Day: October 2, 2020

Two arrested for raping 16-year-old girl in MP

11:46 pm October 2, 2020

Satna (MP): Two men have been arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district, police said on Friday. Lalla Kol (22) and Indrabhan Kol (25) were booked for gang-rape under section 376 of IPC and also under the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, said inspector K K Sharma. […]

Protests across UP over Hathras incident

11:44 pm October 2, 2020

Lucknow: Prayer meetings and protests were held across Uttar Pradesh on Friday with political parties and AMU students seeking justice for the 19-year-old Hathras woman who succumbed to her injuries at a Delhi hospital after she was allegedly raped over a fortnight ago. The Congress organised prayer meetings across the state. Senior party leaders, including […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

US hiring slows for 3rd month in sign of struggling economy

11:29 pm October 2, 2020

Washington: America‘s employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring and evidence from the final jobs report before the presidential election that the economic recovery has weakened. With September’s hiring gain, the economy has recovered only slightly more than half the 22 million jobs that were wiped out by the […]

Jantar Mantar buzzes with activity as protesters gather to seek justice for Hathras gang-rape victim

11:25 pm October 2, 2020

New Delhi: Jantar Mantar in central Delhi buzzed with activity on Friday as the venue witnessed perhaps its first biggest protest ever since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with hundreds of protesters gathering there to demand justice for the Hathras gang-rape and murder victim. Social distancing norms and wearing of masks went for a toss as many of […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo pledges US engagement on the Balkans

9:56 pm October 2, 2020

Dubrovnik: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged Friday that Washington will remain engaged in the Balkans where China and Russia have been gaining political and economic influence. Pompeo spoke in the Croatian Adriatic Sea resort of Dubrovnik, the last leg of his European tour that also included stops in Greece, Italy and the Vatican. “The United States no longer leads from behind,” Pompeo told […]