India

Chennai, Oct 10 (PTI) Young Indian player Nihal Sarin emerged winner in the Chess.com's 2020 Junior Speed Online Chess Championship, beating Russia's world junior No. 6 Alexey Sarana 18-7 in the final.

The title win earned the 16-year old Sarin USD 8,766 and enabled him to qualify for the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Final which will feature the world's best players.

New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) The Congress on Saturday released a list of 30 star campaigners for the first phase of Bihar assembly polls on October 28, with party president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh leading them.

Sources said Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh are unlikely to campaign physically and may address virtual rallies for the upcoming assembly polls.

Bulandshahr, Oct 10 (PTI) A man was arrested for allegedly raping a woman after giving her an intoxicating substance in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place near a village in Ahmedgarh area here on Friday evening, they said.

New Delhi, Oct 11 (PTI) The CBI registered an FIR early Sunday morning and took over investigation into the alleged gangrape and murder of a Dalit woman last month in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

The central probe agency registered the FIR under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections related to gangrape and murder among others, and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Kanpur: There were panic and uproar at a school in Naubasta area here on Saturday afternoon. Unmindful of any unusual occurrence, the teachers remained busy in the teaching.

The school was opened days after so the focus was given only on the pedagogy.

Who would have realised the sensation of a python in the temple of learning? If the school was not bereft of the students, the reptile appeared to be resting outside the room in quiet space. Was it meditating or securing the school in the absence of a sentry?

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s confirmed coronavirus toll crossed 7 million on Sunday with a number of new cases dipping in recent weeks, even as health experts warn of mask and distancing fatigue setting in.

The Health Ministry registered another 74,383 infections in the past 24 hours. India is expected to become the pandemic’s worst-hit country in coming weeks, surpassing the U.S., where more than 7.7 million infections have been reported.

The ministry also reported 918 additional deaths, taking total fatalities to 108,334.

NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (NNN-PTI) — India reported 73,272 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall caseload to 6,979,423, while 5,988,822 people have recuperated so far, pushing the recovery rate to 85.81 percent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday.

The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 107,416 with 926 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

For the second day in a row, the number of active COVID-19 cases remained below 9 lakh.

Srinagar, 10 October 2020: Three Kashmiris were killed on Saturday by Indian security forces in Kulgam and Pulwama districts of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

Budaun, Oct 10 (PTI) A 23-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her husband following an altercation over dowry, police said on Saturday.

According to a police complaint lodged by the woman's father Nathulal, his daughter Pravesh Kumari got married to Rambaran three years ago and Rs 6 lakh was given to Rambaran's family as dowry at that time.

He claimed that Rambaran's family had been demanding an additional Rs 2 lakh, which led to frequent disputes between the husband and wife.

Palghar, Oct 9 (PTI) A man was arrested for allegedly raping a 12-year old girl in Mokhada area of Palghar district, police said on Friday.

The 30-year-old man, identified as contractor Deoram Bhoye, on Wednesday entered the latter's house in Talyachiwadi when she was alone and raped her, said an official.

"Her brother caught Bhoye red-handed and raised an alarm but he managed to escape. The family filed a complaint and after which he was arrested late Thursday night under IPC and POCSO provisions," the Mokhada police station official said.