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DAINIK NATION BUREAU The CBI on Saturday made a second arrest in the Unnao rape case as it took into custody Shashi Singh, the woman who allegedly took the victim to BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on the day of crime, officials said. A special court in Lucknow had sent Sengar, the prime accused in the case, to seven-day CBI ...

A Hyderabad-bound passenger was apprehended at the Delhi airport for allegedly carrying three live bullet rounds in his baggage, an official said today. A CISF officer, deputed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) to scan the baggage of commuters, detected a bullet-like object on the x-ray monitor yesterday evening, they said. “Three live bullet rounds of 7.65mm calibre were ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU After questioning, the CBI has arrested BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on Friday late evening. He has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl. Meanwhile the Allahabad High Court has directed the CBI to carry out further investigation or re-open the investigation of the original gangrape case registered on June 20, 2017, ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU An 18-month old girl child was crushed to death by a school van that was leaving after picking up her two elder sisters from their house near here today, police said. The tragedy occurred as the driver started the van without noticing the child, Subiksha, who had come in front of the vehicle after her sisters boarded ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Facing severe flak over the delay in taking action against his party MLA who has been accused in the Unnao rape case, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said his government had not deviated from its zero-tolerance policy on crime and that it would firmly deal with criminals, no matter how influential they might be. Adityanath’s ...

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 ...