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Alcohol containing methanol content was used for making spurious liquor which left 20 people dead in Punjab's Sangrur district, police said on Saturday. Police have arrested eight out of the 10 identified accused in connection with the Sangrur hooch tragedy, they said. The death count due to the suspected consumption of spurious liquor in Sangrur district has climbed to 20, with six more people succumbing during treatment, officials on Saturday said. Eleven people are undergoing treatment at Patiala's Rajindra Hospital and six at the Civil Hospital in Sangrur. The officials said the casualties have been reported from Gujran, Tibbi Ravidaspura and Dhandoli Khurd villages in Dirba and Sunam blocks. A four-member special investigation team (SIT), led by Additional Director General of Police Gurinder Singh Dhillon, was set up on Saturday in connection with the incident. Addressing the media here, ADGP Dhillon said three FIRs have been lodged so far in connection with this inc...

A special court in UP's Bahraich sentenced a 50-year-old man to life in prison for raping an infant. The Additional District Judge (POCSO) Varun Mohit Nigam also imposed a fine of Rs 1.29 lakh on the convict. The man, Bhondu Rehman, raped the one-year-old girl who belonged to the Scheduled Caste, Special District Government Advocate (POCSO Act) Sant Pratap Singh said. On February 17, the man took the girl out on some pretext. When she did not return home for a while, the family started looking for her. Soon, they found Bhondu in a mustard field with the infant who was bleeding. After seeing the family, Bhondu ran leaving the girl, Mr Singh said. A case was registered under relevant Sections of the Indian Penal Code, including for rape, and the POCSO Act. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/1ZhIXmS via IFTTT

A helpline for people seeking Indian nationality under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 became operational on Thursday for providing assistance and information. Anyone who needs assistance in applying for citizenship can make free calls to the number '1032' between 8 am and 8 pm from anywhere in India. "Helpline Number 1032 for CAA-2019 becomes operational. For assistance and information, applicants can make free calls from anywhere in India. Helpline is available from 8 am to 8 pm," a home ministry spokesperson said. A mobile application for applying for Indian citizenship under the CAA already became operational on March 15. Earlier, the Home Ministry launched a portal for eligible people to apply for Indian citizenship under the CAA. The rules for implementation of the contentious CAA, 2019 were notified on March 11, paving the way for granting of citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. With the issuance...

In yet another incident of moral policing in Karnataka, a student was allegedly thrashed for talking to a Hindu girl in the Yadgir district, police said on Wednesday.   The incident took place on March 18 when he was returning home from college.  He told the police that he was conversing with a girl from the Hindu community over the phone when a group of nine people attacked him near the Gogi Mohalla. He said that they confined him in a room for five hours and assaulted him. The student said they brandished a knife and threatened to kill him.  The police have filed a case and further investigation is underway. Earlier in January, an inter-faith couple in Karnataka's Haveri was subjected to harassment and threats by a group of nine individuals. The incident took place just days after six men barged into the room of a lodge and assaulted a couple for the 'crime' of being together despite following different faiths. from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/jPbnlzM ...

भारत में ट्रेन एक ऐसा साधन है, जिसका इस्तेमाल सभी वर्गों के लोग करते हैं. देखा जाए तो आज भारतीय रेलवे यात्रियों को कई सुविधाएं भी दे रहा है, मगर कुछ ऐसी घटनाएं सामने आती हैं, जिसकी वजह से रेलवे को परेशानियों का सामना करना पड़ता है. अभी हाल ही में सोशल मीडिया पर एक वीडियो वायरल हुआ है. वीडियो में देखा जा सकता है कि कैसे एक चूहा AC बोगी में इधर-उधर घूम रहा है. एक महिला यात्री ने इस चूहे का वीडियो बनाकर सोशल मीडिया पर शेयर कर दिया है. वीडियो शेयर होने के बाद भारतीय रेलवे ने रिप्लाई भी किया है. क्या है पूरा मामला? Jasmita Pati नाम की एक महिला यात्री ने सोशल मीडिया प्लेटफॉर्म पर ट्रेन की AC बॉगी में घूमते चूहों के दो वीडियो शेयर किए हैं. इनमें देखा जा सकता है कि कैसे एक चूहा मजे से एसी बोगी में इधर-उधर टहल रहा है. महिला की पोस्ट के अनुसार, वह भुबनेश्ववर-जूनागढ़ एक्सप्रेस से सफ़र कर रही थी. एसी बोगी में सफर के दौरान जस्मीता को एक चूहा दिखा. जस्मीता ने  पोस्ट में लिखा- "इस ट्रेन यात्रा के दौरान चूहों को इधर-उधर घूमते और साफ-सफाई की भयावह स्थिति देखकर हैरान हूं. इस समस्या के समाधान के ल...

The BJP has realised that only the Thackeray name gets votes in Maharashtra and so they are trying to "steal a Thackeray," former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said today on the meeting between Raj Thackeray and Union minister Amit Shah. The MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena) chief, who is also the estranged cousin of Mr Thackeray, was in Delhi today, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. He said he had been "called". Speaking at a gathering in Nanded district, Uddhav Thackeray said the BJP "knows very well that they don't get votes in the name of PM Narendra Modi in Maharashtra... People vote here in the name of (Bal) Thackeray". "This realisation prompted the BJP to try to steal leaders from outside.  First, they stole the photo of Bal Thackeray, but it doesn't matter," he said, in what was seen as an arch reference to Eknath Shinde, who is partnering the BJP.   Mr Thackeray's Shiv Sena was split over what rebel leader Eknath Shinde ...

A 19-year-old man was held in Nagpur for cutting his birthday cake with a sword and posting pictures of it on social media, a police official said on Monday. Rahul Mohnikar was held after his house was raided, during which the sword was seized, the Umred police station official said. "He had celebrated his birthday on Saturday night. He was booked under the provisions of the Arms Act," the official added.  (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/NfKEbyD via IFTTT

Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief Pawan Kalyan praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday for his visit to the state of Andhra Pradesh, drawing a parallel between PM Modi's arrival and the mythological tale of King Bhagiratha bringing the River Ganga to Earth for his ancestors' salvation. A day after the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Modi reached Andhra Pradesh and addressed a public rally of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) with Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan at Chilakaluripet town in Palnadu district. The NDA rally, named "Prajagalam," marks the first NDA election meeting in Andhra Pradesh in the run-up to the simultaneous Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha polls scheduled for May 13. "PM Narendra Modi's arrival in Andhra Pradesh resembles how Bhagiratha brought Ganga to Earth. Modi has come here to support us and save us from undemocra...

Former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched a scathing attack on the Congress party on Sunday, stating that the party is neither left with an army nor a leader. Shivraj  Chouhan asserted that the Congress, once a formidable force in Indian politics, now resembles a 'sinking ship without direction and vision.' Addressing a press conference in state capital Bhopal, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, "On one hand, the BJP is a shining star, and on the other hand, the Congress is a sinking ship. Neither does the party have a way nor a vision, that is why their condition is depleting." Exuding confidence in the BJP's victory in the upcoming elections, Shivraj Chouhan stated, "Ab ki baar 400 paar" is not a BJP slogan, but rather an announcement of the public." Taking a dig at Congress' leadership, Shivraj Chouhan said, "Rahul Gandhi is such a captain who doesn't know what needs to be done in the party. When election pre...