criminal intimidation

Patiala, March 23 The Punjab BJP on Monday burned an effigy of former minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, who has been accused of aiding in the suicide of a state official, and demanded a CBI investigation against him.Similar demonstrations were held by the party in other districts.Speaking to...

Chandigarh, March 23 Laljit Singh Bhullar, a former Punjab minister and AAP MLA, who is accused of abetting the suicide of a state warehousing corporation official, was arrested on Monday, according to police.Bhullar was arrested in Mandi Gobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib district, a police...

Chandigarh, March 23 Laljit Singh Bhullar, a former Punjab minister and AAP MLA, who is accused of encouraging the suicide of a state warehousing corporation official, was arrested on Monday, sources said.Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the district manager of the Punjab State Warehousing...

New Delhi, March 23 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated in the Lok Sabha on Monday that the alleged suicide case involving a Punjab government official, which is linked to harassment, falls under the jurisdiction of the state government. However, he assured that the Centre would consider...

Palghar, March 22 Police have registered a case against more than 15 individuals for allegedly obstructing construction work and demanding money from a sub-contractor in Palghar district, Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.According to the sub-contractor's complaint, the accused allegedly...

Chandigarh, March 22 – The Punjab Police registered a case against former Transport Minister Laljit Bhullar on Sunday, hours after Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the District Manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, ended his life.Randhawa had accused the minister of harassment and...

Noida, March 20 Noida Police has suspended a station house officer and a sub-inspector for allegedly failing to invoke relevant legal provisions, including those under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act and the SC/ST Act, in a rape case registered earlier this...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 19 – Karnataka police have launched a search for activists in a case of moral policing, in which a 17-year-old boy from a minority community was allegedly assaulted and abducted by a group during a temple fair in Ujire, in the Mangaluru district, police said on...

New Delhi, March 19 A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of attempting to murder a shop owner, stating that the prosecution failed to establish his identity as the assailant after key witnesses turned hostile and did not support the case.Additional Sessions Judge Kumar Rajat was hearing a...

Maharajganj (UP), March 18 Police have detained 14 individuals following a violent clash between customers and employees at an LPG distribution agency under the Ghughli police station limits here, officials said on Wednesday.The incident occurred on Tuesday at an HP gas agency over a dispute...

Jabalpur, March 16 The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed an FIR accusing a married Army officer of raping a policewoman under the guise of marriage, observing that their relationship was consensual and the case appears to be a tactic used by the complainant to pressure the officer.A single...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 12 A fast-track special court here has sentenced a 50-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl.The convict, identified as Abubakkar, was booked by the Bantwal Rural police station under Sections 64(1) (rape) and 351(2)...

New Delhi, March 11 A Delhi court on Wednesday granted a 30-day interim bail to the married couple accused of hurling racial slurs at their neighbors from Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.Additional Sessions Judge Samar Vishal granted interim bail to the accused, Harsh Priya Singh and Ruby Jain...

New Delhi, March 11 A Delhi court on Wednesday granted a 30-day interim bail to the couple, accused of hurling racial slurs at their neighbors from Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.Additional Sessions Judge Samar Vishal granted interim bail to the accused, Harsh Priya Singh and Ruby Jain, on a...

Shimla, March 9 A first-year law student from Himachal Pradesh University was arrested on Monday for allegedly stabbing a person with a sharp object during a scuffle between two groups, police said.The accused, identified as Mohit Dogra (26), a resident of Sundernagar in Mandi district, has...

Thane, March 9 A 20-year-old tailor has been arrested in the Thane district on charges of raping a minor girl and attempting to force her into marriage after the interfaith wedding was disrupted by Hindutva activists, an official said on Monday.The accused, a resident of Shantinagar in...

Bengaluru, March 9 A man has been arrested for allegedly setting his partner and her parents on fire after she refused to give him her motorcycle, police said on Monday.The accused, identified as Panduranga (32), a resident of Nandini Layout, has been taken into custody.Sumalatha (27), a...

Coimbatore, March 7 – A court here on Saturday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the gang rape of a 20-year-old college student near the Coimbatore International Airport in November 2025.The judgment was delivered by Judge V. Sundararaj of the Mahila Court (in-charge), who found the...

New Delhi, March 6 Three people, including a woman, were arrested for allegedly opening fire during a quarrel with neighbors over loud music during Holi celebrations in Harsh Vihar, northeast Delhi, police said on Friday.The incident was reported on March 4 in Pratap Nagar, in which the...

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...