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Thane, April 8: The Naupada Police have arrested a 45-year-old construction labourer for the alleged sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl at a construction site in the Naupada area of Thane. The accused, identified as Ram Laddu Madheshwar Yadav, had recently arrived from Bihar for work. Details of the incident According to police reports, the victim's father is a labourer who resides at the construction site in temporary housing with his family. On the night of the incident (Monday), the victim's mother was away at their native village, leaving the girl alone at home while her father was occupied with work nearby. Taking advantage of the situation, Yadav allegedly assaulted the minor and fled the scene immediately after the crime. Police action and arrest Upon receiving the complaint, the Naupada Police acted swiftly, forming three specialised teams to track down the fleeing suspect. The teams successfully intercepted Yadav before he could leave the city and placed him under arrest. The police have registered a case against the accused under the relevant sections of the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act. The accused was produced before the Thane Court on Tuesday. After hearing the initial details of the case, the court remanded Yadav to police custody until Friday to allow for further investigation into the matter. It was further revealed that the accused had arrived at the construction site from Bihar only two days prior to the incident. His brother has also been working as a laborer at the same site for several days.
Moradabad (UP), Aug 1 (PTI) The Moradabad district administration has cancelled the allotment of a government bungalow granted to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has been asked to vacate the premises within 30 days. The bungalow, located in the posh Civil Lines area near the Police Training College (PTC II), was allotted to the SP patriarch 31 years ago. Spread across nearly 1,000 square meters on Nazul land, the property serves as the local SP office. District Magistrate Anuj Singh said the property is needed for housing officers and other ...Read More >
PATNA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is all set to embark on 'Vote Adhikar Yatra' from Bihar's Rohtas district on August 17 to register a protest against how the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls was being conducted in the state. This comes at a time when the Opposition is ratcheting up its protest against the SIR and casting aspersions on the integrity of elections. AICC general secretary (organisation) and MP KC Venugopal held a meeting with the INDIA bloc leaders at Sasaram in Rohtas district on Wednesday and reviewed preparations for Rahul Gandhi's visit to Bi ...Read More >
Gurugram, Jul 11 (PTI) A court here on Friday sent Deepak Yadav, arrested for killing his daughter and tennis player Radhika Yadav, to police custody for a day. Outside the court, a police official told reporters that they had sought a two-day remand of the accused. "We have to recover the ammunition of his licensed revolver (used in the crime). We have to verify how much ammunition he had procured," he said. Asked from where the recovery has to be made, the official said, "The accused owns land in Kasam village near Rewari. We have to get the ammunition from there." The 49-year-old accused, ...Read More >
Biharsharif: Nine people have been arrested so far and one has surrendered in connection with the alleged molestation and attempted sexual assault of a 32-year-old married woman in a village in Nalanda district.Police said arrests were made during raids conducted between March 31 and April 2. Those arrested included Ashok Yadav, Matlu alias Navneet Kumar, Ranjan Kumar, Sachin Kumar, Dashrath Chaudhary, Shailesh Kumar, Doman Paswan and Sonu Kumar. Anita Devi, who allegedly instigated the accused, was arrested on Thursday night, while another accused, Ravikant Kumar, surrendered before a court o ...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 >
Gurugram: The Gurugram police presented Radhika Yadav's father Deepak Yadav, the accused in her murder, in court after completing a one-day police remand. The court has ordered 14 days of his judicial custody. Radhika Yadav, a rising tennis player who ran a tennis academy in Gurugram, was allegedly shot dead by her father on July 10 while she was working in the kitchen. As per the FIR, Deepak Yadav fired at his daughter from behind using his licensed revolver, following an argument over her refusal to shut down her academy. During interrogation, Deepak told police he was disturbed by societa ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan Anand, his wife and their armed guards breached hospital security, physically assaulted staff, and thr ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was admitted to MS Ramaiah Hospital in Bengaluru after developing a fever late Tuesday night, sparking concern among party workers and political leaders across the country. Doctors at the hospital are closely monitoring his condition and have assured that there is no immediate cause for alarm. Kharge, 83, was reportedly brought to the renowned medical facility after he complained of persistent fever. A medical team quickly initiated a series of diagnostic tests to determine the cause. While his condition is said to be stable, doctors have kept ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 5 (PTI) A family from Maharashtra's Thane district was allegedly swindled of more than Rs 1.66 crore by a man who exploited their fear of "black magic" and promised them divine remedies through elaborate rituals and pilgrimages, police said on Sunday. The Kasarvadavali police district on April 2 registered a first information report (FIR) against Manjunath Shetty, a resident of Andheri in neighbouring Mumbai, based on the family's allegations that they were manipulated into paying the accused over a period of two years to "neutralise black magic" performed by a relative, an officia ...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 >
Kolkata, Jul 13 (PTI) The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta on Sunday said it is actively engaging with students and taking necessary steps to address their concerns in the wake of the alleged sexual assault of a woman on its campus. The woman was allegedly raped by a student of IIM-Calcutta inside a hostel on the campus, police had said on Saturday. The accused student was arrested on Saturday on the basis of an FIR lodged by the woman, he said. A court here has remanded the student to police custody till July 19. The IIM-Calcutta, however, declined to share details of the measures b ...Read More >
