fir (first information report)

Shahjahanpur (UP), March 30 The municipal commissioner of Shahjahanpur has been transferred amid a controversy over the demolition of statues of freedom fighters located adjacent to the office of the civic body during road-related work by a private company here.The incident on March 22 sparked...

Amritsar, March 30 – Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar said on Monday that the police investigation into the death of state Warehousing Corporation district manager Gagandeep Randhawa has once again proven that the state government “intends to delay and weaken the case”.He said the BJP would...

New Delhi, March 30 – A Delhi court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a criminal revision petition filed against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in connection with the alleged fraudulent inclusion of her name in the electoral rolls before acquiring Indian citizenship.The...

Gumla, March 28 A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in the Gumla district of Jharkhand, police said on Sunday.The incident occurred on Friday within the Ghaghara police station limits, when the victim was returning home from a Ram Navami fair along with a male friend, police said...

Nashik, March 29 A court in Nashik on Sunday extended the police custody of self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, arrested in a rape case, until April 1.Kharat, who headed a temple trust in Mirgaon in Nashik district, and whom several prominent Maharashtra politicians had visited over...

Mumbai, March 28 Senior BJP leader and former Maharashtra minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Saturday demanded the death penalty for self-proclaimed religious figure Ashok Kharat, who was arrested on March 18 for allegedly repeatedly raping a woman over the past three years.Kharat has been named...

Gurugram, March 28 The Delhi High Court has declined to grant interim relief to Experion Developers Private Limited and its co-petitioner, based in Gurugram, who sought to quash an FIR registered against them by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police, on charges of fraud. An official...

Mumbai, March 27 NCP leader Rupali Chakankar resigned as the chief of the party's Maharashtra women's wing on Friday, following criticism over her association with rape-accused "spiritual leader" Ashok Kharat."Following a phone discussion with (NCP president and Deputy Chief Minister) Sunetra...

Kochi, March 27 The Kerala High Court on Friday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) what happens when a candidate makes hate or communal remarks that cause harm to a community, society, and the country.The High Court's query came during the hearing of a petition alleging inaction by...

Lucknow, March 26 The Allahabad High Court on Thursday allowed the Central government to be made a party in a case related to the citizenship of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and asked it to submit relevant records on April 6.The order was passed by Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the Lucknow...

Ballari (Karnataka), March 26 – A 36-year-old man from Ballari was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Police on charges of spreading extremist propaganda through social media and maintaining links with suspected terrorist networks, the police stated on Thursday.The accused, identified as Abdul...

Lucknow, March 25 The Allahabad High Court ruled on Wednesday that a candidate cannot be denied a government job solely because of a minor criminal case, especially when the candidate has disclosed the case.The order was passed by Justice Karunesh Singh Pawar of the Lucknow bench of the HC...

Prayagraj, March 25 The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and his disciple, Mukundanand Brahmachari, in a case registered against them under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.The order was passed by Justice...

Lucknow, March 24 The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed the Lucknow Municipal Corporation to take immediate action against the illegal encroachments surrounding the District and Sessions Court (former High Court campus) in Kaisarbagh.The Lucknow bench of the high court has sought a...

Indore, March 24 Police have arrested a doctor in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh for allegedly raping a 30-year-old woman, claiming that he provided treatment and threatened her with obscene photographs, an official said on Tuesday.Following the doctor's arrest on Sunday, a group of people...

Lucknow, March 24 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday refused to grant relief to MLC Akshay Pratap Singh and others who are accused in a case involving serious allegations of fraud and forgery leveled by the wife of former cabinet minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja...

Thane, March 24 A court in the Thane district granted bail to two co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX, Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal, who were arrested in an alleged case of cheating involving Rs 71.60 lakh, stating that there was no prima facie evidence against them.Magistrate...

Thane, March 24 A court in the Thane district granted bail to two co-founders of the cryptocurrency exchange platform CoinDCX, Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal, who were arrested in an alleged case of cheating involving Rs 71.60 lakh, stating that there was no prima facie case against them...

Ranchi, March 24 – The ongoing dispute between the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Jharkhand Police has now reached the doors of the Supreme Court of India. The state government has challenged the order of the Jharkhand High Court, which directed a CBI investigation into the matter.The...

March 24, New Delhi – The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday upheld a ruling by the Andhra Pradesh High Court, stating that once an individual converts to Christianity and actively professes and practices the faith, they can no longer be considered a member of the Scheduled Caste community.The...