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New Delhi: In an appalling incident, a pregnant woman was punched repeatedly in the stomach, her head was banged against the wall for touching the bucket of an upper cast Thakur. According to sources, the incident occurred on the morning of October 15, when Savitri Devi, a Dalit woman accidentally ‘touched’ a bucket belonging to Anju, an upper caste Thakur while collecting garbage from homes in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district. The wire with reference to Indian Express, has quoted Savitri’s neighbour Kusuma Devi, as saying ‘Anju stormed towards her, punched her repeatedly in the stomach and banged her head on a wall. She kept accusing Savitri of ‘defiling’ her bucket by touching it.” Later, according to Kusuma Devi, Anju’s son Rohit joined his mother in beating Savitri with sticks. Savitri was rushed to the district hospital by her husband, Dilip Kumar. The hospital gave no treatment to her, saying that there was no external bleeding and she was fine. However Savitri’s condition...

The Russian Defense Ministry has reported about the substantial advances made in fighting against terrorism in Syria. The Russian sappers have deactivated nearly 1,000 of various explosive devices, while hundreds of militants positions had been defeated by the Aerospace Forces. HMEIMIM (Sputnik) — Russian sappers have cleared 33 hectares of the territory in and around the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor in the past 24 hours, destroying more than 960 explosives, Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Syrian reconciliation reported on Thursday. "In the past 24 hours, 33 hectares of the territory of the city and its suburbs, six kilometers of roads, and 35 buildings were demined, 963 explosives were discovered and destroyed," the center said in a statement. According to the document, a total of 741 hectares of territory, 183 kilometers of roads, and 1,522 buildings have been inspected since the start of the Russian demining operation in Deir ez-Zor, 37,517 explosive items have...

The National Security Agency may restore spying program given the latest amendments. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Senate Intelligence Committee has approved in a 12-3 vote, the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), something that could allow the National Security Agency's (NSA) to relaunch its online surveillance program. The committee's vote took place on Tuesday in a closed session. According to media reports, the lawmakers voted in favor of Senator Mark Warner's amendment, which proposes that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should submit a request to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court if it obtains information on US citizens it wants to look into. READ MORE: Why Draft Liberty Act Won't Curb US Agency Spying Powers The current version of the law, which allows the US intelligence community to target the communications of non-US citizens outside of the United States, expires at the end of the year.

Illegal hacking methods allegedly used by the FBI to obtain evidence and expose users of an international abuse website have stirred a legitimacy debate in Norway. According to the Norwegian daily Adresseavisen, the FBI used illegal data gathering methods against local users of a cloaked website to reveal their IP addresses and unveil their identities. The illegal hacking reportedly led to dozens of arrests. Earlier this year, seven men were arrested in Norway in connection with an investigation into an international abuse website. Recently, however, it transpired that the scope of the case in Norway alone is broader than initially thought. The country's National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos) announced that charges have been brought against 43 Norwegians as a result of the ongoing investigation. The methods used by the FBI were considered illegal in Norway in 2015, the year the website was active. Foreign authorities were not permitted to access computers in Norway ei...

New Delhi: Germany produced a combination of sublime skills and brute power as they laid bare Colombia's defensive frailties with a clinical 4-0 victory in their pre-quarterfinal match in the FIFA U-17 World Cup here on Monday. Captain and star striker Jann-Fiete Arp (7th and 65th) struck twice while Yann Bisseck (39th) and John Yeboah (49th) scored a goal each to help Germany reach the quarterfinals. Germany, whose best show in the tournament has been a runners-up finish way back in the first edition in 1985, now face the winners of the pre-quarterfinal match between Brazil and Honduras on October 18 in Kochi in the quarterfinals to be played in Kolkata on October 22. If Brazil happen to win their pre-quarterfinals, it will be a mouth-watering quarter-final clash between the colts teams of the two footballing giants. Germany had struggled to get the goals against their opponents in a relatively easier Group C but their strikers had a field day today, taking cracks at will as ...

