MUMBAI, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A powerful right-wing Hindu group linked to India's ruling party has called for curbs on streaming platforms and cryptocurrencies, saying regulation was essential.
"There is a need to regularise these things for the larger good of the society," said Mohan Bhagwat, head of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological parent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.
KABUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Taliban authorities pledged to step up security at Shi'ite mosques as hundreds of people gathered on Saturday to bury the victims of the second Islamic State suicide attack on worshippers in a week.
Hardline Sunni group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on the Fatima mosque in Kandahar that saw a group of suicide bombers shoot their way into the mosque before blowing themselves up among the worshippers during Friday prayers.
Kanpur: It is on Saturday the sixth accused cop in the death case of the Kanpur realtor was arrested from the Gorakhpur cantonment area.
He was carrying an award of Rs 1lakh on his head.
The policeman named Vijay Yadav was held at the time he was planning to surrender at the court of DIG Range Gorakhpur.
Thus all the accused have been arrested.
Chennai, Oct 15 (PTI): Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday paid tributes to A P J Abdul Kalam, former President, on his 90th birth anniversary.
Paying floral tributes to a portrait of Kalam in the Raj Bhavan here, the Governor called upon the students and youth to rejuvenate their strategies by following Kalam's mantra of Dream your aim to make it true. He urged the younger generation to carry forward the former President's mission by inculcating noble thoughts, values, patriotism and the desire to aim high.
Udhagamandalam (Tamil Nadu), Oct 15 (PTI): Finally, the elusive man-eating tiger has been trapped in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu after being twice hit by tranquilizer darts in the last 14 hours, forest officials said on Friday.
The tiger had been a menace to villagers in Gudalur and Masinagudi after it killed four people, the most recent being a 85-year-old man, and also over 20 head of cattle and goats, said the officials who were trying to trap it since September 25.
Bhadohi (UP), Oct 15 (PTI) Two girls were allegedly raped in separate incidents and the accused persons have been arrested in both cases on Friday here, police said.
Both cases have been registered under sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said.
In the first incident, Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar said a 7-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 24-year-old man on Thursday and a case was registered against him at Gopiganj police station.
Hyderabad, Oct 15 (PTI) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi attacked RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's Vijayadashmi rally speech, claiming that it was full of lies and half truths.
Owaisi, who put out a series of tweets Friday night, criticised Bhagwat over the latter's comments on population policy, abrogation of Article 370 and others.
Jaipur, Oct 15 (PTI) National Students' Union of India (NSUI) workers on Friday burnt a Ravana-like effigy here representing the central government having the faces of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others against inflation and fuel price hike.
The effigy was set on flames on the occasion of Dussehra inside the University of Rajasthan campus.
Kanpur: Hundred of passengers took the help of another vehicle to go to their respective destinations following the goods train derailment near Prayagraj.
They even cancelled their reservations which were a scence on the railways counter.
As many as 1823 passengers got their reserved tickets cancelled, said CMI S Shukla. The enquiry counter was also heavily crowded.
By the evening the first train passed on the repaired track was Lucknow-New Delhi Shatabdi. It was followed by Magadh Exp.
Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has introduced new courses in Statistics and Data Science.
The courses come under the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Admission to this course will be held through JEE advanced 2021.
Students admitted to this programme, like any other four-year Bachelor's program offered by the Institute will have the option to earn a Master's degree in 'Statistics and Data Science'.
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