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India: Teenaged Adivasi girl dies after being raped

Dharmapuri, Nov 11 (PTI) A 17-year-old Adivasi girl who was allegedly raped by two men at a village in Tamil Nadu last Monday RPT Monday died in a hospital, triggering protests by her family, alleging that there was a delay in accepting their complaint and nabbing the accused.

The girl died on Saturday of her injuries, following which her family staged the protests.

They continued it Sunday, but gave it up on an assurance from District collector S Malarvizhi that the culprits would be arrested within two days.

Over 600 vehicles denied entry into Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 11 (PTI) Over 600 vehicles were denied entry into the national capital on Sunday, a day after the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) extended the ban on entry of trucks till November 12 due to high pollution levels in Delhi.

According to Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Alok Kumar, 1,283 vehicles were checked and 609 vehicles were denied entry.

Around 734 vehicles carrying essential goods were allowed inside the national capital from 11 pm on November 10 till 5 am on November 11, he said.

10-yr-old girl raped in east Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI) A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a family friend in east Delhi's New Ashok Nagar, police said Saturday.

The incident happened on Friday night.

The accused was known to the girl's family and took her with him for an outing on Friday and then raped her, police said.

The victim then narrated the ordeal to her parents who approached police and a case was registered in the matter.

The accused, who worked as a labourer at a shop, was arrested, said a senior police officer.

India: Man lynched for raping 9-year-old niece

Jamshedpur, Nov 10 (PTI) A 21-year-old man was beaten to death by villagers in West Singhbhum district after he allegedly raped his 9-year-old niece, police said on Saturday.

Taluka Purty, the victim's paternal uncle, raped her in one room of the house on Friday night at Karlajori village under Muffassil police station area.

The girl's grand-mother was in another room when the incident happened, police said.

The villagers reached the spot on hearing the scream of the victim, caught hold of the accused and beat him up.

Clock tower to find time again

KANPUR:  Busy as usual, the Ghantaghar crossing finds people’s ample movement every day. But they never look high at the clock tower because its hands do not move. It remains calm in the tower.  

As told by the shopkeepers there, the machine of the clock had lost its function several years ago. Even authorities concerned did not care about its functioning. But lately there rang a buzz in their ears suddenly.

Objections raised at UP Board exam centres

KANPUR: Uttar Pradesh Board examination centres for Kanpur Nagar district have been set up by ignoring defined rules. As many as eight objections were made online so far.

If complaints will be found correct, a complete report would be sent to the Board Headquarters at Allahabad, said Deputy Inspector of Schools SK Tiwari, adding that the Board has to finalise everything.

India: Tamil Nadu's Fahad Mohammed wins tennis title

Mumbai, Nov 10 (PTI) Fifth seed Fahad Mohammed of Tamil Nadu outclassed Pune teenager Atharva Sharma 6-4, 6-2 in the singles final of the J S Pereira Memorial AITA Ranking mens tennis tournament here Saturday.

The 22-year-old Mohammed, who trains at the Just Tennis Academy in Chennai, was quite consistent with his serves and with clever change of tactics unsettled his 18-year -old opponent who did well to keep pace till 4-all in the first set.

India: Congress govt will disband Vyapam

Bhopal, Nov 10 (PTI) The Congress on Saturday promised to disband the Vyapam and refund the examination fees of the lakhs of youth who had appeared for the recruitment tests conducted by the scam-hit board in the last 10 years.

The Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, popularly known by the acronym Vyapam (Vyavasayik Pareeksha Mandal), is at the centre of a massive recruitment scandal, involving bribery and fudging of marks among others, that is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

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