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A Delhi court formally charged former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife, Rabri Devi, today in the alleged land-for-jobs scam. Special Judge Vishal Gogne stated that the charges have been formally framed against the accused, Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi, who have pleaded not guilty...

New Delhi, February 16 A Delhi court has acquitted two men accused of trafficking and wrongfully confining a woman in 2014, observing that the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt after the complainant turned hostile during the trial.Additional Sessions Judge Anuj...

Bengaluru, February 16 – Kannada actor Darshan, who is currently in judicial custody in connection with the case involving the sensational murder of a fan, celebrated his 49th birthday in prison on Monday. Meanwhile, his partner and co-accused in the case, Pavithra Gowda, has sought bail for her...

February 16, New Delhi – Naveed Akram, accused in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, appeared in an Australian court via video link for the first time on Monday. Akram faces 59 charges related to the December 14 attack, including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of aggravated assault with intent to...

Sydney, February 16 – Accused perpetrator of the Bondi Beach terror attack, Naveed Akram, appeared in a Sydney court on Monday after being charged with 59 offences related to the fatal mass shooting.Akram appeared via video link from a supermax prison on Monday morning, where he has been held...

Sydney, February 16 – Accused Bondi Beach terror attack perpetrator Naveed Akram made his first court appearance in Sydney on Monday after being charged with 59 offenses related to the fatal mass shooting.Akram appeared via video link from a supermax prison on Monday morning, following his...

Ghaziabad (UP), February 15 Two alleged phone snatchers, both residents of Delhi, and active in the trans-Hindon area of Ghaziabad district, were arrested following an encounter here on Saturday evening, police said.The accused have been identified as Rohit Panchal (27) and Nikhil Sagar (26)...

Kolkata, February 15 A real estate developer has been arrested for allegedly assaulting and kidnapping a man, after he refused to vacate a property in Kolkata’s Beleghata area, police said.The accused, a resident of Canal South Road in Beleghata, was remanded to police custody until February...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 15 The Kerala Police Association on Sunday termed the attack on a police officer here, allegedly by SFI activists, as "shocking and an insult" to democratic, progressive Kerala.In a statement issued on Sunday, the Association, which represents police officials in...

Ranchi, February 14 A man has been arrested for allegedly killing a mother and daughter after the woman resisted his attempt to "rape" her, in the Dumka district of Jharkhand, police said on Saturday.The incident took place on Tuesday evening when the woman (35) was standing near Veer Kunwar...

New York, February 13 An Indian national, accused of being involved in a plot to murder a Sikh extremist on American soil, has pleaded guilty to the charges against him.Nikhil Gupta entered a guilty plea on Friday regarding the charges of murder-for-hire.Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn...

Kozhikode (Kerala), February 13 Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, V D Satheesan, on Friday launched a scathing attack on the ruling LDF government in Kerala, accusing it of "corruption and misappropriating public funds," and shielding party leaders and supporters facing criminal...

Kozhikode (Kerala), February 13 Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, V D Satheesan, launched a scathing attack on the ruling LDF government in Kerala on Friday, accusing it of "corruption, misappropriating public funds," and shielding party leaders and supporters facing criminal...

Singapore, February 13 Singapore police have charged an Indian national with attempting to murder an Indonesian woman using an axe, according to a media report.Panneer Selvam Ayyappan is accused of attacking Fajar Nur Aini, an Indonesian national, by slashing her head, neck, and arms with an...

Kolkata, February 13 A court in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal has cleared a cancer alternative therapy expert of charges of making false claims about his profession.Following this acquittal, a court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has also acquitted Aradeep...

Bhubaneswar, February 13 The Odisha Vigilance has arrested a junior clerical staff member on the charge of misappropriating government funds worth Rs 2.38 crore, an official statement said on Friday.Subrat Kumar Behera, a junior assistant in the office of the Angul chief district medical...

Kaushambi (UP), February 11 A local court on Wednesday sentenced 10 men convicted in an attempted murder case to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 35,000 on each.Special public prosecutor (criminal), Anil Chaudhary, said the incident occurred on February 17, 2019, when Rajendra Prasad...

February 11, New Delhi – Two Chinese nationals appeared in court on Wednesday after Australian police charged them with foreign interference for allegedly secretly collecting information about a Buddhist group on behalf of a Chinese government security agency. This is the second instance of...

Ballia (UP), February 10 Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested a journalist from Ujjain district in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly posting an objectionable and provocative image of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Facebook, officials said on Tuesday.According to the police, a case was registered...