Indian Sub-continent

Pune (Maha), Dec 7 (PTI) A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped and strangled to death by an unidentified person at her house in Dhayari area off Sinhagad Road here, police said.

The incident took place on Thursday, they said.

Talking to PTI, Joint Commissioner of Police Shivaji Bodkhe said the deceased lived in a tenement with her family.

"The victim's brother came home from school in the afternoon on Thursday and found his sister lying unconscious.

Ahmedabad, Dec 8 (PTI) A man was Saturday arrested in Ahmedabad's Ramol area for allegedly sexually assaulting his teenage stepdaughter, police said.

The accused was held Saturday after the 14-year-old victim's mother filed a complaint against him on Friday, said Ramol police inspector M S Kotwal.

"As per the complaint, since the last seven months, the accused used to regularly sexually assault his stepdaughter. He also threatened her to not reveal this ordeal to anyone," said Kotwal.

Chennai, Dec 8 (PTI): Income Tax sleuths Saturday seized over Rs 54 crore of unaccounted cash during searches at multiple premises of a leading Tamil Nadu based distillery here.

Acting on a tip off about suspected tax evasion and backed up by days of spadework related to the company, income tax officials conducted searches at 12 premises belonging to the Director and employees of the distillery.

Panaji, Dec 8 (PTI) A Russian couple was arrested Saturday for allegedly cultivating cannabis inside their rented apartment in Goa, police said.

Cannabis plants, drugs and other items worth Rs 15 lakh were seized from the couple's residential apartment located in the beach village of Anjuna in North Goa, they said.

Anjuna Police Inspector C L Patil said the Russian couple, Viacheslar Terekhin and Anna Asharova (both 38), were arrested under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act.

KANPUR: A new way of protest on the part of the city traders has come to light. It was definitely not only their problem but each resident has been facing stray animals’ menace. Peeved with the carelessness of the authorities concerned the traders have presented a symbolic memorandum to the stray animals who have made their lives hellish.

KANPUR: In continuation of bringing improvements in the city’s power supply system, KESCo has gird up its loins to change outdated breakers in as many as four power sub-stations now.

Giving this information, CSB Ambedkar, KESCO officer said that the divisional officers were constantly approaching the Headquarters for modifying the years’ long old breakers.

Exit polls predicted Congress winning in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh but BJP retaining Chhattisgarh.

Polls were conducted by India Today, ABP News, Times Now and C-Voter. UMMnews has averaged and moderated the polls conducted by the four organisations.

In Assembly polls last year in 5 states, held from April-May 2016, exit polls were largely accurate about the results.

Mumbai, Dec 7 (PTI) The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that it has ordered demolition of fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi's illegal bungalow built along the beach at Alibaug in adjoining Raigad district.

Government counsel advocate P B Kakade told a bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice M S Karnik on Thursday that it had served demolition notices to another 58 private properties in the area constructed in violation of the state's rules and coastal zone norms.

Motihari/Lucknow, Dec 6 (PTI) The BJP suffered twin setbacks Thursday as its Dalit MP Savitribai Phule quit the party, accusing it of practising "divisive politics" while its ally Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) chief and Union minister Upendra Kushwaha appeared set to sever the ties by declaring a war on the ruling NDA alliance.

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 7 (PTI) A woman was allegedly poisoned to death by her husband and in-laws over demands for dowry in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said on Friday.

The woman, Rashim, was found dead at her residence in Khedki village under Garhi Pukhta police station on Thursday evening, they said.

According to a complaint lodged by her father, Rajender, Rashim's in-laws called her parents on Thursday and asked them to visit their daughter as she was unwell.