Indian Sub-continent

Kanpur: Since morning the showers are lashing in the city and its joining areas. The continuous rains with slight breaks and winds have definitely dampened the Dussehra spirits here.

Videos from different parts of the city  show rain-soaked Ravana effigies.

A video from Govind Nagar Park shows other affected effigies and muddy waterholes on the Ravana effigy burning venue.

Another video from the Parade Ground, shows a tilted Ravana effigy amid heavy rains. However, an effigy of decorated Ravana was also seen standing in the verandah of the house in Jajmau area.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 4 (APP): The United Nations has upscaled its humanitarian appeal for the flood affected people of Pakistan to $816 million from previous $160 million assistance, considering a multitude of rehabilitation and health -related issues, cropping up in the post flood situation.

The revised appeal was made for Pakistan on the basis of updated on ground need assessment of the flood situation in the country. The revised ‘2022 Pakistan Floods Response Plan’ (FRP) was shared with UN member states and humanitarian organizations in Geneva.

DHAKA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Power outage has hit several areas of Bangladesh, including capital Dhaka, port city of Chattogram and Sylhet, due to a collapse of the South Asian country's national grid on Tuesday.

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) director of public relation Shameem Hasan informed that the national power grid failed and caused the power outage in many areas except some parts of the north, national news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported.

Mumbai, Oct 3 (PTI) Actor Randeep Hooda on Monday said he has started shooting for "SwatantryaVeer Savarkar", a biopic of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar.

It also marks the directorial debut of Hooda, who plays the titular role in the film. Filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar was previously attached to direct the film.

Ballia (UP), Oct 2 (PTI) A 22-year-old youth has been arrested for allegedly raping a Dalit woman in a village here, police said on Sunday.

Mumbai, Oct 3 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 38 paise to 81.78 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, tracking a muted trend in domestic equities and risk-off sentiment among investors.

Besides, surging crude prices in the international market impacted the domestic unit, traders said.

At the interbank foreign exchange, the local currency opened weak at 81.65 against the dollar, then lost further ground to quote at 81.78, registering a loss of 38 paise over its previous close.

Jodhpur, Oct 3 (PTI) The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday inducted the first fleet of indigenously-built Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), which has been developed primarily for mountain warfare after a requirement for it was felt during the Kargil war in 1999.

Developed by state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), the 5.8-tonne twin-engine gunship chopper is armed with air-to-air missiles, 20 mm turret guns, rocket systems and other weapons.

Thane, Oct 3 (PTI) Two girls, who were allegedly burnt alive by their father, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday, police said.

Sameera Shantaram Patil (14) and her sister Samiksha (11) suffered 91 per cent burns in a fire at their house in Bopar area of Dombivili town on Saturday morning. Their mother Preeti (35) died of burn wounds on Sunday, an official said.

Basti (UP), Oct 4 (PTI) A doctor was arrested for allegedly raping a woman here, police said on Tuesday.

The woman filed a complaint with the police stating that the doctor, posted at a hospital in the Basti Sadar Kotwali area, befriended her on social media and asked her to visit him, they said.

When she visited the hospital, the doctor took her to his hostel room where he and his two colleagues, who are also doctors, raped her, police said quoting the complainant.

New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) Four persons allegedly linked to the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) were arrested by Delhi Police under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, officials said on Tuesday.

This is the first arrest of any PFI member in the national capital after the outfit was banned by the Centre on September 28. Earlier, Delhi Police had conducted raids at PFI units spread across six districts of the city and detained 33 people allegedly linked with the group.