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Thane, March 30 Police have registered a case against three individuals for allegedly defrauding a man from Thane district of Maharashtra of Rs 2.92 lakh by promising him a good job in Russia, officials said on Monday.The accused assured the 38-year-old complainant, a carpenter from Badlapur...

Pilibhit (UP), March 29 Two people were arrested after a video showing a 22-year-old man allegedly tied to an electricity pole and brutally beaten in the Pilibhit district surfaced on social media, officials said on Sunday.Following the video's appearance on social media, police registered a...

Panaji, March 29 Investigations into an alleged sexual scandal involving the son of a Goa councilor have revealed that he exploited multiple victims, including two sisters, one of whom was a minor, police said on Sunday.So far, four women, including the girlfriend of the 20-year-old accused...

Faridabad, March 28 After two groups clashed over music played at a club in Omaxe World Street, Greater Faridabad, police have arrested two people, including the son of the establishment's owner, officials said on Saturday.A woman was allegedly dragged by her hair and beaten, while her father...

Sambhal (UP), March 28 A nurse working at a hospital in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh has accused the hospital's administrator, a doctor, of rape. Following this, the police have registered a case and initiated an investigation, an official said.Kotwali police station SHO Gajendra...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 28 Congress candidate from the Palakkad Assembly seat and actor, Ramesh Pisharody, said on Saturday that the woman who accused a former party councillor of sexual assault should receive justice.At the same time, Pisharody said that the incident, though regrettable...

Faridabad, March 27 There was a heated confrontation during a party at a club on Omaxe World Street in Greater Faridabad, where two groups clashed over changing the music on the DJ system, police said on Friday.In the ensuing scuffle, a young woman was allegedly beaten up after being dragged...

Ahmedabad, March 27 Gujarat Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani posted on social media on Friday, detailing allegations of torture made by a journalist against a senior police officer in Rajkot, who, however, dismissed them as "drama" to prevent an investigation into an extortion attempt.In his post...

Sultanpur (UP), March 27 A local court here has sent former Amethi Nagar Panchayat chairperson Chandrama Devi into judicial custody in a fraud case and fixed March 30 for hearing her regular bail application, officials said on Friday.Chandrama Devi has been admitted to the district hospital...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 27 A woman has filed a complaint with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the police, alleging that a Congress councillor sexually assaulted her here, officials said on Friday.The complainant, who belongs to a Scheduled Tribe community, has accused Prashob C...

Mumbai, March 27 The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the rape accused and self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat has received more than 50 calls in the last five days providing information or reporting crimes allegedly committed by him, officials said on Friday.The Maharashtra...

Panaji, March 25 A 42-year-old tourist from Bengaluru was seriously injured after allegedly being attacked by nearly 20 employees of a Goa beach shack, police said on Wednesday.Kaushat Pasha was allegedly assaulted by the group at Calangute beach over a minor dispute on Tuesday evening, they...

Gurugram, March 25 A pharmacy student and his friend were brutally beaten on Sohna Road under the Bhondsi police station area here, with police registering a case naming five suspects in connection with the incident, an official said on Wednesday.The complaint – filed by Naman Bokan, a...

Bengaluru, March 25 – An incident has come to light in which a Bengaluru Police Inspector is alleged to have harassed a woman and forced her to entertain him. The alleged audio clips and messages containing the conversation went viral on social media, causing embarrassment to the police...

Pratapgarh/Chandauli (UP), March 23 Police have registered an FIR against a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) posted in Chandauli and five of his family members for allegedly harassing his wife, also an SDM, for dowry, officials said on Monday.Circle Officer Prashant Raj Huda said the case was...

Nashik, March 23 Two more cases have been registered in Maharashtra's Nashik district against self-proclaimed religious leader Ashok Kharat, who was arrested on March 18 after a woman accused him of repeated rape over a period of three years, a police official said on Monday.The new cases are...

Kolkata, March 23 – A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court granted an interim protection to Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, from any coercive police action in an FIR registered against him at the Khardah Police Station in North 24...

Mumbai, March 23 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday that the police acted proactively in arresting self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, who is accused of raping a woman in Nashik.Initially, several women were reluctant to come forward and file complaints, but...

Mumbai, March 22 Police have arrested a worker from Mumbai's Siddhivinayak temple for allegedly stealing money from donation boxes, officials said on Sunday.The incident came to light on March 20 after staff reviewed 10 days of CCTV footage from the revered Ganesha shrine in the city's...

Dehradun, March 22 A young man, allegedly transporting cattle in Haridwar, was intercepted by a group of vigilantes who forcibly put him in their car and assaulted him.Police took the five "cow protectors" into custody after a video of the assault, allegedly filmed and uploaded by them, went...