India

New Delhi, Oct 9; PTI: The government is understood to be unhappy with CBI Director Alok Verma meeting former Union minister Arun Shourie and lawyer Prashant Bhushan who demanded a probe into the alleged corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal, with a senior government functionary saying it is "rare" for the agency chief to meet politicians.

Last week, Shourie and Bhushan had met the CBI Director, submitted documents and demanded a probe into alleged corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal and offset contract.

New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi should apologise to people for "constantly troubling" the Delhi government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday said following the Income Tax Department raids on premises linked to his minister Kailash Gahlot.

The Income Tax Department (ITD) conducted searches this morning on multiple premises linked to Gahlot, the Delhi Transport minister, in connection with an alleged tax evasion case, officials said.

Karimnagar (Telangana), Oct 9 (PTI) In a suspected honour killing, a 23-year-old man was found dead in a cotton field on the outskirts of Vankayagudem village in Karimnagar district Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Gaddi Kumar of Tadikal village, police said.

Huzurabad Assistant Commissioner of Police T.Krupakar said the parents of Kumar had filed a complaint Monday stating that he was missing.

The parents alleged that he was in love with a minor girl belonging to another caste in the same village.

New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) Alleging a total breakdown in the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh, the women wing of the CPI(M) Tuesday condemned an attack on activists Pankhudi Pathak and Maria Alam "by Bajrang Dal members" in Aligarh.

The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) also alleged that the Uttar Pradesh Police was misusing its powers.

Ghaziabad, Oct 9 (PTI) A man was arrested here for allegedly raping the 10-year-old daughter of a woman he has been in a live-in relationship with, police said Tuesday.

The incident took place Monday night when the minor's mother, a domestic help, had gone out for work, leaving the girl alone, they said.

According to SP (City) Shlok Kumar, the accused, Pooran, is a tent house employee and reached home in an inebriated state after which he raped the girl.

New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) Terming the exodus of migrants from Gujarat "alarming", opposition leader Sharad Yadav Tuesday demanded that the state government quit over its "failure" in protecting citizens.

"It is an alarming exodus of workers from Bihar, UP and Madhya Pradesh. They are workers who have been serving the people of Gujarat for years," he said in a statement.

Kolkata, Oct 9 (PTI) A six-year-old student of a government-run school was allegedly molested by a teacher in its premises last month, following which the accused was arrested, police said Tuesday.

Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said the state government has sought a report from the school about the alleged molestation and the damage to school property by agitating guardians.

Kohima, Oct 10 (PTI) The opposition Naga Peoples Front (NPF) has appealed to Naga national workers and the Centre to expedite the Naga peace talks and bring it to a logical conclusion.

The appeal was made as part of the resolution of the NPFs 3rd Central Executive Council (CEC) meeting at Kohima on Tuesday.

The NPF also urged Naga national groups who have not joined the peace process to reconsider their decisions in the interest of the Naga people.

New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Centre to provide details of the decision making process in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France in a sealed cover but clarified that it does not want information on pricing and technical particulars.

The bench, comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph, also made it clear that it was not taking into account the allegations on corruption in the deal made in the petitions.

MOSCOW, October 9. /TASS/. The Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and the country’s Military Intelligence have arrested an engineer working for the Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace joint venture on espionage charges, the Times of India reported.

"The arrested engineer, Nishant Agarwal, was a senior systems engineer at BrahMos Aerospace’s unit at Butibori, near Nagpur. In his mid-20s, Agarwal headed the Hydraulics-Pneumatics and Warhead Integration wing of BrahMos’ production department," the paper writes.