After the Congress made vikas 'go crazy' in Gujarat, PM Narendra Modi responded saying that Gujaratis will chant only one slogan - I am vikas, I am Gujarat

Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 16 (ANI): Nupur and Rajesh Talwar, the parents of 14-year-old Aarushi, who was found murdered nine years back in Noida, have finally walked free from the Dasna jail here after the prison authorities received the required court order. Rajesh Talwar's brother Dinesh Talwar and their lawyers Manoj Sisodia and Tanveer Ahmed Mir went to the Dasna Jail to receive them. This comes at least three days after the Allahabad High Court acquitted them of charges of their daughter's murder, setting aside the CBI court's earlier order, in connection with the double murder case that shook the nation in 2008. A high court bench, comprising of Justice B. K. Narayana and Justice A. K. Mishra, had reserved its verdict, in September, in the appeal filed by Aarushi's parents, who were sentenced to life in the jail. The Talwars had been lodged in the Dasna jail since November 2013 in connection with the twin murders. According to reports, as pe...

New Delhi: Indian football's date with destiny didn't have a fairytale ending, but it still gladdened fans who had come not expecting a win but an unlikely draw or a heartwarming effort. The Delhi crowd didn't get their first two wishes fulfilled but a couple of moments in the match made them skip a beat. Those moments didn't end in leaps of joy but definitely, put a smile on the face of fans who walked back home from the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium after India's U-17 team lost 0-3 defeat against the USA in the country's first ever FIFA World Cup match. The stands were not full, but a concerted effort from the government upped the count, many of them being students from Delhi/NCR (National Capital Region). And the crowd didn't make any bones about getting behind the team. From a Mexican wave of more than 45,000 pairs of hands to shouts of "India...India", the roar and the cheer at times were deafening. Especially when the Indian boy with a blo...

The high-voltage Supreme Court hearing in the Kerala 'love jihad' case is all set to get more rancorous. At a time CJI Dipak Misra ponders whether to continue with the NIA probe ordered by his predecessor JS Khehar to verify if there was any "ulterior or criminal" motive in Kerala-based Muslim youth Shafin Jahan marrying a Hindu girl Akhila after she converted to Islam, pleas for NIA investigation into two more similar cases landed in the court on the eve of a crucial hearing. The SC had said it wanted to ascertain if Hadiya was indeed trapped by a "well-oiled racket that uses psychological measures to indoctrinate people and persuade them to join terror groups such as ISIS" as alleged by her father and endorsed by the state HC, which quashed the marriage and gave the girl's custody to her father. A new petition has been filed by one Bindu from Kerala, who's daughter Nimisha converted to Islam to become Fathima, married a Christian who embraced Is...

Jann-Fiete Arp starred in Germany’s 2-1 win over Costa Rica in their opening FIFA U-17 World Cup game. (Twitter: @DFB_Team_EN) The goal-scoring run of Germany U-17 striker Jann-Fiete Arp has created a lot of buzz in his homeland. Many are backing the Hamburg frontman to lead Die Mannschaft’s frontline in the future. The main reason for that is Germany’s lack of striking options. While they have produced a plethora of quality attacking midfielders, there has been a dearth of out-and-out strikers. The current national squad banks on Mario Gomez, who at 32 isn’t getting any younger, and Timo Werner, who has started his Germany career well, winning the golden boot at the Confederations Cup. However, doubts remain over his durability. So all eyes are on Arp, his development in the next couple of years and whether he can convert his potential into something substantial. Germany U-17 coach Christian Wuck said after their 2-1 win over Costa Rica on Saturday that some of these youngsters ...

Ahead of another hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday on the annulment of a Kerala woman’s marriage by the state’s high court in May after she was allegedly converted to Islam forcibly by an organisation with suspected terror links, her father said he has full faith in the judiciary and insisted that he did not want his daughter to end up as a human bomb. Talking to Hindustan Times over the phone, K M Ashokan (59), an ex-serviceman said many rights activists and others were running a virulent campaign against his family but nobody tried to understand the pain and agony of parents. He said he was not against any religion or conversion but he opposed a vicious campaign that pushed innocent girls into volatile areas. The case hit the headlines after Akhila Ashokan (24), a homeopathy doctor converted to Islam and took the name of Hadiya and married a Muslim youth Shefin Jahan from Kollam in south Kerala. Her father had approached the Kerala high court in May claiming his daughter was ...

