INDIA

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Rajasthan: Man rapes minor stepdaughter, arrested

7-year-old girl raped, murdered in Haryana village

9:12 pm May 26, 2021

Chandigarh: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped and strangled to death by a 22-year-old youth in a village in Haryana’s Palwal district, police said, adding the accused has been arrested. The incident occurred on Monday when the girl’s neighbour, Anand, lured her while her parents were not at home, took her to a nearby field […]

Sensex rallies 380 pts; Nifty reclaims 15,300

9:07 pm May 26, 2021

Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 380 points on Wednesday, led by gains in index majors Infosys, HDFC and TCS amid a largely positive trend in Asian markets. The 30-share BSE index ended 379.99 points or 0.75 per cent higher at 51,017.52, and the broader NSE Nifty surged 93 points or 0.17 per cent to 15,301.45. […]

Cyclone Yaas weakens after pounding Odisha-Bengal coasts

9:05 pm May 26, 2021

Balasore/Digha/Ranchi: Yaas weakened into a severe cyclonic storm on Wednesday afternoon after pounding the beach towns in north Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal with a wind speed of 130-145 kmph, inundating the low-lying areas amid a storm surge even as the two eastern states battled the COVID crisis, officials said. Yaas, which was earlier classified […]

Delhi Police invokes MCOCA against gangster Kala Jathedi

12:05 am May 26, 2021

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against gangster Sandeep alias Kala Jathedi, officials said on Tuesday. After escaping from the custody of Haryana Police in February 2020, Jathedi was working to expand his network in the national capital and adjoining states, police said, adding that […]

Paper leak case: Army officer’s police custody extended

11:59 pm May 25, 2021

Pune: A local court on Tuesday extended the police custody of a lieutenant colonel-rank officer arrested in the Army recruitment examination paper leak case till May 28. Lt Col Bhagatpreet Singh Bedi (44) had allegedly leaked the question paper of an Army recruitment exam scheduled in March this year, He was arrested in the case […]