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DAINIK NATION BUREAU Taking cognizance on a public outrage over the gang rape of a minor girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has categorically declared that her ministry intends to amend the POCSO Act, making provision for death penalty in child rape cases. Although she did not make any comment on the Unnao rape case. “I ...

Police in Uttar Pradesh today registered an FIR against ruling BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in connection with the alleged gangrape of a minor girl in Unnao, hours after the government said it would hand over investigation into the case to the CBI. Till the premier investigating agency takes over, the local police will continue with the probe, Principal Secretary ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s navigation satellite INRSS-1I was today launched by PSLV-C41 from the spaceport here and successfully placed in the designated orbit. PSLV-C41/IRNSS-1I Mission blasted off at 4.04 am from the first launchpad at the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre. It was a normal lift-off, ISRO officials said. The workhorse, PSLV, injected the satellite into orbit 19 minutes after ...

An eight-year-old girl was gang-raped repeatedly inside a village temple, kept sedated for hours, and raped again just before being killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua by six men, including one who had been “invited” to come all the way from Meerut to “satisfy his lust”, the police have told a court. The child, held captive for a week in ...

An Army jawan was killed during a gunbattle with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district and two civilians, including a teenager, died in clashes between locals and security forces that followed, officials said. Local residents started pelting security personnel with stones, leading to clashes in which around 20 civilians were also injured, they said. Security forces had launched a ...

BIAL, the operator of Bangalore international airport, said the second runway is expected to be operational next year and the new terminal by 2021. It also announced registering record passenger growth to 26.91 million in the last financial year. The aerodrome is operated by Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), in which Fairfax holds 54 per cent stake while that of ...

The UIDAI has brought in secure digitally-signed QR Code on e-Aadhaar that will now contain photograph of the Aadhaar holder too, in addition to demographic details, to facilitate better offline verification of an individual. “The UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) has recently replaced existing QR code on e-Aadhaar having resident’s demographic details now with a secured digitally-signed QR Code ...

A Jet Airways plane, with 133 people on-board, hit a parked catering vehicle at the Delhi airport tonight, officials said. No one was injured in the incident that took place around 8 pm yesterday when the Jet airways flight, coming from Dubai, arrived at the Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here, they said. The aircraft was ...

A wife is not a “chattel” or an “object” and she cannot be forced to reside with her husband even if the man desires to live with her, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court observed this while hearing a matter in which a woman, who lodged a criminal case against her husband alleging cruelty, said that she do ...

In Uttar Pradesh, a young woman tried to attempt suicide along with her family outside CM residence in Lucknow on Sunday. Accusing BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar of rape somehow the police prevented the woman from self-immolation. The woman has accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar of gang-raping her with his accomplices about a year ago. According to the woamn, she also ...