Indian Sub-continent

Kolkata, May 22 (PTI) In a jolt to the saffron camp in West Bengal, BJP MP Arjun Singh on Sunday rejoined the Trinamool Congress, ending weeks of speculation over his possible switchover to the ruling party.

Singh was welcomed into the party by TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at his office in south Kolkata.

Bulandshahr, May 22 (PTI) A 45-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl, police said on Sunday.

According to police, the girl was playing outside her house in Chhatari area here when the accused, her neighbour, took her to a secluded place and raped her.

Bulandshahr Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh said that the matter of raping a four-year-old girl has come to the fore.

Chandigarh, May 23 (PTI) Haryana State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh on Monday announced to conduct polls to 46 municipal bodies in the state on June 19.

Counting of votes will take place on June 22, Singh said here.

Singh said the nomination process will commence from May 30 and the last date for filling of nominations will be June 4.

The scrutiny of nominations will be done on June 6 while the last date for the withdrawal of candidature will be June 7.

The polling will be held on June 19 from 7 am till 6 pm, he said.

Kanpur: Ornaments gifted to a bride almost broke up the marriage here. The incident took place at Birhar village in the Saadh police area of Ghatampur town.

Applying her mind the bride tried to test the purity of the ornaments gifted to her by the groom's family and sensed something was wrong with them.

Communicating to one of her father's friends, who happened to be a jeweller, asked him to closely test the purity of the costly items.

Carefully surveying the golden jewellery, the jeweller found that the doubts of the bride proved to be true.

Kanpur: To make the city areas jam-free, the district administration has decided to take up a big decision.

There will be a complete ban on the operation of e-rickshaws on VIP Road, GT Road and Naubasta Highway.

This decision was taken in a meeting held on Saturday with police, traffic, transport and administrative officials.

Now e-rickshaw will not operate from IIT to Ramadevi, from Phool Bagh to Nawabganj intersection.

NEW DELHI, May 22 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,136,371 today, as 2,226 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.

Besides, 65 deaths were reported from the pandemic across the country since yesterday morning, taking the total death toll to 524,413.

There are still 14,955 active COVID-19 cases in the country, with a fall of 41 active cases during the past 24 hours.

KARACHI, Pakistan, May 22 (Reuters) - Pakistan’s opposition leader and former prime minister Imran Khan on Sunday announced the date of a march to Islamabad to demand dissolution of assemblies and a date for elections, as the South Asian nation continues to slide into political and economic crisis.

Former premier Imran Khan, who was ousted in a confidence vote last month was blamed for mishandling the economy.

“I will meet you in Islamabad’s at Srinagar Highway on 25th,” opposition leader Khan told a media conference on Sunday.

KABUL, May 22 (Xinhua) -- At least one person was injured as a blast rocked the Police District 15 of the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran confirmed.

"One person sustained injury due to a blast that happened next to the Esteqlal Hotel today," Zadran said on his Twitter account.

The officer also noted that security personnel have reached the area to investigate the incident.

Kanpur: "Where there is an examination, the copying is certain to happen," said an examiner turned to attend the last paper at an old college here on Sunday .

The Kanpur University examinations of the second year commerce stream end today.

One might surprise at the last paper held on Sunday. But it remained factual news.

Those who have not have given exams on weekly holidays would be astonishing indeed.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Sunday began enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air. The move is part of a hard-line shift drawing condemnation from rights activists.

After the order was announced Thursday, only a handful of news outlets complied. But on Sunday, most female anchors were seen with their faces covered after the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue Ministry began enforcing the decree.