INDIA

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UP: Three cops suspended for taking bribe

11:23 pm July 3, 2021

Deoria: Three policemen were suspended here for allegedly accepting bribe, an official said on Saturday. Superintendent of Police Shripati Mishra said on May 30, Rajat Kumar Mishra, a resident of Varanasi district, was going to Champaran in Bihar in his car. As he got down from his car in the Bhagalpur area of Deoria, a […]

Pushkar Singh Dhami to be new Uttarakhand CM

8:36 pm July 3, 2021

Dehradun: Pushkar Singh Dhami will be the new chief minister of Uttarakhand following his election on Saturday as the leader of the BJP legislature party in the hill state where assembly polls are due next year. Dhami, 45, will be the youngest chief minister of the state and replaces Tirath Singh Rawat, who resigned on […]

UP: Kidnapped Dalit girl rescued from clutches of youths

8:31 pm July 3, 2021

Bahraich (UP): A 17-year-old married Dalit girl was allegedly kidnapped by three youths and later rescued in a village under Visheshwarganj police station area here, officials said on Saturday. Police on Friday rescued the girl and arrested one of the kidnappers. The victim’s family has alleged that three youths from the same village — Rashid, […]

MP: Govt hospital doctor commits suicide in Bhopal

8:20 pm July 3, 2021

Bhopal: A 64-year-old doctor of a government hospital allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his official residence in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal city on Saturday, police said. The death came to light around 8 am, when Dr Hajarilal Bhuria’s servant spotted him hanging from the ceiling of his official residence in the […]

Pakistani intruder arrested along LoC in J-K’s Poonch

8:14 pm July 3, 2021

Jammu: Security forces on Saturday arrested a Pakistani intruder along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said here. The troops picked up a suspected movement along the LoC in the forward area of Gulpur and intercepted the intruder, they said. He was arrested and is being questioned, the officials […]