On Thursday, Bengaluru Police apprehended a 19-year-old individual for allegedly posting obscene videos of women on the social media platform Instagram. The suspect has been named as Dilawar Hussain, who resides in the Byrathi area near Kottanuru on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The Ashoknagar Police have filed a First Information Report (FIR) against him under...
On Thursday, the Supreme Court criticized the Karnataka High Court’s ruling to grant bail to Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and six others involved in the Renukaswamy murder case, labeling it a “perverse exercise” of discretionary authority. A bench consisting of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan has reserved its decision regarding the Karnataka government’s appeal...
In a major counter-terrorism operation, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested four individuals suspected to be linked with the banned terror outfit Al-Qaeda. The arrested men include two residents from Gujarat and one each from Delhi and Noida. The accused have been identified as Mohd Faiq from Faraskhana, Delhi; Mohd Fardeen from Fatehwadi, Ahmedabad;...
On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court granted anticipatory bail to Prabir Purkayastha, the founder of NewsClick, in a foreign funding case initiated by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna’s bench also approved anticipatory bail for Prabir in the money laundering case linked to the EOW investigation. “Bail granted,”...
New Delhi: On Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate initiated a FEMA case against Myntra, an e-commerce platform backed by Flipkart, along with its associated companies and directors, for allegedly contravening FDI regulations amounting to over Rs 1,654 crore. Complaint filed under Section 16(3) of FEMA The ED stated that the complaint was lodged under Section 16(3)...
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh has discovered a fraudulent embassy operating from a rented bungalow in Ghaziabad and has apprehended the alleged mastermind, Harsh Vardhan Jain, at the site. Officials reported that Jain had transformed a bungalow in Kavi Nagar, Ghaziabad, into an ’embassy’ for the fictitious West Arctica and claimed to...
A gangrape incident involving a minor took place in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Sunday evening. The girl was returning home after attending a birthday party for a friend. During her journey back, three individuals abducted her and transported her to a forested area located 10-15 kilometers from Malkangiri town, where they subjected her to torture...
In a shocking event, a 25-year-old female receptionist was violently assaulted by a man on Monday evening at a private clinic in Kalyan, Maharashtra, when she attempted to prevent him from bypassing the queue to enter the doctor’s office. This incident took place at Shree Balachitikha Clinic, as reported by the Marathi daily Sakal. A...
New Delhi: On Tuesday, a Delhi court granted custody parole to Engineer Rashid, a jailed Lok Sabha MP, allowing him to attend the Monsoon Session of Parliament from July 24 to August 4. Rashid has been incarcerated in Tihar jail since 2019 after being arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities...
New Delhi: In 2024, citizens suffered losses exceeding Rs 22,845.73 crore due to cyber criminals, marking an alarming rise of nearly 206 percent compared to the previous year, as reported to the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. In response to a written inquiry, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, stated that the National...