India

Kolkata, Sep 11 (PTI) Several BJP activists were injured in clashes with police in the city on Wednesday during a rally against hike in power tariff in West Bengal, party sources said.

The BJP president Amit Shah and the state unit president Dilip Ghosh, who is in Delhi in connection with an organisational meeting, have been informed of the incident, the sources said.

Shah has asked the state leadership to submit to him the details about the incident, they said.

Srinagar, Sep 12 (PTI) Normal life remained affected in Kashmir as the stalemate following abrogation of Article 370 entered its 39th day on Thursday with schools closed and public transport off the roads, officials said.

Restrictions on the movement or assembly of people have been lifted from most areas of the valley, but security forces continued to be deployed to maintain law and order, the officials said.

They said the authorities were also considering easing out restrictions on mobile communications and restoring voice call services.

Muzaffarnagar, Sep 12 (PTI) A man was booked for sexually harassing a 14-year-old girl, police said here on Thursday.

The incident allegedly took place at Sujru village in the district on Wednesday.

The accused was thrashed by people and handed over to police.

According to SHO Anil Kapervan, a case has been registered against the accused, Arjun (20).

The minor's family alleged that her clothes were torn and she was sexually harassed when she was returning home from a shop.

Ranchi, Sep 12 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched an ambitious pension scheme for farmers from here.

Under the 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Mandhan Yojana', farmers between 18 and 40 years of age will get Rs 3,000 monthly pension after reaching 60 years.

The scheme has an outlay of Rs 10,774 crore for the next three years.

All small and marginal farmers who are currently between 18 to 40 years can apply for the scheme.

Chandigarh/Dharamshala, Sep 12 (PTI) Four bank employee unions have given a call for a two-day strike from the midnight of September 25 and an indefinite stir from the second week of November to protest against the mega-merger of 10 nationalised banks, a union leader said on Thursday.

The unions are also pressing for expeditious wage revision, the introduction of the five-day week and other demands.

Mumbai, Sep 12 (PTI) The BJP has offered 106 seats to its main alliance partner Shiv Sena for the next month's Maharashtra Assembly polls, but the latter is not likely to accept less than 120 seats, a source said on Thursday.

The seat-sharing talks between the two parties are likely to conclude in a day or two, a BJP source said here.

The Assembly has a total of 288 seats. Last time the two parties had fought the elections separately.

Lucknow, Sep 12 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government is reconsidering the new penalties for breaking traffic rules and may join the growing band of states that find the fines listed in the amended Motor Vehicles Act too high.

"In the interest of the people of Uttar Pradesh, the government is reconsidering what and how it should be done," state Transport Minister Ashok Kataria said Thursday.

"We will soon take a decision and come out with the rates of penalty," the minister said.

Kanpur: A person was cheated by two in a very unique way on Wednesday. Securing the CCTV footage from the bank at Chakeri the police team is busy in solving the case. 

Belonging to Sanigawan area one labourer Pappu Rajput approached the bank branch at Ramadevi area. He was in need of money so he thought it fit to withdraw a sum of 40 thousand rupees from his bank accounts.

Srinagar, Sep 11: A Kashmiri was killed in an alleged gunfight between with Indian security forces and Kashmiri separatist in Sopore of Baramulla districts of Indian administered Kashmir, an Indian official said.

Two police personnel were injured in a grenade blast at the encounter site and are out of danger.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Sep 11 (PTI) Two people have been booked in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district for posting "objectionable comments" on social media against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, police said on Wednesday.

Acting on the complaint of one Shivam Meghali, police booked Bijender Saini and Prince Ashok Acharya on Tuesday under the Information Technology Act, Station House Officer Anil Kaparvan said.