75-year-old commits suicide in Dwarka
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) A 75-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his home in the Mohan Garden area of Dwarka. According to the police, the man identified…
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SC reserves order on Centre’s plea in Gautam Khaitan case
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday reserved order on the Centre’s plea challenging a Delhi High Court order, which ruled that the black money law…
Torture in custody: NHRC issues notice to Assam CS, DGP
Guwahati, Sep 18 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Assam Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police to submit a detailed report on the alleged torture of three women inside…
Kerala crime branch to probe security breach at Cochin Shipyard
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The theft discovered from India’s first indigenously developed under-construction aircraft carrier in Kochi may not result in strategic threats, defence officials said here on Wednesday, even as…
Biryani chain scions Raghib, Arsalan chargesheeted
Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) The Kolkata police on Wednesday filed a chargesheet in the gruesome Jaguar accident case, charging prime accused Raghib Parwez, scion of the famous biryani maker Arsalan chain of restaurants, on various…
Jaguar case: Raghib Parwez chargesheeted
Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) The Kolkata police on Wednesday filed a chargesheet in the gruesome Jaguar accident case, charging prime accused Raghib Parwez, scion of the famous biryani maker Arsalan chain of restaurants, on various…
Kerala HC seeks report on Palarivattom flyover
Kochi, Sep 18 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Wednesday asked the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) to file a report on the Palarivattom flyover, closed 30 months after inauguration, and role of those involved…
Muslim family thrashed at Aligarh railway station
Aligarh, Sep 18 (IANS) A Muslim family, travelling from Kannauj to Aligarh for medical treatment, was attacked by a mob at the Aligarh railway station on Wednesday. The injured were admitted to the J.N. Medical…
Top UP doctors booked for negligence after patient dies in queue
Kanpur, Sep 18 (IANS) Two leading cardiologist of Uttar Pradesh, and their subordinate staff have been booked under serious offence of Section 304 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for causing death of a…
UP Class 3 student stabs senior after trivial dispute
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 18 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a student of Class 4 in a local school was stabbed by his junior who is a Class 3 student, the police said on Wednesday….
Where is ex-Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar?
Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) Is senior IPS officer Rajeev Kumar supervising the legal duel with the CBI from his official residence 34, Park Street? Or is he keeping a close watch on the developments from…
Will they believe me, if I end my life: Chinmayanand accuser
Shahjahanpur, Sep 18 (IANS) The law student, who has accused BJP leader Chinmayanand of rape and blackmail, has now questioned the delay on part of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in arresting the accused. She…
Woman, 2 others arrested for killing her live-in partner
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The Delhi police have arrested a Nepali origin woman and two others from the national capital in a case pertaining to the murder of a Nepalese man. Sunil Tamang was…
US teen threatens to shoot ‘400 people for fun’, charged
Washington, Sep 18 (IANS) A teenager in the US state of Oklahoma has been arrested with a rifle after she allegedly threatened to shoot “400 people for fun”, including some at her former high school,…
13 die in Bihar lightning strikes
Patna, Sep 18 (IANS) At least 13 people, including women and children, were killed and nearly half a dozen injured in incidents of lightning strikes across Bihar in last 24 hours, an official said here…
Mother held for killing 2-yr-old out of frustration
Panaji, Sep 18 (IANS) In a shocking case of filicide, a middle-aged woman was arrested for allegedly smothering her two-year-old daughter to death, a Goa police spokesperson said on Wednesday. The accused Azia Rodrigues was…
Youth set ablaze, UP police claims it to be suicide case
Lucknow, Sep 18 (IANS) A day after a Dalit youth was charred to death in a locked room in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district, the local police have claimed that the youth had set himself ablaze…
UP cop’s wife consumes phenyl, another writes to DGP
Etawah (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 18 (IANS) The wife of a police official in Etawah district consumed phenyl on Tuesday and was rushed to a nearby hospital in a critical condition. Doctors attending to her referred…
Two cops suspended in Assam for custodial torture
Guwahati, Sep 18 (IANS) Two cops, including a woman constable, have been suspended for allegedly torturing three women in police custody in Assam’s Darrang district. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal suspended Officer in-charge of Burha police…
Indian Technomac assets to be auctioned: Himachal HC
Shimla, Sep 17 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the auction of assets worth Rs 288.91 crore of Indian Technomac Company Ltd and its promoters in a case relating to…