India

Pandavapura (KTK), Oct 6 (PTI) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra here, participating in a public event of the party after a long gap.

Amid cheers and slogan-shouting by party workers, Sonia Gandhi walked besides her son Rahul Gandhi and other leaders for a few kilometres in Mandya district of Karnataka.

Kanpur: Five people were seriously injured in a road accident here on Thursday morning. A speeding truck hit an auto near the Majharia intersection.

Police reached the spot and took the injured to the hospital by ambulance.

The mishap occurred in the Naubasta police station area.w speeding truck hit an auto r the Majharia intersection.

In this accident, five people of the auto were buried under the damaged auto.

Relief and rescue work are being initiated. All the stranded people are being removed and sent for the medical treatment.

NEW DELHI, Oct 5 (NNN-PTI) – More than 20 people were killed and 20 others injured, after a bus fell into a gorge, in India’s northern hilly state of Uttarakhand, late yesterday, local police said today.

Twenty dead bodies have been recovered so far, and the injured have been admitted to a hospital, the police said.

The ill-fated bus was carrying guests to a wedding, when it fell into a 500-metre-deep gorge, the police said. About 45 people were on the bus when the accident occurred, near the Dhumakot area of Pauri Garhwal district.

Kanpur: Since morning the showers are lashing in the city and its joining areas. The continuous rains with slight breaks and winds have definitely dampened the Dussehra spirits here.

Videos from different parts of the city  show rain-soaked Ravana effigies.

A video from Govind Nagar Park shows other affected effigies and muddy waterholes on the Ravana effigy burning venue.

Another video from the Parade Ground, shows a tilted Ravana effigy amid heavy rains. However, an effigy of decorated Ravana was also seen standing in the verandah of the house in Jajmau area.

Mumbai, Oct 3 (PTI) Actor Randeep Hooda on Monday said he has started shooting for "SwatantryaVeer Savarkar", a biopic of Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar.

It also marks the directorial debut of Hooda, who plays the titular role in the film. Filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar was previously attached to direct the film.

New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) Crop diversification is not a long-term solution to the problem of stubble burning and it will take four to five years to properly resolve the issue, a senior official of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has said.

Crop diversification and using short duration varieties of paddy are among several initiatives proposed by the Centre and experts to resolve the stubble burning issue in Punjab and Haryana.

Ballia (UP), Oct 2 (PTI) A 22-year-old youth has been arrested for allegedly raping a Dalit woman in a village here, police said on Sunday.

Mumbai, Oct 3 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 38 paise to 81.78 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, tracking a muted trend in domestic equities and risk-off sentiment among investors.

Besides, surging crude prices in the international market impacted the domestic unit, traders said.

At the interbank foreign exchange, the local currency opened weak at 81.65 against the dollar, then lost further ground to quote at 81.78, registering a loss of 38 paise over its previous close.

Jodhpur, Oct 3 (PTI) The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday inducted the first fleet of indigenously-built Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), which has been developed primarily for mountain warfare after a requirement for it was felt during the Kargil war in 1999.

Developed by state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), the 5.8-tonne twin-engine gunship chopper is armed with air-to-air missiles, 20 mm turret guns, rocket systems and other weapons.

Thane, Oct 3 (PTI) Two girls, who were allegedly burnt alive by their father, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday, police said.

Sameera Shantaram Patil (14) and her sister Samiksha (11) suffered 91 per cent burns in a fire at their house in Bopar area of Dombivili town on Saturday morning. Their mother Preeti (35) died of burn wounds on Sunday, an official said.