Indian Sub-continent

New Delhi, Sept 19; GANASHAKTI: The JNUSU is deeply dismayed by the statements made by Union Minister and former JNU alumnus, Nirmala Sitharaman.

As a former student of this university and as a senior minister, such statements calling JNUSU members anti-India and 'waging a war against India' is utterly baseless and condemnable.

We see this as a continuation of the systematic slander against the JNU students and faculty that has resulted in numerous attacks on students and teachers, such as the one on Sanjay Kumar in Motihari, Bihar or elsewhere.

New Delhi, Sep 19; GANASHAKTI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday opened the filing of claims and objections for inclusion and exclusion of names in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam, in which around 40 lakh people have been left out.

A bench headed by CJI-designate Ranjan Gogoi made it clear that second opportunity was being given to those left out of the NRC, keeping in mind the "enormous magnitude" of the issue.

It said the claims and objections can be filed for 60 days starting September 25.

Pune (Maharashtra), Sep 20 (PTI) Two minor girls were allegedly raped by a man and a 17-year-old boy here on Sunday and one of them died of injuries inflicted during the assault days later, a police official said Thursday.

The two girls, both around 12 years' old and residents of the same locality, went to a temple near their home in Hinjawadi area Sunday afternoon, he said.

New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) Several passengers on a Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Jaipur suffered nose and ear bleeding Thursday after the crew "forgot" to turn on a switch that controls cabin air pressure, officials said.

"During climb, the crew forgot to select bleed switch due to which cabin pressurisation could not be maintained. As a result, oxygen masks got deployed," the official at aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), said.

A dalit Christian husband, P Pranay Kumar, has been murdered for marrying a higher caste Hindu girl Amritavarshini. Girl has accused her father and uncle Shravan for the murder of her husband, and said that she was pressurised by the two to break her marriage and terminate the pregnancy.

It is alleged that girl’s father offered Rs 1 crore to get Kumar killed, and paid Rs 15 lack in advance.

A minor was held captive and raped for 15 days in Fatehabad. It has been alleged that when mother of the girl went to lodge a complaint, police made her wait for too long and then threatened to put her behind the bar.

Mother then went to a female police station in Fatehabad where her complain was lodged.

Islamabad High Court has suspended the sentences of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar. They will be released from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi after completion of formalities

Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Safdar were sentenced by the accountability court on July 610, 10, 7 and 2 years imprisonment respectively in the Avenfield properties case..

Singer turned BJP leader and Union Minister Babul Supriyo threatened to “break a man’s leg” during an event in West Bengal’s Asansol.

Supriyo was invited at the Samajik Adhikarita Shivir to distribute aids to the disabled people.

Supriyo lost his temper when someone from the crowd interrupted his speech and said, “What happened to you? Any problem? I can break one of your legs and can give you a crutch”.

DHAKA, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved additional loan financing of 110 million U.S. dollars for a project that is improving access to urban primary healthcare services in Bangladesh through public-private partnerships (PPPs).

Ahmedabad, Sep 18 (PTI) As many as 1,000 farmers affected by the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train submitted affidavits in the Gujarat High Court Tuesday, voicing their opposition to the project.

A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi is hearing five petitions challenging the land acquisition process for the high speed rail project.