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Chhattisgarh's Special Director General (Anti-Naxal Operations) D M Awasthi said there are inputs of Naxals planning to plant improvised explosive devices to target security forces and, therefore, a hawk eye was being kept on roads.

Barkha Hazarika alleged that the man took her to a nearby ATM kiosk where he made her withdraw the money and then dropped her home.

The prestigious annual boat race was slated to be held on August 11, but was postponed due to the destruction caused by the deluge, the worst faced by the State in the last 100 years.

The cogwheels were set into motion after the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) helpline received a call from a person who complained that his mother is being held hostage and tortured by his wife and in-laws.

One policeman also sustained minor injuries and was evacuated to hospital for medical attention. Authorities suspended mobile Internet services in the area to prevent the spread of rumours.

India sees Chinese developing ports in the neighbourhood a strategy to encircle it in the Indian Ocean. Myanmar has grown wary of Chinese investment and has downsized some of its projects in the country.

Born in India, Sidhu moved to the US along with his parents in 1974 as a permanent resident and settled in Philadelphia.

"Nearly 2 million Indian servicemen served in the First World War. Malik initially failed to qualify for the Corps but went on to be the sole Indian aviator to emerge alive from the war," the FCO said in a statement.

According to police, the woman had gone to watch a play at a theatre when her former husband and two others forcibly took her to a field and raped her.

The victim, who has two children, told police that she came in contact with the property dealer some 15 months ago, the officer added.

The girl had gone out on Tuesday evening to meet someone without informing her parents and did not return to home, following which they lodged a police complaint the next day.

Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru are the six airports that have been chosen, an official tweet said.

The spokesperson said the 'bellicose' language employed by the top Indian leadership highlights the threats to strategic stability in South Asia and raises questions about responsible nuclear stewardship in India.

The latest directive follows advisories issued by US watchdog Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing after the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX plane operated by Indonesia's Lion Air last month.

At the height of dramatic protests against the entry of women of menstrual age into the Lord Ayyappa shrine, Rajeevaru had on October 19 threatened to shut the sanctum sanctorum if two young women, who had been escorted by police, were allowed to reach th...

In a statement, the ECI said it has accepted the broad contours of the resolution passed by the Mizoram's NGOs coordination committee, spearheading the protest, after its delegation's deliberations with the EC.