Highlights: Delhi Police nabs peon of MCD school for raping 10-yr-old girl

A class 5 student was allegedly gang-raped by a 54-year-old peon working in her MCD-run school and his three accomplices after sedating her, PTI reported. 

Pakistan wants peaceful ties with all neighbours, including India, and the “core issue” of Jammu and Kashmir must be settled in line with UN resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people, Pakistani chargé d’affaires Salman Sharif said on Thursday.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea by Delhi Police challenging a trial court order discharging JNU student Sharjeel Imam and student activists Asif Iqbal Tanha and Safoora Zargar in a 2019 Jamia Nagar violence case.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter Scale hit 60km ESE of Moirang, Manipur today at 6:51 pm IST: National Centre for Seismology.

Hindenburg Research said on Thursday it held short positions in Jack Dorsey-led payments firm Block Inc.

Amid the spike in influenza cases in the country and the uptick in Covid-19 cases over the past couple of weeks, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Thursday said a mock drill will be done soon in all the states and Union Territories to assess their preparedness to meet the twin threats to public health.

Russia's ex-president Dmitry Medvedev has warned that attempts to arrest Vladimir Putin abroad after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant against him would be seen by Moscow as a “declaration of war”, AFP reported.

Students protest in Ranchi against the new domicile policy in the state.

Punjab Police have arrested Amritpal Singh's gunman Tajinder Singh Gill, ANI reported.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Thursday advised all the states to continue focusing on the 5-fold strategy of Test-Track-Treat-Vaccination and Covid Appropriate Behaviour to fight Covid-19.

Three people died and three others got injured after a three-storey building collapsed in Ramajogi Peta near the Collectorate in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday night.

FIR lodged against six cops after death of infant under police boots in Jharkhand, says official, reports PTI.

EU countries on Thursday reached a preliminary agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime sector by increasing the use of renewable fuels on ships, reports Reuters.

Tamil Nadu Assembly passes bill to ban online gambling again, reported PTI.

Rahul Gandhi gets bail after two-year sentence by Surat court in 2019 'PM Modi surname' defamation case.

Rahul Gandhi sentenced to two years in jail by Surat court in 2019 'PM Modi surname' defamation case.

Malaysia plans to do away with life imprisonment and drop capital punishment for six offenses, as the new government seeks to reform the Southeast Asian nation’s criminal justice system, Bloomberg reported.

A massive fire broke out at a packaging company in Valsad, Gujarat.

Fire tenders are present on the spot.

Two passengers travelling on flight 6E 1088 from Dubai to Mumbai were observed to be in an inebriated state and continued consuming alcohol onboard despite multiple warnings from the crew. They verbally abused the crew and co-passengers. As per protocol, they were handed over to the CISF security staff for unruly behaviour. A complaint has been filed at the nearby police station: IndiGo

A meeting of floor leaders of political parties in Rajya Sabha begins with Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in his chamber.

Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Pralhad Joshi, Arjun Ram Meghwal, V Muraleedharan and others are present in the meeting.

Russian drones attacked Ukrainian cities and missiles blasted an apartment block, but a months-long ground assault on the eastern town of Bakhmut could be stalling in the face of fierce resistance, according to Ukrainian and British military experts, reported Reuters.