The Odisha Police have arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly raping a minor girl in Kandhamal district, an official said on Tuesday. The accused is a distant relative of the girl and an autorickshaw driver by profession, police said. The incident happened on Sunday when the girl was returning home from a market in Daringbadi […]

The Manipur Chief Minister’s office had on two occasions raised concerns over the likelihood of weaponised drone attacks in the state, two letters sent by the Chief Minister’s secretaries to the police chief and security agencies in the last seven months show. Two people were killed and nine were injured in firing and drone attacks […]

The Islamic State group claimed on Tuesday a suicide attack in the Afghan capital that killed six people a day earlier, saying it had targeted the Taliban government’s prosecution service. The explosion in Kabul’s southern outskirts on Monday afternoon killed at least six people and wounded 13 more, according to the city’s police. The IS […]

The president has delegated the powers to Delhi lieutenant governor (LG) to constitute any authority, board, commission or statutory body under any law enacted by the Parliament applicable to the Delhi government. In a notification issued on Tuesday, the Union Home Ministry said the Delhi LG can also appoint members to such authority, board, commission […]

Delhi University has confirmed 74,108 allocations for its 71,600 undergraduate seats so far, including 764 under the new supernumerary quota for single girl child applicants. The university on Tuesday released the allocations made in the third round of admissions started on August 31. The university has also allotted seats to 132 orphan students, another supernumerary […]