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Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a karate instructor, who was supposed to teach self-defense, has been arrested for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl who was attending his training sessions in Dadar. The Shivaji Park police have registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and arrested the 22-year-old accused, Parth Sakarkar. According to the police, Sakarkar, a Mahim resident, had been working as a karate instructor at a gymnasium in Dadar for the past year. The victim girl was attending karate classes at this same gymnasium. The police complaint states that between January 1 and June 7 of this year, Sakarkar allegedly established a close relationship with the girl during training sessions and then sexually assaulted her. Disturbingly, Sakarkar reportedly threatened the girl that if she didn't comply, he would blackmail her mother and inflict similar abuse upon her. The victim eventually gathered the courage to confide in her mother about the horrific ordeal. On July 7, the 43-year-old mother promptly filed a complaint at the Shivaji Park police station, leading to Sakarkar's immediate arrest. Police are now investigating whether the accused has targeted other minors.
New Delhi, June 8: A nine-year-old girl was found stuffed in a suitcase at a neighbour's house in northeast Delhi's Dayalpur area, triggering protests by family members and locals who alleged sexual assault and murder of the minor. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in the area to maintain law and order. Police sources said the perpetrator seems to have fled after stuffing her in a suitcase. Senior officials of the Delhi Police said all angles are being probed, including sexual assault. "We are awaiting the autopsy report to confirm the cause of death. Teams have been for ...Read More >
Noida: Liquor revenue in the city jumped by 35% in the first quarter of 2025-26 compared to the same period last year. The city recorded Rs 625 crore in liquor revenue from April to June 2025, compared to Rs 462 crore during the same period in 2024-25.According to excise department data, the revenue in the first quarter of 2023-24 was Rs 430 crore, showing a 7% growth between 2023-24 and 2024-25 and a much larger jump this year.The sharp rise is attributed to the new liquor policy in the state, which made significant structural changes to the retail and licensing system.The month-wise revenue ...Read More >
Mumbai: Two days after a video of Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad assaulting staffers at the Akashwani MLA hostel canteen in Colaba over "stale dal" went viral, Marine Drive police registered a non-cognisable offence against him on Friday.The NC was filed soon after CM Fadnavis contradicted minister of state for home Yogesh Kadam in an embarrassment of sorts for the state govt. While Kadam said police cannot act against Gaikwad as there is no complaint, the CM said cops should definitely probe the case and no one needs to file a complaint for that, report Mateen Hafeez & Chaitanya Marpakwar. A co ...Read More >
Mysuru (Karnataka), Jul 12 (PTI) A 38-year-old man who is booked under sections of the POCSO Act has been attacked along with his family members, allegedly by the victim's family in Mysuru while they were riding an auto rickshaw, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Thursday night on Ramanuja Road when the accused, along with his wife, sister and mother, were returning home after visiting a police station in connection with the case, they said. The attack was purportedly captured on CCTV cameras and mobile phones, and the visuals soon went viral. The videos show that people who ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hit out at the BJP government over the death of a nine-year-old girl in the national capital, alleging that it is ruining the law and order situation in the national capital. 'This incident of rape and murder of a 9-year-old innocent girl in Delhi has shocked everyone. BJP has ruined the law and order situation in Delhi, our daughters are not safe even in the four-engine government of BJP. Home Minister Amit Shah and his four-engine government will have to answer. The daughters of Delhi want answers as well as justic ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara has categorically stated that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) will not be formed at this stage in connection with the Dharmasthala murders, despite demands from various activists and organisations in the state. Speaking to the media in Bengaluru on Saturday, Parameshwara responded to the growing demands by saying, "The preliminary investigation into the Dharmasthala murder case has already begun. Since the incident falls under the jurisdiction of the local police station, the concerned officer is handling the inves ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): A minor girl died due to injuries on her face at a hospital after she was allegedly sexaully assaulted in the National Capital, Delhi police said in a statement. Police said that a call regarding the sexual assault of a minor girl was received at Dayalpur police station on June 7 at 8: 41 pm. Upon reaching the location, the police team found that a minor girl in an unconscious state had been taken to JPC Hospital by her father, where she was declared dead on arrival, police added. Prima facie, the attending doctors at the hospital observed visible injuries o ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi slammed the ruling BJP over the brutal sexual assault of a nine-year-old in Delhi's Dayalpur, saying that the incident has put Delhi and the whole nation to shame. 'This incident has put Delhi and the whole nation to shame. Today, the BJP will have to answer, if they have a four-engine government in Delhi, then why are our daughters not safe? It is their responsibility... CM Rekha Gupta is seen at a media event almost every day. Now that this incident has happened, she is nowhere to be found.. ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 19-year-old woman is fighting for life after consuming acid at her residence in southwest Delhi's Vasant Kunj. Her family alleged that she was sexually exploited for a few years by a 25-year-old man under the pretext of a marriage. He has been arrested.On June 18, police were informed by a hospital about the suicide attempt. A police team collected the medical documents from the hospital, which declared the survivor as unfit to give a statement.The police team also inspected the house and seized the acid bottle. A preliminary inquiry revealed that the teenager was in a relationshi ...Read More >
