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Pratapgarh (UP), Sep 29 (PTI) Nine Congress workers have been arrested for allegedly assaulting BJP's Pratapgarh MP Sangam Lal Gupta, police said on Wednesday.

Acting on a complaint by Gupta, his security officer and party workers, police had lodged five cases against Congress leader Pramod Tiwari, MLA Aradhana Misra and their supporters.

New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) Observing that the court's power of contempt can't be taken away even by a legislative enactment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held the chairperson of an NGO guilty of contempt for not depositing Rs 25 lakh for "scandalising and browbeating" the court.

"We are of the view that the contemnor is clearly guilty of contempt of court and his action to scandalise the court cannot be countenanced," the top court said.

New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Petrol price on Tuesday was hiked by 20 paise per litre and diesel by 25 paise as international oil prices neared USD 80 per barrel mark for the first time in three years.

The price of petrol was hiked to Rs 101.39 a litre in Delhi from Rs 101.19 and to Rs 107.47 per litre in Mumbai, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.

Diesel rates went to Rs 89.57 a litre in Delhi and Rs 97.21 in Mumbai.

Prices differ from state to state depending on the incidence of local taxes.

Srinagar, Sep 29 (PTI) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday claimed that she has been put under house arrest again as she had planned to visit Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The former chief minister had on Tuesday alleged that Army personnel had thrashed a family in Tral town of Pulwama and injured a female member. Mufti said she was going to meet the family on Wednesday.

Bareilly (UP) Sep 29 (PTI) A 25-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl here, police said on Wednesday.

An FIR was registered against the accused based on a complaint by the minor's father at the Izzatnagar police station, they said.

According to the complaint, the man raped the girl in a drunken state at his home on Saturday, Senior Sub Inspector Swadesh Pal Singh said.

The incident came to light after the minor fell sick, he said.

Kota (Rajasthan) September 29 (PTI) A 55-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle accidentally hit a stray cow on a state highway in Rajasthan's Bundi district Wednesday, police said.

Raghunandan Modi, a resident of Kota city, was an Ayurvedic doctor at a government hospital in Gendoli town.

He was going to work around 7.30 am when the incident took place.

He fell, striking his head on the road and died on the spot, Gendoli Station House Officer (SHO) Budhram said.

Kanpur: This district has been included among all the 12 districts where the Ganga Task Force takes the initiative of cleaning the river from nitrogen content. As many as 15 lakh fish of different varieties will be released every day into the stream of the river.

As the course of the river covers UP districts, the state government has made an effort.

We are making all-out efforts to clean the river and improve groundwater conservation. This endeavour is also a part of the plan, said Chief Secretary of Namami Gange.

Kanpur: A businessman from Kanpur was found dead following a police raid at a hotel in Gorakhpur.

As many six policemen have been suspended informs the SSP on Tuesday night.

The Gorakhpur police said that the 36-year-old Manish Kumar Gupta slipped during the routine police checking and injured himself. He was staying at the hotel with two friends from Gurugram in Haryana.

While deceased’s friend Hardeep Singh Chauhan, staying with him in the hotel, alleged that the police brutally thrashed him.

Chandigarh, Sep 28 (PTI) Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday resigned as the chief of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.

In a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sidhu, however, said he will continue to serve the party.

Sidhu had taken over as the state party chief in July this year.

"The collapse of a man's character stems from the compromise corner, I can never compromise on Punjab's future and the agenda for the welfare of Punjab," he wrote in the letter.

New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Don't treat young doctors as football in the game of power, the Supreme Court said on Monday, warning the Centre that it may pass strictures if it is not satisfied with justification for last minute changes to the NEET Super Speciality Examination 2021 syllabus.