Nearly 850 prisoners from Uttar Pradesh's Ballia District Jail were shifted to jails in the neighbouring districts following water-logging inside the barracks after incessant rains since Wednesday. Ballia authorities started shifting the prisoners after getting adequate police force on Monday morning. The Ballia District Jail has a capacity of 350 inmates but is overcrowded. (DM QUOTE)

Fresh clashes have been reported between protesters and police out in the Guwahati Club area of the city. Tear gas shells fired after protesters threw stones at security forces. ADG Law and Order GP Singh told reporters that flag marches have been conducted and additional forces being deployed. Some reports say protesters also torched AGP and BJP party offices in Dhakuakhana, Lakhimpur district. The BJP has blamed Congress for violence, BJP's IT cell incharge Amit Malviya in a tweet said, youth Congress workers were orchestrating violence in the name of people's protest.

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a judicial probe into the killing of 4 accused of raping and murdering a doctor in an encounter with the Hyderabad police. Former SC judge Justice VS Sirpurkar will head the probe panel, which will have 2 more judges. The&nbsp;court has directed that the panel must submit its report within 6 months. the court also said that no other court or authority will conduct an enquiry into the encounter till then.

Voting is underway in Jharkhand on 17 seats in the third round of the five-phase election for the 81-seat assembly. The Election Commission has made heavy deployment of security forces, as 12 constituencies out of total 17 are stated to be under the influence of left-wing extremism. A total of 309 candidates, including 32 women, are contesting from 17 assembly seats.

Is it a traffic policeman? No it's a mannequin. In a unique initiative life size mannequins dressed as traffic cops have been placed at important junctions in Bengaluru. And they have become popular with locals, with some even taking selfies with them. Traffic police plans to fit cameras in these mannequins to record traffic violations as part of its plans for contactless enforcement.

Police in Uttar Pradesh will now escort unaccompanied women to their destination between 10 pm and 6 am. Any unaccompanied woman, who is out on road during these hours can call a Police Response Vehicle to escort her by dialing 112, the emergency response service of UP police. Director General of Police O.P. Singh issued the order in the wake of recent spurt in crime against women in the state.

A 12-hour 'bandh' has been called by North East Students' Organisation, the All Assam Students' Union and several other regional bodies&nbsp;against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill which was passed in Lok Sabha&nbsp;yesterday. Shops were closed in Guwahati on Tuesday morning and streets wore a deserted look as the Northeast groups intensified their opposition to the bill. The protesters also blocked roads and burned tyres at several places. The Centre has given northeast a number of exemptions in the bill to allay fears.

In a major relief to the construction sector, the Supreme Court has relaxed its ban in the national capital region to allow construction activities in the day time from 6am to 6pm. The court relaxed the ban on the advice of the Central Pollution Control Board. The ban on construction work during night will continue till further orders. The bench also directed the Centre to explore all available technology, including setting up of smog towers, to deal with NCR pollution and file a report on December 11.

A private school teacher in Haryana's Hisar has been booked for allegedly blackening the face of a nine-year-old Dalit girl and some of her classmates as punishment for low scores. The students were also paraded in the school for scoring low marks in an English language examination. The Dalit girl's parents said that the incident took place on Friday and she refused to go to school on Saturday out of shame. They then lodged an FIR against the teacher.

Theatres in Jaipur have stopped screening the film Panipat aftre protests from Rajashtan royals and Jat groups. The cinema hall owners said that they cancelled the shows after&nbsp;orders from the administrations. The royal families and jat groups claim that the Ashotosh Gwariker movie depicts their ancesstor Maharaja Surajmal Jat of Bharatpur in bad light. Panipat tells the story of the Third Battle of Panipat fought in 1761 between the Marathas and Afghan King Ahmad Shah Abdali.

Under fire after the Unnao rape and murder case, the UP cabinet on Monday decided to set up 218 fast track courts in the state to deal with rape and child sexual abuse cases on an urgent basis. The government will set up 144 fast track courts to hear rape cases and 74 courts to hear matters related to crimes against children.

The Karnataka&nbsp;bypoll have brought a big boost to the&nbsp;BJP. The party is set to sweep the bypolls&nbsp;with&nbsp;leads in 12 out of 15 seats where bypolls&nbsp;were held last week. The wins will take the BJP's&nbsp;numbers past the majority mark of 112 in the 224 member house. These polls were crucial for the 4-month-old Yediyurappa govt in Karnataka. The BJP needed to win 7 seats to claim majority. Twelve of the 15 seats that went for bypolls were previously held by the Congress and the remaining three by the JDS. Congress has accepted defeat saying the people have voted for the defectors.