Kanpur/Lucknow: A serial criminal accused of raping and murdering an 18-year-old girl was killed in an encounter with UP Police in Mohammadabad area in Farrukhabad's Fatehgarh on Friday.The accused, identified as Manu Subhash (55), was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on any information leading to his arrest. He sustained bullet injuries during a gunfight with police and was taken to a local hospital, where doctors declared him dead during treatment. According to police, Manu was a habitual offender with a history of targeting minors. "He had a criminal mindset and was involved in several heinou ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jun 7 (PTI) Authorities on Saturday barred Eid prayers from taking place at the Eidgah ground and the Jama Masjid in the old city here, while Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claimed that he was put under house arrest. "Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar deeply regrets to inform that the authorities have once again disallowed Eid-ul-Adha prayers at the Eidgah as well as at the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar by closing the gates of the mosque and deploying police personnel outside," the management of the historic mosque said in a statement. ...Read More >
New Delhi: Alleging "blatant misuse" of agencies to defame its leaders, AAP on Thursday questioned why the first information report filed against former Delhi ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendar Jain was being kept under wraps and "selective" press notes were being leaked to the media.Bharadwaj, who is Delhi AAP convener, alleged that only two former ministers were named in the case without any reasonable cause while all the officers of the health and public works departments, who were actually responsible for executing the hospital projects, were spared. "Is the FIR so baseless that BJP ...Read More >
Pune, Jun 2 (PTI) Police have released the sketch of one of the two men accused of robbing women passengers of their gold ornaments and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl after the car they were travelling in halted on the roadside in Pune district, an official said on Wednesday. The shocking incident took place at around 4.15 am on Monday on a highway near Bhigwan in Daund town when a group of people was travelling in a car to the temple town of Pandharpur in Solapur district, according to police. "Based on description given by the victims, the sketch of one of the accused involved in t ...Read More >
Kolkata: Monojit Mishra, the main accused in the June 25 law student gang-rape case, before leaving the college after committing the crime had asked a few of his trusted aides to stay back on the campus and keep a watch on Kasba Police Station about a kilometre away through the night. He and co-accused Pramit Mukherjee and Zaib Ahmed left around the same time as the survivor, who was picked up by her father.Senior officers investigating the case also revealed that Monojit had called up a college official the next morning -- this official has claimed the discussion was "confined to college-rela ...Read More >
The PIL said that the same are being impeded by Rahul Gandhi through his "immature and irresponsible statements about late Savarkar". The Bombay High Court on Tuesday disposed of a PIL that sought direction to Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to stop ignoring the contribution of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar to the "cause of nation." A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep V Marne passed an order on PIL by one Pankaj Phadnis, who claim ...Read More >
A two-and-a-half-year-old girl was allegedly raped near the Alambagh Metro station in Lucknow, one of the busiest zones at due to the presence of the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT). The victim, a daughter of pavement dwellers from Unnao, was picked up while she was sleeping next to her father and mother on the roadside early Thursday morning, police said. The accused is still absconding, and police teams have been formed to trace him. The child was found in a severely injured state, abandoned a ...Read More >
New Delhi: On this day in 2024, India defeated South Africa by 7 runs and lifted the T20 World Cup title at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. India posted a 177-run target for the Proteas in 20 overs after opting to bat first. Virat Kohli smashed 76 runs off 59 balls with the help of six boundaries and two maximums. Axar Patel also batted brilliantly and scored 47 runs off 31 balls, hitting four maximums and one boundary in his sensational knock. Chasing the target of 177 runs, Bumrah provided India their first breakthrough when he removed Reeza Hendricks in the second over of the run-chase, ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday underlined the need to deal strictly and without mercy with the culprits involved in sexual assaults on children via social media. He affirmed that the state government is fully prepared to take all necessary actions in this regard. The Chief Minister highlighted the need to combat emerging threats such as child pornography and online exploitation and stressed the importance of cross-sector collaboration to ensure holistic rehabilitation and justice delivery. He was addressing the state-level conference ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 9 (ANI): Following the violent protest at Kerala University, a case has been registered against 27 activists of the ruling CPM's Students Federation of India (SFI), including its state secretary P S Sanjeev, who has been named the prime accused, police said. The case also names 1,000 identifiable protesters who have been accused of damaging public property, forcibly entering the university campus, and assaulting police and university staff, police said on Tuesday. Also Read | Nobel Peace Prize 2025: From Mahatma Gandhi to Jawaharlal Nehru, Check Full ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A physics lecturer from a private college in Dakshina Kannada and two of his friends have been arrested by Bengaluru police for allegedly blackmailing and raping a student.When the mental torture by the trio became