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Imphal, April 8 Three suspected members of a banned group have been arrested in connection with the bomb blast at Tronglaobi in Manipur's Bishnupur district that killed two children, police said on Wednesday.The arrests were made in Churachandpur district, a police statement said.Violence...

Budaun (UP), April 8 A key accused in the March 12 double murder at a Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) ethanol plant surrendered in a local court on Wednesday, along with his brother, officials said.Keshav and his brother Chandrashekha, both brothers of the main accused Ajay...

Madhepura (Bihar), April 8 The Bihar Police on Tuesday arrested a husband-wife couple on charges of allegedly defrauding a contractor of Rs 34.74 lakh by posing as senior government officials and promising to secure contracts, officials said on Wednesday.The accused have been identified as...

Kalaburagi (Karnataka), April 8 A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing a teacher after she repeatedly demanded repayment of a Rs 13 lakh loan that he had taken from her, police said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Amar, allegedly attacked the woman with a sharp...

Bhubaneswar, April 8 A retired accounts officer killed his wife with a kitchen knife and surrendered to the police here on Wednesday, officials said.The deceased, identified as Priyambada Sarangi (54), and the accused, her 62-year-old husband, Debraj Sarangi, are residents of Swasti Nagar...

Pratapgarh (UP), April 8 A block programme manager working at a community health center here was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 in exchange for facilitating a job, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Amit Mishra, was caught red-handed by a team of the...

New Delhi, April 8 A court here on Wednesday dismissed the plea of an accused subcontractor who alleged illegal detention by police in the Janakpuri biker-death case, saying the claim was not supported by any credible material in the record.The case pertains to the death of Kamal Dhyani, who...

New Delhi, April 8 An examination cheating racket involving unauthorized access to computer systems and outsourcing answers to college students was busted, leading to the arrest of a key accused and the detention of 32 students, an official said on Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off about...

Jabalpur (MP), April 8 A 42-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh, wanted in several cases of train thefts, has been arrested in the district after a five-hour operation involving anxious waiting near a pond, police said on Wednesday.Harvinder Singh (42), also known as Sunny, allegedly attempted to...

Bhubaneswar, April 8 The death toll from a firecracker explosion in Odisha’s Nayagarh district rose to four on Wednesday, police said.A total of six people, including a minor boy, sustained serious burn injuries in the blast that occurred while preparing firecrackers in Korada village under...

Nashik (Maharashtra), Apr 8 At least six people have been arrested after women employees at a multinational company here filed complaints of mental and sexual harassment, police said on Wednesday.A total of nine First Information Reports have been registered in connection with the matter...

Patna, April 8 – The Bihar Police have busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit operating in Sarwa village under the Dhoraiya police station area of Banka district and arrested one person in connection with the case, officials said on Wednesday.The operation was carried out on Tuesday evening...

Ranchi/Medininagr, April 8 Two people were killed in separate family disputes in Ranchi and Palamu districts of Jharkhand, police said on Wednesday.In Ranchi, an elderly man was allegedly hacked to death by his son early Wednesday morning after he refused to give him money, a police official...

Kochi, April 8 – In a development that highlights the legal limitations on electoral participation for those in custody, a court in Ernakulam, Kerala, on Wednesday refused to grant interim bail to filmmaker Ranjith, who is currently in jail in connection with an alleged sexual assault case...

Jaipur, April 8 The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested the chief manager of the Dausa depot of the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000, officials said.The accused, identified as Vishram Meena, was caught red-handed...

New Delhi, April 8 The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain the bail plea of an advocate, arrested for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 30 lakh to secure a favorable judicial order in a divorce case, saying he was "selling the judiciary.""You (petitioner) tried to sell a judge in...

Bokaro, April 8 An accountant with the Jharkhand Police is alleged to have withdrawn ₹4.29 crore from the district treasury's salary disbursement account in Bokaro, an official said on Wednesday.The accused, Kaushal Kumar Pandey, was arrested on Tuesday following a First Information Report...

Ranchi, April 8 An elderly man was allegedly killed by his son in Ranchi district, Jharkhand, early Wednesday morning after the man refused to give him money, police said.The incident took place at Haratand, within the jurisdiction of the Airport police station, around 2 am.Accused Kamal...

New Delhi, April 8 The body of a 35-year-old woman with marks of strangulation was found inside a double bed storage box at a paying guest (PG) accommodation in the Mangolpuri area of outer Delhi, police said on Wednesday.Three individuals – Surendra alias Bobby, Joginder, and Deepak (22), all...

Kolkata, April 8 The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to multi-crore Saradha Ponzi scam accused Sudipta Sen in two of the over 300 criminal cases against him, paving the way for his release from jail after 13 years.A division bench of the high court granted bail to Sen...