INDIA

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CRPF deployed outside NIA office in Mumbai

11:58 pm June 18, 2021

Mumbai: A day after the National Investigation Agency arrested former police officer Pradeep Sharma in the case of explosives-laden SUV found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s house and the murder of businessman Mansukh Hiran, teams of CRPF were deployed outside its office in South Mumbai on Friday. Sharma, famous as `encounter specialist’ when he was in […]

COVID-19: 10 new cases in Noida, 8 in Ghaziabad

11:56 pm June 18, 2021

Noida/Ghaziabad: Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 10 new COVID-19 cases on Friday while Ghaziabad had eight along with one death linked to the coronavirus, official data showed. With this, the overall number of positive cases reached 62,950 in Gautam Buddh Nagar and 55,522 in Ghaziabad, according to Uttar Pradesh’s Health Department data for a 24-hour period. […]

UP: 15-year-old girl raped by relative

11:55 pm June 18, 2021

Banda (UP): A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her relative here, police said on Friday. The victim had come to her maternal grandparents’ home here. She had gone out to attend nature’s call on Wednesday when 22-year-old Sunder Yadav, the cousin of her mother, allegedly raped her and fled, (SHO), Banda City Kotwali police […]

UP man arrested for rape attempt on minor girl

6:28 pm June 18, 2021

Muzaffarnagar: A shopkeeper was arrested on Friday for allegedly attempting to rape a minor girl in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, officials said. A case has been registered in this regard at Ghari Pukhta police station under relevant Sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) […]

Drunk man climbs atop mobile tower in Delhi

6:22 pm June 18, 2021

New Delhi: A drunk man climbed atop a mobile tower in south Delhi’s Pushp Vihar area on Friday, police said. The man, who has been identified as Satish Kumar (20), a resident of the national capital’s Anupam Garden locality, did not heed his parents’ requests to come down. He came down after about an hour, […]