Indian Sub-continent

ISLAMABAD, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned attack on Saudi Arabia's Abha airport, which resulted in one death and injuries to eight others.

Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the country reiterates its full support and solidarity with the brotherly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against any threat to its security and territorial integrity.

A Syrian resident was killed, while eight civilians were wounded in an apparently drone attack that hit the parking area of the airport on Sunday.

Thane, Jun 25 (PTI) A court here in Maharashtra has awarded seven years' rigorous imprisonment to a 31-year-old man for raping a minor girl in 2013.

District Judge P P Jadhav in his order last week also imposed a fine of Rs 32,000 on the accused, Manish alias Mashal Gangaram Shinge, a resident of Waghbil area here.

According to the prosecution, the accused, who was already married and had two children, developed friendship with the 16-year-old student, who also resided in the same locality.

Muzaffarnagar, Jun 25 (PTI) A 36-year-old married woman was allegedly killed for dowry at Simbhalka village under Shamli district, police said on Tuesday.

Sumita, wife of Krishan Kumar, was strangled to death on Monday and her body was thrown on the roadside, they said.

A case was registered against the victim's in-laws including her husband who is absconding, the police said, adding that the body has been sent for postmortem.

Kanpur: With the start of preparations to contest the bye-polls of the coming state assembly, the BJP has entrusted its deputy chief minister Keshav Mauraya and the party vice-president Ranjana Upadhaya with the responsibility to see Govind Nagar seat here and decide over the candidature.

The party leaders aspiring to fight the bye election from this well-known seat, are trying their best to obtain the favour of the party's observers. They are claiming their respective claims. 

Tehran, Jun 24; AFP/GANASHAKTI: Iran said Monday that no cyber attack against the Islamic republic has ever succeeded, after American media reported the US launched one last week amid a standoff between the two countries.

"The media are asking about the veracity of the alleged cyber attack against Iran. No successful attack has been carried out by them, although they are making a lot of effort," telecommunications minister Mohammad Javad Azarari Jahromi said on Twitter without referring to any US attack.

Patna, June 24; IANS/GANASHAKTI: A Bihar court on Monday ordered an investigation against Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on charges of negligence that killed nearly 150 children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur district over the past fortnight.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate's (CJM) Suryakant Tiwari ordered the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ADJM) to investigate the charges based on a case filed by social activist Tamanna Hashmi.

Hyderabad,June 23 (PTI) A minor girl was allegedly molested by a 60-year-old man here, following which the accused was arrested Sunday, police said.

The accused, who happens to be the neighbour, lured the girl when she was playing infront of her house Saturday evening and took her to the terrace of a building nearby and "misbehaved" with her, they said.

Another neighbour who noticed it, alerted the girl's parents, who along with some locals caught hold of the accused, they added.

New Delhi, Jun 23 (PTI) The Union cabinet will take a call Monday to introduce a fresh bill in Parliament to extend the facility of proxy voting to overseas Indians.

A similar bill had lapsed following the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha last month.

Sources in the government said Sunday that the union cabinet will consider introducing the bill in parliament.

Nagpur, Jun 24 (PTI) A 52-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping his daughter-in-law in Mouda village in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, police said Monday.

Police said the woman, who was unwell, had gone with the accused on June 14 for treatment, and on the way back was raped by the latter at a farmhouse, an official said.

"He tried to rape her again on June 16 but the victim managed to escape. She told her husband about the crime, and a case was registered with Mouda police station on June 22," the official added.

Bhopal, Jun 24 (PTI) Monsoon Monday hit the eastern and southern parts of Madhya Pradesh and was likely to cover more parts of the state in the next 48 hours, IMD Bhopal Office Duty Officer Gurudutt Mishra said.

He told PTI that Balaghat, Mandla, Chhindwara and Khandwa districts of MP experienced monsoon rains as well as parts of Jabalpur, Indore and Ujjain divisions in the last 24 hours.

Mishra said heavy rainfall is expected in Ratlam, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Dhar, Barwani, Ujjain, Agar-Malwa and Indore districts in the next 48 hours.