India: Three arrested for hunting pregnant deer in Rajasthan

Jaipur, May 25 (PTI) Three men were arrested for allegedly hunting a pregnant deer in Rajasthan's Nagaur district, forest officials said Saturday.

The accused hunted the animal in Kundlota village in the district on Thursday night. Locals caught the accused and informed the forest department, they said.

Shivlal, Laxman and Umaram were arrested under the Wildlife Protection Act on Friday and sent to judicial custody for 15 days by a local court Saturday, assistant conservator of forest, Nagaur, Sunil Gaur, said.

3 members of 'Thak Thak' gang arrested from Delhi

New Delhi, May 25 (PTI) The Delhi Police has arrested three suspected members of 'Thak Thak' gang for robbing people in the national capital, officials said Saturday.

The trio was identified as Ravi (29), Sakil (28) and Mafooz Kurasi, all from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

Police started patrolling on Thursday on Ring Road near Dhaula Kaun. On the basis of a CCTV footage, Ravi was identified. He, along with Sakil and Kurasi, was trying to stop a man, they said.

India: Woman raped in Rajasthan's Bikaner

Bikaner, May 25 (PTI) A woman was allegedly raped by two persons here, police said Saturday.

The woman on Saturday lodged an FIR against Devendra and Ajit Singh, accusing them of raping her a few days ago, police said.

She alleged that the suspects took some obscene pictures of her. The matter is being investigated, police added.

India bans Bangladesh's Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen

New Delhi, May 24 (PTI) The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), which was blamed for the terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka in 2016 in which 22 people including 17 foreigners were killed, has been declared as a banned terrorist organisation by the government, the Home Ministry said Friday.

In a notification, the home ministry said the outfit has committed and promoted acts of terrorism and has been engaged in radicalisation and recruitment of youths for terrorist activities in India.

India: Two booked on rape charge in Rajasthan's Ajmer

Ajmer, May 24 (PTI) Two persons were booked here on the charge of rape, police said Friday.

The accused were identified as Kamal Meghwanshi (20) and Ramesh Meghwanshi (21), both residents of Kanwali village in Pushkar, police added.

The victim had lodged a complaint Thursday, accusing them of raping her in March, police said.

"Kamal allegedly abducted the victim and took her to Gujarat in March, where he along Kamal raped her," police said.

IT Assistant's dead body found

Kanpur: 40-year-old income tax assistant Ajay Kumar was found dead in dubious circumastances in his house at Officer's colony in Laxman Bagh here. His dead body was lying there for the past about five days. His house was closed. 

Police said his family members were informed of his death. They were expected to arrive sooner. 

According to the reports he belonged to Ranchi. He had been transferred here from Chennai two years back. The neighbors informed of his death as stinks enveloped the surrounding. His clotheless body was lying on the wooden takht. 

Theresa May to resign, departure date June 7

24 May 2019; DW: In an emotional address, Theresa May has announced she would resign as prime minister on June 7. The race to succeed her will likely start after a state visit by US President Donald Trump.

Theresa May said on Friday that she will step down as leader of the Conservative party, and therefore prime minister, on June 7.

May spoke of her "deep regret" at being unable to deliver Brexit despite her best efforts.

US charges Julian Assange with violating Espionage Act

24 May 2019; AFP: The Justice Department on Thursday charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with violating the US Espionage Act by publishing military and diplomatic files in 2010, rejecting his claim that he is a journalist.

The department unveiled 17 new charges against Assange, accusing him of directing and abetting intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in stealing secret US files, and also recklessly exposing confidential sources in the Middle East and China who were named in the files.

NKorea says talks won’t resume unless US changes position

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday that nuclear negotiations with the United States will never resume unless the Trump administration moves away from what Pyongyang described as unilateral demands for disarmament.

The statement by an unnamed North Korean foreign ministry spokesman published in state media was the country’s latest expression of displeasure over the stalled negotiations. It follows two separate launches of short-range missiles earlier this month that were apparently aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul.

Maduro asks armed forces be 'vigilant' to deter US invasion.

Caracas, May 23; GANASHAKTI: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday ordered armed forces to be "vigilant" to deter a possible United States invasion.

"I have ordered all military branches to be vigilant and be ready to protect the peace, to make any attempt by the North American empire to try anything against our homeland impossible. Peace will be our victory!" Maduro tweeted in Spanish.

Restricting Huawei backfires on U.S. interests, disrupts global telecom industry

BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Millions of Americans in rural areas may be denied access to faster and lower-priced broadband connections because of Washington's restrictive moves against Huawei, a Chinese company which has offered equipment to U.S. rural telecom operators for years.

The U.S. government last week announced it would "prohibit transactions posing an unacceptable risk" to the country by declaring a national emergency over what it claimed are technological threats, and announced restrictions on the sale and transfer of U.S. technologies to Chinese company Huawei.

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