In a gruesome act, a woman was gangraped by four men in fron of her husband and their infant in Muzaffarnagar. The rapists, according to ANI news agency, gangraped the 25-year-old woman on Friday after tying up her husband as the infant cried incessantly. Photo: ANI The family was returning from their visit to pediatrician when they were stopped by the rapists, whose identities have not yet been disclosed. The men beat up the husband before tying him up and took the woman in the nearby sugarcane field, where they gangraped the victim. They also threatened her and her husband against disclosing the incident to anyone. Few farmers from the nearby field came to their rescue after they screamed for help. When informed about the crime, cops took the family to the hospital for treatment and her medical examination. Ajay Sahdev, SP Rural, Muzaffarnagar, said, “We are waiting for her medical report. A case has been registered against the four and investigation is underway.” The victim t...

New Delhi: The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley spoke after the 22nd GST council meeting on Friday. Here are important things Arun Jaitley said after the GST council meet: GST on unbranded ayurvedic medicines to reduced from 12% to 5%: FM Arun Jaitley Members wanted to revisit tax structure of restaurants with more than Rs 1 Cr turnover, will be reviewed: Finance Minister Man made yarn was taxed 18%, it has been put in 12% slab, will have effect on textiles: FM Jaitley Traders to pay 1%, manufacturers 2% & restaurants 5% under composition scheme: FM Jaitley 90% of the assesses who have turnover less than Rs 1.5 Cr turnover to file quarterly returns: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Refund cheques for July exports, will be processed by 10 Oct & refund cheques for Aug exports, will be processed by 18 Oct: FM Pattern of collection (of GST) is not clear after two months because it was a period of transition: FM Jaitley E-wallet for each exporter to be made & notional amoun...

Despite concern that the composition of vaccines used by the city for the coming flu season differs from the latest recommendation by the World Health Organisation, Hong Kong's authorities and top medical experts said on Tuesday that vaccination would still be useful in preventing the disease. The global health watchdog announced last Thursday that the vaccine strain against influenza A H3N2 for the southern hemisphere next year had been changed to the Singapore strain, different from the Hong Kong strain found in the city's 460,000 doses of flu vaccines, which will be given out under the government's vaccination programme beginning this month. The composition of the city's vaccines was based on the WHO's recommendations for the northern hemisphere, announced in February. But the latest suggestion cites studies that show recent H3N2 viruses, which were predominant globally from February to September this year, had been "better inhibited" by antibodies ...

New Delhi, Oct 3: Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Registrar Neeraj Tripathi will be the new officiating vice-chancellor for next two months. The current incumbent Girish Chandra Tripathi has been sent on indefinite leave. After two months Girish Chandra's tenure comes to an end. BHU students, who have been protesting against the lathicharge on girls at the campus last month, today hailed the Vice Chancellor's move to go on indefinite leave as a "victory" for them. University Vice Chancellor Girish Chandra Tripathi, under fire for his alleged mishandling of student protests last month, yesterday proceeded on indefinite leave citing personal reasons. "The Vice Chancellor going on leave is a victory for us that the government is paying some attention to our demands. But we want a Visitorial enquiry into the matter as he still continues to be the VC and can influence the probe," said a BHU student Mineshi Mishra. President Ramnath Kovind is the Visitor of ...

In less than four months after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to US in which he mentioned India’s intentions to strengthen its hydrocarbon engagement with the US, the first consignment of crude has reached Indian shore. New Delhi (Sputnik) — Diversifying the energy dependency, India has received the first US crude oil cargo of 1.6 million barrels bought by Indian Oil Corporation from the United States on Monday at Paradip port. The step is seen as Indian strategy to lessen its dependency on OPEC countries for its oil demands. This is also being seen as an attempt by India to exert pressure on OPEC to slash prices and stop charging a premium from Asian buyers. MT New Prosperity, a very large crude carrier, having a capacity of 2 million barrels of crude, had left US Gulf Coast on 19th August for Paradip port. IndianOil, an Indian state-owned company, will process the crude at its East-Coast based refineries, located at Paradip, Haldia, Barauni and Bongaigaon. This is t...

