At least 35 people have died in a building fire in Kuwait, state news agency says
Dubai (AP): Kuwait's state-run news agency says at least 35 people have died in a building fire.
KUNA said the blaze broke out early Wednesday in the southern Mangaf district.
Authorities say an investigation has been launched into the cause of the fire.
BREAKING: At least 39 people killed in two residential building fire in southern Kuwait's Mangaf – Kuwaiti interior ministry pic.twitter.com/ExvPeWqsgx
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58-year-old man booked for raping minor girl in Thane
Thane (PTI): Police have registered a case against a 58-year-old man for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said on Tuesday.
The accused allegedly committed the crime between December 2025 and February this year after luring the victim under some pretext to his house at Nizampura in the Bhiwandi area, an official from Bhoiwada police station said.
Based on a complaint by the victim's family, the police on Sunday registered a case against the accused under sections 64 (rape) and 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
No reason was specified for the delay in filing the complaint by the victim's family.
