Stay updated with the latest Other news, articles, and insights from trusted sources. Explore in-depth coverage and expert analysis on Other topics.
A couple was seriously injured following a suspicious explosion that occurred at a house in Alur taluk of Hassan district in Karnataka, the police said on Tuesday. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. The incident occurred late on Monday, they said. Initially, it was suspected to be a cylinder blast, but the police are yet to ascertain the exact cause of the explosion, a senior police officer said. The couple, Kavya (28) and Sudarshan (32), wh
Cuttack: Quick thinking and swift action by a GRP constable saved the life of a passenger who nearly fell between a moving train and platform at Cuttack railway station on Thursday morning.The incident captured on CCTV and now viral on social media took place at 8:05 am when Mohammed Mujahir (44), from Mirjapur, Uttar Dinajpur in West Bengal, attempted to board the moving Kanyakumari-Dibrugarh Express.Constable Tulu Behera (38), on duty at platform no. 1, spotted Mujahir losing his balance while trying to board the train. As Mujahir began slipping into the dangerous gap between the platform an ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft -- the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace -- successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 4.01pm while orbiting above the North Atlantic Ocean."At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4," the National Aeronautics ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has raised concern over terminally ill prisoners languishing in Maharashtra's jails and asked the state govt to consider proper implementation of an advisory on grant of medical bail or to place them in house arrest. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan on Monday said they visited the Yerwada central prison in Pune on Sunday and met with prisoners, particularly women inmates, and inspected the condition there. The bench referred to a ...Read More >
Chennai, May 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Three men have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of an elderly couple in Tamil Nadu's Erode district on April 28, said police on Monday. The accused also allegedly confessed to their involvement in a triple murder that occurred in Tiruppur district in November 2024, currently under investigation by the CB-CID. The arrested have been identified as P. Aachiappan (48), N. Madeswaran (52), and R. Ramesh (54), all residents of Arachalur in Erode district. The victims, Ramasamy (72) and his wife Bakkiyam (63) of Megaraiyan Thottam, Uchimedu near S ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A day after farmers and activists staged a protest and allegedly damaged furniture and property at the ethanol factory construction site in Pedda Dhanwada village of Rajoli mandal in Jogulamba Gadwal district, police arrested 12 persons, including a newspaper editor, on Thursday. The villagers are of the view that the establishment of ethanol factory would lead to pollution of Thungabhadra river and the Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme. Speaking to TNIE on Thursday, Jogulamba Gadwal Superintendent of Police SP T Srinivasa Rao said: "Based on a complaint filed by the company, we have r ...Read More >
Jaisalmer: Rajasthan Intelligence Bureau (IB) and security agencies have escorted Rajasthan state government employee, Shakur Khan, who was arrested on charges of sharing confidential information with Pakistan's ISI agents, from Jaipur to Jaisalmer after preliminary interrogation. Now, Shakur's activities at various places are being probed and he is being constantly grilled. The focus is on Shakur's contacts, previous movements, bank transactions, departmental promotions and foreign trips. Inspector General of Police (CID Security) Vishnu Kant Gupta said a convoy of two vehicles of Rajasthan ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A 26-year-old man allegedly beheaded his wife following a heated argument on the outskirts of Bengaluru after he suspected her of having an extra-marital affair, police said on Saturday. After killing Manasa, Shankar travelled with her severed head on his scooter to the nearest police station and confessed to the crime, they said. The man was later arrested, police said, adding that the incident occurred at Heelalige village, near Chandapura, Anekal taluk late on Friday. According to the police, the couple were married for over five years and have a four-year-old daughter. Both ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charged five individuals, including goldy Brar, in relation to the 2024 Gurugram club bombing plot, as revealed in a recently filed chargesheet. This case involves a conspiracy to bomb two clubs, aiming to disrupt communal harmony in Haryana, with the banned terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) implicated. The NIA's investigation highlights the severity of the plot. Those charged include satinderjit Singh (Goldy Brar), Sachin Talian, Ankit, Bhavish, and Randeep Singh. News Directory 3 provides crucial updates on sensitive cases such ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 26 (PTI) Several benches of the Bombay High Court have recused from hearing HDFC Bank CEO and MD Sashidhar Jagdishan's plea to quash an FIR of cheating and fraud registered against him on a complaint filed by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust. While some judges cited having worked with either the Trust or the lawyers appearing for it, one judge on Thursday voluntarily disclosed that he held few shares of the HDFC Bank. Senior counsel Amit Desai appearing for Jagdishan said they do not have an objection with the same but counsel Niteen Pradhan appearing for the Trust took ...Read More >
