4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Maharashtra's Hingoli; no casualty
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (PTI): An earthquake of 4.5 magnitude hit Maharashtra's Hingoli on Wednesday morning and its impact was also felt in Nanded, Parbhani, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Washim districts, officials said.
There was no report of any casualty or loss of property, they said.
The earthquake was recorded at 7.14 am with its epicentre at Rameshwar Tanda village in Kalamnuri taluka of Hingoli, an official from the Nanded district administration said in a release.
It was felt across parts of Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (all in Marathwada region) and Washim (in Vidarbha), as per officials.
The Nanded district administration appealed to the people to remove stones kept on the tin rooftops (to add weight) of their houses, the release said.
In March this year, tremors of 4.5 and 3.6 magnitude were recorded in the region, with the epicentre at Jamb village in Kalmanuri taluka of Hingoli.
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TN pastor nabbed from Kerala for sexual assault on minor girls
Coimbatore, Apr 13 (PTI): A 37-year-old pastor has been arrested by a special team for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls last year, the police said on Sunday.
John Jebaraj, a pastor at the Kings Generation Church here was picked up from Kerala's Idukki district by the special team of the Central Gandhipuram All Women Police Station and was brought to Coimbatore, police sources said.
"He has been arrested under POCSO Act (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences). He was in Kerala," a senior police official told PTI.
According to the police, he allegedly assaulted the two girls at a function in his residence last year.
While the incident did not come to light then, one of the family members of the victims who recently came to know about it, informed the police, they added.
