India

New Delhi, Jun 14 (PTI) A CRPF commando, who was wounded in an IED blast by the Naxals in Jharkhand last month, succumbed to his injuries at the AIIMS here, an official said on Friday.

Constable Sunil Kalita, 32, was injured on May 28 in the jungles of Seraikela Kharsawan district when his party encountered a number of improvised explosive device blasts during patrolling.

Mumbai, Jun 14 (PTI) The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to four accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case.

A division bench of Justices I A Mahanty and A M Badar granted bail to Dhan Singh, Lokesh Sharma, Manohar Narwaria and Rajendra Chaudhary.

"The petitions are allowed. The applicants shall be released on cash bail of Rs 50,000. They shall attend the special court on each day during the trial and shall not tamper with evidence or contact witnesses," the bench said.

Agartala, Jun 14 (PTI) The Tripura Police has arrested a man from Delhi for allegedly posting "fake news" on Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb's personal life, a senior police officer said.

Based on specific inputs, Anupam Paul, who had been on the run since April 26, was arrested by the crime branch of Tripura Police on Wednesday.

After the arrest, he was produced before a Delhi court on Thursday seeking a transit remand for interrogation and investigation into the case. And, the plea was granted by the court.

Morena (MP), Jun 14 (PTI) A 40-year old man has been arrested in Morena in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly raping, blackmailing and threatening a minor girl, a senior police official said Friday.

The accused, Murari Das, a resident of Barsana near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, recites scriptures at functions, the official said.

Panaji, Jun 14 (PTI) Two men have been arrested for allegedly raping a woman friend inside a car near the Miramar beach here.

Gautam Raikar (25) and Sarvesh Kauthankar (24) were arrested Thursday after the 40-year-old woman filed a complaint, said inspector Sudesh Naik.

The accused hail from Curchorem village in South Goa district, he said.

Aligarh, Jun 14 (PTI) A 32-year-old woman was allegedly drowned in a river here by her husband for refusing to have sex with a tantrik (occultist), police said Friday.

According to police, the incident took place Thursday.

The woman's husband and the occultist have been nabbed by police.

Police said the crime was witnessed by the victim's teenage son, who screamed for help when the woman's husband, Maanpal, was executing his plan.

New Delhi, Jun 14 (PTI) India's exports grew by 3.93 per cent in May to USD 30 billion on the back of healthy growth in electronics and chemicals shipments, even as the trade deficit widened to a six-month high, official data showed Friday.

Imports increased by 4.31 per cent to USD 45.35 as crude oil and gold shipments shot up in the month.

The trade deficit, difference between imports and exports, aggregated at USD 15.36 billion, the widest since November 2018, when it stood at USD 16.67 billion.

Cuttack, Jun 14 (PTI) The Odisha police on Friday booked a newly elected BJD MP and his family members on the charge of assaulting and sexually harassing a woman journalist who had gone to his residence to complaint against his brother for passing lewd remarks at her.

The case was registered against Kendrapara MP Anubhav Mohanty, his younger brother Anuprash and the MP's filmstar wife Barsha Priyadarshini after the journalist, Sashmita Acharya, lodged a written complaint against them, police said.

Ghaziabad, Jun 14 (PTI) A septuagenarian was here arrested for allegedly molesting a five-year-old girl, police said Friday.

On the complaint of the girl's father, a case has been registered against accused Netrapal (76) under Section 354 of the IPC and the POCSO Act.

SP (City) Shlok Kumar said the accused lured the girl on the pretext of giving her a toffee and allegedly molested her.

In the meantime, the girl's father saw it and freed the child from his grip, police said.

Patna/Muzaffarpur, Jun 14 (PTI) Nine more children died on Friday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, which is reeling under an outbreak of brain fever, taking the toll to 63 this month, with officials maintaining the death were due to hypoglycemia.

All the victims have fallen prey to hypoglycemia, a condition caused by a very low level of blood sugar and electrolyte imbalance, they said.

The 63 children died in two hospitals of Muzaffarpur, one of which was visited by state Health Minister Mangal Pandey during the day.