Valiyapalli, and matters only worsened after the Supreme Court ordered that the control of the place of worship be given to the Orthodox group.

Pune, Sep 26 (PTI) At least 17 persons were killed in rain-related incidents after intense showers battered Pune city and parts of the district on Wednesday and Thursday, officials said.

The district administration declared holiday on Friday for schools in the city as well in the tehsils of Haveli, Bhor, Purandar and Baramati.

NEW DELHI, Sept 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A Malaysian schoolboy displayed great skills in building and launching water rockets by winning an international contest in India.

Danish Muslim, the winner of the Water Rocket Challenge at the World Robotics Championship, is studying in the sixth grade at primary school of SK Tun Hussein Onn in Kuala Lumpur.

The 12-year-old participated in the contest with his father Muslim Tamsir as his teammate.

Kanpur: 'Gandhigiri' a very popular term after the year 2006 film, brought fruitful results before the residents of Ward no 29 here. Their method to persuade the Nagar Nigam zonal officials for initiating cleaning drive in their respective localities succeeded at last.

Around 13,000 children, mainly boys, have been detained in Kashmir since its autonomous status was revoked on Aug 5.

According to The Telegraph, a report, led by the National Federation of Indian Women, detailed claims that boys - some as young as 14 - had been imprisoned for up to 45 days, and families were paying up to 60,000 rupees for their children’s release.

New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) A Japanese delegation, representing the country's major skill training companies, met Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday and made an offer of nursing jobs for the residents of Jammu and Kashmir in Japan, officials said.

Mumbai, Sep 26 (PTI) In a relief to the harried customers of crisis-hit Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative Bank, the Reserve Bank Thursday increased the cash withdrawal limit to Rs 10,000 per account, which will help over 60 percent customers of the crippled lender.

The RBI had Tuesday imposed a slew of restrictions on the bank for six months, allowing withdrawal of only Rs 1,000 for the bank's depositors, leaving the customers, who are typically not from the well-heeled a worried lot.

Shahjanhanpur (UP), Sep 26 (PTI) A Shahjanhanpur court on Thursday decided to hear on September 30 the bail plea of a woman law student arrested for allegedly trying to extort Rs 5 crore from BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, held on charges of sexually exploiting her.

District Judge Ram Babu Sharma slated September 30 to hear the student's bail application, filed in the sessions court today.

New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) The University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all varsities to correctly and expeditiously send degree verification reports to Indian Missions abroad.

As a procedure, the Ministry of Education in foreign countries seeks verification reports on degrees issued to Indian students for job purposes. The consulate then issues 'Genuineness Certificates' after getting verification reports from universities in India.