India

Raipur, Oct 12 (PTI) One naxal was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said Friday.

The gunbattle took place Thursday evening in a forest under Pusnar police station when a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) was returning after carrying out an anti-naxal operation, Sukma Superintendent of Police Abhishek Meena told PTI over phone.

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 12 (PTI) A 17-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped and killed by three persons when she was alone at her house in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said Friday.

Based on a complaint by a family member of the girl, a case was registered against Sanoj Kumar, Jaivir and Sonu Thursday, Additional Superintendent of Police Ajay Pertap said.

The girl's body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the house, the officer said.

Srinagar, Oct 12 (PTI) Normal life in Kashmir was affected Friday due to a strike called by separatists after the killing of PhD scholar-turned-Hizbul Mujahideen commander Manaan Bashir Wani in an encounter with security forces.

Schools, higher educational institutions and business establishments remained closed due to the strike called by the Joint Resistance Leadership, a separatist amalgam comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, officials said.

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 12 (PTI) Members of the Opposition Congress and BJP in Kerala Friday staged demonstrations to express solidarity with Ayyappa devotees even as the CPI, the key partner in the CPI-M led LDF, said there was an attempt to "politicise" the Supreme Court order on Sabarimala.

The BJP said its protest would not be confined to Kerala and would expand to other South Indian states.

Kochi/Thrissur, Oct 12 (PTI) Burglars struck at two automated teller machines in Thrissur and Ernakulam districts of Kerala making away with Rs 35 lakh in the early hours Friday, police said.

Police suspect the involvement of a single gang.

In the first incident, the ATM of a nationalised bank at Irumbanam in Thrippunithura in Ernakulam district was looted.

The gang used a gas-cutter to break open the ATM and decamped with Rs 25 lakh, police said.

The incident is suspected to have occurred before 3.30 am.

KANPUR:  Upon the order of the SSP, a record verification of the history-sheeters at city’s various police stations was conducted. As many as 30 history-sheeters are dead while there names still exist in the list for police observation. The senior police officer was irked with this negligence and ordered the elimination of their records, including the closure of the records of three aged history-sheeters.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi has accused the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have influenced Rafale deal to save “debt ridden” Reliance group. He said that PM Modi has behaved like “chaukidar” of Anil Ambani.

“To save his (Ambani’s) business, he took Rs 30,000 crore from IAF and put it in Ambani’s pocket,” Rahul said

A PhD scholar named Manan Bashir Wani has been killed in Kashmir by Indian Security Forces, along with another Kashmiri.

Wani was a PhD scholar from Aligarh Muslim University, who returned home 3 days ago. Indian Security Forces allege that Wani was Hizbul Mujahideen member.

Lucknow/New Delhi, Oct 10; PTI: Nine coaches and the engine of the New Delhi bound New Farakka Express derailed near Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh early Wednesday, killing at least seven people and seriously injuring nine, officials said.

The accident on the New Farakka Express (14003) that was on its from Malda in West Bengal to New Delhi took place in Harchandpur area of Rae Bareli district at 6.10 am, Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General (ADG), Law and Order, Anand Kumar said.

About 30-35 people received minor injuries, he said.

New Delhi, Oct 11 (PTI) The Amrapali group Thursday informed the Supreme Court that its nine properties in Noida, Greater Noida, Rajgir and Buxar in Bihar have been sealed in compliance with the court's order.

A bench of Justices U U Lalit and D Y Chandrachud asked the Amrapali group to file an undertaking with regard to sealing of its properties by 2 PM today.

The bench also sought presence of two forensic auditors Ravi Bhatia and Pawan Kumar Aggarwal at 2 PM to ascertain their satisfaction with regard to the documents to be audited.