Indian Sub-continent

Lucknow, Oct 4 (PTI) Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav was detained on Monday as he sat on a dharna outside his Vikramaditya Marg residence in Lucknow after he was not allowed to go to Lakhimpur.

The SP chief had announced plans to visit Lakhimpur Kheri, where eight people were killed on Sunday as violence erupted during a farmers' protest ahead of a visit by Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Oct 4 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar city, police said on Monday.

According to a complaint lodged by the minor's mother, the accused, identified as Kartik, raped the girl in a village here on Sunday and recorded a video of the incident.

He threatened the girl of posting the video on social media if she told anyone about the incident.

A case was registered against Kartik at Kotwali police station and efforts were underway to nab him, the police added.

New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind, demanding that Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra be sacked in connection with the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri.

Eight people were killed on Sunday as violence erupted during a farmers' protest in Lakhimpur Kheri, claiming the lives of both farmers and BJP workers ahead of a visit by UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

Guwahati, Oct 4 (PTI) The Assam Congress on Monday suspended its MLA Sherman Ali Ahmed with immediate effect for repeatedly violating the party's discipline, a senior leader said.

APCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah, by an order, suspended Ahmed from the Congress, party general secretary Bobbeeta Sharma said.

Ahmed was arrested from his official residence on Saturday for allegedly making provocative remarks in reference to the recent eviction drive in Darrang district.

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Indian authorities suspended internet services and barred political leaders from entering a northern town Monday to calm tensions after nine people were killed in a deadly escalation of a yearlong demonstration against contentious agriculture laws.

Four farmers died Sunday when a car owned by Junior Home Minister Ajay Mishra ran over protesting farmers in the Uttar Pradesh town of Lakhimpur Kheri, officials and farm leaders said.

Mumbai, Oct 4 (PTI) Mumbai police registered an FIR against lyricist Javed Akhtar on Monday over his alleged remark against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), an official said.

The First Information Report (FIR) were registered at the Mulund police station on a complaint filed by city-based lawyer Santosh Dubey.

"The FIR has been registered under Indian Penal Code Section 500 (punishment for defamation)," the official from Mulund police station said.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It wasn’t 7 a.m. yet and already the line outside the police station’s gates was long, with men bringing their complaints and demands for justice to Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers.

Something new they immediately found: The Taliban fighters who are now the policemen don’t demand bribes like police officers did under the U.S-backed government of the past 20 years.

Kanpur: An old man was allegedly beaten to death by his nephews over property dispute in the Rasulabad area in Kanpur Dehat on Sunday.

According to the news, the 62-year-old victim Shriram Singh Sengar a resident of Om Purwa had a property dispute with his nephews namely Captain and Ashok Singh. 

On his way to the fields he was waylaid by the nephews on Sunday.They  allegedly beat him up mercilessly.

As a result deep injury was inflicted. This caused his death ultimately.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A bomb exploded in the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital on Sunday leaving a “number of civilians dead,” a Taliban spokesman said.

The bomb targeted the sprawling Eidgah Mosque in Kabul, where a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who later tweeted the attack had claimed civilian lives.

Ahmedabad, Oct 2 (PTI) Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday said remaining silent was not an option under the BJP government as it would mean one is complicit in its "atrocities".

Speaking about the turmoil within the Congress, Sibal, who is part of the so-called `G-23' group of dissidents, said he did not know if the party was ready for reforms but he can only voice his own sentiments.