NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur has alleged that she was abducted, confined for nearly a week and subjected to physical torture in an attempt to force her to convert her religion, police said on Sunday.According to a complaint filed by the girl’s family in Rawatpur, she left home on June 21…
People sit on a temporary bamboo platform over a flooded area after a substantial rise in the Brahmaputra river water level. (Photo credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A railway bridge over the Simen River in Assam‘s Dhemaji district partially collapsed due to heavy rainfall and severe riverbank erosion, prompting the suspension of train services on the…
Citizens will soon be able to access and share medical records, book OPD appointments, locate nearby hospitals, call ambulances and access Ayushman Bharat services through a single mobile application as the Centre launches Aarogya Setu 2.0 on Monday. New Delhi: Citizens will soon be able to access and share medical records, book OPD appointments, locate…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said that the six rebel MPs, who recently defected to the Eknath Shinde-led camp, must be immediately disqualified and alleged that their switch was part of a larger political conspiracy.While addressing a rally in Maharashtra’s Parbhani, Uddhav said that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla must…
The site of the proposed temple will be next to the temple of Lord Valmiki, Kejriwal said. AMRITSAR: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that a grand temple dedicated to Luv, Kush and Mata Janaki will be built in Amritsar, while the Punjab chief minister said his government will leave no stone unturned in…
NEW DELHI: Four minor boys have been arrested for allegedly attacking a catering staff member after he refused to serve them mutton at a wedding feast in Odisha’s Balasore district, police said on Sunday.The incident took place on the night of June 24 in Athantar village under the Remuna police station limits but came to…
Anant Ambani offering prayers TIRUMALA: Anant Ambani, Executive Director of Reliance Industries, offered prayers at the sacred hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala during the early hours of Sunday. Ambani arrived in Tirumala at around 1am and fulfilled the centuries-old tradition of offering his hair to Lord Venkateswara Swamy. Later, he proceeded to Tirupati…
Saleya (name changed), a victim of domestic violence and sexual abuse, was forced into the sex trade by a woman from her own village. She had just returned to her parental home (MENTION CITY OR STATE) after escaping an abusive marriage, and was looking for work. The woman deceived her with the promise of domestic…
NEW DELHI: The eight accused in the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation case may find it tough to find a lawyer for their defence in the local court, news agency PTI reported, citing local legal practitioners.President of the Faizabad Bar Association Kalika Mishra said that a final decision on the unanimous refusal to take up their…
NEW DELHI: In the third such incident this month, Indian Army troops apprehended a Pakistani intruder after he crossed the Line of Control (LoC) into Jammu and Kashmir‘s Poonch district on Sunday, officials told news agency PTI.The intruder, identified as 31-year-old Rayees Khan, a resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), was taken into custody in the…