India

Bengaluru, Feb 19 (PTI) A poet and a journalist have been arrested in connection with recital of a poem against CAA and NRC at a government sponsored function in Koppal district of Karnataka last month, police said on Wednesday.

The arrests were made based on a complaint from a BJP functionary alleging that Siraj Bisaralli, a poet had recited an anti-CAA poem at 'Anegundi Utsava' in Gangavathi town of Koppal district in January and Rajabaxi, editor of an online news portal uploaded it on social media.

Mumbai, Feb 19 (PTI) A 45-year-old bar owner was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a bar singer in the eastern suburb of Ghatkopar here, police said.

Based on a complaint lodged by the victim, the police nabbed Suresh Shetty, who allegedly sexually assaulted her after calling her to the bar on Wednesday morning, an official said.

Udaipur, Feb 19 (PTI) A physical training instructor of a government school was arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl in the district on Wednesday, police said.

The accused, Prem Singh (45), posted at a government senior secondary school in Chansda area, had allegedly molested the girl on Tuesday.

She narrated the incident to her family members after which her relatives and villagers reached the school, demanding action against the accused.

The accused was arrested under Section 354-A of the IPC and the POCSO Act.

Gurgaon, Feb 19 (PTI) An Uber driver was held for allegedly sexually harassing a woman passenger, police said here on Wednesday.

The accused had allegedly masturbated in his car in the presence of the woman, who was a Delhi University student, they said.

The woman had taken the cab from a Sector 51 locality here to the Huda City Centre Metro station on Tuesday.

Alibag (Maha), Feb 19 (PTI) A special court here has sentenced a man to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl.

Special court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act Madhuri Anand held the accused, Pradip Rambhau Gaikwad (38), guilty and awarded the sentence on Tuesday.

Noida (UP), Feb 19 (PTI) Scores of young men held a shirtless protest here on Wednesday as part of an ongoing farmers' agitation against the Noida Authority.

The protest, which began on February 10, is being headed by the Bharatiya Kisan Sangathan (BKS). The farmers have been pressing for demands, including additional 64 per cent compensation for their land acquired by the Noida Authority over the years and a plot of 10 per cent the size of the total land acquired.

Coimbatore, Feb 20 (PTI) Nineteen people, including six women, were killed when a Kerala state government bus collided head-on with a container lorry near Tamil Nadu's Avanashi town in Tirupur district, 40 kms from here, on Thursday, officials said.

The bus was going to Thiruvananthapuram from Bengaluru, while the lorry was coming from the opposite direction on the Coimbator-Salem Highway when the mishap occurred at 4.30 am, police said

Of the 48 passengers in the bus, 19 died on the spot and remaining sustained injuries.

Ahmedabad, Feb 20 (PTI) Nearly one lakh people are expected to line up along the 22-km route of the roadshow of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad on February 24, officials said on Thursday.

The number is much less than what the US president has been claiming.

In a recent video, Trump said, "7 million (70 lakh)" people will be there on the roadshow route.

Nagpur, Feb 20 (PTI) Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis appeared before a Nagpur court on Thursday in connection with a complaint seeking criminal proceedings against him for alleged non-disclosure of criminal cases in his election affidavit in 2014.

The senior BJP leader was given the last chance by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate P S Ingle to appear before the court on Thursday.

Noida (UP), Feb 20 (PTI) A trader has been arrested in Greater Noida for allegedly sharing a Facebook post deemed "offensive" against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, officials said on Thursday.

The accused, identified as Chand Quraishi, is a resident of Jewar town and was arrested on Wednesday evening, they said.

When contacted, Quraishi said he shared the post by "mistake".