Karnataka home minister Ramalinga Reddy said on Tuesday that the special investigation team formed to probe the murder of senior Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh has got “very definite leads” in the case. Lankesh, known to be an anti-establishment voice with strident anti-right wing views, was gunned down outside her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar area in Bengaluru on September 5. “However, they are in the process of putting the evidence together, which is why we cannot reveal much at this stage,” Reddy told the Hindustan Times. This is the second time the minister has hinted at definite leads in the investigation since the murder of the editor of the weekly tabloid, Gauri Lankesh Patrike. Reddy on September 9 said the SIT had hit upon a vital clue that would help them solve the case and expressed hopes about nabbing the culprits soon. However, sources in the investigation team did not confirm this. “We are still following some leads and are hopeful of cracking the case soon,” a s...

Barcelona: Catalonia's leader Carles Puigdemont said the region won the right to break away from Spain, with his government claiming on Monday that 90 percent of voters backed independence in a banned referendum marred by clashes. However, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy declared the Sunday plebiscite had been blocked, saying "today there has not been a self-determination referendum in Catalonia," a region deeply divided over independence. Further adding to tensions, unions and Catalan associations called a region-wide strike for Tuesday due to "the grave violation of rights and freedoms," urging people to take to the streets in Catalonia, a major engine for Spanish growth. At least 92 people were confirmed injured out of a total of 844 who needed medical attention, Catalan authorities said, as police cracked down on a vote Spain's central government branded a "farce". The interior ministry said 33 police required treatment as a result of...

Two Dalit men at a village near Gandhinagar in Gujarat were allegedly thrashed by members of the Rajput community for "sporting a moustache" in two separate incidents, the police said on Sunday. On September 29, Krunal Maheria, 30, a law student, was allegedly beaten up by Bharatsinh Vaghela. In his complaint to Kalol taluka police, Mr Maheria said Mr Vaghela assaulted him for sporting a moustache. "When I was visiting my friend, Vaghela and some others intercepted me and verbally abused me. Vaghela told me that I cannot become a Rajput by just sporting a moustache. When I ignored him, Vaghela beat me up with a stick," Mr Maheria said on Sunday. He returned home yesterday after undergoing treatment at Gandhinagar civil hospital. A police complaint has been filed, a Kalol taluka police officer said, adding Mr Vaghela has been arrested. "A complaint was also registered against Maheria," the officer added. A similar case was reported in Limbodara village...

Syria are now just four games away from extraordinary World Cup qualification However the team's exploits are used as propaganda for Bashar al-Assad Many promising young Syrian footballers have been forced out of the country The football team have brought rare hope to a country ripped apart by civil war

The father-in-law told the police that a toilet would soon be constructed and also signed a bond. (File) A woman, battling humiliation in the absence of a toilet at her home, dragged her father-in-law to the police station and allegedly forced him to sign a bond that he would get one constructed soon. The incident took place at Cheggan Neura village in Minapur block of Bihar's Muzaffarpur district. The officer in-charge of women's police station in Muzaffarpur, Ms Jyoti told PTI that the woman had submitted a written complaint on September 25 against her father-in-law and brother-in-law for turning a deaf ear to her constant pleas for a toilet. Because of this hardship, she would come to her marital home only when her husband returned from his work place in Tamil Nadu. She used to again shift to her father's house after he went back to his place of work. Finding no solution to her woes, she gave a written complaint to the police against her father-in-law and brother-...

The PM Narendra Modi led Union Cabinet which had earlier approved the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission panel is expected to meet once again in the month of January. The meet will take place to decide on the pay hike of the minimum salary of Central government employees, according to a report in OneIndia.com. It was cited in various media reports that Ministry of Finance is planning to raise the minimum pay hike from Rs 18,000 to Rs 21,000 under 7th Pay Commission. Earlier, on September 12, it was reported that a committee has been formed to look into various pay related anomalies arising out of the implementation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission's recommendations. The 22-member panel will be headed by Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and it will have members from both the official and staff side, news agency PTI reported. It has been decided to set up the anomaly committee of the National Council (Joint Consultative Machinery) consisting of...