A cloudburst in a remote village in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, resulted in four fatalities and six injuries. Rescue operations are underway, and the district administration is monitoring the situation.
The court of special judge (POCSO), west session division, Yupia also sentenced two others to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment each for their involvement in the case.
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday claimed that Muslims are selling puja items at various Hindu pilgrimage sites by 'concealing' their identity and urged all state governments to take effective steps to prevent them from running such shops 'so that the faith of Hindus is not hurt'.
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera called the order "state-sponsored bigotry".
Counting of votes began on Wednesday in the Congress presidential polls in which senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor faced-off for the post of All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief.
In latest move, ministry of mines removes B L Bagra
The company also has plans to set up a 1.4 million tonnes per annum alumina refinery in Andhra Pradesh.
Aluminium ingots and sow will now cost about Rs 70,000 a tonne in the local market and wire rods and billets would be priced at around Rs 78,000-79,000 a tonne. After breaching the 52-mark against the dollar in intra-day during trade the last quarter the Indian rupee has appreciated to trade at 47 level to a dollar.
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday held consultations with Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Members of Parliament from northeast to discuss steps to end the harassment of people.
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