Haridwar: A woman politician has been arrested for allegedly letting her boyfriend and others repeatedly rape her 13-year-old daughter in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The horrifying crime, which occurred between January and March, was exposed when the minor bravely confided in her father, prompting a police investigation that led to the arrest of the accused. The accused was arrested with her boyfriend and one more. According to police reports, the minor was gang-raped multiple times, often in the presence of her mother. The minor, who had been living with her father following her parents' separat ...Read More >
New Delhi: Three Indian citizens vanished mysteriously in Tehran. Darkness closed in as hope seemed lost. A ruthless Pakistani gang with potential links to ISI snatched them away, casting a shadow of fear. But relentless Indian diplomats refused to back down. Against all odds, a daring rescue mission ignited. Now, the captives are free, and a chilling game of espionage comes to light. The Punjab-based trio - Amritpal Singh from Hoshiarpur, Jaspal Singh from SBS Nagar and Hushnapreet Singh from Sangrur - had landed in Iran on May 1. Promised a clandestine route to Australia via Dubai and Tehra ...Read More >
Etawah: The alleged caste-based dispute in this district of Uttar Pradesh has taken a new twist as police registered an FIR against two 'kathavachaks' (priest-narrators) for allegedly hiding their caste identity and molesting a woman. The case was registered on Wednesday night at the Bakewar police station following a complaint by a family. Police said that Jai Prakash Tiwari, a resident of Dadarpur village, accused priest-narrators Mukut Mani Yadav and Sant Kumar Yadav of falsely claiming to be Brahmins and using fake Aadhaar cards to support their identity. "The duo allegedly introduced th ...Read More >
Sub-Inspector Narender Reddy alerted his staff, who traced the autorickshaw within a few hours with the help of cybercrime and forensic experts. Later, the bag along with the ten tolas of gold ornaments was handed over to Hena Parveen. Karimnagar: The Gangadhara police traced ten tolas of gold ornaments that a woman lost within a few hours and handed over the ornaments to her. According to police, a resident of Laxmidevipalli of Gangadhara mandal, Hena Parveen along with her mother came to Karimnagar town on Wednesday. After completing work, she returned to the village in an autorickshaw and ...Read More >
Sambhal (UP), Dec 15 (PTI) Weeks after violent clashes over a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid claimed four lives, the district administration has launched a campaign against encroachments and illegal power theft in the area around the historic mosque. As part of its efforts, the administration began removing encroachments from the area on Sunday morning. According to Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shrish Chandra, the focus is on clearing drains outside houses and shops in the area under the Nakhasa police station. The area is close to the residence of Samajwadi Part ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: Hours after the abduction and rape of a three-year-old girl sleeping with her mother under a bridge near Alambagh metro station, the accused was killed in an encounter with Lucknow police early Friday.The accused, identified as Deepak Verma, a habitual offender with multiple criminal cases lodged across city police stations, was traced through CCTV footage that captured him fleeing with the child on a white scooter around 3.30 am on Thursday.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone) Ashish Srivastava said multiple police teams were formed immediately after the incident, and a rewar ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former head of Air India and chairman of the Railway Board Ashwani Lohani is the new Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) director. The official order for his appointment was issued on Wednesday. A 1980-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Lohani is known for turning around various organisations during his illustrious career. Following his retirement from IRSME service, he joined the GMR Group as the CEO. According to the order dated June 4, his appointment to the post of director, Prime Ministers Museum and Library in the rank and pa ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jun 7 (PTI) A 26-year-old man allegedly beheaded his wife following a heated argument on the outskirts of Bengaluru after he suspected her of having an extra-marital affair, police said on Saturday. After killing Manasa, Shankar travelled with her severed head on his scooter to the nearest police station and confessed to the crime, they said. The man was later arrested, police said, adding that the incident occurred at Heelalige village, near Chandapura, Anekal taluk late on Friday. According to the police, the couple were married for over five years and have a four-year-old daug ...Read More >
Bijnor (UP), Jun 27 (PTI) The death toll in the incident where four members of a debt-ridden labourer's family consumed poison has risen to three, police said on Friday. Superintendent of Police Abhishek Jha said the incident took place in the Kandera village under Noorpur police station, where Pukhraj, a labourer who earned his livelihood by driving a horse cart, consumed poison along with his wife Rameshiya (50) and daughters Anita (21) and Seetu alias Sunita (18) on Thursday morning. The family took the extreme step allegedly due to constant harassment from lenders over unpaid debts. Ram ...Read More >
The IPS officer was on his way to his first posting in Karnataka's Hassan when he died in an accident, the police said. In a tragic turn of events, a 26-year-old IPS officer died in a road accident in Karnataka's Hassan district while he was on his way to take up his first posting, the police said on Monday. The officer was identified as Harsh Bardhan, hailing from Madhya Pradesh, and a 2023-batch IPS officer of the Karnataka cadre. The accident took place on Sunday evening as the vehicle he was travelling in suffered a tyre burst near Kittane in Hassan taluk. The driver lost control of the ...Read More >
