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Chandigarh, March 7 – The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday acquitted self-proclaimed godman and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati in 2002.Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for raping...

Gurugram, March 6 The Nuh Police has busted a blackmailing racket run by a brother-sister duo who allegedly attempted to extort Rs 5 lakh from a local resident by threatening to implicate him in a false rape case, officials said on Friday.The siblings were caught in a police trap on Thursday...

Srinagar, March 6 A local court here has directed the framing of charges against National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and other accused in the alleged Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam case.In a five-page order passed earlier this week, Chief Judicial Magistrate of...

New Delhi, March 5 A Delhi court has acquitted four men accused of attempting to murder a contractor and his guards during an alleged robbery attempt near the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in 2023, noting that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt as key witnesses...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 A Kerala court has sentenced a 65-year-old man to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy in April last year.Thiruvananthapuram Fast Track Special Court judge Anju Meera Birla said that there was no need to show any undue leniency to the accused...

Mumbai, March 5 A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting Marathi theatre producer Ashok Hande and vandalizing his office in the Mahim area of the city, police said on Thursday.The incident took place on March 1 at Hande's ground-floor office in Matunga (West), according to an official...

New Delhi, March 5 A Delhi court has convicted a man and his father for the 2021 murder of a young man following a dispute over a loan of Rs 5,000 in northeast Delhi's Welcome area.Additional Sessions Judge Charu Aggarwal was hearing the case against Mehboob and his father Mehfooz. The two...

Patna, March 2 Police arrested a woman on Monday on charges of illegally possessing arms and ammunition in the Mehandiganj area of Patna, Bihar, officials said.A revolver, two pistols, and 15 live cartridges were recovered from her possession, they said."Acting on a tip-off, police conducted...

Aizawl, March 2 Mizoram Home Minister K Sapdanga told the state Assembly on Monday that some refugees taking shelter in the northeastern state are engaging in illegal commercial activities, with some individuals already facing serious legal charges.He said that the government is taking a stern...

Dehradun, March 1 Police have arrested four men in connection with a crash in the Rajpur Road area here that resulted in the death of a bike taxi passenger, officials said on Sunday.The accused have been identified as Pranjal Ramola (22), Abhishek Badoni (21), and Lokendra alias Lokesh...

Faridabad, February 28 A Faridabad court has acquitted Tausif, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Nikita Tomar in 2020, and his parents of charges of kidnapping the victim two years before her killing.Nikita, 20, was shot dead by Tausif, who was upset at her refusal to marry him...

Lucknow, February 28 A chargesheet has been filed against a former resident of King George's Medical University and three others for the alleged sexual exploitation and religious conversion of a female doctor, an official said on Saturday.The police submitted a chargesheet of around 250 pages...

Jammu, February 28 The father of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) president Uday Bhanu Chib on Friday thanked the judiciary for granting bail to his son, saying that faith in the justice delivery system had been upheld.A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Chib, who was arrested in connection...

New Delhi, February 27 Leaders of the Left party welcomed the release of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in the liquor policy case on Friday, claiming it proved that the ruling BJP misused central agencies for political vendetta.Asked about the order, CPI(M) General...

New Delhi, February 27 A 22-year-old unqualified doctor had his private parts mutilated by a woman in the Wazirabad area of north Delhi after she learned about his marriage, police said on Friday.The injured man, identified as Visarjeet, a resident of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh, was in a...

Dhaka, February 27 – Several allegations have emerged from opposition activists, journalists, local businesspersons, and ordinary citizens that the political transition in Bangladesh in August 2024 was exploited to implicate innocent people in legal cases, settle old disputes, and resolve...

Palghar, February 27 A 24-year-old man was killed by stabbing in front of his wife in Nalasopara East, Maharashtra, on Friday, reportedly due to a dispute over a WhatsApp profile picture, according to a police official.The incident occurred at 4:30 am in the Hanuman Nagar area, the official...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 27 – Kerala Health Minister Veena George has become the target of ridicule among the people of the state, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan said on Friday."People are laughing at the mere mention of her name," Satheesan told reporters in Adoor.He alleged...

New Delhi, February 27 – The release of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with his close aide and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in the liquor policy case, came as an unprecedented relief for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), as the two, founding members of the party, had...

New Delhi, February 27 An emotional Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asserted that the corruption case against him was the "biggest political conspiracy" in the history of Independent India, as a court here discharged him in the politically sensational liquor policy case.Just as the verdict came, the...