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MUMBAI: The police on Sunday arrested three persons, including the woman who hit a pavement dweller on a footpath at Ghatkopar on Saturday. She was allegedly driving the SUV under the influence of alcohol, said a police officer. The victim, who remains unidentified, had sustained injuries and was rushed to the hospital. The arrested accused are Bhavika Dama, the driver, along with her friends Koran Bhanushali and Aniket Bansode, who were present with her in the vehicle. The police have on Sunday added the charge of attempt to culpable homicide in the case under section 110 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. The police are still awaiting their blood alcohol report. "The driver appeared drunk and we found a few alcohol bottles in the car, based on which we have added this section," said the officer. The three were produced before the court on Sunday and remanded to police custody for the next two days. The incident occurred around 6.15am on Saturday on the LBS Road in Ghatkopar when an allegedly drunk Dama lost control of the vehicle and hit the pavement dweller.
NOIDA: Two men were arrested late Wednesday for an alleged attempt to commit culpable homicide days after a viral video showed a 25-year-old man being hit by an SUV during a violent quarrel in Sector 53, Noida, on June 2, police said on Thursday. The purported video showed a black Mahindra Thar hitting the victim -- Saurabh Yadav -- from behind, flinging him into a roadside drain during a clash between two rival groups. HT, however, could not verify the authenticity of the video. Police identified the arrested suspects as Aman Awana, 29, and Akash Awana, 25, both residents of Sector 23, Noi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) One of the four charred bodies recovered after a massive fire engulfed a multi-storey manufacturing unit in Delhi's Rithala area has been identified, while DNA sampling is underway to ascertain the identities of the remaining three, police said on Thursday. The fire broke out on the evening of June 24 at Rana Complex, Gate No. 2, Rithala, where multiple small-scale manufacturing units operated across four floors of the building. The blaze left four persons dead and three others injured, a senior police officer said. The body of one victim, Dalip Singh, was identified ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) YouTuber Samay Raina appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in Delhi on Tuesday, months after he was summoned in connection with allegedly offensive and sexist content aired during his show "India's Got Latent", officials said. Raina was also among the five social media influencers who appeared before the Supreme Court in a case seeking action against them for ridiculing persons suffering from disabilities. Raina submitted his statement in response to the allegations to NCW officials. Officials said further steps will be considered after reviewing his ...Read More >
Chandigarh: In a tragic incident 114-year-old world-renowned marathon runner Fauja Singh died after being hit by a speeding vehicle on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway near his native village in Punjab. The accident occurred on Monday afternoon while Singh was crossing the road close to his home, approximately 400 metres away. Eyewitnesses said the impact was so severe that Singh was thrown nearly 5-7 feet into the air. He was rushed to the hospital with serious head injuries but later succumbed to his wounds. Police have confirmed the arrest of Amritpal Singh Dhillon, an NRI who had recentl ...Read More >
New Delhi: A taxi driver was charred to death and another critically injured after their car allegedly caught fire following a crash in northwest Delhi in the early hours of Sunday. Police claimed they were intoxicated and speeding when the incident occurred.According to police, a PCR call was received around 2am at Narela Industrial Area police station, reporting a car accident and fire near Jhanda Chowk, close to Hulambi Khurd village. When the police team reached the spot, they found the driver's seat engulfed in flames with a man charred to death and another severely injured in the adjacen ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], August 4 (ANI): The Jharkhand government declared a three-day state mourning, starting Monday, following the passing of the state's former Chief Minister and co-founder of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Shibu Soren. "In honour of the late Honourable former Chief Minister-cum-Rajya Sabha MP, the State Government has decided to observe 03 (three) days of state mourning from August 4 to August 6," the message from the Jharkhand government read. Also Read | Kerala Shocker: 47-Year-Old Man Dies by Suicide After Failing to Arrange Funds for Son's Engineering College Admission. ...Read More >
CHENNAI, India, Sept 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Police charged three close aides of a popular actor and politician with culpable homicide and negligence on Sunday after a stampede at his rally in southern India killed at least 40 people, officials said. Some 27,000 people thronged a public road in Tamil Nadu state in the hope of seeing the politician, known by the single name of Vijay, on Saturday but panic broke out, triggering a deadly crush. Such crowd incidents happen frequently during mass gatherings in India and are often blamed on lax safety measures. Police filed a case against three seni ...Read More >
Rahul Gandhi arrives in Guwahati to honor the late singer Zubeen Garg. He will visit Garg's resting place and meet his family. Meanwhile, the Baksa region faces unrest after clashes erupted when accused in Garg's death case were moved. Police have cancelled leaves and suspended internet services. The Chief Minister stated a team will travel to Singapore for justice. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will arrive in Guwahati on Friday to pay tribute to the late singer Zubeen Gar ...Read More >
New Delhi: Two cousins on their way to Murthal for dinner died after their SUV collided with a truck and caught fire in outer Delhi's Rani Bagh on Thursday. Police have caught the truck driver. The deceased were identified as Henry (20) and Dipanshu Chandela (21). They were BBA students. Both were from west Delhi. Henry's family lives in Meera Bagh and Dipanshu in Paschim Vihar. The fire department, which got a call around 3.13 am, sent three fire tenders and 18 fighters to the site near Madhuban ...Read More >
