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4 held in tribal girl rape case in Bengal’s Birbhum dist

4 held in tribal girl rape case in Bengal’s Birbhum dist

Four persons, including two minors, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a tribal girl’s rape case at Santiniketan in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, a police officer said on Monday. All four of them were picked up from Badlodanga village in Parui police station area on Sunday, the officer

Man arrested for raping 3-year-old in UP’s Bulandshahr

Man arrested for raping 3-year-old in UP’s Bulandshahr

A man was arrested for allegedly raping his three-year-old niece in a village under Anoopshahr Police Station in the district, police said on Monday. In a complaint, the girl’s mother claimed that upon returning home on Sunday, she caught her brother-in-law in the act of raping her minor daughter who

Congress wins Khairagarh Assembly bypoll in Chhattisgarh

Congress wins Khairagarh Assembly bypoll in Chhattisgarh

The ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh on Saturday won byelection for the Khairagarh assembly constituency. Congress’ Yashoda Verma defeated her nearest rival, BJP’s Komal Janghel, by 20,176 votes, a poll official here said. Khairagarh constituency, which falls in Rajnandgaon district, had become vacant following the death of sitting JCC (J) MLA

Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD Sweeps Bihar Bypolls

Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD Sweeps Bihar Bypolls

The battle for five bypolls on Saturday was dominated by Bengal where the Trinamool Congress won big in the Asansol and Ballygunge seats. Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, the TMC’s candidate from Asansol, won the by-election by a huge margin, registering the party’s first-ever electoral victory in the constituency. In the Ballygunge