India

New Delhi, Jun 16 (PTI) Modern life is marked by alienation and aloofness, and the result is depression, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said, underlining that the flavour of sharing and caring which was a norm in old days is missing in present times.

Talking about his own experiences of life in good old days, Naidu said life then used to "play out amidst a network of strong social relationships and there was no reason to feel alone and uncared for and no ground to be depressed".

New Delhi, Jun 17 (PTI) The BJP announced on Wednesday the names of its candidates for the mayor, deputy mayor and other posts of the three municipal corporations ruled by the party in Delhi.

Jai Prakash (North Delhi), Nirmal Jain (East Delhi), Anamika Mithlesh (South Delhi) are the candidates for the mayoral posts of the three corporations, Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta tweeted.

New Delhi, Jun 16 (PTI) Two Railway Protection Force constables were arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Delhi, police said on Wednesday.

The teenager, who used to work as a domestic help in east Delhi, left the house on Friday and reached the New Delhi Railway station to go back to her home in Ranchi, according to the police.

She was allegedly lured by the two RPF personnel on the pretext of helping her to board a train to Jharkhand, police said.

New Delhi, Jun 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened an all-party virtual meet on Friday to discuss the situation along the India-China border, his office said on Wednesday.

The meeting comes against the backdrop of demands by the opposition seeking details of the violent face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh which left 20 Indian Army personnel dead.

Dehradun, Jun 17 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday said by assaulting unarmed Indian soldiers, China has once again breached India's trust as it did in 1962.

But China must realise it is not the India of 1962, he said.

"Our soldiers were unarmed. They didn't even have a baton in hand. By attacking them, China has breached India's trust as it had done in 1962," Rawat told reporters while paying tribute to Indian soldiers who were killed in the face-off along the LAC in Ladakh.

KANPUR: Depositing electricity bill at the single computerised window counter at the power sub-station near JK Colony in Jajmau here remains the harrowing task. The tin shed where the consumers stand in the queue for reaching the window gives a big discomfort to them. The shed becomes quite hotter in the day time. As a result, the consumers try hard to suffer the harsh temperature. They have to tolerate however hot the shed turns in the bright sun.

Ladakh; 16 June 2020 (UMMN): At least 20 Indian troops have been killed by PLA on India-China LOC in a disputed Himalayan border area of Ladakh, Indian officials say. Indian army initially said three of its soldiers had been killed but later on Tuesday, officials said a number of critically injured soldiers had died of their wounds.

Srinagar, Jun 16 (UMMN): Three Kashmiris were killed on Tuesday in an encounter with Indian security forces in Shopian dist of Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

United Nations, Jun 16 (PTI) India received USD 51 billion in foreign investment in 2019 and was the world's 9th largest recipient of foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2019, according to a report by the UN's trade body.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report on Monday that a lower but positive economic growth in India in the post-COVID19 pandemic period and India's large market will continue to attract market-seeking investments to the country.

Jammu, Jun 16 (PTI) An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hit Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said, the third to hit the union territory in three days.

However, there were no reports of any damage, they said.

The earthquake occurred at 7 AM and its epicenter was is Tajikistan, according to the officials.

Strong tremors were felt in most parts of the Kashmir Valley, including Srinagar, Kishtwar and Doda districts. Tremors were also felt in Jammu, they said.