India

New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) Indian Muslims are the most content in the world, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said while asserting that people from all faiths have stood together whenever it has been about the essence of India.

He also said any kind of bigotry and separatism are spread only by those whose self-interest gets affected.

Citing that many Muslims fought in Mewar king Maharana Pratap's army against Mughal emperor Akbar, Bhagwat suggested that in India's history people from all faiths stood together whenever there was an attack on the country's culture.

Pilibhit (UP), Oct 9 (PTI) A 5-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place in the village under Diurea Kotwali police station area late Thursday evening when the minor had gone out to relieve herself, they said.

Jamshedpur, Oct 10 (PTI) Five persons were apprehended in connection with the gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur, police said on Saturday.

The girl was out with her boyfriend in the Bagbera area late on Tuesday when the accused arrived at the spot and forcibly took her to Kaliadih Gaushala at gunpoint, Senior Superintendent of Police Tamil Vanan said.

She was raped there while the boyfriend was tied up, he said.

Kanpur: Month's second Saturday happens to be normally a holiday but the electricity department did a big service by opening its cash counter on a particular day.

When the consumers reached the sub-station office near JK Colony in Jajmau they were relieved to find the non-closure of the cash deposit counter. They easily deposited their respective bills without any trouble. 

There was no crowd and the consumers paid the amount of electricity bill without standing in the long queue.

Bhopal, Oct 10 (PTI) The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday expressed confidence that it would emerge as a "kingmaker" by winning at least 10 out of the 28 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, where bypolls would be held on November 3.

The Mayawati-led party currently has two MLAs in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, whose effective strength has come down to 202 after the death of three MLAs and resignations by 25 others.

New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday inaugurated a 'green war room' at the Delhi Secretariat to monitor pollution levels in the city this winter.

The minister said a 10-member team has been set up to monitor the levels of primary pollutants, measures taken to curb pollution and status of complaints received through Green Delhi mobile application.

Satellite data related to farm fires in the neighbouring states will also be analysed in the green war room.

Azamgarh (UP), Oct 9 (PTI) A BJP leader was shot dead in Haripur village in Powal area here, police said on Friday.

Arjun Yadav (46), who is also a Kshetra Panchayat member, was attacked by unidentified people on Thursday night when he was returning home after closing his shop, they said.

Kolkata, Oct 8 (PTI) The Trinamool Congress continued on Thursday its protests against the alleged gangrape and murder at Hathras with members of its women's wing taking out a rally in the city demanding that BJP governments at the Centre and Uttar Pradesh take steps to ensure safety of women and minorities.

Kanpur: A hardware shop was burgled in a very vicious style. It was existing at a distance of only 100 mts from Maharajpur police station. The burglars were putting on a police uniform and helmet.

No arrest has been made so far. The Police are busy in solving the case on the clues received through the close circuit camera footage. The police station officer Raghvendra Singh told that the search of the burglars was going on the basis of CCTV footage.

New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi again attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday over the acquisition of VVIP aircraft and wondered how many things could have been bought for the soldiers stationed in Siachen-Ladakh border in the amount spent.

During his campaign in Punjab against the farm reform laws, the Congress leader on Tuesday had accused the prime minister of "wasting" thousands of crores of rupees on the aircraft.