India

KANPUR:  Roadways bus freeride for the women on the festival of Rakschhabandhan proved to be an unpleasant dream. They were allowed to travel from Wednesday midnight to Thursday midnight. Not only they had to bear the brunt of scrimmage for a seat but they had to make entry of little children through the windows.

However, Priyam Srivastava, ARM, Jhkarkatti Bus Depot said the buses were sufficient in number. No complaint has been received. A few women passengers had to face trouble due to heavy rush on the day.

Kanpur: If roads are not in good condition, how can denizens reach home timely? If any civic authority cares to visit on the road straight from Nai Chungi overbridge to the Galla Godam Turn in Jajmau area, the reality can be assessed easily. Potholes and slippery surface of the road present a very terrifying scene. 

Being rainy days the water collects into the small or large-sized fissures on the road. At places, the road has become bumpy owing to its uneven condition. Heavy rains mean waterlogging on the whole length of the road.

Srinagar, Aug 15 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir government secretariat and other offices will start functioning from Friday while easing of public curbs would depend on day's development after the 'namaaz', a Raj Bhawan spokesperson said on Thursday.

Governor Satya Pal Malik directed the resumption of normal functioning of the government secretariat and other offices after a review of the security scenario in the state on Thursday evening, he added.

The governor also ordered for making arrangements to facilitate the government employees' movement to work, he said.

New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday the petitions posing legal challenges to the Centre's decision to scrap provisions of Article 370 which abrogated special status to Jammu and Kashmir and subsequent measures putting restrictions on the working of media in the region.

A special bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer, will hear the petitions filed by advocate M L Sharma and Executive Editor, Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin.

Srinagar, Aug 15 (PTI) Former IAS officer Shah Faesal, who is under detention, has been taken to a makeshift detention centre at the Centaur Hotel here, officials said Thursday.

He was shifted from his home to the hotel during the night, they said.

Phagwara, Aug 15 (PTI) Members of the Dalit community here on Thursday took out a protest march against the demolition of the Guru Ravidas temple in New Delhi's Tughlakabad area on the apex court order.

They demanded the reallotment of the land for the reconstruction of the temple.

Carrying black flags and banners, they first assembled at the PWD rest house here and then took out a protest march on the national highway, before converging on the sugar mill chowk.

Madurai, Aug 15(PTI) A 49-year-old man was hacked to death by three youths for rebuking them for allegedly teasing his daughter some weeks ago, police said.

Manikandan was on Tuesday killed in the presence of his wife Hemalatha, who raised an alarm forcing the youths to flee, they said.

Hyderabad, Aug 15 (PTI) Two cases under Nirbhaya Act and POCSO Act have been registered against three minor boys for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl at a village in Jogulamba-Gadwal district of Telangana, police said on Thursday.

The father of the 10-year-old girl complained on Wednesday that a minor boy called her on the pretext of playing and raped her, police said.

A case under Nirbhaya and POCSO Acts has been registered following the complaint, they said.

Kolkata, Aug 16 (PTI) Actor-turned-BJP MP Roopa Ganguly's son has been arrested here for allegedly ramming his car into the wall of an upscale south Kolkata club, a senior police officer said on Friday.

Akash Mukherjee (21) was taken into custody following the incident around 9.15 pm on Thursday, he said.

"We have arrested him for rash driving and damaging properties. No casualty was reported in the accident. His blood sample has been collected to check if it was a case of drunk driving, while the car will be sent for a forensic test," the senior officer said.

Srinagar, Aug 16 (PTI) Kashmir remained shut for the 12th consecutive day on Friday, even as the authorities relaxed restrictions on the movement of people in Srinagar.

"Restrictions on the movement of people have been eased in most parts of the Valley. The situation so far has remained peaceful," a senior official of the state administration said here.

He said while the deployment of security forces on the ground remains as earlier, people were allowed to move around the city and other towns.