Indian Sub-continent

Jaipur, Oct 9 (PTI) A dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by a group of men in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district over his love affair, police said on Saturday.

Three people have been detained in this connection, they said.

Taking strong note of the incident, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat hit out at the Congress-led state government for keeping silence on the matter.

New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) He is all for reclaiming "forgotten voices" in the history writing of India, but using it for today's "political misuse" is where the rub lies, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday.

Speaking at the India Today Conclave 2021, Tharoor said today, we are "scratching the wounds and reopening fresh drops of blood emerging from scars that should have been allowed to be healed".

New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) The Delhi Police has apprehended a man for allegedly killing his 21-year-old wife and mother-in-law in southwest Delhi's Baba Haridas Nagar area, officials said on Sunday.

The accused has been identified as Mahesh, a resident of Naranum Park in Baba Haridas Nagar, they said.

He has shot dead his wife Nidhi and his mother-in-law Veero (55) over domestic issues, police said.

The weapon has been recovered from his possession and a case under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code is being registered, police said.

Kanpur: Reward for information on cops absconding in Kanpur businessman death case has reportedly been hiked.

It has enhanced the amount to Rs one lakh from Rs 25000 for information on each of the six policemen booked in the murder case of  Kanpur businessman, according to a press release. 

Furthermore, it was also made clear that the identity of the informant would be kept secret and the responsibility of his protection would be taken by the Police Commissionerate, Kanpur.

RAWALPINDI, Oct 09 (APP): The closing Ceremony of Exercise Druzhba-VI was held at Molkino Training Area, Krasnodar, Russia, where senior officials from Russia and Pakistan were present on the occasion.

The two weeks long exercise (28 September to 9 October) was aimed at learning from mutual experience in Counter Terrorism domain with a view to learn and adopt best practices, said an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) media release here received.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, met yesterday, with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, discussing Afghan affairs and bilateral ties, the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan said.

DHAKA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - U.N. officials signed a deal with Bangladesh on Saturday to help provide basic services to thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who have been moved to camps on a remote island in the Bay of Bengal.

The Bangladeshi government has moved nearly 19,000 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char island from border camps despite protests by some refugees and opposition from rights groups, who say the low-lying island is vulnerable to flooding and storms.

ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The world should urgently provide promised aid to Afghanistan, the U.N. refugee agency said on Saturday, warning that a lack of resources is hampering efforts to avert an economic crisis that could push fresh flows of refugees to its neighbours and beyond.

"The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan remains really dire," Babar Baloch, spokesperson for the U.N. High Commmissioner for Refugees, said in an interview in Islamabad.

"The focus has to be inside Afghanistan to avoid and avert another refugee crisis."

NEW DELHI, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chief Minister of India's Delhi Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said the national capital could face a power crisis.

Kejriwal said his government has written to the country's Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention in making adequate arrangements of coal and gas to power generation plants, so as to ensure electricity supply to the city.

According to Kejriwal, the capital city has been facing a coal shortage since August, which affected power generation from major central generating plants supplying power to Delhi.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the U.S. to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahead of the first direct talks between the former foes since America withdrew from the country in August.