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Goa Nightclub Fire: The Luthra brothers, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, were taken to Goa by the state police on Wednesday. Visuals captured this morning show Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra in police custody, being transported to Goa from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. The duo was deported to Delhi from Thailand earlier on Tuesday, ending a 10-day international search following a deadly fire at their nightclub that killed 25 people on December 6. A Delhi court had earlier granted the Goa Police a two-day transit remand to facilitate their transfer. Upon arrival, the Goa Police formally arrested them and produced them before the Patiala House Court, which authorised the police to take them to Goa for further investigation.
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 >
Dergaon (Assam), Aug 12 (PTI) A total of 700 recruits of the Goa Police completed their basic training at the Lachit Barphukan Police Academy (LBPA) in Assam's Golaghat district on Tuesday, as chief ministers of both the states called for increased cooperation between the people. After Manipur, Goa is the second state to have sent its personnel for training at this premier academy here. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Goa counterpart Pramod Sawant attended the passing out parade of the recruits, belonging to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Indian Reserve Battalions. The 569 male and 1 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Luthra brothers, Gaurav and Saurabh, owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora where a massive fire killed 25 people earlier this month, are being deported from Thailand to India on Tuesday (Dec 16). The brothers are expected to land in Delhi around 1.30pm - 1.45pm on an IndiGo flight from Bangkok. Teams from central agencies, along with the Goa and Delhi Police, will take them into custody at the airport and produce them before the Patiala House Court, where the Goa Police will seek transit remand. The December 6 blaze, which broke out at the Arpora nightclub, is ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, were arrested on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand and placed under a two-day transit remand for production in a Goa court in connection with the December 6 fire incident that killed 25 people. The brothers arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here in an Indigo flight and were immediately handed over to authorities for further legal proceedings, 10 days after the blaze tore through the nightclub in Arpora in North Goa. The two had fled to Phuket hours after the tragedy. A ...Read More >
Thirty-five Indians were deported from the US, arriving in Delhi late Saturday. Most were from Haryana's Kaithal, Karnal, and Kurukshetra districts. Deportees spoke of immense financial loss and the perilous 'donkey route'. They had spent lakhs of rupees pursuing a better future. The US has intensified its crackdown on illegal immigrants.The latest batch of Indians deported by the US included 35 people from Haryana's Kaithal, Karnal and Kurukshetra districts, officials said on Sunday. A plane ca ...Read More >
New Delhi (India), December 16 (ANI): The deportation process of the Luthra brothers, Gaurav and Saurabh owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub in Arpora, Goa, where 25 people were killed in a devastating fire on December 6, has been completed by Thai authorities and they have now boarded a flight for Delhi along with law enforcement officials. The duo, who fled to Phuket hours after the incident, will be brought to Delhi upon arrival in India. They are expected to be produced before the Patiala House Court for remand proceedings. Also Read | Vijay Diwas 2025: PM Narendra Modi Pays Tr ...Read More >
Panaji: The owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, were taken to Goa by the police from Delhi. A video of the Luthra brothers being taken to Goa as part of the investigation in the Birch by Romeo Lane fire incident surfaced online. Early morning visuals of the two accused from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport showed them in police custody. On Tuesday, the Luthra brothers were deported to India from Thailand and landed at the Delhi Airport. Later in the day, a Delhi court granted a two-day transit remand of the Luthra brothers. Notably, the Luthra b ...Read More >
Mapusa (Goa): A court in Goa has granted bail to brothers Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra in connection with the nightclub licence case tied to the deadly December 2025 fire that left 25 people dead. The Luthra brothers are co-owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, where the tragedy took place on December 6, 2025. The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court in Mapusa allowed their release on bail on a bond of Rs 50,000 each and subject to conditions, observing that the investigation can continue even while the accused remain out of custody. The Luthra brothers have been accuse ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: An alleged synthetic narcotics producer facing an Interpol Red Notice was deported to India from the UAE on Friday, in an operation coordinated by the CBI through Interpol and Mumbai police, officials said. Kubbawala Mustafa, the wanted drugs manufacturer, was brought from the UAE to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, escorted by a four-member team of state police. "The International Police Cooperation Unit (IPCU) of CBI in collaboration with NCB-Abu Dhabi successfully brought back wanted Red Notice subject Kubbawala Mustafa to India on Friday," a CBI spo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) Days after London-based scholar Francesca Orsini was deported from the IGI Airport over alleged violation of visa conditions, the Congress on Thursday said the decision to bar her from the country is not a matter of immigration formality but a "symptom of the Modi government's hostility towards independent, serious-thinking, professional scholarship". Orsini, a scholar of Hindi and professor emerita at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), was deported Monday, soon after she arrived from Hong Kong, a source in the Ministry of Home Affairs had said. Orsini ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed the Goa Police a two-day transit remand of Luthra brothers, Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Goa nightclub where 25 people were killed in a fire on December 6.The Goa Police produced both the accused before Judicial Magistrate Twinkle Chawla in the Patiala House Court to seek transit remand of three days. The investigating officer informed the court that they will be taken to Goa by flight at the earliest. The Judicial Magistrate allowed the Goa Police a transit remand of the Luthra brothers for two days.Both the accused were taken ...Read More >
