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India: Man held for raping 15-yr-old girl in UP's Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 1 (PTI) Police have arrested one of the three men accused of raping a 15-year-old girl here, an official said on Saturday.

According to an FIR registered in the case, the accused abducted the minor on Thursday when she had gone out of her house to throw garbage in the village dump yard.

India: Woman gangraped in UP's Bulandshahr

Bulandshahr, Jul 31 (PTI) A 50-year-old woman was allegedly raped by five men in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, police said on Friday.

A case under Section 376 D (gangrape) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against two identified and three unknown persons on the basis of the complaint filed by the woman's brother-in-law, they said.

According to the complaint, the incident took place on Thursday night when the widow went to an agricultural field near her house, police said.

India: Minor raped by 3 men in Uttar Pradesh

Muzaffarnagar, July 31 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by three men in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, police said on Friday.

According to a complaint lodged by the girl's family, the accused abducted the minor on Thursday when she had gone out of her house to throw garbage in the village dump yard.

They allegedly took the girl to a forest and took turns to rape her, SHO of Bhopa police station Sanjeev Kumar said, adding that one of the three men recorded a video of the incident.

India: Border issues with Nepal to be solved soon: Tamta

Pithoragarh, July 31 (PTI) BJP MP from Almora Ajay Tamta on Friday said border issues between Nepal and India will soon be solved mutually keeping in mind the close ties between the two countries.

Reacting to reports about alleged encroachment by Nepal in the no man's land at Tanakpur border, Tamta said the government agencies concerned are keeping an eye on the borders and expressed hope that a solution will be found soon.

India: Goat sellers assemble beyond main road in Jajmau

KANPUR: In Jajmau the goats are not selling on the main road this year. People are approaching them on the areas totally far from the wide road.

One such goat market can be found at the Saraiyya lane where the usual vegetable market is arranged twice a week. The name is an impaired form of Ram Rai Ki Sarai.

As the lane is not paved the way is quite rough. Sanitary conditions are also not good. The stink emanating from the drains remains unbearable.

India: Ram temple event at demolished mosque site: Priest, 14 Cops test corona positive

Ayodhya; 30 July 2020 (UMMN): One priest and 14 policemen on duty at Ayodhya's Ram Janam bhoomi complex have tested corona positive where PM Narendra Modi is expected to attend the ceremony along with 50 VIPs on August 5.

Pradeep Das, assistant to the chief priest at the makeshift temple was tested positive. 14 policemen tested positive were either on permanent or roster duty.

India: Children rejoice every minute with sacrificial goat

KANPUR: Children are enjoying every passing moment of the day with at least one goat present in every moneyed Muslim's house. As an offering of a sacrificial goat is a must for every wealthy person in a Muslim family the presence of goat can be felt by its gloating. 

Despite the school's unit test coming soon after the end of the annual festival, the children are not leaving any chance to move with the goat. One child told his friend: "Come fast, and play with the goat as the time is moving out. There is one more day left in the arrival of Eid-ul-Azha."

India: Terrorist Vikas Dubey's close aide surrenders in UP court

Kanpur, Jul 30 (PTI) Slain gangster Vikas Dubey's close aide Gopal Saini, who was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on him, surrendered before a special court in Kanpur Dehat on Wednesday, a government counsel said.

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and Kanpur Police were on the lookout for Saini since July 3 after eight policemen, including Deputy SP Devendra Kumar Mishra, were ambushed in Bikru village in Chaubeypur area of Kanpur when they were going to arrest Dubey and fell to bullets fired from rooftops, said an official.

India: Schools disregard parents' financial problem

KANPUR: There is no sympathy with the parents as the schools have made them aware of the total fee.

In this regard, the school authorities have dispatched a message on the mobile of the ward's parents. One posh school in Jajmau informed them that the school office will remain open on the last three days of the ongoing month.

Reacting on the school's heartlessness, a number of parents mainly the mothers said when the wards did not attend school in all these four months, what is the justification of charging a fee?

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