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Thane, March 15 Police have busted a fake call centre in Navi Mumbai that allegedly cheated people of over Rs 1 crore by promising high returns through stock market trading, and have arrested two persons in connection with the matter, officials said on Sunday.Based on a tip-off, the police's...

New Delhi, March 14 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two head constables of the Delhi Police's Sultanpuri police station while demanding and accepting an illegal gratification of Rs 20,000 from a complainant involved in online betting, an official said on Saturday.The...

New Delhi, March 13 – A Delhi court on Friday sentenced four men to life imprisonment for the 2017 murder of a 17-year-old boy in Kirti Nagar area of west Delhi, stating that they all played an active role in causing the death, motivated by a common intention.The court also fined Ramu, Sonu...

Mumbai, March 13 The Bombay High Court has denied bail to a man accused of trafficking educated youth by falsely promising them jobs abroad, only to coerce them into carrying out cyber fraud activities, citing the serious nature of the crime.A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and S C Chandak...

Chandigarh, March 12 – The investigation into the IDFC First Bank scam has revealed that the main accused created several shell companies and illegally transferred government funds to various accounts, said Additional Director General of Police Charu Bali, who is posted with the State Vigilance...

Patna, March 12 – The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against two more accused in a 2022 case related to an alleged conspiracy by the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) to disrupt peace and communal harmony through unlawful and anti-national activities...

Kota, March 12 A court for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes here on Thursday sentenced a 65-year-old man, his three sons, and six other relatives to life imprisonment for the murder of the brother of a Rajasthan Police constable seven years ago, due to rivalry in a local cooperative society...

New Delhi, March 12 A Delhi court on Thursday denied bail to Sharukh Pathan, accused of pointing a gun at a constable during the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots.Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing Pathan's regular bail application, based on the time he had already spent in custody...

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...

New Delhi, March 11 The NIA has sought life imprisonment for Kashmiri separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi following her conviction in a UAPA case, arguing that she waged war against India and a stern message is needed to convey that conspiring against the State will invite the...

New Delhi, March 11 – The Delhi High Court has acquitted three men who had been sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for gang rape, stating that the testimony of the victim was inconsistent and the prosecution had failed to prove the charge beyond a reasonable doubt.A single-judge...

Patna, March 10 – The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Patna Zonal Office has filed a charge sheet before the Special Court here under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in Patna, in connection with a money laundering case linked to illegal sand mining and corruption, ED...

Kochi, March 10 – The Kerala High Court on Tuesday sought the response of Malayalam actor Dileep in an appeal filed by the state government challenging his acquittal in the 2017 actress assault case and seeking enhanced punishment for those convicted.A division bench of Justices A. K...

Ballia (UP), March 10 A court here has sentenced six individuals to 10 years in prison in a 2014 culpable homicide case, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.The case involves the killing of a man, Jaishankar, in a land dispute at Haldi Paschim village in Ballia district, 12 years ago...

Mumbai, March 9 The Bombay High Court on Monday described a father's claim that his minor daughter accused him of rape simply out of anger as "far-fetched".Upholding the man's life sentence, a bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram Shirsat dismissed his plea challenging a March 2020...

Thane, March 9 A 20-year-old tailor has been arrested in the Thane district on charges of raping a minor girl and attempting to force her into marriage after the interfaith wedding was disrupted by Hindutva activists, an official said on Monday.The accused, a resident of Shantinagar in...

Thane, March 9 A man has been arrested in Bhiwandi, Thane district, for allegedly using the identity documents of a senior citizen and his family to operate five companies and evade GST payments, a police official said on Monday.The accused approached the 67-year-old victim, promising him a...

March 8, Kohima: The court of the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kohima, Mezivolu T. Therieh, has convicted Lezo Seletsu, 49, of murdering his 33-year-old brother at Pfuchama village under Kohima district on August 20, 2023.According to the prosecution, the accused fired at the victim...

New Delhi, March 8 A Delhi court has acquitted gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and two others in a case related to an alleged extortion demand of Rs 1 crore, stating that the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence to establish the essential elements of the offense.Chief Judicial...

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...