A sexual assault case was filed on Sunday against Pratik Chauhan, the son of BJP MLA Prabhu Chauhan, following a complaint made at the Bidar Women’s Police Station, according to police sources. The FIR states that the accused is alleged to have repeatedly raped the victim between December 25, 2023, and March 27, 2024, after...
A deeply disturbing incident of honor killing has emerged from Pakistan’s Balochistan province, where a woman was brutally shot dead by her brother for marrying a man of her choice, against the family’s wishes. The heinous act, which reportedly also involved the killing of the woman’s husband, has shocked the nation and sparked widespread outrage...
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has established a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the reported mass graves, disappearances, and crimes against women and students in Dharmasthala over the last twenty years. A government order released on Saturday indicated that it deemed it “suitable to create a special investigation team” to examine the crime recorded...
Rohit Pawar, the grandnephew of Sharad Pawar and a leader of NCP (SP), engaged in a confrontational exchange with a police officer at the Azad Maidan police station in Mumbai on Friday. In a video that has gone viral on social media, Pawar was seen yelling at the officer, “Keep your voice down.” The altercation...
Kolkata: On Sunday, the Patna Police announced the arrest of four individuals out of ten who were detained from two separate locations in Kolkata in connection with the recent murder of gangster Chandan Mishra at a Patna hospital. The four individuals arrested on Sunday by the Patna Police include one of the main suspects, Tauseef...
A 15-year-old girl, who was receiving treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar after being set on fire by three assailants in Odisha’s Puri district, was airlifted to Delhi on Sunday, according to officials. Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena informed reporters that a green corridor was established to transport the patient from AIIMS Bhubaneswar to Biju Patnaik International Airport,...
A Delhi appellate tribunal has confirmed the Enforcement Directorate’s seizure of properties belonging to former ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar, valued at ₹78 crore. This decision reverses an earlier dismissal by a Mumbai adjudicating authority, establishing a “prima facie” case of money laundering against her and her husband, Deepak Kochhar. The Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited...
India has seen a dramatic rise in the number of Interpol Red Notices issued at the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) request, reflecting a significant shift in the country’s approach to apprehending fugitives who flee abroad. The increase, driven by diplomatic outreach and technological upgrades, follows India’s hosting of major global events like the Interpol...
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly doused in fuel and set ablaze by three unidentified men in Odisha’s Puri district on Saturday morning. The horrific incident occurred around 8:30 am near the Bhargavi River when the girl, a Class 12 student, was on her way to a friend’s house to hand over some books — just...
Bhubaneswar: On Saturday, BJD leader Naveen Patnaik expressed profound sorrow regarding the incident in which miscreants set a 15-year-old girl on fire in Puri district, Odisha, stating that such occurrences highlight a fundamental failure in governance. The girl sustained 70 percent burn injuries after unidentified individuals doused her with a flammable substance and ignited it...