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Nashik, Apr 9 Jailed self-proclaimed godman and astrologer Ashok Kharat was arrested in a third case of rape and produced via video link before a court in Maharashtra's Nashik district, which on Thursday sent him to five-day police custody.In the third case, Kharat, who was first arrested in...

Guwahati, April 9 Zubeen Garg's wife and sister cast their votes in the Assam Assembly elections on Thursday, urging people to elect a government of their choice while hoping for a swift resolution in the case of the popular singer's death.Garima Saikia Garg, who had recently been...

Ahmedabad, April 9 – A Deputy Mamlatdar stationed in Surendranagar district of Gujarat has been booked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Investigators have stated that the excess wealth amounts to over Rs 1.22...

Patna, April 7 Prominent entrepreneur Varun Kumar Singh, the son-in-law of former Bihar minister Sanjeev Prasad Tony, demanded justice and security on Tuesday following the suspicious death of his sister, Khushboo Singh.Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Varun alleged that his sister...

Patna, April 7 – The tragic incident of spurious liquor in East Champaran, Bihar, on Tuesday has claimed eleven lives so far, while several others are still under critical care.In response, the police have initiated "operations mode", conducting extensive raids across Bihar, particularly in...

Motihari, April 5 Police recovered a pistol and a cartridge from the premises of a madrasa in East Champaran district of Bihar on Sunday, officials said.Three individuals, including a cleric of the madrasa located in Govindara locality, have been detained for questioning, SP Swarn Prabhat...

Nashik, April 5 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday that the leak of call data records in the Ashok Kharat case will be investigated, while the assets of the arrested self-proclaimed godman will be investigated by the Enforcement Directorate.No one has the right to...

Nagpur/Mumbai, April 4 Maharashtra Minister and senior BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule refuted allegations on Saturday that he and his family owned hundreds of acres of land and asserted that these were deliberate attempts to tarnish his image.The state revenue minister said he would file...

Motihari, April 3 The death toll in the suspected hooch tragedy rose to four on Friday after three more persons died allegedly due to consumption of spurious liquor in the dry district of East Champaran in Bihar, officials said.At least six others are undergoing treatment at a government...

Bokaro (Jharkhand), April 2 Seven people were arrested from different parts of the Bokaro district in Jharkhand on Thursday for extorting money from traders, police said.Those arrested have been identified as Prince Gupta, Shyam Kumar Singh, Ajay Singh, Bhupendra Singh, Omprakash Pal...

Shimla, April 2 Leader of the Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Jai Ram Thakur, criticised Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday for "remaining a silent observer" despite complaints of irregularities being raised against the state's top bureaucrats.Speaking to reporters...

Nashik, April 2 A court in Maharashtra's Nashik district remanded self-proclaimed religious leader Ashok Kharat in police custody for seven days on Thursday in a second case of rape, in which he is accused of sexually exploiting a woman on multiple occasions since 2020, under the guise of...

Nashik, April 1 A court in Nashik, Maharashtra, remanded self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, who is accused of rape, into 14-day judicial custody on Wednesday.Kharat was arrested on March 18 after a 35-year-old woman accused him of repeated rape over a period of three years. Following his...

Patna, March 31 – Following the tragic stampede at the Sheetla Mata Temple in Maghra village, Nalanda district, in which 8 people were killed, the administration has taken strict action against police personnel for alleged negligence that led to the tragedy.Following preliminary findings of...

Fazilka (Pb), March 31 Booking of an LPG cylinder helped police arrest a former Captain of the Indian Army, who had been on the run for four years after his conviction was upheld by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in his wife's murder case.Sandeep Tomar was arrested from the Pandhurna...

Shimla, March 30 The CPI(M) on Monday demanded an investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into alleged land mafia activities, including dealings involving shell companies, in Himachal Pradesh.Referring to the Chester Hills case in the Solan district, the Left party leaders alleged...

Guwahati, March 30 The first hearing of the fast-track Sessions Court, set up by the Gauhati High Court for day-to-day trial proceedings in the death case of singer Zubeen Garg, was held on Monday, with the counsel for arrested singer Amritprava Mahanta making a submission on her behalf...

New Delhi, March 30 Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi has described the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district as "heartbreaking" and has demanded the immediate arrest and strict punishment of those responsible.Devi said she met...

Ranchi, March 30 The Jharkhand High Court took suo motu cognizance of the rape and brutal murder of a minor girl in the Vishnugarh area of Hazaribagh district on Monday and issued notices to the State Home Secretary and the Director General of Police (DGP), seeking their responses.The court...

Hazaribag (Jharkhand), March 29 Jharkhand DGP Tadasha Mishra on Sunday said that a three-member SIT has been constituted to conduct a swift investigation into the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Bishnugarh, Hazaribag.The special investigation team (SIT) is headed by IPS...