Indian Sub-continent

Mumbai, Feb 15; PTI/GANASHAKTI: Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Friday said she and her husband, lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar, have decided not to attend Kaifi Azmi's birth centenary celebrations in Karachi in the wake of Pulwama terror attack.

The couple was invited to Pakistan by the Karachi Arts Council for a two-day event.

KANPUR: A pall of gloom pervaded at a family in Bhabha Nagar area after the news of Khusbu’s death reached there. She became a victim of the careless driving in Chakeri area on Friday.

Itanagar, Feb 16 (PTI) All state government offices in Arunachal Pradesh will become paperless e-office by 2021, Chief Minister Pema Khandu has said.

The state government is giving a big push to usage of information technology (IT) in governance and by 2021 all government offices will become paperless e-office, Khandu said on Friday while launching WiFi hotspots for Tawang and Dirang districts at Tawang.

Jammu, Feb 15; The Army has deployed nine security columns with air support in Jammu following massive protests over the attack in Pulwama in the Valley in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, officials said.

Earlier, curfew was imposed in the city after stray incidents of violence and torching of vehicles.

New Delhi, Feb 16 (PTI) A day after it was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's first semi-high speed train, Vande Bharat Express, ran into some trouble twice on Saturday while returning to Delhi from Varanasi, officials said.

The first incident occurred around 15 kilometres from Tundla junction in Uttar Pradesh, with officials calling it a case of "skidding wheels".

Bahraich (UP), Feb 15 (PTI) A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth in the Fakharpur area here, police said Friday.

The victim had come to attend a wedding in Fakharpur township. She was allegedly abducted by the youth when she was playing with other children Wednesday night, Superintendent of Police Gaurav Grover said.

Jaisalmer, Feb 15 (PTI) The Indian Air Force will demonstrate its full spectrum combat and fire capabilities during 'Exercise Vayu Shakti-2019' in Pokharan firing range close to Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan on Saturday.

Akash missile firing, gun firing from Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) and MiG 29's air-to-ground role will be among four "first-time demonstrations" in the exercise which is scheduled to be attended by Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Mumbai, Feb 15 (PTI) A sixty-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a girl who had run away from home, the city police said Friday.

The victim, who is 16 years old and lives in Sewree area in south Mumbai, was scolded and slapped by her sister for returning home late at night on Wednesday, the police said.

In a fit of anger, the victim left the house and took a train to Panvel.

New Delhi, Feb 15 (PTI) Arun Jaitley Friday resumed charge as the finance minister after a gap of over a month, which was the second break within a year that he had to take to undergo medical treatment.

The President of India, as advised by the prime minister, has directed to assign the portfolios of the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs to Arun Jaitley, an official statement said on Friday.

KANPUR: Why did I marry him? She groaned, burying her powdered face into her palms and rubbing her nose against the neck of the fabric covering her head. She eloped with her lover on Valentine’s Day exactly. She made an excuse for her ill health which made her family members admit at the hospital for proper treatment. But they remained unaware of the very fact. The worst part of it was that she did not  accept the groom of her family choice. She prepared herself for ignoring the parents’ wish.