forensic science

Ballari (Karnataka), March 8 A ninth-grade student is alleged to have caused a rampage at a private residential school here, killing one and injuring others with a sharp object and an iron rod, police said on Sunday.The incident took place at the school hostel on Saturday night, they said...

Anand/Gandhinagar, March 7. Police in the Anand district of Gujarat have secured convictions in all seven cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act between March and December 2024. Six offenders were sentenced to life imprisonment, while another was given...

Moradabad (UP), March 5 A man killed his wife and later committed suicide, allegedly due to their inability to have children, in the Majhola area here, police said on Thursday.Station Officer Ravindra Kumar of Majhola said that Vinod (37) allegedly stabbed his wife, Mamta (35), to death on...

New Delhi, March 3 A woman has been arrested for allegedly drugging members of a family in outer Delhi by mixing crushed sleeping pills in their food and absconding with cash on the same day she joined them as a caretaker, police said on Tuesday.The incident came to light on February 26 when a...

Bhubaneswar, February 27 – Angul Police arrested a young man on Friday for allegedly murdering a 12-year-old girl from his village after sexually assaulting her in the NTPC police station area of the district in Odisha.The 20-year-old accused, identified as Ashish Naik, was arrested within 24...

Gandhinagar, February 27 – Describing forensic science as the “protective shield” of justice in an era of technology-driven crime, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said during his address at the fourth convocation ceremony of the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar on...

Gandhinagar, February 27 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Friday that forensic science is a shield that protects the integrity of justice against both technical deception and informational distortions.He was speaking at the 4th Convocation of the National Forensic Sciences University...

Singapore, February 27 A Malaysian man of Indian origin was sentenced in Singapore to 12 years in prison and 12 strokes of the cane for raping a domestic worker outside a train station after deceiving her into believing that he was a police officer.Sharveen Chetty, 48, pleaded guilty on...

New Delhi, February 25 Two brothers are alleged to have abducted a man from whom they had borrowed Rs 4 lakh, killed him with a butcher's knife, and dumped his body in the Najafgarh drain, a police official said on Wednesday.The victim, Ajay Kumar, who was known for lending money to people...

New Delhi, February 25 A woman and her three minor daughters were found dead with their throats slit at their residence in the outer Delhi area of Samaypur Badli on Wednesday, with police suspecting the involvement of the woman's husband, an official said.Information regarding the killing of...

Jaipur, February 21 The partially nude body of a 13-year-old girl was found in bushes near a canal here after she allegedly went missing while on her way to appear for her school examination on Saturday, police said.The girl had left home on foot to appear for the Class 8 board examination at...

Jalandhar, February 19 Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav inaugurated a newly constructed "ultra-modern" Anti-Narcotics Task Force office in Jalandhar on Thursday.This development is part of the state's anti-drug campaign, "Yudh Nashian Virudh," which was launched at the...

New Delhi, February 19 A 36-year-old man was found dead with multiple stab wounds near Sanjay Lake in the Pandav Nagar area of east Delhi on Thursday, police said.Information about a person lying in a critical condition with stab injuries near the lake premises was received, following which a...

Bilaspur, February 18 Noting that the convict's act preceded the actual partial penetration but without ejaculation, the Chhattisgarh High Court has reduced the seven-year sentence awarded by a trial court to a man in a 2004 rape case and convicted him for attempted rape instead.Partially...

Tarn Taran, February 18 An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sarpanch was shot dead by two unidentified assailants during a wedding function in the Tarn Taran district of Punjab on Wednesday, police said.The incident occurred nearly a month after another sarpanch and AAP leader, Jharmal Singh of Valtoha...

New Delhi, February 17 – The Supreme Court has ruled that the death of Telugu actress Pratyusha was caused by organophosphate poisoning, not manual strangulation, while upholding the conviction of Gudipalli Siddhartha Reddy under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code for abetting suicide.In a...

Mizoram records a massive drug bust worth Rs 1,047 crore as border security tightens: GovernorMizoram Governor General Vijay Kumar Singh said on Tuesday that the northeastern state had reported a significant crackdown on cross-border smuggling and narcotics trafficking during the 2025–26...

Aizawl, February 17 Mizoram Governor, General Vijay Kumar Singh (retired), said on Tuesday that the state had reported a significant crackdown on cross-border smuggling and drug trafficking during the 2025-26 fiscal, with law enforcement agencies seizing drugs worth Rs 1,047 crore.Addressing...

New Delhi, February 16 Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed confidence on Monday that the conviction rate in criminal cases will rise to 80 per cent once the three new criminal laws are fully implemented across the nation in the coming years.Speaking at the 79th Raising Day parade of the...

Lucknow, February 16 – Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that the state has undergone a fundamental transformation since 2017, shedding its image of crime and anarchy to emerge as a state defined by “technology, trust, and transformation”.Responding to the debate on...