Kolkata: A mob of around 50, led by an auto driver, stormed a Sonarpur condominium, forced their way into the fourth-floor flat of customs inspector Pradeep Kumar and repeatedly assaulted him and his wife in front of their terrified four-year-old daughter on the night of Oct 23.Minutes before the assault, Kumar was involved in a brawl with the auto driver, Azizul Gazi, after his SUV grazed the three-wheeler while trying to negotiate a Kali Puja immersion procession, police said.Frantic calls from Kumar and other residents of Deeshari Megacity to Sonarpur police station met with a stock respons ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Kamrup (Metro) Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court on Tuesday began proceedings in the Zubeen Garg death case, marking its shift from investigation to trial. All seven accused appeared via video conferencing after the Assam Police Criminal Investigation Department(CID) warned of potential law-and-order issues if they were produced physically. Government advocate Pradip Konwar said the court initially ordered physical production but allowed virtual appearance following a special plea by the CID citing security concerns. The court clarified that virtual production applies only at ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday detained three suspects for violating security rules in the Delhi Assembly and placing bouquets and garlands in the Speaker's car parked on the porch before escaping.According to officials, around 2 pm, an SUV with a license plate number from the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh broke through Gate 2 and entered the rally venue, triggering a high alert. The vehicle was recovered and the detainees are being questioned, according to police.What we know so farThe accused placed a bouquet of flowers and a garland in the Speaker's official car, which was parked o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) The man behind the security breach at the Delhi Assembly on Monday is believed to be a supporter of the 2020-21 farmers' agitation with some history of mental health issues, with sources saying his background has raised multiple lines of inquiry for investigators. Sarabjeet Singh, a 37-year-old resident of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh, was apprehended two hours after he drove an SUV through one of the boundary gates of the assembly and placed a flower bouquet in the speaker's vehicle parked on the porch. He has been booked forattempt to murder, among other charges. Accord ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday extended the term of the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ravi Agrawal by one year, an official notification said.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the re-appointment of Agrawal, an IRS officer of the 1988 batch, as CBDT chairman for one year from July 1 this year to June 30, 2026, on contract basis.Agrawal took over as the CBDT chairman from Nitin Gupta in June 2024 after Gupta's extended tenure ended. Agrawal has been a member of CBDT. He was member administration and had served as DG investigation in Delhi. The gover ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (UNI) In view of the ongoing heavy rains in Hyderabad, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed all concerned departments to stay on high alert and ensure swift response to public grievances. The Chief Minister instructed officials from GHMC, HMDA, Water Works, Electricity, and Police departments to work in close coordination to prevent any rain-related disruptions. He also emphasised the need for immediate action in areas facing waterlogging, power outages, or other rain-induced issues. CM Revanth Reddy further directed the deployment of SDRF, NDRF, Hydra teams, and ot ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Police have registered a case of culpable homicide after a senior finance ministry official died when his motorcycle was hit by a luxury sports utility vehicle near the Delhi Cantonment metro station a day earlier, an official said on Monday. Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Navjot Singh (52), a resident of Hari Nagar, was killed in the accident on Sunday afternoon, while his wife sustained serious injuries. The couple was returning home after visiting the Bangla Sahib Gurdwara. The BMW, which was being driven by a woman with her husband by her ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 26-year-old bike taxi rider and his 24-year-old passengers were killed in Gurugram's Sector 57 on early Saturday morning. Both of them died after an SUV coming from the wrong side hit them on Dharm Marg at around 2:30 am on Saturday, said police. The police have identified the deceased as Ritik Kumar, the bike rider and his passenger, Kartik Suresh, who was riding pillion on the 2-wheeler. Kumar hailed from Bihar's Motihari, while Suresh was residing in Sector 60, Gurugram. Suresh was a college student. Man was returning home after birthday party: Police According to a report i ...Read More >
Eyewitnesses reported a masked man driving an SUV at high speed into the Delhi Assembly premises on Monday, striking an e-rickshaw outside Gate No. 2 and crashing into an iron gate. The driver then placed a flower bouquet in the Speaker's vehicle on the porch and fled. The e-rickshaw suffered damage, the driver said. A masked driver breached security at the Delhi Assembly on Monday. Eyewitnesses said an SUV sped through Gate No. 2 at about 2 pm. The vehicle struck an e-rickshaw outside and smash ...Read More >
