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A 14-year-old boy allegedly hanged himself to death on early Saturday morning shortly after he stopped playing PUBG throughout the night and went to sleep, said police.

Railway Colony police station's in-charge Hansraj Meena said the boy, a class 9 student and son of an Army man, was found hanging from the grill of the ventilator in his bedroom on early Saturday morning.

Meena said according to the boy's family members, the boy had downloaded the gaming programme on his mother's mobile phone only three days back but had been playing the game virtually continuously for the last three days.

He kept on playing the game till 3 am in a room in which his brother was studying, said Meena, adding the boy went to adjoining to sleep after that.

His body was found hanging from the ventilator's grill in the morning, he said, adding the boy was rushed to MBS Hospital, where he was declared brought dead .

West Bengal: According to an assessment report of an Inter-Ministerial Central Team, damages worth Rs 1,02, 442 crores occurred due to Cyclone Amphan in the state; 28.56 lakh houses damaged.

A Delhi Police inspector was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his car in Keshav Puram area here on Saturday, police said.

Inspector Vishal Khanwalkar, 45, was a 1998-batch officer. He was posted at Delhi Police's Special Cell, they said.

At 4.20 pm, police received information regarding an unconscious person lying in a car at Rampura main road in Keshav Puram, following which a team rushed to the spot, they said.

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One more person has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a 25-year-old woman by her husband and his friends after forcibly making her drink liquor, police said on Saturday.

With this six people, including the husband, have been arrested in the case and search is on for another person, they said.

Indian and Chinese officials continue to remain engaged through the established military and diplomatic channels to address the current situation in the India-China border areas: Indian Army

New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) Indian and Chinese armies on Saturday held Lieutenant General-level talks in their first major attempt to resolve the month-long border standoff in eastern Ladakh, official sources said.

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A Central team on Saturday visited some cyclone-affected area of South 24 Parganas district and interacted with villagers, to assess the extent of damages caused by cyclone Amphan.

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A 30-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a minor in Rajasthan's Alwar district, police said on Saturday.

A private tutor was arrested in Rishikesh on Saturday for allegedly raping his minor student.

A BSF head constable of 157th battalion shot himself dead with his service weapon in Kanker district at about 4:30 am today: Border Security Force

Pakistani troops on Saturday violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing on forward posts and villages along the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

The Pakistan Army on Saturday claimed to have shot down an "Indian spying quadcopter" allegedly intruding across the Line of Control (LoC).

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Former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Chandrakanta Goyal - who was the mother of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, passed away here on Saturday morning. She was 88.

Meeting between the military commanders of India and China has not yet started. It was scheduled to start around 9 am but now it is likely to be held between 11-11:30 am: Sources

Residents of Mumbai and the adjoining areas woke up to a rainy Saturday as pre-monsoon showers lashed these parts.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Colaba weather station reported 18.6 mm rainfall in the 24 hours till 8.30 am on Saturday, while the Santacruz weather bureau recorded 64.9 mm rainfall during the same period.

"The spell was intense for about 30 minutes in the morning," an IMD official said.

"This is pre-monsoon rainfall...Neighbouring Thane and Dombivli, too, witnessed moderate rains early morning," the official added.

The IMD predicted that the skies are likely to remain generally cloudy and there is a possibility of light to moderate rains or thundershowers in Mumbai.

An under-trial prisoner at the Muzaffarnagar district jail in Uttar Pradesh died of a heart disease, officials said on Saturday.

The middle-aged prisoner, Sandeep, was arrested in November 2019 in connection with a case of murder. He was rushed to a hospital after he complained of uneasiness Friday evening.

He died at the hospital due to a heart disease, jail superintendent A K Saxena said.

The body has been sent for post-mortem, the officials said.

Six people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over cleaning of a sewerage at Hashampur in the Ramraj police station area of the district, police said on Saturday.

The injured, including a woman, have been admitted to two hospitals where their conditions were stated to be stable, they said.

According to Ramraj police station SHO Satendra Nagar, an argument between two neighbours over cleaning of a sewerage escalated into a group clash with villagers pelting stones and beating each other with clubs.

Four people have been taken into police custody in connection with the clash, the SHO said.

An 8-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 22-year-old-man in Dhar district, on Friday. Police say, "A case has been registered and the accused has been arrested. We are investigating the matter".

2 arrested in Rameswaram for selling stolen vehicles, 22 vehicles also seized. V Varun Kumar, Superintendent of Police says, "Based on confession it has come to light that more than 100 vehicles have been stolen from here & other states. Case registered, probe on".

Indian and Chinese armies will hold a Lieutenant General-level dialogue on Saturday in their first major attempt to resolve the month-long bitter border standoff in eastern Ladakh, a day after the two countries vowed not to allow "differences" become disputes and agreed to resolve them through talks.

The two countries on Friday held diplomatic talks with an aim to resolve the standoff, and agreed to handle the issue through peaceful discussions while respecting each other's sensitivities, concerns and aspirations.

In the talks, the two sides agreed to settle differences in accordance with guidance provided by leadership of two countries, in a reference to decisions taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at an informal summit in Chinese city of Wuhan in 2018.

In the military talks, the Indian delegation will press for restoration of status quo ante in Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso and Gogra in eastern Ladakh, oppose huge build up of Chinese troops in the region and ask China not to resist development of infrastructure by India on its side of the de-facto border, government sources said.

The Indian delegation will be led by Lt General Harinder Singh, the general officer commanding of Leh-based 14 Corps, while the Chinese side will be headed by the Commander of the Tibet Military District, government sources said.

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