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14 May

Three cops injured in Dhar attack

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A police team was attacked and a rifle seized from them while searching for a missing woman in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district, an official said. The accused Suga tribal and his family members attacked the police team while leaving the village and snatched a rifle from them, he said. At least six accused have been identified. Head constables Prakash Bhawar and Mahendra Rajput and assistant sub-inspector Manish Bhagore were reportedly injured in the attack.

14 May

Two held for child marriage in Rajasthan

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Two people were arrested for marrying a minor in Rajasthan's Bhilwara on Saturday. The SP of Vilara said that the minor son of Kishan Lal, a resident of Sadapur village, and the daughter of Prabhu Lal Balai, a resident of Jasu Ji Ka Kheda, were married on May 11 in Jahazpur area. From the report, Kishan Lal (33) and Prabhu Lal Balai (40) have been arrested.

13 May

16-year-old girl got raped

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A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped at gunpoint in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur. SP (city) Rajesh Kumar said the girl had gone to work with a woman in a farm on Thursday when a youth dragged her aside and raped her. Hearing his screams, the locals working in the nearby fields rushed to the spot. The girl reported the incident to her family members, after which a complaint was filed. Police are still looking for the youth, the report said.

13 May

4 killed, 20 injured as bus catches fire

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Four people were killed and 20 injured when a passenger bus caught fire in Katra area of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district. According to officials, the bus caught fire near Nomai, about 3 km from Katra, on its way from Katra to Jammu. Jammu Zone Director General (ADG) Mukesh Singh said preliminary investigations did not indicate the use of any explosives. A forensic team is investigating the reason behind the fire.

13 May

Nagaland CM to meet Shah on Naga issue

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Nagaland Chief Minister Nephiu Rio will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah next week along with legislators from the All-Party United Democratic Alliance to discuss resolving the decade-old Naga political issue, a state minister said on Friday. The decision was taken at the first meeting of the core committee of the state government's Parliamentary Committee on Naga Issues on Friday after 21 of the 25 Naga People's Front (NPF) legislators merged into the Nationalist Democratic Party on April 29. Progressive Party (NDPP). The Parliamentary Committee on Naga Political Issues consists of 60 members of the Nagaland Assembly and two MPs…

13 May

Fire breaks out in a building of west Delhi

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A major fire broke out in a building near West Delhi's Mundka Metro station, officials said. According to reports, a fire broke out in a building near pillar number 544 of Mundka Metro station. Fire service officials said they received the information at 4:40 pm. 20 fire tenders were immediately dispatched to the spot.

13 May

Man arrested for stalking woman

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A 25-year-old man from West Delhi was arrested for stalking a woman on social media, police said on Friday. The accused name is Surpreet Singh, a resident of Tilak Nagar here, they said. The woman filed a complaint that since February 14; An unknown person is stalking her on social media, also received messages from various accounts. Police conducted a technical analysis and found that the stalker was using various fake IDs to conceal his identity, a senior police officer said.

12 May

Active COVID-19 cases dips in the country

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With 2,827 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India's number of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,31,13,413, while active cases fell to 19,067, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll rose to 5,24,181 with 24 fatalities from the latest updated data. Daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.60 percent and weekly positivity rate at 0.72 percent, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recovered from the disease has increased to 4,25,70,165. The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive have crossed 190.83 crore.

12 May

Road crash on Yamuna Expressway

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Five people, including four from Maharashtra and one from Karnataka, were killed in a road accident on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, police said. Those seven people were in Mahindra Bolero. They were on their way to Noida from Agra when their car hit a dumper truck from behind near Jewar toll plaza, reports said.

12 May

New COVID-19 cases in Mizoram

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Mizoram recorded 55 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, 22 more than the previous day, taking the tally to 2,27,849, a health department official said. The death toll stands at 697 as no new deaths due to the infection have been reported in the last 10 days. The daily positivity rate rose to 12 percent from the previous day's 7.73 percent as new cases were detected from 455 samples tested, the official said. The northeastern state now has 209 active cases. According to State Immunization Officer Lalmuanaoma Jongte, more than 8.52 lakh people have been vaccinated with 6.92 lakh. and 42,192…