Day: January 5, 2020

Damoh: Six-year-old girl raped, her eyes damaged by accused

Two held for abducting, raping minor in UP

8:12 pm January 5, 2020

Chitrakoot: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl after abducting her in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot district, police said on Sunday. The accused, Angad and Bhadauti, allegedly raped the girl on Friday night when she had gone to the fields, they said. The girl returned home on Saturday morning and narrated her […]

Women chauffeurs drive change, one ride at a time

8:09 pm January 5, 2020

New Delhi: Determined to be the drivers of their lives, a growing number of women are traversing a tough road to empowerment by becoming professional chauffeurs — of cars, two-wheelers and even buses. Driven by financial need and sometimes to just look for fresh career opportunities, the women are cutting through gender barriers to ensure […]

Snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir, rain in plains

Snow, rain forecast for Himachal

8:00 pm January 5, 2020

Shimla: The meteorological department on Sunday issued orange and yellow weather warning for heavy rain and snowfall in Himachal Pradesh for the next two days, an official said. Light rain, snowfall occurred at isolated places over the state in the past 24 hours. Minimum temperatures decreased by 2-3 degrees Celsius with Shimla, Manali, Kufri, Dalhousie, […]

UP CM meets Muslims in Gorakhpur to clear CAA doubts

7:56 pm January 5, 2020

Gorakhpur/Moradabad (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Muslim community members in Gorakhpur on Sunday to dispel doubts about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said the move was in line with India’s tradition of giving shelter to persecuted people. Adityanath’s deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, who took part in a similar drive in Moradabad, hit […]

House collapses in east Delhi, two injured daughter

7:45 pm January 5, 2020

Guwahati: An FIR has been registered against the Superintendent of Police of a hill district in Assam under the POCSO Act on the charge of sexually harassing a minor daughter of another senior police officer during a new year party. The SP threw the party on December 31 in which a senior lady police official […]