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Jammu, April 11 Asserting that the full force of the law will be used to dismantle cross-border drug trafficking networks, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday announced sweeping punitive measures, including the confiscation of properties and the cancellation of key documents...

Ahmedabad, April 10 A special CBI court here on Friday convicted eight individuals, including three retired officials of Punjab National Bank (PNB), in a 2016 loan fraud case that caused a loss of Rs 1.57 crore to the lender.The court sentenced retired Assistant General Manager Gurinder Singh...

Lucknow, April 8 The Allahabad High Court granted interim relief to former Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Anil Kumar Shukla by staying ongoing prosecution proceedings in three cases linked to the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).The cases are pending before a Special Judge...

New Delhi, April 8 The National Green Tribunal has stated that its order directing the use of GPS tracking systems applies to tankers supplying groundwater for commercial purposes, as well as tankers transporting STP-treated water.Treated water is a byproduct of a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)...

Chennai, April 6 – The Madras High Court on Monday quashed the criminal prosecution initiated by the Income Tax Department against filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon, in connection with the alleged failure of a Chennai-based production company to file income tax returns.Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan...

April 03, New Delhi: U.S. President Donald Trump has removed Attorney General Pam Bondi, citing frustration with her performance, particularly her handling of investigative files related to the late financier and sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.Reports indicate that Trump was also unhappy with...

New Delhi, April 2 A Delhi court has convicted a man for attempting to murder an acquaintance by slashing his neck with a blade in east Delhi's Mandawali area around four years ago.Additional Sessions Judge Subhash Kumar Mishra was hearing a case against Sachin, alias Golu, who was accused of...

New Delhi, April 2 – The Delhi High Court on Thursday postponed the hearing on a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking to have certain adverse observations made against it by a trial court, which had acquitted all accused, including AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish...

Thane, March 31 A special CBI court in Thane has sentenced a former Income Tax officer to six months of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a 19-year-old case involving accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a person to finalize a tax assessment.Special Judge (CBI) D S Deshmukh also imposed a fine of...

New Delhi, March 30 The Enforcement Directorate has investigated 1,105 cases of bank fraud under the PMLA and has attached proceeds of crime worth Rs 64,920 crore, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.In the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman also said the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act...

Ahmedabad, March 30 – A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ahmedabad on Monday convicted a private individual in a Disproportionate Assets case and sentenced her to two years of Rigorous Imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 20,000.The court found Jasodaben Rameshbhai Vadadia guilty...

Coimbatore, March 28 – A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court has sentenced six individuals involved in the Coimbatore overseas job scam to varying jail terms ranging from 14 years to four years, along with fines, an official said on Saturday.The Chief Judicial Magistrate in...

New Delhi, March 28 Two alleged members of the notorious Himanshu Bhau gang were arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police from Maharashtra, an official said on Saturday.The accused, Lakshya and Neeraj, were wanted in multiple criminal cases, including a firing incident in Delhi carried...

Kathmandu, March 28 – The newly elected government of Nepal has arrested former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak in connection with a culpable homicide case linked to the suppression of Gen Z protests, which resulted in the deaths of several protesters...

New Delhi, March 27 – The Supreme Court has overturned a bail order granted by the Patna High Court to a man accused in a dowry death case, deeming the order "wholly unsustainable" and highlighting a "mechanical approach" adopted in such serious offenses.A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and...

Itanagar, March 26 Police in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh have arrested the prime accused in a double murder case, an official said.On March 5, a double murder case was registered at Kamlao, within the Manmao police station limits, under Section 103 (1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya...

New Delhi, March 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed a dowry harassment case against a woman's in-laws and sister-in-law in Uttar Pradesh, stating that vague allegations in matrimonial disputes should not be allowed to trigger criminal prosecution against a husband's relatives.A bench of...

Mumbai, March 24 – A high-level committee that investigated the 2024 Ghatkopar hoarding collapse has recommended that FIRs be registered against police and civic officials, as well as advertisers and engineers, citing a "criminal conspiracy" and regulatory failures that led to 17 deaths.The...

Kochi, March 19 The NIA has approached a court seeking to overturn the bail granted to a key conspirator in the 2010 attack in which Professor T J Joseph had his hand chopped off, after a fresh criminal case was registered against him in Aluva.The agency moved the NIA court against M K Nazar...

New Delhi, March 19 The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed a First Information Report (FIR) and subsequent proceedings against YouTuber Elvish Yadav, who was arrested for allegedly using snake venom at a rave party in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, in 2023, and said the case cannot be sustained in law.A...