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Bhadohi (UP), March 15 A case has been registered against a young man in the Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh on charges of making derogatory remarks on social media against 'Maa Karni', the deity of the Rajput community, a police official said on Sunday.The police said that in connection...

New Delhi, March 14 A right-wing organization, along with the family of Tarun (26), who was killed in a clash in Delhi's Uttam Nagar earlier this month, demanded on Saturday that the investigation into the case be handed over to the CBI or an SIT.The demands were raised during a press...

New Delhi, March 13 – The Supreme Court has granted bail to a man convicted under the stringent provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, after noting that he has spent more than seven years in custody and there is no likelihood of his appeal being heard by the...

Bengaluru, March 12 – BJP MLA Byrathi Basavaraj, who was arrested in connection with the murder of rowdy sheeter Biklu Shiva, was granted conditional bail by the Special Court for People’s Representatives in Bengaluru on Thursday.Basavaraj, representing the K.R. Puram Assembly constituency...

Patan, March 12 A 50-year-old man was shot dead in Patan, Gujarat, on Thursday morning, following which police ordered a blockade in the district to apprehend the five accused, an official said.Yusufkhan Pathan was shot around 11:15 am near Nilam Cinema while he was travelling in his car from...

Mumbai, March 12 A Mumbai court on Thursday dismissed the plea of two brothers accused of assaulting doctors at a city hospital following the death of their father in 2021, ruling that there was sufficient evidence to frame charges against them.The plea for discharge by brothers Roshan and...

Jammu, March 12 Kamal Singh Jamwal, the man who allegedly attempted to assassinate National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, acted alone, officials said on Thursday, ruling out the possibility of further arrests in the case.The officials said that the police have initiated a detailed...

Dhaka, March 11 – More than a year after Bangladesh’s July uprising, several journalists remain in jail as courts continue to reject their bail petitions in multiple cases, many of which rights groups claim are politically motivated, according to a report by the Dhaka Tribune.Media...

Patna, March 10 – The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Patna Zonal Office has filed a charge sheet before the Special Court here under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in Patna, in connection with a money laundering case linked to illegal sand mining and corruption, ED...

Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh), March 10 – In a major breakthrough, the police in Shahabad, Uttar Pradesh, and the Special Task Force (STF) have apprehended a man who had been evading arrest for nearly 13 years, with a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head.The accused faces multiple serious charges...

New Delhi, March 10 The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to former Telangana Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief T Prabhakar Rao, who is an accused in a phone tapping case.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan granted the relief to the former IPS officer...

Gumla, March 10 Four people have been arrested for allegedly beating an elderly woman to death in Gumla district, Jharkhand, suspecting her to be a "child kidnapper", police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred on Sunday night in Lagaba village, under the Bishunpur police station area, when...

New Delhi, March 10 The Supreme Court granted anticipatory bail to folk singer Neha Singh Rathore in a case filed against her over a social media post related to the 2022 terror attack in Pahalgam, in which 26 people were killed.A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and AS Chandurkar granted the...

Srinagar, March 10 The Jammu and Kashmir government has dismissed three employees of the Jal Shakti (Water Resources) department over their alleged involvement in "anti-national and subversive activities," officials said on Tuesday.Among the three employees, two were from the Kishtwar district...

New Delhi, March 10 Two shooters, wanted in connection with the murder of a businessman in Bawana, northern Delhi, were arrested after a brief exchange of fire with the police in the Rohini area, an official said on Tuesday.The encounter took place in Rohini, Sector 34, when police intercepted...

In Jammu and Kashmir, in a major crackdown against individuals with anti-national affiliations, the UT administration today terminated the services of three employees of the Jal Shakti (Public Health Engineering) Department for their alleged involvement in subversive activities. Akashvani Jammu...

Gwalior, March 9 The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday overturned the election of Congress MLA Mukesh Malhotra, citing that he deliberately suppressed information about the charges in two criminal cases during the 2024 by-election, noting that voters were misled through this "corrupt...

New Delhi, March 9 The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the response of former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, and 21 others to a petition filed by the CBI challenging the trial court's discharge of the accused in the liquor policy case.Justice Swarana Kanta...

Panaji, March 8 A woman has been booked for allegedly concealing her Portuguese nationality and fraudulently enrolling her name in the voter list of the Vasco assembly constituency in Goa, a police official said on Sunday.The case was registered at the Vasco police station on a complaint filed...

New Delhi, March 8 The Municipal Corporation of Delhi carried out a demolition drive on Sunday and razed illegal portions of a house linked to one of the accused in the Uttam Nagar Holi clash case, in which a 26-year-old man was killed, police sources said.Heavy police and paramilitary...