Indian Sub-continent

Nagpur, Oct 22 (PTI) Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh Monday said here that the fuel pump strike in Delhi was "BJP sponsored" as the prices of petrol in Delhi are less compared to other cities.

He was replying to a query on the strike in Delhi and the AAP government's refusal to cut VAT on petrol and diesel there.

"The price of petrol in Mumbai is around Rs 87 and in Chennai it is Rs 84. Whereas, the price of petrol in Delhi is around Rs 81. This is a BJP sponsored strike," he asked.

New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her school van driver in Shahbad Dairy area of Rohini, police said Tuesday.

The girl told her mother on Monday that she does not wish to go to school as the van driver does "bad things" to her, they added.

The girl's mother approached police following which a case was registered.

The 39-year-old driver was arrested on Monday.

Shahjahanpur (UP), Oct 23 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth of her village here, police said Tuesday.

The teenager had stepped out to attend nature's call in the fields when the youth forcibly took the girl to his house and allegedly raped her Monday night, SP (City) Dinesh Tripathi said.

The girl reached her house and informed family members following which a case was lodged.

Efforts are on to nab the youth identified as Mohit of Kudaiya village.

The victim has been sent for medical examination, the SP added.

Morena (MP), Oct 23 (PTI) A 35-year-old taekwondo coach has been arrested here for allegedly molesting a minor player, police said Tuesday.

The incident allegedly took place on October 18 at a hotel in Pune where the coach and the 15-year old girl had been staying to attend a tournament, Kotwali police station in-charge Atul Singh said.

Nawanshahr, Oct 23 (PTI) A government school teacher was Tuesday arrested for allegedly molesting girl students here, police said.

Sulakhan Singh (51), was booked under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, they added.

The Section 10 of POCSO Act deals with crime coming under the category of aggravated sexual assault .

Mumbai, Oct 23 (PTI) Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Shiv Sena said on Tuesday that he has "broken all previous records" of going on international tours, and asked what has the nation gained out of it.

Taking a dim view of India's defence deals with France and Russia, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party claimed that US President Donald Trump was "threatening" India with trade sanctions, if Delhi does not agree to F-16 fighter jets deal.

Baripada (Odisha), Oct 23 (PTI) A 19-year-old woman was set on fire allegedly by her in-laws for dowry in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said Tuesday.

She succumbed to burn injuries on Monday night, they said. The incident took place at Haripur village under Barasahi Police station of the district.

The woman had received 80 per cent burn injuries and was admitted to PRM Medical college and Hospital, Baripada.

She died while she was being shifted to Tata Hospital at Jamshedpur, police said.

Faizabad (UP), Oct 23 (PTI) The supporters of former Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia clashed with the police Tuesday, breaking barricades at the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya while trying to enter the area.

After the clash, all roads to Ayodhya were blocked by the police. The police had to use force to disperse the mob, said officials. The roads were opened after the situation returned to normal.

Later in the day, Togadia announced plans to float a new political party, which will contest the Lok Sabha elections in 2019.

Ranchi, Oct 23 (PTI) The Jharkhand High Court has ordered a CBI probe into the Palamau encounter in which 12 alleged Maoists were shot dead by the police on June 8, 2015.

The father of one of the deceased had filed a petition in the court alleging that those killed were not Maoists and the encounter that took place at Bakoria in the state's Palamau district was fake.

Agartala, Oct 23 (PTI) A 65-year-old was arrested for allegedly raping a 4 year old child in North Tripura district, police said on Tuesday.

District superintendent of police Bhanupada Chakraborty said that the man had lured the child at Kameswar village by promising to give her chocolate and then raped her on Monday..

The victims mother filed an FIR at Dharmanagar police station on the same day and the perpetrator was arrested immediately.

A local court on Tuesday remanded him police custody for three days.