Indian Sub-continent

Bengaluru, Nov 5 (PTI): The Karnataka government Monday decided to celebrate "Tipu Jayanti" to mark the birth anniversary of controversial 18th-century ruler of erstwhile Mysore kingdom, Tipu Sultan, bringing the state under a thick security blanket, amid threats of protest by the BJP.

The state BJP, meanwhile, has urged the government to drop its decision to celebrate Tipu Jayanti and not to stand on "prestige" or "ego".

Pudukottai (TN), Nov 5 (PTI) In what is suspected to be a macabre tantric ritual, the body of a three-year-old girl was found with her throat slit in a village in the district, the police said Monday.

A woman allegedly practising witchcraft has been arrested, police said.

Chinnappillai took the girl, who was playing in front of her house at Kurumpatti, into the forest and allegedly killed her believing that a child sacrifice would increase her tantric power, they said.

KANPUR: Despite the state Chief Minister’s strict instructions for 24-hour uninterrupted power supply during the Diwali, the power supply appeared to have not improved in the city. About half-a-dozen power sub-stations in different areas remained inoperative on Sunday.

High-tension electric line of the Chhapar power sub-station was trapped in the morning which caused immediate disruption in the power supply to the general feeder for as many as four hours.

KANPUR: Acting furtively upon accurate information, the Rail Bazaar police have busted a sex racket in Kakadeo area here. Three people have been arrested so far. A diary was also seized.

The racket was being operated through the Whatsapp. Call girls and gigolos were sent to the customers on demand.

The police are searching for the girls and the boys involved in this spiteful operation. The call detail records were also traced.

Patna, Nov 4 (PTI) As many as 175 police constables, many of them women, were dismissed from service Sunday for indulging in large-scale vandalism and violence here Friday, following the death of a female colleague, a top police official said.

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Patna Zone, Naiyar Hasnain Khan said the dismissed constables included 167 trainees, while others were in service for some time.

Jamshedpur, Nov 4 (PTI) An improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered by the security personnel from Thalkobad on the Thalkobad-Baliba road, over 100 kms from here, in the Naxalism-hit West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said Sunday.

The recovery was made by the personnel attached to the 197 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the District Armed Police, who were on long-range patrolling in the Naxalism-affected areas, Superintendent of Police (SP) G Kranthi Kumar said.

A witness for Sohrabuddin fake encounter case has made a statement to the court that Director General of Police Vanjara ordered Ex Home Minister’s Haren Pandya’s murder

Witness said that Sohrabuddin told him about receiving money to kill Pandya.

Witness was arrested in 2005 by Rajsthan Police, and was kept in Udaipur jail, where he met Prajapati, who told him that Gujarat police killed Sohrabuddin and his wife in a fake encounter.

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said that PM Modi is like ‘Anaconda’ who is swallowing the independence of national institutions like CBI and RBI.

Sexual harassment allegations have been made against an Uttarakhand BJP leader and an inquiry has been initiated into the matter.

A female BJP worker in Dehradun had raised allegations of sexual harassment against a BJP leader who is highly placed in the party’s state unit.

According to The Indian Express, the BJP leader “had been sexually exploiting the woman for about five years, and several complaints of the harassment to various party leaders had gone unacknowledged.”

A clash between BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, BJP workers, and AAP workers erupted during the inauguration of Signature Bridge in Delhi.

Police officials escorted Tiwari away from the venue.

BJP Delhi unit chief Manoj Tiwari, was not invited for the inauguration ceremony.

AAP leader Dilip Pandey said that the BJP workers thrashed AAP volunteers and local people, and accused Tiwari for resorting to “hooliganism”.