Mumbai: The driver of the BEST bus Sanjay More on Tuesday was sent to police custody till December 21. The bus that rammed into pedestrians and multiple vehicles in Kurla West on Monday evening, claimed seven lives and left 42 others injured, As many as 22 vehicles were damaged in the incident at around 9.30 pm on Monday on the SG Barve Marg in Kurla (West). The bus operated by the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking hit several vehicles and pedestrians following which More, was detained. The injured persons were undergoing treatment in various medical f ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A probationary sub-inspector (SI) suffered a leg fracture when a DCM van collided with an ambulance at an accident scene. The incident occurred while the police officer was transporting a road accident victim's body to the morgue in the ambulance. Other cops managed to move to safety just in time.At around 3am on Tuesday, PSI S Venkatesham and a team of Balanagar police officers went to the Balanagar flyover after being alerted about a road accident. At the accident spot, they found the body of an unidentified man estimated to be around 40 years old. The police arrested a car driver ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 2: Granting bail to a BEST driver accused in the fatal Kurla electric bus crash that claimed nine lives in December 2024, the Bombay High Court has made strong prima facie observations on the lack of proper training imparted to drivers operating electric buses, terming it "shocking". HC questions training standards for electric bus drivers Justice R. M. Joshi, while allowing the bail plea of driver Sanjay More on March 30, noted that although he had prior experience driving conventional buses, "shockingly, no practical training was given to the drivers" to operate electric buse ...Read More >
With four more people succumbing to suspected spurious liquor, the death toll in Bihar's hooch tragedy rose to five, officials said. At least six others are undergoing treatment at a government hospital in East Champaran for symptoms like blindness, an official added. A station house officer (SHO) has also been suspended for the lapse in duty and two people were arrested. The deceased have been identified as Chandu Kumar (28) of Pulwa Ghat village and Hiralal Bhagat of Hardiya, both under Raghu ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday said they found the bodies of two men, siblings aged around 45 and 50, at an apartment on Uttam Nagar. They had rented the apartment, on the first floor, around a month ago, as per the initial investigation. The deceased were identified as Devender Kumar, 50, and Amit, 45. Locals on Friday night complained to the landlord, Naresh, 65 that the brothers were heard screaming and shouting. Police said the landlord went and checked there but could only meet Devender's son, who told them that his father and uncle always fought after consuming alcohol. Aroun ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 6: In a major security breach at the Delhi Assembly, a masked man drove an SUV through one of the boundary gates and placed a flower bouquet in the Speaker's vehicle parked on the porch before fleeing, triggering a high alert on Monday afternoon. Police later detained three people, including the driver, and seized the vehicle from north Delhi. Nothing suspicious was found on the Assembly premises after multiple police teams, along with a bomb disposal squad, conducted a thorough sweep of the area to rule out any threat. Forensic experts also examined the bouquet. The police ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Police are planning to retrace the entire route taken by the man accused of breaching the Delhi Assembly security, to reconstruct his movements before he rammed his SUV through a VIP gate and entered the premises, sources said on Wednesday. Sarabjeet Singh, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit, who was arrested hours after the incident on Monday, allegedly wished to seek attention of the police officers over the matter of his missing nephew. According to sources, investigators intend to take Singh to multiple locations where he had halted during his journey to the na ...Read More >
The Kamrup (Metro) chief judicial magistrate's court on Tuesday, December 16, began the proceedings in the high-profile death case of singer and cultural icon Zubeen Garg, moving the matter from the investigation phase into the judicial arena. All seven accused were produced not in person, but via video conferencing, a calibrated decision by the court after the Assam Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) warned of possible law-and-order complications if they were brought physically to the court complex. The CID had filed a special plea seeking permission for virtual production, cit ...Read More >
Mumbai: An aspiring model and his female associate were apprehended for allegedly compelling a 32-year-old chartered accountant to die by suicide after extorting Rs 2.47 crore from him since 2024. The accused reportedly spent the money on online gaming and share market activities.The deceased, who ended his life at his Santa Cruz (East) residence on Saturday night, had lodged three non-cognizable complaints against the pair in the days before his death. His family stated that while he overcame cancer and achieved his CA qualification, he couldn't withstand real-life pressures, leaving behind h ...Read More >
The police said that the incident took place on October 24 A group of teenagers allegedly tried to abduct a Class 11 student at gunpoint from outside a private school in South Delhi's Greater Kailash area following a quarrel between two groups of students, police said on Saturday. The police said the abducted student was rescued safely after a swift chase by the station house officer (SHO) of CR Park police station and police team, who intercepted the suspects' car near the area on Friday, they ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Police arrested four gang members for kidnapping actor Mushtaq Mohammad Khan from Delhi airport and holding him captive in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor, while demanding ransom. Officials revealed that the criminals had also planned to kidnap veteran actor Shakti Kapoor by inviting him to a purported event. Bijnor superintendent of police Abhishek Jha disclosed on Saturday that event manager Shivam Yadav lodged a complaint on December 9. The complaint said that on October 15, Lavi, also kno ...Read More >
Hoskote (Karnataka), Sep 15 (PTI): A couple allegedly strangled their two children to death before attempting to take their own lives due to mounting financial troubles, police said on Monday. The incident occured in Gonakanahalli in the outskirts of the city on Saturday evening, they said. After killing his daughter and son aged 11 and 7, Shivakumar (32) also hanged himself, police said, adding that his wife, Manjula (30), survived as she was rescued timely. However, Manjula has been arrested on charges of murder. According to police, Shivakumar sustained serious injuries to his legs in a ...Read More >