Indian Sub-continent

New Delhi, Mar 29 (PTI) As many as 1,205 paramilitary personnel have committed suicide in the last 10 years with the highest 156 in 2021, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

He said 143 personnel committed suicide in 2020, 129 in 2019, 96 in 2018, 125 in 2017, 92 in 2016, 108 in 2015, 125 in 2014, 113 in 2013 and 118 in 2012.

Domestic problems, illness and financial problems are some of the contributory factors to the incidents of suicide, he said replying to a written question.

Amaravati, Mar 28 (PTI): The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), founded by Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo, an economist, will extend its collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh government to help achieve the target set under the UN sustainable developmental goals.

Duflo and her team interacted with Chief Minister of the State Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy here on Monday and explored ways on working with the government.

Kanpur: A brutal incident shocked people as a man was killed with an axe in the Pali area of Narwhal police station here.

The body of the deceased was found soaked up in the blood when the police reached the spot.

The police, who reached the spot on information, took the body into possession and sent it for post-mortem after investigation.

The deceased, identified as Uday Bhan alias Chhotu, was attacked with an axe and murdered, which has now been sent for forensic examination.

Kanpur: Intensifying its strict action the police have shot a history-sheeter in his leg late at night in the Nawabganj area here. The history-sheeter Sanjay alias Dhaba has serious cases against him.

DCP West BBGTS Murthy told that late at night vehicles were being checked from Ganga Barrage to Bithoor Road by the SWOT team and police station Nawabganj.

Then two persons on a motorcycle appeared coming.

When the police team on checking duty stopped them, they started running away on a motorcycle.

Kanpur: It has been reported that three people with 1.25 crore QR codes, 10 lakh lids and 40 lakh washers have been arrested by the police. They used to sell a bottle full of spurious liquor as a branded one.

Their value is being said to be more than two crores. Additional Chief Secretary Home and DGP have announced a reward of one lakh rupees each to SP Outer for the arrest.

According to the SP, this is the biggest seizure in the state. With the help of 1.25 crore QR codes, a cache of spurious liquor could be brought to the market.

Kanpur: We can cover a distance of above two to three kilometres in the morning time. How is it possible in the early morning? This is as simple as two plus one turns three literally. 

Morning walkers even agree with this norm. The two walkers taking a morning walk from Jajmau Nai Chungi to JK Colony onwards in the Jajmau area were overheard saying so. 

As we know the comparatively atmospheric air in Jajmau remains a little bit fresh at that time so we do not feel enough trouble in completing that much distance easily.

KABUL, March 28 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban has instructed all government employees to wear a beard and adhere to a dress code or risk being fired, three sources told Reuters, the latest of several new restrictions imposed by the hardline Islamist administration.

The sources said representatives from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice were patrolling the entrances to government offices on Monday to check that employees were in compliance with the new rules.

DHAKA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday slammed the U.S. sanctions on officials of Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) over alleged rights abuse, saying the move was "very condemnable act".

She said the elite force has immensely contributed to the country's efforts in containing militancy and terrorism.

Hasina said Bangladesh takes legal action against any law enforcement agency members including those from RAB if they are found involved in any criminal act.

Kanpur: Satish Mahana has been elected Speaker of the UP assembly on Tuesday.

No opposition candidate came to file a nomination against him. 

It is reported that eight-time MLA Satish Mahana filed his nomination in the presence of CM Yogi Adityanath and deputy CM Brajesh Pathak.

Raja Bhaiya of Jansatta Dal was present as his proposer.

It has been also made known that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has congratulated him.

Mahana has begun conducting the assembly procedures on Tuesday.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 28 (PTI) Farmers' leader Rakesh Tikait allegedly received a death threat from an unknown caller, who also hurled abuses at him, police said on Monday.

Senior superintendent of police, Muzaffarnagar, Abhishek Yadav said that the police have launched an investigation based on a complaint filed by the Bhartiya Kisan Union ( BKU) leader's driver Perjval Tyagi at the Civil Lines police station.

Meanwhile a police team led by senior sub-inspector Rakesh Sharma visited Tikait's residence and spoke to him, the police said.