India

Mahoba (UP), Nov 6 (PTI) A 14-year-old girl was found unconscious in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba district, with her parents telling police they feared that she had been raped.

The girl's father lodged a case against his 15-year-old tenant and his three unidentified friends, they said.

Police said they registered the case based on the complaint of the girl's father and an investigation is under way.

She was found in an unconscious state lying near the bushes late in the night on Thursday, ASP Rajendra Kumar Gautam said on Friday.

Ballia (UP), Nov 7 (PTI) A youth has been arrested for allegedly raping a 22-year-old woman in the Bhimpura area here, police said on Saturday.

A woman filed a complaint with the police that a youth of her village threatened her that he will kill her as well as her father. Two days later, he raped her, the police said.

The youth also made a video of the act, they added.

Police said they have registered a case against the accused under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act.

Srinagar, 06 Nov 2020: Two Kashmiris were killed on Friday by Indian security forces in Badgam district of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

Lucknow, Nov 5 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Thursday a Diwali bonus for 14.82 lakh state government employees, an official said.

There has been a lot of speculation over the declaration of bonus amid the economic situation due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the Adityanath government chose in favour of it, the official said.

Kolkata, Nov 5 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that nearly 3.5 lakh migrant labourers have been given new job cards in the state.

She said that 5,92,000 migrant labourers have been enrolled for the 100 days' work in the state.

New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) WhatsApp on Friday said it is rolling out its payments services in India after receiving nod from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

In 2018, the Facebook-owned company had started testing its UPI-based payments service in India, which allows users to utilise the messaging platform to send and receive money. The testing was limited to about a million users as it waited for regulatory approvals to come in.

Banda (UP), Nov 6 (PTI) A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in Marka area here, police said on Friday.

The incident took place on November 3 when the girl was alone at her house and her family had gone to the field, they said.

An FIR was lodged on Thursday in this regard, following which the accused was arrested, police said, adding that an investigation into the matter is underway.

New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre to ensure there is no smog in Delhi-NCR as it was informed that the commission for air quality management will start functioning from today.

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian posted the pleas related to air pollution for hearing after the Diwali vacation.

The Centre on Thursday appointed former Chief Secretary of Delhi M M Kutty chairperson of the Commission for Air Quality Management (AQM) in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas.

New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) NREGA is a big success story of recent times in India, providing protection from starvation to vulnerable sections of the population, says senior UN advisor Usha Mishra Hayes in her book which is about the ever-shifting world of policy which influences the social protection systems in Asian and African countries.

Mumbai, Nov 4 (PTI) A court at Alibaug in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Wednesday evening remanded Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and two other accused in judicial custody till November 18 in a 2018 abetment to suicide case.

The police had sought Goswami's custody for 14 days, but the court held that custodial interrogation was not required.