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Kathmandu, March 31 Former Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Chhabi Rijal, was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in the crackdown on the Gen Z movement in September last year.Rijal, who was named in the list of high-ranking officials responsible for suppressing the Gen Z movement, in...

Bhubaneswar, March 30 – In a shocking development, the Bhubaneswar police arrested two individuals on Monday on charges of gang-raping a woman in the Tamando area of the city during the night of March 27 and 28.The accused, identified as Narayana Swain (31) and Bichitra Sahoo (34), are from...

Kathmandu, March 30 Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the newly formed Balendra Shah government, seeking an explanation regarding the arrest and detention of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.The Supreme Court issued the order in response to the habeas corpus petition filed...

Ranchi, March 30 Police have arrested 15 people for their alleged involvement in multiple robbery cases across the Ranchi district of Jharkhand, during separate operations, officials said on Monday.Ten people were arrested from various locations in the district, following a tip-off on...

Ballia, UP, March 30 Police arrested a doctor on Monday after a 27-year-old woman and her twin daughters died at a private hospital here, allegedly due to the negligence of the medical staff, officials said.According to police, based on a written complaint filed on March 13 at the Kotwali...

Madurai, March 30 A court on Monday criticized the central and state governments for the delay in submitting reports regarding the health, financial status, and conduct of nine police officers convicted in the high-profile Sathankulam custodial death case. The sentencing in the case was...

Pakur (Jharkhand), March 30 – Police in the Pakur district of Jharkhand have arrested an advocate on charges of sexually exploiting a law student and blackmailing her after allegedly filming the assault, police officials said on Monday.The accused has been identified as Joel Murmu. Police said...

Beed (Maharashtra), March 30 A 55-year-old man accused in a cheque bounce case has died following a cardiac arrest at the Beed district jail in Maharashtra, officials said on Monday.Ganesh Kashinath Pawar, a resident of Subhash Road in Beed, had been arrested in the cheque bounce case.He was...

New Delhi, March 30 A Delhi court that extended the NIA custody of seven foreign nationals in a terror conspiracy case last week emphasized the sensitive nature of the case and said that several questions needed to be answered to ascertain things like the motive of the accused behind coming to...

Gurugram, March 29 A 25-year-old nurse from Punjab was allegedly abducted and repeatedly sexually assaulted by a truck driver for several days in a village in Haryana's Nuh district, police said on Sunday.The nurse alleged that the accused pressured her to convert to Islam by promising to...

Kathmandu, March 29 Former Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oli, was remanded in judicial custody for five days by the Kathmandu District Court on Sunday, even as protests continued to erupt in various parts of Nepal over the arrests.Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested...

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...

Bhopal, March 28 A tiger fitted with a radio collar was allegedly poisoned to death, following which five people were arrested on Saturday, Madhya Pradesh police said.The tiger's body was found buried in a pit in the revenue area of West Chhindwara division on Friday, the official said."The...

Sultanpur (UP), March 27 A local court here has sent former Amethi Nagar Panchayat chairperson Chandrama Devi into judicial custody in a fraud case and fixed March 30 for hearing her regular bail application, officials said on Friday.Chandrama Devi has been admitted to the district hospital...

Ranchi, March 26 – The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday expressed serious concern over the 437 deaths reported in judicial and police custody across the state since 2018, highlighting major gaps in mandatory judicial investigations.This figure was disclosed in an affidavit filed by Vandana...

Kushinagar (UP), March 25 A local court in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday awarded the death penalty to a 22-year-old man for raping and murdering a minor, delivering the verdict in a swift trial under the POCSO Act.Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge (POCSO Act)...

Kendrapara (Odisha), March 25 Ten marine fishermen were arrested from the waters of the Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Kendrapara district on Wednesday for illegally fishing in the area where turtles congregate, according to a forest officer.The fishing trawler used by the fishermen was also...

New Delhi, March 25 A Delhi court on Wednesday upheld the discharge of two individuals in a 2020 Northeast Delhi riots case, citing several shortcomings in the investigation and observing that there is a serious suspicion "not against the accused but against the police's narrative" in the case...

Gurugram, March 25 The Gurugram Police have arrested the wife of a yoga teacher after she was caught red-handed allegedly taking Rs 1 lakh from a woman who was blackmailed by the couple for the last three years, officials said.The yoga teacher was accused of having an intimate relationship...

Vijayawada, March 24 – Andhra Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested three young men from Vijayawada for their suspected links with terror groups.The Counter-Intelligence Cell arrested Mohammad Rahamatullah Sharif, 23, Md. Danish, 27, and Mirza Sohail Baig, 23, for allegedly promoting extremist...