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Kolkata, March 30 – A fresh petition has been filed at a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday over the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s order on Sunday transferring 83 Block Development Officers (BDOs), who are also Returning Officers, and 184 Inspector-rank police officers...

Wellington, March 30 The identity of the nephew of one of Indira Gandhi's assassins, convicted in a drug case, was revealed after he lost a bid in a New Zealand court to keep his name secret, a local media report said.Baltej Singh, who is serving a 22-year prison sentence for importing over...

New Delhi, March 29 A court here has acquitted a man accused of attempting to murder a youth during a quarrel in northeast Delhi's Jafrabad area in 2020, saying that the prosecution failed to establish his identity as the assailant beyond a reasonable doubt.Additional Sessions Judge Kumar...

Dhar, March 28 Two judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court inspected the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Dhar on Saturday ahead of a hearing on April 2 related to the disputed 11th-century structure.Hindus consider it to be a temple of Vagadevi (Saraswati), while the Muslim...

Agartala, March 27 A man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Tripura for murdering his wife.Additional District and Sessions Judge of West Tripura, P P Paul, convicted Mithu Das and sentenced him to rigorous life imprisonment on Thursday.Mithu, a daily wage laborer, had been...

Kochi, March 26 The Kerala High Court on Thursday allowed the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) to close the proceedings related to the installation of a new temple flag mast at Sabarimala in 2017, after the agency said it could not find any evidence of criminal misappropriation...

Singapore, March 26 An Indian-origin man was charged in a Singapore court on Thursday for driving a luxury sports car with his two children sitting on the car's trunk.According to a report by Channel News Asia, Prem Anan Sugunakumar was charged with reckless driving that endangered the safety...

Kolkata, March 25 A top EC official in Kolkata said on Wednesday that nearly 40 per cent of the 32 lakh names that have been reviewed so far have been removed from the electoral rolls of West Bengal.Converting to actual figures, the number of electors removed after review currently stands at...

Sonbhadra (UP), March 25 A court here on Wednesday convicted a minor for murdering his stepmother over six years ago and sentenced him to life imprisonment.Government counsel Dinesh Prasad Agrahari said on September 19, 2019, Anirudh Gupta, a resident of Ajnia village, had filed a written...

Mirzapur (UP), March 23 A court here on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a rape case involving a woman with hearing impairment, police said.The court also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on the convict.On March 28, 2018, a complaint was lodged at the Chunar police...

Lucknow, March 23 The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday stayed the suspension of a regional transport officer (RTO) from Aligarh, in connection with a school bus accident in which a child was killed.The court directed the state government to file its counter affidavit within...

Kolkata, March 23 The Election Commission questioned the petitioner's standing on Monday while filing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of several officials of the West Bengal government after the announcement of state assembly elections.The petitioner, a lawyer...

New Delhi, March 23 – A special CBI court in Delhi has sentenced a former Sub-Inspector of the Delhi Traffic Police to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case, officials said on Monday.The court convicted Jagmal Singh Deshwal, who was posted as Sub-Inspector and Zonal Officer...

New Delhi, March 23 A court here on Monday sentenced a man to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a corruption case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation after finding him guilty of demanding a bribe of Rs 24,000 from the complainant.Special Judge Jyoti Kler awarded the...

Kollam, March 21 – In a verdict that brings closure to one of Kerala’s most shocking crimes, the Kollam Additional Sessions Court has sentenced Sandeep, the accused in the brutal murder of young doctor Vandana Das, to life imprisonment.The prosecution had argued for the death penalty, citing...

Lucknow, March 19 The Allahabad High Court heard a case regarding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's citizenship on Thursday and directed the petitioner to include the Centre as a party in the matter.As soon as the hearing began, senior advocate S B Pandey, representing the Centre, requested the...

Chandigarh, March 19 Punjab Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Thursday demanded the disqualification of AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura, who was convicted in a 2013 case of sexual harassment and assault.Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Bajwa, said that along with deputy...

Islamabad, March 19 – A Christian man in Pakistan, accused under the country's controversial blasphemy laws, is awaiting a possible death sentence. The case has drawn attention due to the alleged "blasphemy business group," an organized network accused of making false accusations of blasphemy to...

Chennai, March 17 The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Chennai City Civil Court to take up the PMK intra-party leadership dispute case after May 10, once the election process in Tamil Nadu is completed.PMK founder S. Ramadoss had moved the city civil court seeking to restrain his son...

Hyderabad, March 16 A man convicted in the death of Telugu actress Pratyusha in 2002, surrendered before a city court on Monday.His surrender follows a Supreme Court ruling on February 17, dismissing the plea of G Siddhartha Reddy, who was challenging his conviction in the actress's death. The...