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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...

Lucknow, March 21 A man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping and killing his 17-year-old niece in Lucknow, police said.On March 19, the victim's brother filed a complaint against his maternal uncle, Kuldeep Maurya (28), alleging that he had taken his sister away on his motorcycle...

Amritsar, March 21 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Saturday that his government would convene a special session of the Assembly on April 13 to amend the 2008 Act to impose stricter punishment for the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib and other religious texts.The proposed...

Kollam, March 21 – In a verdict that brings closure to one of Kerala’s most shocking crimes, the Kollam Additional Sessions Court has sentenced Sandeep, the accused in the brutal murder of young doctor Vandana Das, to life imprisonment.The prosecution had argued for the death penalty, citing...

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...

New Delhi, March 17 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices in response to a plea filed by two convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case, which is linked to the 2002 post-Godhra riots, challenging a 2017 Bombay High Court verdict that upheld their conviction and sentence.A bench of...

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...

Bareilly (UP), March 16 A man accused of stabbing his wife and murdering his mother-in-law and brother-in-law during a panchayat meeting in Bareilly was killed in an encounter with the police, officials said on Tuesday.According to the police, the accused, Afsar Khan (40), and Saima (28) had...

Gir Somnath (Gujarat), March 17 A special court on Tuesday sentenced five convicts in the 2016 Una flogging case, in which four Dalit men were beaten for trying to skin the carcass of a cow, to five years in prison and a fine of Rs 5,000 each.The day before, the special court in Veraval...

Kollam, March 17 – In a significant verdict that has brought a measure of closure to a case that shocked Kerala, the Kollam Additional Sessions Court on Tuesday found G. Sandeep guilty of the brutal murder of young doctor Vandana Das.The incident dates back to May 10, 2023, when Vandana Das, a...

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...

Bhubaneswar, March 14 – A Special CBI Court in Bhubaneswar has convicted and sentenced a former Assistant Superintendent of Post Offices from Baripada, Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, to four years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs 1 lakh for demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh, an official...

Bengaluru, March 14 A case has been registered after a first-grade student at a private school in the city was allegedly made to stand in the scorching sun for two hours as punishment for being late, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred at a school in Yelahanka Attur Layout here, they...

New Delhi, March 13 A bill seeking to provide a precise definition of the term "transgender" and exclude "different sexual orientations and self-perceived sexual identities" from the ambit of the proposed law was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday.The bill also provides for graded...

New Delhi, March 13 A man was killed and another seriously injured after they were allegedly attacked by a group of men following an argument in northwest Delhi's Wazirpur area, police said on Friday.Four people have been arrested in connection with the incident, which took place on Thursday...

Bengaluru, March 13 The Karnataka Cabinet has approved a proposed legislation aimed at curbing honour killings and violence rooted in social customs.The 'Iva Nammava Iva Nammava' Bill seeks to prevent acts of violence, including killings, motivated by objections to marriages.The bill draws...

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)...

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...