India

Kanpur: Mayor Pramila Pandey has convened Nagar Nigam House to conduct an executive committee election on Feb 28.

According to a news report, BJP will fight on five seats.

It has also been informed that the term of six members of the executive committee was over in December 2020. 

As many as six members will be elected. The name of the corporations from the Party has been finalised.

There will be a tough fight for the seats, as is being expected.

Ballia (UP), Feb 23 (PTI) A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in her village here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on the night of February 18 under Gadwar police station area. The accused has been arrested, they said.

According to the complaint lodged by the girl's mother, their neighbour, Pawan, called the minor to his house on the pretext of some work and raped her, Station House Officer (SHO) Rajiv Singh said.

An FIR has been lodged and the accused arrested, he said.

Patna, Feb 23 (PTI) Leader of Opposition in the Bihar assembly Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday criticised the state government over rise in crime, saying it has doubled in the state under NDA rule than what was during the 15-year regime of the RJD under Lalu Prasad-Rabri Devi.

Hyderabad, Feb 23 (PTI) Former India all-rounder Yusuf Pathan on Tuesday inaugurated the 26th centre of Cricket Academy of Pathans (CAP) here, with an aim to provide world-class coaching to budding cricketers of the city.

During the occasion, Yusuf interacted with the trainees and shared his experiences of playing cricket in Hyderabad, a CAP release said.

Itanagar, Feb 23 (PTI) A new species of alpine plant in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district has been discovered by a group of scientists of three institutes of the country, according to a journal that published their research paper.

The new species belongs to the family of Himalayan sunflower, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology research fellow Dr Lobsang Tashi Thungon, who is a member of the team, said.

Srinagar, Feb 23 (PTI) A special court rejected the bail application of PDP leader Waheed Parra on Tuesday, saying the charges against him were "grave, serious and heinous in nature" and that a preliminary analysis of evidence collected so far show he was aiding militancy in Jammu and Kashmir in the garb of a politician.

New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI) Donning traditional turbans and singing songs of the peasant movement, farmers protesting at Delhi borders against the three agri laws on Tuesday marked the Pagdi Sambhal Divas.

Called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the day-long event was inspired by the Pagdi Sambhal Lehar of 1906.

NEW DELHI, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in northern Indian state of Uttarakhand Wednesday said the death toll in the dam disaster that happened earlier this month in the state has risen to 70 and the search for missing people was underway.

"As of now, a total of 70 bodies and 29 human body parts have been retrieved from different places," reads a statement issued by police. "Out of these 40 bodies and one body part has been identified."

Police said DNA profiling of the unidentified bodies was being carried out.

New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI) Climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested in connection with the toolkit case, was released from Tihar jail on Tuesday night after a city court granted her bail.

Disha was released after jail authorities completed all formalities regarding her release, official said.

Hardoi (UP), Feb 23 (PTI) A local court here awarded death penalty to a man for raping and killing an 18-month-old girl.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on the convict.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Chandra Vijay Shrinet on Monday held Guddu, alias Gullu, guilty of the crime and awarded death sentence.

District Government Advocate Ramchandra Rajput on Tuesday said the girl was raped and murdered in 2014. After killing her, the victim threw the body in a village pond.