India

Kanpur: Superstitious values seems to have overwhelmed an old rural woman to attain release from the cycle of death.

Belonging to Sajeti Madha village of Ghatampur in the district one 50-year-old woman thought of taking a samadhi. The  family members and villagers appear to have energized her to take this odd step.

A pit is as deep as four-feet was dug up in the open space of her village house. Chanting the hymns, she jumped into it. The people put a cot over the trench and covered it with the layers of soil. They even started chanting some hymns.

Raiganj (WB), Feb 10 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday mocked BJP leaders for travelling on raths "as if they are gods", and alleged that their political agenda is to create division in society on the basis of religion.

She also accused the saffron party of resorting to lies about Hinduism.

"Rath Yatra is a religious festival. All of us have participated in this festival. We know Lord Jagannath, Balaram and Goddess Subhadra travel in those chariots.

Bengaluru, Feb 10 (PTI) The last quarter of 2020 saw e-commerce order volume growing by 36 per cent in India with Personal care, Beauty and Wellness (PCB&W) segment being the biggest beneficiary, according to a report.

In October to December 2020 period, PCB&W and FMCG & Healthcare (F&H) categories' volumes grew by 95 per cent and 46 per cent year-on-year (YOY) respectively, said the Q4- 2020 -E-commerce Trends Report', released by Unicommerce and Kearney.

Banda (UP), Feb 9 (PTI) A 55-year-old farmer allegedly hanged himself from a tree in Jaspura village in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, police said on Tuesday.

According to his family members, the farmer took the extreme step as he was upset over stray cattle damaging his crop.

The farmer, Subhash Singh, was found hanging on Tuesday morning, Station House Officer (SHO) Pankaj Kumar Singh said.

The farmer's son told police his father had gone to the field on Monday night but did not return.

New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) The government will soon bring a bill on crypto currencies as existing laws are inadequate to deal with issues concerning them, Minister of State For Finance Anurag Thakur told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

Replying to a question in the Upper House, Thakur said regulatory bodies like RBI and Sebi do not have any legal framework to directly regulate crypto currencies as they are not currencies, assets, securities or commodities issued by identifiable users.

Aligarh (UP), Feb 9 (PTI) RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi getting emotional in the Parliament on Tuesday, saying had he shed some tears on the deaths of farmers during their protest, the situation would not have come to such a pass.

Addressing a farmer 'mahapanchayat' (large congregation) near Iglas in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district, Chaudhary said the farmers' protest had now turned into a people's movement that was gathering momentum with each passing day, adding that there was no turning back.

Nagpur, Feb 9 (PTI) Ambassador of France in India Emmanuel Lenain on Tuesday visited the RSS headquarters here, sources said.

He also visited the Nagpur Metro project with a delegation.

Lenain visited the headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, organization sources said without giving more details.

A delegation led by the ambassador also visited the Nagpur Metro project, which has been partly funded by the French development agency AFD.

Chandigarh, Feb 9 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said BJP leaders were facing spontaneous anger of farmers and rejected as hilarious claims of the saffron party's state unit that the protesters were not peasants but Congress workers.

Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Sharma had earlier in the day accused the Punjab government of organising protests under the guise of farmers' agitation to "prevent" candidates of the saffron party from campaigning ahead of the February 14 civic polls.

Jabalpur (MP), Feb 9 (PTI) A special court here on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old man to 15 years' rigorous imprisonment for raping his minor daughter.

Special Judge Jyoti Mishra held the man (name not disclosed to protect the victim's identity) guilty under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and relevant sections of the IPC.

Apart from prison sentence, he was also fined Rs 500, said special public prosecutor Ajay Kumar Jain.

The man raped his minor daughter while other family members were away on March 17, 2018.

New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) The government on Tuesday said it is not considering any proposal to grant dual citizenship.

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said in Lok Sabha that over 6.76 lakh Indians gave up Indian nationality between 2015 and 2019 and took up citizenship of other countries.

"No sir," Rai said replying to a written question of Congress member Karti Chidambaram, who asked whether the government is considering any proposal for dual citizenship.