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Mumbai, February 26 – A Mumbai Sessions Court on Thursday acquitted Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut in a criminal defamation case filed by Medha Somaiya, wife of BJP leader Kirit Somaiya.The Special Sessions Court delivered its verdict after reserving the order in Raut's...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), February 25 A man who had been on the run abroad for nearly two years in connection with a criminal case against him was arrested at Mangaluru International Airport upon his return to the country, police said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Ibrahim Batees, a...

Latur, February 25 A special court in Latur, Maharashtra, sentenced a 46-year-old man to three years of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting a minor girl, police said on Wednesday.Judge SV Jadhav also imposed a fine of Rs 4,000 on the convict, Govindrao Koli...

Latur, February 25 A criminal case has been registered against the founder and president of a residential school in Latur district, Maharashtra, for allegedly making unwanted advances towards a woman Anganwadi worker, police said on Wednesday.The 30-year-old woman filed a complaint at the...

Ahmedabad, February 24 The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction and five-year rigorous imprisonment sentence of former Director General of Police S S Khandwawala in a 1976 custodial torture case, deeming the order of the sessions court as "erroneous and lacking merit"...

Mumbai, February 24 The Bombay High Court has quashed a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against a Nagpur-based lawyer in connection with alleged kickbacks involving former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh.A single bench of Justice Ashwin Bhobe, in an...

Bengaluru, February 22 Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging the First Information Report (FIR) and the quashing of a criminal case registered against him over alleged disrespect towards a 'deity' while imitating the film 'Kantara Chapter-1'...

Bengaluru, February 22 Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has moved the Karnataka High Court challenging the FIR and the quashing of a criminal case registered against him over alleged disrespect towards a 'deity' while imitating the film 'Kantara Chapter-1'.The controversy revolves around remarks...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 23 The SIT on Monday approached a district court here seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted to expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, alleging that he violated the bail conditions in a sexual assault case.The SIT filed a petition before the...

Thane, February 22 A special court in the Thane district has acquitted nine individuals who were charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) for an attempted robbery and shooting incident in 2017, citing a lack of incriminating evidence against them.Special...

New Delhi, February 21 – The Delhi Police have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with the murder of a local resident in the Nand Nagri area of the national capital. The police also recovered a pistol along with three live cartridges from his possession, officials said on Saturday.The...

Washington, February 21 – An 11-year-old boy in Pennsylvania has been ordered to stand trial as an adult after allegedly fatally shooting his adoptive father during a birthday celebration earlier this year.The ruling reflects the seriousness of the crime and overrides efforts by his defense...

Quetta, February 19 – Families of missing Baloch individuals held a protest outside the Karachi Press Club, condemning what they called a staged encounter of a young man who had previously been forcibly disappeared and later killed in a staged police operation, local media reported.The...

Madanapalle (Andhra Pradesh), February 18 A 30-year-old man, Kulavardhan, who was accused of raping and murdering a minor girl in the Annamayya district, was found dead in a pond on Wednesday, police said.Kulavardhan was accused of raping and killing his seven-year-old neighbor in the...

New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed an appeal against the Telangana High Court order quashing a 2016 FIR against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy under sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the IPC.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and...

Mumbai, February 16 – Actor Rajpal Yadav, who had surrendered to the police after the Delhi High Court directed him to do so in connection with multiple bounced cheque cases, has been granted interim bail by the Delhi High Court until March 18, 2026.The actor has been granted this interim...

Nanded, February 14 Cases have been registered against 12 individuals after two groups filed cross-complaints following clashes between them in Nanded district, Maharashtra, police said on Saturday.The groups allegedly targeted each other in the Narsi area of Naigaon tehsil, they said.On the...

Kanpur, February 13 A local court on Friday directed police to conduct a technical and mechanical inspection of the Lamborghini car involved in the high-profile crash that left several people injured on VIP Road earlier this week, and submit a detailed report before the next hearing on February...

Kochi, February 13 A dispute over parking between neighbors has led to the registration of a criminal case against 10 people, including three members of a family, for allegedly assaulting two IT professionals and threatening them by entering their home near Palarivattom here, police said on...

Pathanamthitta (Kerala), February 13 The seventh accused in the case involving the alleged sexual assault of a spa employee by a gangster for allegedly refusing to pay him money in Thiruvalla was arrested on Friday, police said.The arrested accused has been identified as Shinto P. Sunny of...