New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted a major relief to psephologist and Co-Director of the Centre for the Lokniti Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Sanjay Kumar, by staying FIR proceedings registered against him by Maharashtra police. The FIRs were filed following a now-deleted post by Kumar on X, which contained an erroneous analysis of...
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 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,”...
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...
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 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,...
New Delhi: Lalu Prasad Yadav, the former chief minister of Bihar and leader of the RJD, has approached the Supreme Court to contest an order that dismissed his request for a stay on the trial court proceedings concerning the CBI’s land-for-jobs case. A bench comprising Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh is expected...