New Delhi: A local court at Mapusa in Goa on Wednesday granted bail to Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, in a case linked to a fire at the establishment on December 6 that killed 25 people in North Goa's Arpora. However, the Luthra brothers would remain behind bars as they were arrested in a forgery case on Monday. Last month, the Goa Police had filed a chargesheet against 13 accused, including the Luthras, in connection with the fire. Hours after a blaze erupted at the club in Arpora village, the brothers booked a flight and fled to Phuket, Thailand on Dec ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday described the Supreme Court order on nomination of two MLCs as "a slap in the face of both the Congress and the BJP". The apex court issued an order modifying its earlier interim directive on the nomination of Prof M Kodandaram Reddy and Amer Ali Khan to the state Legislative Council under the Governor's quota. In a press statement, Rama Rao said that the Supreme Court declaring invalid the appointments of Kodandaram and Amer Ali as MLCs under the Governor's quota by the state government was a slap in the face for both the BJP and the ...Read More >
Panaji, Dec 16 (PTI) Gaurav Luthra and his brother Saurabh, co-owners of the Goa nightclub where 25 people were killed in a fire on December 6, will be brought to Goa from Delhi by the coastal state's police on Wednesday around 11 am, a senior official said. A team of the Goa Police, which is currently in Delhi, will be landing with the Luthra brothers at the Manohar International Airport, Mopa in North Goa, the police spokesman said. "The police team along with the Luthra brothers will arrive at 11 am," he said. The Luthra brothers, co-owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub at Arpor ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The Court of the Additional Sessions Judge at Merces, Goa, has granted regular bail to accused Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra in connection with the alleged nightclub fire incident in Goa on Wednesday. The Luthra brothers are co-owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, in which 25 people died, and several others were injured in a fire on December 6, 2025. The accused were represented by Senior Advocate Subodh Kantak, instructed by Advocate Vaibhav Suri and SKRB Law Office. However, they will not be released from jail at present, as the Mapusa Police ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 19 (ANI) Marking a significant breakthrough in its crackdown on gang-terror networks, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Anmol Bishnoi, the brother and close aide of dreaded jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, on his deportation from the US to India on Wednesday. In a statement, the NIA said Anmol Bishnoi is the 19th accused to be arrested for his involvement in the terror-syndicate led by his brother Lawrence Bishnoi. He has been absconding since 2022. Anmol was chargesheeted by the NIA in March 2023 after investigations in the case established tha ...Read More >
Panaji, Dec 17 (PTI) A court in North Goa on Wednesday remanded Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, in police custody for five days. The brothers, who were brought to Goa from Delhi earlier in the day after being deported from Thailand in connection with the December 6 fire incident that killed 25 persons, were produced in the court after undergoing health check-ups twice at the District Hospital in North Goa. Judicial Magistrate First Class Mapusa Puja Sardesai remanded the two brothers in police custody for two days. A team of the Goa Police, along ...Read More >
Professor Francesca Orsini, a scholar of Hindi, was deported from Delhi's IGI Airport. Sources stated she violated her tourist visa conditions. Orsini had been on a blacklist since March 2025. Her deportation has drawn criticism from historians Ramachandra Guha and Mukul Kesavan. They highlighted her contributions to Indian literature and questioned the government's actions. A professor associated with the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London was deported fro ...Read More >
Panaji (Goa) [India], December 15 (ANI): Luthra Brothers, the owner of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in North Goa, where 25 people were killed in a fire, will be deported from Thailand on Tuesday, Goa police said. Upon their arrival, officials from the central agencies will take Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra to the Patiala House Court in Delhi, from where the Goa Police will take them on transit remand. Luthra brothers are being deported from Bangkok to face charges for allegedly operating the club without proper safety permits. The blaze on December 6 in their club is suspected to ha ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 54-year-old Canada-based man, claiming to be a former national-level kabaddi player, has been arrested by IGI Airport police for allegedly issuing fraudulent documents to two of the nine Indian passengers who were deported from Ethiopia six years ago. The case surfaced when on Sept 27, 2019, the passengers were deported from the east African country for possessing fake continuous discharge certificates (CDCs) allegedly issued by the ministry of works, transport and infrastructure, govt of Samoa. Samoa denied having issued the documents. A case was subsequently registered at the IG ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa's Arpora, brothers Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, have been taken to Goa by the Goa Police after a Delhi Court granted a two-day transit remand, officials said on Wednesday. Visuals of early Wednesday morning from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport showed the two in police custody following their deportation from Thailand and arrest by a Goa Police team. The Luthra brothers were brought to Delhi earlier on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand, where they had allegedly fled following a dead ...Read More >
