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New York, February 13 Indian national Nikhil Gupta, accused of being involved in a plot to murder a Sikh extremist on American soil, pleaded guilty to the charges on Friday.Gupta, 54, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, and conspiracy...

Banda (UP), February 13 A special court here on Friday sentenced three individuals, including two brothers, to life imprisonment for strangling a six-year-old boy and throwing his body into a well.Additional District Government Counsel Jayaprakash Sahu said the court of Special Judge Shripal...

Ballari (Karnataka), February 13 In a major crackdown on organized narcotics networks in North Karnataka, Ballari police on Friday apprehended an alleged drug kingpin under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, officials said.The...

Pilibhit (UP), February 13 An employee of a government-run college in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly embezzled ₹1.01 crore from the state treasury by creating fake invoices and transferring the funds to his wife's bank account, officials said.The fraud came to light after Bank of Baroda...

Kannur (Kerala), February 14 The RPF on Friday arrested a young man for allegedly throwing a stone at a Vande Bharat Express train, causing significant damage, officials said.The arrested man has been identified as Azharudeen AK (23), a native of Thayyil in Kannur, according to Railway...

Aligarh (UP), February 13 Police on Friday arrested ten people, including senior officials of a meat export unit here, for their alleged involvement in the trafficking of stolen buffaloes, officials said.The arrested individuals include the firm's general manager, identified as Ravi Kumar, its...

Mumbai, February 13 – A First Information Report has been registered against a 19-year-old woman here for allegedly harassing and abducting a 17-year-old boy after she developed an inappropriate attraction for him, police said on Friday.The accused, identified as Sania, is on the run...

New Delhi, February 13 Police arrested two men on Friday for allegedly assaulting a 24-year-old woman in the Shahbad Dairy area of northwest Delhi, officials said, adding that there were no allegations of stalking or harassment.The case was registered after the victim gave her statement, and a...

Koderma, February 13 A man from Bihar was arrested with arms and ammunition in Koderma district of Jharkhand, police said on Friday.The accused has been identified as Rameshwar Prasad alias Rakesh Saw (54), a resident of Jehanabad district in Bihar, they said."The accused was arrested on...

Mumbai, February 13 Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh and filmmaker Rohit Shetty received a threat through an audio clip on Friday, with the sender claiming to be "Harry Boxer," a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, police said.While "Dhurandhar" star Ranveer Singh received a threat for the...

New Delhi, February 13 The Congress on Friday demanded that Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri resign, citing his name's appearance in the "Epstein files" released in the United States and questioning who he was interacting with on behalf of – Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of crimes against...

Barabanki (UP), February 13 A former aide of the slain gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari was allegedly shot dead by unidentified assailants on a motorcycle on the Ayodhya highway here on Friday, police said.The deceased, identified as Shoaib Kidwai alias Bobby, was a suspect in the...

New Delhi, February 13 A 20-year-old woman was injured after allegedly jumping from the third floor of a hotel in the Farsh Bazar area of East Delhi after her partner refused to marry her on Friday, police said.A video of the incident has also surfaced on the internet, in which the woman...

Ayodhya, February 13 A man has filed a complaint alleging that an unidentified person impersonated his late father and used forged documents to execute a sale deed of his 1.5 lakh square feet ancestral land to a real estate company based in Delhi, police here said on Friday.According to the...

Kolkata, February 13 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee met the family members of a migrant worker from West Bengal, who was killed in Pune district of Maharashtra, and demanded that the police in the western state ensure justice for the deceased.The BJP accused the ruling Trinamool Congress...

New Delhi, February 13 A Delhi court on Friday directed the investigating officer in the case related to the death of a 25-year-old motorcyclist, who died after falling into an uncovered pit in Janakpuri, to inform the court about the status of the investigation on the next hearing date.On the...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 13 Two individuals were arrested on Friday for allegedly stealing a mobile phone and transferring money from the owner's bank account after accessing his UPI account, police said.The accused have been identified as Harikrishnan (28) from West Kallada in Kollam...

New Delhi, February 13 Expressing concern over hardened criminals using children as a "weapon" to evade legal action, the Delhi High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a woman accused of trafficking a child and involving him in the sale of illicit liquor.In a recent order, Justice...

New Delhi, February 13 The Delhi Police has seized properties worth Rs 68 lakh in two separate cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, an official said on Friday.Sharing details, the official said in one of the cases, an FIR was registered and six accused were...

Kolkata, February 13 Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee met the family members of a migrant worker from West Bengal, who was recently killed in Pune, Maharashtra, and demanded that the police in the western state ensure justice for the deceased.He also said that the Maharashtra Police must...