India

Bhopal, Aug 28 (PTI) A 30-year-old man has been arrested within hours after he allegedly raped his 15-year-old neighbour in the bathroom of a slum in Bhopal in the wee hours on Wednesday, police said.

The accused Dharmendra Malviya allegedly forced his way into the bathroom around 2 am and committed the crime, said TT Nagar police station in-charge Sanjiv Chowkse.

Both are residents of a slum.

Malviya has been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for rape.

Further investigation is underway.

Akola, Aug 28 (PTI) Amid reports that differences are cropping up between the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) constituents ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) leader Prakash Ambedkar on Wednesday said the alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi-led MIM will continue.

The VBA, comprising the BBM and the Hyderabad-based All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections together. The VBA had won one seat in Maharashtra.

Jammu, Aug 28 (PTI) Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire by restoring to mortar shelling and firing of small arms along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, a defence spokesperson said.

The firing from across the border started around 8 am and continued for three-and-a-half hours, he said.

The spokesperson said the Indian Army retaliated befittingly.

There was no report of any casualty in the Pakistani firing and shelling, he said.

New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) Fourteen candidates, including three women, are in the fray for the four posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union polls this time.

The United Left, which comprises All India Students' Association (AISA), Students' Federation of India (SFI), Democratic Students' Federation (DSF) and All India Students' Federation (AISF), will be contesting on all the four posts of president, vice president, general secretary and joint secretary.

New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) Senior diplomat Pavan Kapoor has been appointed as India's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, the Ministry of External Affairs announced Tuesday.

Kapoor, a 1990-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, will replace Navdeep Suri as India's Ambassador to the UAE.

He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said in a statement.

Kolkata, Aug 28 (PTI) In a veiled attack on the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said attempts are on to change the history of the country and its democracy is under threat.

Because of its narrow political considerations, a particular party has destroyed the unity of the country, she said at the Assembly where a resolution was moved remembering martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre on its centenary year.

Kanpur: In view of the assembly by-election of Govindnagar seat here, the Bahujan Samaj Party has not only declared its candidate for the seat but also effected certain important changes in its Mahanagar unit.

Amidst the guesses and calculations, the BSP has declared the name of its chosen candidate. Though other candidates' name had also announced with this candidate.

Satara, Aug 28 (PTI) Those who lack the spunk and might to fight are switching allegiance to the ruling parties, NCP leader Jayant Patil said here on Wednesday amid talk of local NCP MP Udayanraje Bhosale being on the way to the BJP.

Bhosale's cousin Shivendrasinh Bhosale recently resigned as NCP MLA and joined the BJP.

Pilibhit, Aug 28 (PTI) A man was arrested for the bid to rape his minor stepdaughter here, police said on Wednesday.

According to Sungarhi police station SHO SK Bajpai, the man was arrested on Wednesday night following a complaint lodged by his wife.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Just before midnight on the eve of the biggest political change in Indian-administered Kashmir in decades, authorities shut down internet access, mobile and landline phones and cable TV in the disputed region home to 12.5 million people.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led government presented an order in Parliament on Aug. 5 revoking the autonomy of India’s only Muslim-majority state. The following day, lawmakers passed a bill to split the state, Jammu and Kashmir, into two federal territories.