While the bandh, which started at 6 am, evoked a massive response in the hilly areas falling under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council - where Tipra Motha Party holds sway with shops remaining closed and vehicles off the roads, the impact was relatively less in the plains, where normal life was not much affected. "The bandh remained peaceful and no untoward incident has been reported till 10 am. The bandh supporters have blocked roads at 36 locations in the state, which has impa ...Read More >
Goa nightclub fire: Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, co-owners of the fire-hit 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub in Goa, were detained by Thai police in Phuket. The two brothers had shot to national infamy after fleeing India even as 25 people lay dead in the blaze at their club. The Luthras' arrest marked a significant step in India's efforts to bring them back to face investigation into one of the deadliest nightclub disasters in recent memory. Thai authorities tracked the duo to Hotel Indigo in Pato ...Read More >
Panaji (Goa) (India), December 16 (ANI): The Luthra Brothers-Gaurav and Saurabh, the owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora Goa, where 25 people were killed in a fire, will be deported from Thailand today, according to the Goa police. Upon their arrival, officials from the central agencies will take Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra to the Patiala House Court in Delhi, from where the Goa Police will take them on transit remand. Luthra brothers are being deported from Bangkok to face charges for allegedly operating the club without proper safety permits. The blaze on December 6 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Indian police said on Tuesday (Dec 16) that they had arrested the owners of a nightclub where 25 people died in a blaze in tourist hub Goa, after they were extradited from Thailand. Brothers Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra fled on a flight to Phuket in Thailand soon after the incident on Dec 7, before police raided their residence in New Delhi. Goa Police said in a statement they had "taken custody of the absconding accused" upon their arrival in New Delhi. The duo would likely be taken to Goa, where charges would be filed against them over the deaths of 25 people, including four Nepal ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) A Delhi court on Tuesday allowed the Goa Police a two-day transit remand of Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub where 25 people were killed in a fire on December 6. The Goa Police produced both the accused before Judicial Magistrate Twinkle Chawla in the Patiala House Court to seek transit remand of three days. Allowing two days of transit remand, the court also directed the police officials to provide prescribed medicines to both accused. The investigating officer informed the court that they will be taken to Goa by fligh ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): The owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa's Arpora, brothers Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, were taken from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi to Goa on Wednesday morning after a Delhi court granted a 48-hour transit remand to the two accused. Visuals from early Wednesday morning at IGI Airport showed the brothers in police custody. Also Read | 'Agar Mai Aapki Dhoti...': Rakhi Sawant Fumes Over 'UP CM' Nitish Kumar's AYUSH Doctor Hijab Pulling Incident, Demands Apology (Watch Video). The Goa Police arrested the accuse ...Read More >
Arjuna (Goa) [India], December 17 (ANI): Brothers Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa's Arpora, were taken away from Anjuna District Hospital on Wednesday after undergoing a medical examination, officials said. The Luthra brothers were brought to the hospital as part of standard procedure following their arrival in the state. Also Read | Hyderabad Shocker: Class 4 Student Dies by Hanging Himself in Washroom After Returning From School. The Goa Police arrested the accused brothers after they were deported from Thailand. The fire at the Arpora ...Read More >
Mapusa (Goa) [India], April 8 (ANI): The Mapusa JMFC Court in Goa has granted bail to accused Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra in a document forgery case registered by Mapusa Police, their lawyer Parag Rao told ANI. Bail was granted on execution of a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each. The case dealt with the alleged forgery of a no-objection certificate (NOC). Earlier on April 1, the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge at Merces, Goa, granted regular bail to the Luthra brothers in connection with the alleged nightclub fire incident in Goa. They are set to be released from the Central Jail a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Three illegal Bangladeshi immigrants who were involved in begging and other criminal activities in the national capital were apprehended from the Mukherjee Nagar area during the intervening night of July 14-15, police said. Acting on credible intelligence that some Bangladeshi nationals were observed moving suspiciously in the Mukherjee Nagar area during late-night hours, the foreigner cell of North-West District, Delhi Police, promptly launched a covert operation. Police said that after apprehending the suspects, a detailed verification process was carried ...Read More >