Indian Sub-continent

Raipur, Oct 28 (PTI) Jharakhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday slammed the Centre over the issues like inflation and unemployment and claimed that the welfare of poor, tribals and Dalits was missing from the Union government's thought process.

Soren also said that the Naxal menace in various states had come down due to efforts made by governments there.

Thane, Oct 27 (PTI) As many as 114 BJP workers including 21 local corporators joined the Nationalist Congress Party at Ulhasnagar in Thane district on Wednesday.

Out of 32 BJP corporators in the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation, 21 crossed over to the NCP at the function in the presence of Maharashtra Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad and former MP Anand Paranjape, the Sharad Pawar-led party said in a release.

Besides, 19 former corporators of the UMC and sarpanch and deputy sarpanch of Warap, Mharal and Kamba gram panchayats joined the NCP.

New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) on Wednesday said it has decided to exit its investment in Myanmar by June next year.

APSEZ, the largest port developer in India, is part of the globally diversified Adani Group.

Ghaziabad, Oct 27 (PTI) A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 13-year-old boy here, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place in a colony under the Vijay Nagar police station limits on Tuesday evening, SP City (First) Nipun Agarwal said.

The girl had gone for tuition with her brother. Her teacher was not present at home but her son was present there. In the meantime , the victim's brother went to his home to attend the nature's call and was sent to market by his mother.

Muzaffarnagar (UP) Oct 28 (PTI) A special POCSO court here has sentenced a man to 14 years of imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl in 2019.

Sanjiv Kumar Tiwari, the special judge, also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Teenu, the convict, after holding him guilty on Wednesday under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 376 (punishment for rape), and Sections 3 and 4 (penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) India on Wednesday hit out at China for its "unilateral" decision to bring about a new land border law and said it is a matter of concern as the legislation can have implications on the existing bilateral pacts on border management and on the overall boundary question.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India expects that China will avoid undertaking action under the pretext of the law that could unilaterally alter the situation in the India-China border areas.

Kanpur: As many as seven people were rescued after a mud mound collapsed in Maunkhat village in Ghatampur Tehsil of Kanpur district on Wednesday.

Out of seven victims, two were seriously injured, while three were referred to Kanpur for further treatment.

Sub-Divisional Magistrate Arun K Shrivastava said, "Villagers were digging the soil from the mound to paint their houses, put soil on the walls and for Diwali lamps.

The mound collapsed due to excessive digging and seven people, including six women were victims.

Kanpur: The state government has appointed Ajit Kumar Sinha as the new SP of Kanpur Outer.

Kanpur Outer, a rural area of Kanpur district, was separated as a new police jurisdiction after the implementation of police commissionerate in Kanpur Nagar district.

While Ashtabhuja Prasad Singh, the SP of Kanpur Outer, was transferred as SP of DGP (director general of police) headquarters in Lucknow.

Further, Ram Sewak Gautam was made the deputy commissioner of police at Kanpur police commissionerate.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The solution to climate change is not setting net zero carbon emissions targets as dozens of nations have done, India’s federal environment minister said.

Instead, rich countries need to acknowledge their “historic responsibility” for emissions and protect the interests of developing nations and those vulnerable to climate change, said the minister, Bhupender Yadav.

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,215,653 today, as 13,451 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, according to the federal health ministry’s latest data.

Besides, 585 deaths due to the pandemic, since yesterday morning, took the total death toll to 455,653.

Most of the deaths, 482, were reported from the southern state of Kerala. “More than 70 percent cases (deaths) are due to comorbidities,” according to the data, released by the federal health ministry.