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22-year-old lured with food, gang raped in ambulance

9:20 pm May 26, 2021

Jaipur: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly raped here by an ambulance driver and his accomplice who lured her into the vehicle after promising to give her food, police said on Wednesday. The alleged incident took place on Monday, they said. The accused drove to a secluded area where they raped the woman, who is married, […]

Rollout of Sputnik-V COVID vaccine in Prayagraj soon

Sputnik V-makers have agreed to supply vaccine to Delhi: Kejriwal

9:16 pm May 26, 2021

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the manufacturers of Sputnik V have agreed to supply the Russian anti-Covid vaccine to Delhi but its quantity is yet to be decided. He also said that there were around 620 cases of black fungus or mucormycosis in the city, but there is a shortage of […]

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 […]

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 […]