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The girl's statement has been recorded and a case under POCSO Act registered against the accused, the police said.

A new railway link between Akhaura in Bangladesh and Agartala and Tripura is under construction, he said in his keynote address at the webinar organised by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) University.

According to a senior RJD leader in Delhi, the formal discussion over the seat-sharing issue is to be held in the national capital in the next four to five days.

Under the guidelines, the MPs will have to carry their Covid-19 RT-PCR negative test results to the parliament. A second test would also be conducted after a week of the session.

Serum Institute of India has put on hold trials of AstraZeneca's potential COVID19 vaccine in the country until the British drugmaker restarts them, the company said on Thursday.

In April last year, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to get a study conducted as to whether cigarette and beedi butts fall within the category of toxic waste.

The Navratri festival that involves temple visits and fasts for nine days will begin from October 17. It will culminate with Vijaya Dashmi or Dussehra on October 25. The festival of Diwali will be celebrated in the month of November.

At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.42 against the US dollar, gained further ground and touched 73.39 against the US dollar, registering a rise of 16 paise over its previous close.

The fraudulent withdrawal was caught when the miscreants tried to get cash for the third time, following which the Secretary of the Trust, Champat Rai, was informed over the phone. A case has been registered against unknown miscreants in Ayodhya late on W...

When Mahatma Gandhi started his salt march in March 1930, Pant followed in his footsteps, organising a salt movement in the United Provinces. For his move, he was arrested in May 1930 and had to spend several weeks in prison.

While the Border Security Force guards the Bangladesh border, the border with Myanmar is looked after by the Assam Rifles and it has seized smuggled drugs and other contraband, including heroin, valued around Rs 29 crore since July 1.

Addressing the third Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit on the Fair Share for Children, the Nobel laureate from Bangladesh said specifically in India it was seen how migrants walked back to their homes after losing their incomes in the lockdown.

Addressing the third Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit on the Fair Share for Children, the Dalai Lama said children are the future.

Police registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and arrested the man.

As per protocol, the rescued children who are in the age group of 12-14 years have been taken to a quarantine centre in south Delhi's Lajpat Nagar, police said.

The focus of the dialogue was on enhancing cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region," the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.