Mumbai, May 29 (UNI) The police on Thursday arrested Dr Ajay Taware, the former medical superintendent of Sassoon General Hospital, in an alleged kidney transplant racket at a prominent private hospital in Pune. Dr Taware, who is already in custody at Yerwada Central Jail in a separate case involving alleged tampering of blood samples in the high-profile Pune Porsche crash, was taken into custody by the city crime branch for his suspected role in the 2022 kidney transplant scam at Ruby Hall Clinic. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Nikhil Pingale, Dr Taware will be produced ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognizance of a press release issued by the Press Club of India, New Delhi, highlighting the alleged brutal assault of two journalists by police in Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh. The incident reportedly took place on May 1, 2025, under the supervision of the District Superintendent of Police. 'NHRC, India takes suo motu cognisance of the reported assault of two journalists by police in Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh,' in a post in X, NHRC stated. https://x.com/India_NHRC/status/193056213 ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Jun 6 (PTI) Gujarat Congress general secretary Rajesh Soni was arrested on Friday and charged under a tough section of the BNS for allegedly uploading "misleading" as well as "morale breaking" content on a social media platform related to 'Operation Sindoor', police said. After registration of an FIR on Thursday, the Cyber Crime Cell of the state CID arrested Soni in the wee hours over his controversial posts on the operation launched by Indian armed forces to destroy terror hubs in Pakistan and PoK, said Superintendent of Police (CID-Cyber Crime) Bharatsinh Tank. During the May 7 ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a chilling act of violence on the outskirts of Bengaluru, a 26-year-old man allegedly beheaded his wife over suspicions of her having an extra marital affair. After beheading his wife, the man took the severed head on his scooter and rode to the police station to confess to his crime. The brutal incident took place late Friday night in Heelalige village near Chandapura, Anekal taluk. The accused, identified as Shankar, was arrested shortly after he surrendered, police confirmed on Saturday. "A case of murder has been registered, and the accused is in custody. Further investigat ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which took over probe into the RCB stampede case registered at Cubbon Park police station, is likely to issue notices to the accused persons Monday, asking them to appear for interrogation.The CID is also preparing to file a petition before the court seeking the body warrant of the four arrested persons, who have been remanded in judicial custody. According to sources, the suspects, including the founder and managing director of DNA Entertainment, T Venkat Vardhan, and KSCA officials, went incommunicado when the special teams arrived to s ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Two days after a law student died and his friend suffered critical injuries when a car knocked them down as they stood near railing on the service lane of Delhi-Jaipur highway in the early hours of Tuesday, a civil engineer was arrested on Thursday.Mohit (31), an employee of a private company in the city, told police that he got drowsy while driving. He is staying at a PG facility in Sector 14.The student who died, Harsh Singhal (25), was a resident of Om Nagar colony. His friend Abhishek Kumar (23), who is from Shanti Nagar in Sector 11, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital ...Read More >
NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule is consulting experts on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) following Maharashtra's assembly poll results. The opposition questions EVM credibility after the Mahayuti coalition's significant win. Sule advocates for ballot papers, citing other countries' adoption, and will announce a final decision soon.NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule on Saturday said the opinion of experts is being sought over the "EVM issue" in the wake of the Maharashtra assembly polls' mandate as she b ...Read More >
Hazaribag: The case of mismanagement and alleged refusal by Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) to admit a woman in labour pain took a political turn on Saturday after the police detained Arjun Saw, a BJP functionary, in the early hours of Saturday after a female doctor, who is under probe, accused him of intimidation.Arjun was detained around 1 am and brought to the sadar police station premises. However, he was released around 2:30 pm in the afternoon after Hazaribag MP Manish Jaiswal led a gherao of the police station since the morning with a battery of party workers. Sadar ...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 [India], June 28 (ANI): Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Saturday questioned the arrest of party leaders and father-son duo Hira Jotva and Digvijay Jotva regarding an alleged MGNREGA scam. Alvi said that while action should be taken if a scam really took place, one cannot discount the possibility that they might be being pressured to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 'If there is any such scam, then action must be taken against them. However, we cannot trust the governments of Gujarat and India. There is a possibility that he is being pressured to join BJP. The court will decide ...Read More >
The agitators demanded strict punishment for those who insulted the statue. Violent protests took place for the second day in central Maharashtra's Parbhani city on Wednesday over alleged vandalising of a replica of the Indian Constitution, police said. Amid the bandh called by some organisations, a mob indulged in arson and police fired teargas shells in response, a senior official told PTI. How did the protest begin? An unidentified person on Tuesday damaged a replica of the Constitution he ...Read More >