intolerable, the girl narrated to her parents how she was being exploited. Subsequently, she went to Marathahalli police station along with her parents on July 5 and lodged a complaint seeking action against the perpetrators. Acting swiftly, the cops arrested the trio the following day. The accused are Narendra, a physics lecturer, Sandeep, a biology lecturer -- both work ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday debunked all allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about rigging and match-fixing in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. In his articles titled 'Those Rejected by the People Deny the Mandate', published in the same three newspapers where Gandhi's write-ups appeared, CM Fadnavis advised the Congress MP to "accept defeat, introspect on where you went wrong, why your connect with the people is lacking, and what needs to be done." He taunted Gandhi, saying that the latter was preparing excuses for "defeats ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped, killed and her body stuffed in a suitcase at a neighbour's house in northeast Delhi's Dayalpur area, triggering protests by her family members and locals. The girl's body was found on Saturday evening. Police and paramilitary personnel were deployed in the area on Sunday to maintain law and order. Police said the perpetrator of the heinous crime seems to have fled after stuffing the body in the suitcase. Senior police officers said all angles are being probed, including sexual assault. Delhi: Doctors Reveal 9-Year-Old Girl Found Dea ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) It was a belligerent, brilliant, and breathtaking performance from the Chennai Bulls, who were crowned the first ever champions of the Rugby Premier League, here in Mumbai, at the Shahaji Raje Bhosale Sports Complex. The Chennai Bulls thrashed the Delhi Redz by a scoreline of 41-0 in the final, to clinch the title. In fact, the margin of victory is the biggest across Season 1 of the GMR RPL. Meanwhile, the Hyderabad Heroes, who had finished top of the table in the league stage, came away with a third-place finish, after they won 17-12 against the Bengaluru Bra ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 9-year-old girl was found dead and the body stuffed in a suitcase in the Nehru Vihar area of North East Delhi, the police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday, and the police suspect sexual assault based on initial medical observations. According to the information, the girl had gone to visit a relative on Saturday night. However, she did not return home even after two hours. The family then began their search. Someone informed her father that the girl was seen going towards a house, which was approximately 200 metres away from their own. U ...Read More >
Mumbai/ Chiplun (Maharashtra) [India], June 28: Supermodel and fitness icon Milind Soman has successfully completed Day 2 of The Fit Indian Run, covering a total of 222 kilometers as he continues his inspiring 558 km journey from Mumbai to Goa. The endurance-driven expedition, aimed at promoting fitness, mental resilience, and national unity. Milind is accompanied by his wife Ankita Konwar, who is supporting him on the route. The run reached Chiplun today, after two back-to-back days of 111 km each--split between running and cycling through the heart of the Konkan region. Also Read | Bodoland ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed several petitions challenging the decision of the Maharashtra government to set up a memorial to Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray on the site of the old Mayor's bungalow at Shivaji Park, Dadar. The government had decided to erect a memorial - the Balasaheb Thackeray Rashtriya Smarak Memorial - in honour of Thackeray in view of his contributions to the political landscape of the state, particularly in Mumbai. Accordingly, a committee was set up in December 2014 to scout for land for the memorial, generate funds and make recommendations for the ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kolkata Police's Detective Department (DD) on Wednesday took over the investigation into the rape of a law student within her college premises at Kasba in south Kolkata last week. The investigation was initiated by local Kasba police station, whose personnel also arrested the three prime accused in the case within 24 hours from the time of lodging of a complaint by the victim, soon after the crime was committed on the evening of June 25. Later, a special investigation team (SIT) headed by an assistant commissioner of police-level officer was also constitu ...Read More >
Mumbai: The 40-year-old former teacher of Bombay Scottish High School, Mahim, Bipasha Kumar, who was arrested for sexually assaulting a male student on Saturday, has confessed to the police that she is still in love with the boy. She also admitted to attempting to re-establish contact with the boy through her maid. About The Case This confession comes amidst revelations of alleged sexual encounters in multiple hotels and a pattern of grooming through gifts and expensive meals. The police investigation has confirmed that the teacher first engaged in sexual activity with the boy in her car in ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday announced the provisional attachment of assets worth approximately ₹131.45 crore in Spain, including a luxury yacht and immovable properties, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). These assets belong to Pavel Prozorov, a Spanish national and the alleged mastermind behind the unauthorised forex trading platform OctaFX. The attached assets comprise a commercial Italian-model luxury yacht cruising in the Western Mediterranean, a minijet boat, a luxury car, and two residential properties in Spain. The ED's probe was launched ...Read More >
Berhampur (Odisha), Jun 6 (PTI) Two minor cousins were allegedly raped by four miscreants after abducting the duo in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said on Friday. The incident came to light after the mother of one of the victims lodged a complaint at Golanthara police station on Thursday evening. After registering a case, police launched a manhunt to arrest the accused persons, a police officer said. Also Read | Water Cut in Pune: Supply Suspended in South Pune on June 12 Due to Maintenance Work; Check Affected Areas. The victims, aged between 11 to 15 years, along with family members ha ...Read More >