In a shocking revelation, students of govt school in Chhattisgarh have alleged that a teacher sought sexual favours from girl students to passing them in exams. Class XII students the school under Tumla police station in Jashpur have said that the teacher, Rajesh Bhardwaj, also asked male students to get chicken for him if they wanted good marks in exams. District administration has sought a report from the Block Education Officer on the issue.

The Telangana govt has constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the encounter by police in which the 4 accused in a doctor's rape and murder were killed. The SIT will be headed by Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat. The Telangana High Court will also hear the encounter case today. Earlier in Friday the HC had intervened in the case and had ordered that bodied of the four accused killed in the encounter be preserved till 8 PM today.

The Congress will strongly oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Parliament, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, calling the bill against the country's Constitution and its secular ethos.
As many as 16 left-leaning organisations have called for a 12-hour Assam bandh on Tuesday to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. The North East Students' Organisation (NESO), Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) and its sister organisations have extended their support to the bandh. The Assam State Jamiat Ulama also supported the North East bandh. Protesting bodies have demanded scrapping of the bill.&nbsp;

The Delhi Fire Service has said the four-storey building in Anaj Mandi area of north Delhi where a blaze broke out on Sunday morning did not have a fire clearance, and no fire safety equipment was found installed on the premises. 43 people, mostly labourers, were killed after the blaze ripped through the four-storey building housing illegal manufacturing units. Delhi police have detained the building's owner, Rehan.&nbsp;A case has been registered under section 304 which is punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the owner.

With the stray cattle menace, the Uttar Pradesh government plans to set up 'cow safaris' in the state for better safety and upkeep of the animal. The idea was mooted by UP Animal and Husbandry minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary is in line with the Yogi government's aim of cow protection. Cow safaris will initially come up on a pilot basis, in large farms where 15,000 to 25,000 cows can be put up. Such safaris will be made viable by setting up bio gas plants for power generation. The proposal says these cow safaris will also be developed for tourism.

Delhi fire service officer&nbsp;Rajesh&nbsp;Shukla&nbsp;is being hailed as a hero after he saved the lives of at least 11 people who were trapped&nbsp;in the building in Anaj Mandi&nbsp;which caught fire on Sunday. Shukla who injured his legs in the rescue operation, showed exemplary courage and&nbsp;was one of the first firemen to enter the factory as it was ablaze. He is currently recuperating in Delhi's&nbsp;LNJP Hospital. The official's&nbsp;bravery was praised by Delhi Home Minister Satyendra Jain, who met him at&nbsp;LNJP Hospital.
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An intense political blame game has erupted over the Anaj Mandi fire tragedy that killed 43 people on Sunday, with the BJP holding the Kejriwal government responsible and the AAP alleging that the BJP was doing politics over dead bodies. The Congress has blamed both the AAP and the BJP-led municipal corporations.
"It is the BJP which is responsible for issuing licences for running manufacturing units in residential areas. Instead of accepting its responsibility, the BJP has started doing politics over the dead bodies of the victims," said Sanjay Singh,&nbsp;AAP Leader &amp; Rajya Sabha MP.
"Such incidents have become a regular feature, which is very painful. The Kejriwal government should call a special session of the assembly to stop recurrence of such incidents," said Vijender&nbsp;Gupta, Leader of Opposition in the Delhi assembly.

The police has found the body of an eight-year-old girl stuffed in a sack in a orchard in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district. The girl's grand father told the cops that he suspected that she was raped and murdered. The girl was missing since Friday night, when her body was found, her legs and throat were found tied with a rope.&nbsp;

In a chilling video, a 22-year-old dancer at a wedding function was shot in the face when she stopped dancing. The incident took place on November 30 in UP's&nbsp;Tikra&nbsp;village at the wedding of the village headman's daughter. In the video, a person can even be heard threating to fire if the woman doesn't&nbsp;continue dancing.&nbsp;The dancer, Hina, sustained a bullet injury in her jaw and two others sustained pellet injuries.&nbsp;Hina was rushed to a hospital and is now believed to be out of danger.&nbsp;Two people have been arrested on Friday for firing the shots.

After water-logging, 850 inmates shifted from Ballia jail

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