Indian Sub-continent

Pratapgarh (UP), Dec 10 (PTI) A newly married couple allegedly killed themselves by consuming poison in this district, police said on Friday.

The incident took place in Sarai Shankar Chiguda village in Kohdaur area, they said.

Nilesh Verma (22) and Roshni (19), who had married six months ago in a temple, allegedly consumed a poisonous substance on Thursday, Circle Officer (CO)Abhay Pandey said.

They were rushed to Prayagraj in a serious condition where they died on Thursday night, he said.

Tirupati, Dec 10 (PTI) A princely offering of a set of gem-studded golden gloves to adorn the divine palms of presiding deity of Lord Venkateswara at the ancient hill shrine in Tirumala here was on Friday made by a devotee as a fulfillment of his vow.

The devotee, a jeweller hailing from this temple city, along with family members, handed over the offering called 'Kati-Hastham' and 'Varada-Hastham' to A Venkata Dharma Reddy, Additional Executive Officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) that govern the cash-rich shrine, a temple official told PTI.

Kanpur: Inspector Vinod Kumar Mishra was suspended after a video of him mercilessly thrashing a man holding his child went viral.

In the video, it can be seen that the person being thrashed was repeatedly requesting the police that the child would be hit and might even die.

Yet the policeman was not ready to accept his words. It was reported that the UP Police received severe flak after the video went viral on social media.

Mishra was suspended by the ADG of Kanpur zone.

PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan, Dec 9 (NNN-ANA) – Construction of a water supplying network has been completed and inaugurated in Pul-e-Alam city, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Logar province, the state-run news agency, Bakhtar reported.

Completed at a cost of five million afghani (48,000 U.S. dollars) with the support of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the project would provide drinking water to 350 families, the news agency quoted Nematullah Ahmadi, the provincial head for supplying water, as saying.

KABUL, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government arrived in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Wednesday.

A handover ceremony was held at Kabul international airport, attended by Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu and deputy minister of Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry Abdul Bari Omar.

Since the political situation of Afghanistan has changed, China has announced to donate 3 million doses of vaccines and other medical supplies to Afghanistan, Wang said while addressing the ceremony.

Srinagar, 08 December 2021: Three Kashmiris were killed on Wednesday by Indian security forces in Srinagar of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

Citi, IIT Kanpur, and T-Hub, a technology incubator declared openly the launch of the Social Innovation Lab.

It will identify and nurture startups with unique solutions. 

That holds an optimistic impact on society across agriculture, healthcare, and financial technologies.

Selected applicants will be provided support from Citi, IIT-K and T-Hub by way of mentoring, business model development, go-to-market strategy, funding, and scaling opportunities.

Kohima, Dec 7 (PTI) The cabinet of Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Tuesday decided to call off the ongoing Hornbill Festival in protest against the killing of 14 civilians by security forces, official sources said.

The state government has also decided to write to the Centre demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, they said.

The 10-day Hornbill Festival, the state's largest tourism extravaganza held at Naga Heritage Village in Kisama near the state capital, was scheduled to end on December 10.

Pratapgarh (UP), Dec 8 (PTI) A court here has awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a woman in the Kandhai area of this Uttar Pradesh district.

Special Judge (Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe) Monika Thakur also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on convict Rajkumar Verma.

Verma had raped the woman in August 2016 when she was alone in her house and had also threatened her for dire consequences if she revealed the matter to someone else.

An FIR was registered in the matter after a complaint by the victim's family.

Patna, Dec 8 (PTI) Leaders and workers of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar had a big reason to celebrate on Wednesday when news came in that Tejashwi Yadav, younger son and heir apparent of party supremo Lalu Prasad, is going to get married.

Yadav, who at 32 years is arguably the most eligible bachelor in the state's political circles, is scheduled to get engaged in Delhi on Thursday.