India

KANPUR: In a massive checking drive conducted against illegal vendors at the Central railway station and its outer areas here on Saturday, the railway protection force has caught as many as 17 vendors.

Talking about this operation, Rajiv Verma, inspector, RPF said the campaign against them would carry on continuously. This initiative was taken up following a complaint made directly to the union railways minister through a tweet.

BABINA RANGE /India/, November 24. /TASS/. Troops of Russia’s Eastern Military District and units of the Indian Army have switched to the active stage of the Indra-2018 joint military drills in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India, the press office of the Eastern Military District reported on Saturday.

Thane, Nov 23 (PTI) A 25-year-old Navi Mumbai man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for killing his wife in 2014.

Thane Principal District Judge V G Bisht Thursday also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on Nareshkumar Vishnu Sahu.

Additional Public Prosecutor Rekha Hirwale said Sahu and his wife Pooja, residents of Nageshwar Shiv Mandir locality in neighbouring Navi Mumbai's Sanpada area, had frequent quarrels over their one-year-old daughter.

Ayodhya, Nov 24 (PTI) A day before the Dharam Sabha called by the Vishva Hindu Parishad, Ayodhya was virtually turned into fortress with multiple layers of security and deployment of drones to keep an eye on possible mischief- mongers.

A UP Police spokesperson said one additional DGP, one deputy inspector general (DIG), three senior superintendents of police (SSPs), 10 additional SPs, 21 deputy SPs, 160 inspectors, 700 constables, 42 companies of PAC, five companies of RAF, ATS commandos and drones were deployed here.

Jammu, Nov 24 (PTI) Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader M Y Tarigami Saturday demanded an immediate end to civilian killings in the Kashmir Valley.

"The unabated civilian killings in Kashmir must be a cause of concern for every right-thinking person in the state and the country," Tarigami said.

Three civilians, including a 14-year-old girl, were killed in Kashmir in the last three-days.

Expressing heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims, he said the killings were "highly condemnable".

Bhubaneswar, Nov 23 (PTI) Indian hockey team geared up for the men's World Cup with a 5-0 thrashing of reigning Olympic champions Argentina in its first warm-up match here on Friday.

Harmanpreet Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, Dilpreet, Nilakanta Sharma and Hardik Singh were the scorers for the Indian team, while Argentina drew a blank.

The first and third goals were penalty corner conversions, while the rest were field goals.

Muzaffarnagar Nov 24 (PTI) Six armed men allegedly looted buffaloes of a farmer worth Rs 4 lakh after holding him and his wife hostage in Shamli district's Gangeru village, police said Saturday.

The incident took place Friday night. The farmer, Gaffar Ahmed, was sleeping near the bovines when the six men came in a vehicle. They held him and his wife hostage and took the buffaloes.

Police has launched a hunt to nab the accused.

Ayodhya (UP), Nov 24 (PTI) Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray arrived here Saturday afternoon along with his family for his two-day visit at the temple town.

The Sena chief, who arrived with his wife Rashmi and son Aditya amidst slogans of "Jai Shri Ram", will offer prayers on the banks of the Saryu river in the evening.

The Sena, which has demanded expediting the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya by promulgating an ordinance to the effect, is believed to have sent some 3,000 Shiv Sena supporters by two trains from Maharashtra.

Muzaffarnagar, Nov 24 (PTI) A 22-year-old woman was allegedly raped in her house here by three men who made a video of the incident and threatened to make it public, police said Saturday.

The incident took place Friday in Rampuri locality under Civil Lines Police Station area, SHO DK Tyagi said.

According to a complaint lodged by the vicitm's mother, the three accused entered the house and raped the woman.

They also recorded a video of the incident and threatened to make it public if she revealed about it to anyone, the SHO said.

Digboi, Nov 24 (PTI) Seasoned golfer Shamim Khan of Delhi got the better of Noida's Gaurav Pratap Singh in a nail-biting play-off to retain the title at the IndianOil Servo Masters Golf tournament here on Saturday.

Shamim (70-70-65-74) had edged out Veer Ahlawat in a playoff last year at the Digboi Golf Links and he repeated the feat for the second year in succession after Gaurav (72-68-69-70) took him into the playoff.