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रायपुर, मार्च 19 The Chhattisgarh assembly on Thursday passed a bill aimed at preventing religious conversions carried out through force, inducement, fraud, or misrepresentation, with stringent provisions including life imprisonment in cases of "mass conversion".The Chhattisgarh Dharm...

Kendrapara (Odisha), March 19 A court here on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl, which resulted in her becoming pregnant.The POCSO court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the 53-year-old convict, with failure to pay resulting in an additional...

Mumbai, March 17 – The Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which includes strict provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, moved a step closer to becoming law on Tuesday with its passage in the legislative council.The...

Ballia (UP), March 17 A court here has sentenced eight people to life imprisonment and five others to ten-year rigorous imprisonment for the killing of two people during a clash over the demarcation of a boundary wall in 2015.District and Sessions Judge, Ballia, Anil Kumar Jha, on Monday...

Mumbai, March 16 – The Maharashtra Assembly on Monday passed the Freedom of Religion Bill 2026, which includes strict provisions to prohibit religious conversions carried out through coercion, fraud, inducement, or marriage, by voice vote.According to the Bill, individuals involved in unlawful...

New Delhi, March 16 The Delhi Police has arrested a 29-year-old wanted criminal, allegedly linked to the Sheikh Firoz alias Saiful alias Dhingra gang operating in northwest Delhi's Jahangir Puri, an official said on Monday.The accused, identified as Javed alias Kallu Dada, a resident of...

Jhansi, March 12 A local court on Thursday sentenced a 30-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 25,000 for raping a college student in the Kotwali area of the city in 2022.After the trial, the court of Additional District Judge-II, Anubhav Trivedi, found the...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 12 A fast-track special court here has sentenced a 50-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl.The convict, identified as Abubakkar, was booked by the Bantwal Rural police station under Sections 64(1) (rape) and 351(2)...

Thane, March 12 A fast-track court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a 34-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy nearly seven years ago.In his order of March 7, Judge V A Patravale also imposed a fine of ₹31,000 on Vicky, also...

Singapore, March 11 A Singapore court on Wednesday charged an Indian national with defaming a senior minister and attempting to promote ill feelings between racial groups.Jay Ish'haq Rajoo, 59, is accused of defaming senior minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is also a former prime minister, in a...

Islamabad, March 10 – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has condemned the sentencing of 47 party leaders and supporters to 10-year imprisonment on terrorism charges in absentia, calling it a "political vendetta." A report details that this occurred after Judge Amjad Ali Shah of the Anti-Terrorism...

Bengaluru, March 10 A Karnataka court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to 40 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl with physical and mental disabilities in the Belagavi district.The accused, Dhareppa alias Dheeraj Angata Khanase, illegally entered the girl's house while her...

Kochi, March 10 The Kerala High Court on Tuesday sought the response of actor Dileep and nine others in response to an appeal filed by the state government challenging the judgment of the trial court in the sensational 2017 actress sexual assault case.The High Court admitted the appeal, in...

Kochi, March 8 A court here has sentenced a Kerala film producer to two years' imprisonment each in two cheating cases.Additional Sessions Court Judge Sabarinathan P found Joby George (49) of Kallara South in Kottayam guilty in two cases related to promising jobs and business opportunities...

Kohima, March 7 A Kohima court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his brother.According to the Office of the Public Prosecutor, the Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kohima, Mezivolu T Therieh, on Friday found Lezo Seletsu (49) guilty under Section 302 of the...

Surendranagar, March 3 – More than 18 people accused of cow slaughter have been given sentences ranging from seven years to life imprisonment in the past year, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said on Tuesday, reiterating the state’s “zero tolerance” policy.While attending the Holi...

Kollam (Kerala), March 1 A court here has sentenced a man to imprisonment until death for torturing and sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.Special Judge Aravind B Edayodi of the Punalur Fast Track Court (POCSO Act Cases) awarded the sentence and a fine of Rs 5 lakh to Kalaivanan Kamaraj...

Sonbhadra (UP), February 27 A court here on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a Dalit girl seven years ago, the prosecution said.Government Advocate Dinesh Prasad Agrahari said on October 25, 2018, a woman submitted a written...

Kochi, February 27 The Kerala government filed an appeal in the Kerala High Court on Friday, challenging the acquittal of Malayalam cinema star Dileep and others in the sensational 2017 actress sexual assault case.In its appeal, the state is also seeking to increase the punishment awarded to...

Kochi, February 27 The Kerala government on Friday filed an appeal in the Kerala High Court challenging the acquittal of Malayalam cinema star Dileep and others in the sensational 2017 actress sexual assault case.In its appeal, the state is also seeking to increase the sentence awarded to the...