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Kolkata, April 11 – The ED filed a charge sheet against five accused in a Special Court (PMLA) in Kolkata over a Rs 650 crore racket involving illegal coal mining, theft, illegal coal transportation, illegal sale of coal, use of forged documents, and extortion, an official said on Saturday.The...

Prayagraj (UP), April 11 Sixteen individuals, including two gold appraisers, have been booked for allegedly obtaining loans worth lakhs of rupees against counterfeit gold from a bank in Prayagraj, officials said on Saturday.Civil Lines Station House Officer (SHO) Ramashray Yadav said that...

Thiruchuli (Tamil Nadu), April 10 DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Friday criticised AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for his personal attacks against her, asserting that she had been legally acquitted by the courts and remains "innocent".Addressing an election rally here, the...

Guwahati, April 10 – In a significant development in the high-profile death case of Assamese singer Zubeen Garg, North East India Festival (NEIF) organizer Shyamkanu Mahanta filed a fresh bail application before a special fast-track court in Guwahati on Friday.The court has scheduled the...

Hyderabad, April 10 To protect the dignity and privacy of women against the threat of hidden cameras, the Hyderabad police announced on Friday the launch of a new initiative, "She Netra" teams.These specialized units are dedicated to detecting and neutralizing hidden surveillance in public and...

Hyderabad, April 10 The Telangana High Court on Friday granted one-week anticipatory bail to Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera in a case registered against him by the Assam police following his allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife.During the hearing of a petition filed...

Chandigarh, April 9 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted bail to Rampal, a preacher from the Satlok Ashram, in a 2014 violence case, while directing him not to promote any kind of "mob mentality" and to avoid participating in gatherings where there is any tendency among "disciples" or...

Bahraich (UP), April 9 Properties worth around Rs 110 crore belonging to Zila Panchayat member Devendra Singh, also known as "Gabbar," which were attached in connection with a gangster-related case, have been released after the Supreme Court quashed the proceedings against him, officials said...

Mumbai, April 9 A Mumbai court on Thursday denied bail to Hitesh Mehta, the former General Manager of New India Cooperative Bank, who was arrested in a ₹122 crore fraud at the bank, and described him as the prime accused in the case.The court noted that a long period of imprisonment cannot be...

Shahjahanpur (UP), April 9 An accused in a cow slaughter case was arrested after an encounter with police in Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, police said on Thursday.Superintendent of Police Saurabh Dixit said the incident took place on Wednesday when police were conducting checks in the...

Bengaluru, April 9 – The Special Court for MLAs/MPs in Bengaluru will pronounce its judgment on Thursday in the murder case of BJP leader and Zilla Panchayat member Yogesh Gowda, in which sitting Dharwad Rural Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni is an accused. The case dates back to 2016. The court will...

Dehradun, April 8 The Uttarakhand Special Task Force arrested accused shooter Rinku Sharma, alias 'Pandit', on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in the murder of Councillor Prakash Singh Dhami six years ago in the Udham Singh Nagar district, officials said.He was carrying a reward of Rs...

Hyderabad, April 8 Congress leader Pawan Khera moved the Telangana High Court on Wednesday seeking anticipatory bail in a case filed against him by the Assam government based on his allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife.Khera, who provided his residential address in...

Bhubaneswar, April 8 The Odisha Police have invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against a suspected cattle smuggler currently in judicial custody, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, Sakil Khan of the Tigiria police station area in Cuttack district, was arrested in February...

Kolkata, April 8 – The BJP announced on Wednesday that Rakesh Singh would be its candidate for the Kolkata Port Assembly constituency, days after he received bail from the Calcutta High Court. This move has raised eyebrows in the political circles.There were speculations that the Bengal BJP...

Mumbai, April 7 The Bombay High Court has upheld a trial court's order to frame murder charges against eight police personnel in connection with the alleged custodial death of Agnello Valdaris in 2014.A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Shyam Chandak, in an order passed on Monday, said the...

Prayagraj, April 7 The Allahabad High Court has refused to quash an FIR against a woman accused of defrauding a PhD aspirant of over Rs 22 lakh by promising a PhD degree and a position as an assistant professor.Dismissing a writ petition filed by Priyanka Sengar, a division bench comprising...

New Delhi, April 6 A Delhi court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a key accused in connection with a stone-pelting incident during a demolition exercise near the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque in Turkman Gate in January.Additional Sessions Judge Shilpi Jain dismissed the second...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), April 6 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday that there was a wave of change in Tamil Nadu in favor of the NDA, and the ensuing Assembly elections will see the DMK, which is "deeply entrenched in corruption and opposed to Tamil Nadu's age-old...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday granted two more weeks to the Delhi Police to file its response on the bail pleas of Tasleem Ahmed and Abdul Khalid Saifi, accused in the February 2020 riots-related "larger conspiracy" case.A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P B Varale gave...