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Mumbai, March 25 The Maharashtra Legislative Council unanimously passed the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill 2026 on Wednesday to include provisions in the Shakti Bill to protect the identities of acid attack victims and ensure imprisonment for online sexual advances.The...

Beed, March 25 Three individuals involved in a series of burglaries and other thefts have been sentenced to three years of imprisonment by the police in Beed, Latur, and Dharashiv districts of Maharashtra.The three individuals are identified as Bhima Laxman Maske (44), Avinash Kalyan Dhurdhere...

New Delhi, March 24 – A special NIA court has sentenced three operatives of the banned Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) terrorist organization to imprisonment ranging from 30 years to life in connection with a 2018 Kashmir secession conspiracy case, an official said on Tuesday.Dukhtaran-e-Millat is a...

Ahmedabad, March 24 – A special CBI court in Ahmedabad has convicted and sentenced four accused, including two former officials of UCO Bank, to five years of Rigorous Imprisonment along with fines in two separate bank fraud cases, officials said on Tuesday.The court on March 23 awarded the...

Mirzapur (UP), March 23 A court here on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a rape case involving a woman with hearing impairment, police said.The court also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on the convict.On March 28, 2018, a complaint was lodged at the Chunar police...

New Delhi, March 23 – A special CBI court in Delhi has sentenced a former Sub-Inspector of the Delhi Traffic Police to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case, officials said on Monday.The court convicted Jagmal Singh Deshwal, who was posted as Sub-Inspector and Zonal Officer...

New Delhi, March 23 A court here on Monday sentenced a man to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a corruption case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation after finding him guilty of demanding a bribe of Rs 24,000 from the complainant.Special Judge Jyoti Kler awarded the...

Kolkata, March 23 TMC leader Jyotipriya Mallick, once considered one of Mamata Banerjee's most trusted allies in North 24 Parganas, believes a "decisive victory" in the assembly elections will be his response to the "conspiracy" that led to his imprisonment in the alleged ration distribution...

Dehradun, March 21 – A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation has convicted and sentenced eight officials to two years of rigorous imprisonment along with a total fine of Rs 2.85 lakh in connection with a Rs 55 lakh fraud case involving the Public Works Department (PWD) in 2003...

Thane, March 21 A court in Thane district of Maharashtra has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of a fellow worker following a drunken brawl nine years ago.In an order passed on March 18, Additional Sessions Judge R S Bhakare convicted Ashok Laljitkumar Chaurasiya (39) and...

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...