Man gets life imprisonment for murder

A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court here for committing a murder five years ago.

Ballia: A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court here for committing a murder five years ago.

Additional Sessions Judge J K Sinha found Harindra Singh Kunnu guilty of killing Chandra Shekhar Singh on October 9,2007,in Lahsani village in Nagra. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Singh.

Minor raped in Barabanki

Barabanki: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped in Katka village in Ramnagar area here,police said. The incident took place on Saturday when the girl was alone in her house. One Brijesh Kumar Verma raped the girl and fled from the spot,they said. Police have launched a manhunt for the accused.

Special Holi trains for city

New Delhi: In order to clear extra rush of passengers during Holi festival,the railways have decided to run Holi-special trains for Bihar,Uttar Pradesh and other states including an additional Lucknow Shatabdi.

“We have decided to run many Holi special trains for passengers visiting Patna,Lucknow,Saharsa,Darbhanga,Jaipur and other places.

Among others,an express train and also a Shatabdi train for Lucknow will be pressed into service to clear Holi rush,” said a senior Northern Railway official.

There will be also special trains between Chandigarh and Varanasi and a Gorakhpur express train for Mumbai.

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The Northern Railway has already announced that Holi-special trains between Delhi Sarai Rohilla and Patna,Old Delhi and Darbhanga,Shirhind and Saharsa,Sarai Rohilla and Jaipur and Sarai Rohilla and Rewari will be run.

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