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New Delhi, March 16 The NIA filed charges against six individuals on Monday for allegedly threatening witnesses in an attempt to obstruct the trial related to the assassination of Puducherry's BJP leader Senthil Kumaran.The accused, identified as Nithyanantham alias Nithi, Siva Sankar...

Kolkata, March 16 Almost half of the West Bengal MLAs have declared criminal cases against themselves, while over half are crorepatis, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and West Bengal Election Watch released on Monday said.The report analyzed the criminal, financial...

Thane, March 16 A special court in the Thane district has acquitted two men who were charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in a 2023 chain-snatching case, stating that there was no evidence linking them to the crime.Special judge V G Mohite acquitted Saurabh...

New Delhi, March 16 The Haryana government told the Supreme Court on Monday that it had decided to show extraordinary leniency and drop the case against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was booked for social media posts related to Operation Sindoor.Additional Solicitor...

Shahjahanpur (UP), March 15 A group of men allegedly assaulted a grain trader, forced him to squat in a humiliating position, and made him bow down at their feet on a road in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, purportedly to deliver food to a person in police custody, police said on Sunday.Three...

Ballia (UP), March 15 Police in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh arrested a criminal who had a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head after an encounter late Saturday night. A police official said that the criminal sustained a gunshot injury to his left leg.Additional Superintendent of Police...

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...