Man given death penalty for rape and murder of 6-yr-old girl
A Bengaluru court on Saturday sentenced a 35-year-old man to death for raping and murdering a 6-year-old girl in the city last year. The court also ordered the Karnataka government to pay ₹2 lakh to the victim’s parents. The girl's decomposed body had been found in the man's house after neighbours complained of a foul smell.
8 men forcibly undress minor girl in Bihar, shoot video
A minor girl in Bihar was dragged and undressed by eight men while their accomplices made a video, which was uploaded on social media. Police have arrested four accused on the basis of the video. The faces of two of the arrested persons have been matched with the video while the other two arrested were recording the incident, police said.
Minister tweets wrong pics to back full electrification claim
After PM Narendra Modi announced all villages now have access to electricity, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal posted 'before' and 'after' images to support the claim. However, the satellite images were taken by NASA in 2012 and 2016 to highlight "patterns of human settlement". Reacting to Goyal's tweet, user wrote, "Looks like usual Diwali cracker photo...are you sure of this?"
UPSC rank 2 holder appointed Sonipat Beti Bachao ambassador
Anu Kumari, the second rank holder in the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017, has been appointed as the new brand ambassador of the government's Beti Bachao Beti Padhao campaign in Haryana's Sonipat district. Kumari, who is the mother of a four-year-old, cracked the paper in her second attempt after failing to qualify due to one mark in her previous attempt.
