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Bhubaneswar, April 10 A POCSO court in Odisha's Angul district on Friday sentenced a man to death for raping and killing a 4-year-old girl.The death sentence was pronounced by Additional District Judge-cum-Special Court under the POCSO Act, Angul, Judge Soumya Priyadarshini.The convict...

Bhubaneswar, April 9 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has begun its investigation into an explosion in Bhubaneswar in January that left two people dead, officials said on Thursday.A three-member NIA team visited the Airfield police station here and collected documents, including FIRs...

Lucknow, April 7 The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday acquitted a man who had spent 11 years in prison after being convicted in a rape case involving a minor, citing serious shortcomings in the police investigation and a lack of reliable evidence.A bench of justices Rajan Roy and Brij Raj Singh...

Bhubaneswar, April 7 The NIA formally requested the Odisha Police to take over the investigation into the blast here in January, which left two people dead, officials said.The central agency wrote to Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh on Monday, seeking to transfer the case for a detailed...

Bhubaneswar, April 6 The NIA formally requested the police on Monday to take over the investigation into the January blast in Bhubaneswar that left two people dead, officials said.The central agency wrote to Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh, seeking to transfer the case for a detailed...

Motihari, April 5 Police recovered a pistol and a cartridge from the premises of a madrasa in East Champaran district of Bihar on Sunday, officials said.Three individuals, including a cleric of the madrasa located in Govindara locality, have been detained for questioning, SP Swarn Prabhat...

Chatra (Jharkhand), April 4 A 58-year-old veterinarian was found dead in a forest in the Chatra district of Jharkhand on Saturday morning, police said.Police suspect that the veterinarian was murdered, as there were injury marks on his face.The deceased, identified as Yogendra Yadav, was a...

New Delhi, April 2 A Delhi court has convicted a man for murdering his cousin in 2019 based on circumstantial and forensic evidence, but acquitted his accomplice as it could not be proven that he was involved in the offense "in pursuance of a common intention".Additional Sessions Judge...

Nashik, April 2 A court in Maharashtra's Nashik district remanded self-proclaimed religious leader Ashok Kharat in police custody for seven days on Thursday in a second case of rape, in which he is accused of sexually exploiting a woman on multiple occasions since 2020, under the guise of...

New Delhi, April 1 The National Commission for Women has taken cognizance of a report regarding the alleged stalking and harassment of a college student in Chennai, followed by an attack on her father and brother with a machete.It has requested a detailed action report from the state police...

Nashik, April 1 A court in Nashik, Maharashtra, remanded self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is accused of rape, into 14-day judicial custody on Wednesday.Kharat was arrested on March 18 after a 35-year-old woman accused him of repeated rape over a period of three years. Following his...

Dharamshala (HP), March 31 – Uttarakhand Police has arrested a man for allegedly killing his 32-year-old wife in a village in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.According to police sources, the accused, identified as Sunny Kumar, allegedly attacked his wife, Kalti...

Simdega (Jharkhand), March 28 A 30-year-old man from Odisha was allegedly strangled to death and his body set on fire in Jharkhand's Simdega district, police said on Saturday.Jharkhand Police have arrested three persons from Odisha in connection with this incident, a senior officer said.The...

Mumbai, March 28 – In a shocking incident in Mumbai’s Dharavi area, an unidentified man was brutally beaten to death, with his body found lying on a footpath along the Sion-Bandra Link Road. The Dharavi Police have registered a case of murder against unidentified persons and launched a detailed...

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...

New Delhi, March 25 The new criminal laws have introduced specific timelines for various stages of investigation and trial to ensure faster and fair resolution of cases, the Centre has informed the Lok Sabha.Responding to a question by BJP MP Anil Baluni, Minister of State for Home Bandi...

New Delhi, March 25 A 17-year-old boy was found dead in a park in the New Usmanpur area of northeast Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.The deceased, identified as Zaid, was a resident of the area, they said.Police said they received information about a body found in a park...

New Delhi, March 24 The body of a 39-year-old man was found with several visible injuries near the Jafrabad metro station in northeast Delhi, police said on Tuesday.The deceased has been identified as Aqeel Ahmed, a resident of Welcome.Police said information regarding a body lying near the...

New Delhi, March 24 Two minors have been apprehended for allegedly stabbing a 16-year-old boy to death in Sadar Bazar, north Delhi, due to a previous dispute, an official said on Tuesday.The incident occurred on March 22 in the Gali Gaddhya area, police said.The accused minors, along with an...

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...