India

Kanpur: The IIT-K has taken a big step in the foray of research with the full swing operations of the National Centre of Geodesy here.

The department set up in the year 2019 was equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.

It was commissioned to perform the second Project Monitoring and Management Committee assembly on September 16.

With the advanced infrastructure now, the NCG visions to nucleate and nourish education, along with expanding the scope of R&D ventures in the field of Geodesy.

Kanpur: Reportedly, the district magistrate of Kanpur Nagar district has been changed. The 2011-batch IAS officer Vishakhji has been made the new District Magistrate here. He is a B.Tech. He belongs to Kerala.

At present, he had been serving as Special Secretary of UP Chief Minister.

He was earlier posted as DM Hamirpur. Served as Chief Development Officer at districts like Varanasi and Meerut respectively.

Married with Apoorva Dwivedi two years ago. She has been posted as DM, Fatehpur.

NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government described Britain’s decision, not to recognise Covishield as a legitimate anti-COVID-19 vaccine, as “discriminatory” and warned of reciprocal measures, if the matter was not resolved.

India’s Foreign Secretary, Harsh Vardhan Shringla said, during a media briefing that, the country supplied five million Covishield doses to Britain, at the request of the British government, describing the non-recognition of the vaccine as a “discriminating policy.”

Jaipur, Sep 21 (PTI) A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by a neighbour in Rajasthan's Nagaur district, police said on Tuesday.

The accused kidnapped the girl from her residence in a village under Padu Kalan police station limits on Monday and took her to a secluded place, where he raped her.

A case has been registered against the accused, Dinesh Jat (20), for kidnap, rape and murder and he has been detained, Padu Kalan Station House Officer (SHO) Ashok Bishu said.

Firozabad (UP), Sep 21 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a sleeper bus when she was on her way to Auraiya along with her family, police said on Tuesday.

Based on a complaint lodged by the girl's mother, a case was registered against two people at Shikohabad police station on Tuesday morning and the main accused, Ashu, was arrested.

The girl had boarded the bus with her family from Badarpur at 11 pm on Monday.

Mumbai, Sep 21 (PTI) A 35-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman from Jharkhand on the promise of getting her a job in the city, police said on Tuesday.

The matter came to light when the 32-year-old woman lodged a complaint with the Bandra police last week, following which the accused identified as Raju was arrested, an official said.

According to the police, the victim had recently moved to the city from Jharkhand in search of work and was living with her sister in Nalasopara.

Guwahati, Sept 21 (PTI) Assam government on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the killing of two alleged United Liberation of Bodoland (ULB) militants by policemen, a day after a 12-hour bandh to protest the death brought life in the four districts of the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) to a standstill.

Mumbai, Sep 21 (PTI) The crime branch of Mumbai Police has issued a look-out notice against two absconding accused in the pornography case allegedly involving businessman Raj Kundra.

The notice was issued against Yash Thakur alias Arvind Srivastava and Pardeep Bakshi on Sunday, a police official said.

Bakshi was allegedly connected directly to Kundra, while Thakur was also wanted in the case, he said.

The charge sheet filed in the case names the duo, the official added.

Hazaribag (Jharkhand), Sep 21 (PTI) A 16-year-old Dalit girl has been allegedly gangraped in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district, police said on Tuesday.

Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan Chouthe said that three of the five accused have been arrested and a manhunt has been launched to nab the remaining two.

The incident took place in a village in Daroo police station area on Sunday night when the survivor, a student, and her two friends went near a pond to relieve themselves, the officer said.

Mumbai, Sep 21 (PTI) A special NIA court here on Tuesday rejected an application filed by academician Shoma Sen, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, seeking interim medical bail.

Judge D E Kothalikar rejected 61-year-old Sen's plea.

Her application had cited her age and claimed that she suffered from multiple ailments including osteoarthritis, glaucoma and high blood pressure which could make her vulnerable to COVID-19.