Dimapur, Jul 18 (PTI) Two persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Nagaland, a health department official said on Friday. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr Yartenla Jamir, said that of the seven JE cases detected in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts, two persons have died so far. She expressed concern over the rise in Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the three districts, especially during the monsoon season, which increases the risk of transmission. The Health department has urged district administrations to issue a public advisory on JE prevention measures and to i ...Read More >
The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed the death sentences awarded to two men, including the victim's cousin, in the 2019 rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Ludhiana, and ordered a retrial. In March 2023, a fast-track special court under the POCSO Act had awarded capital punishment to the convicts 28-year-old cousin of the victim and a 26-year-old youth. Allegations were that convicts, both residents of Doraha and hailing from district Damriya in Uttar Pradesh, took the victim h ...Read More >
Bengaluru Stampede Probe: The Karnataka government's status report on the deadly stampede outside Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium lays primary blame on RCB, its event management partner DNA Entertainment Networks Pvt. Ltd, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), accusing them of unilaterally organising the mass public event without securing legal permission or coordinating with city authorities. The question here arises is - All To Blame But Congress Govt? Watch panel discussion on Times Now's show, Newshour Agenda with Madhavdas GK. ...Read More >
The bail was granted by additional sessions judge Bhupinder Singh of Tis Hazari court, on September 10. The order was uploaded to the court's website on Sunday. The court observed that there was nothing on record to show that the accused did not cooperate with the investigation. The 11-page order said, "No previous involvement of the accused/applicant, in any offence whatsoever has been brought to the notice of the court. The investigations, filing of police report, and further proceedings may ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The special NIA court for Haryana in Panchkula has directed the police and central agencies to ensure the protection of six key witnesses named in the chargesheet filed by the investigative agency in connection with the twin blasts outside two nightclubs in Gurugram on Dec 24 last year.While directing the investigating agencies and law enforcement authorities to ensure the protection of witnesses, the NIA court, presided over by Additional District and Sessions Judge Rajiv Goyal, also directed the protection of relevant and crucial documents containing statements and details of wit ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt on Thursday said no sexual assault was found to have been made on a woman who died during treatment at east Delhi's Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital on Wednesday.A police complaint was filed at Usmanpur police station on June 23, stating that the 23-year-old woman was sexually assaulted at Jag Parvesh Chandra (JPC) Hospital by another patient.Delhi govt, in a press statement, said that as per reports from the medical superintendent of JPC Hospital, "no physical or sexual assault was found" on the woman. It added that a post-mortem would be conducted at GTB Hospital after c ...Read More >
Mumbai: A 38-year-old woman teacher of a school in the island city has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old male student for over a year. Police have booked the teacher and a female friend who contacted the boy on her behalf when he started distancing himself from her under multiple sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012.The Std 11 student was introduced to the teacher, who is married and has children, during the school's extracurricular activities, including dance groups she had organised in Dec 2023. Over time, she allegedly gai ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 1: India launched the first phase of four development projects across nine partner countries as part of its 'India-UN Global Capacity Building Initiative'. The programme aims to deepen South-South cooperation in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The launch event was presided over by Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Tanmaya Lal, and attended by heads of missions from participating countries, UN Resident Coordinator in India Shombi Sharp, diplomats, and representatives from UN agencies, ITEC partner institutions, and other stakeholders. Th ...Read More >
Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar of Telangana High Court on Wednesday passed an interim order suspending a memo issued by the Home Secretary permitting enhancement of the ticket rate of the Telugu film They Call Him OG screening . The Home Secretary, in a memo issued on September 19, permitted the film producers to screen a special show of the film on Wednesday for an escalated ticket rate of ₹800 and other enhanced rates for remaining days till October 4. An advocate Barla Mallesh Yadav filed the w ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Delhi Police on the bail plea filed by Seema Rani Khakha, who is an accused in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The matter came up before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who sought a response from the Delhi Police and listed the case for further hearing in May. The court's direction came while hearing Khakha's plea challenging the rejection of her third bail application by the trial court. Also Read | Stock Market Holiday: Will BSE and NSE Remain Open or C ...Read More >
Pune: Two men on a bike robbed two women travelling in a private van of their ornaments worth Rs1.5 lakh and one of them sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl, who was also in the vehicle that had halted in front of a tea stall on the outskirts of Swami Chincholi village near Bhigwan on Pune-Solapur highway around 4.15am on Monday.Superintendent of police (Pune Rural) Sandeep Singh Gill said, "A case of robbery, rape, abduction and criminal intimidation has been registered with the Daund police. Seven members of two families of farmers from Junnar were travelling to Pandharpur for a pilgrimage ...Read More >
New Delhi: Industry leaders welcomed the recently announced GST reforms, which reduce the number of tax slabs, stating that it will make tax compliance easier while also directly benefiting consumers through lower prices. Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce Joint Secretary Navjot Alang Rubal said that the reduction of the number of slabs from four to two under the new GST structure is a highly positive step. According to Rubal, this reform will greatly benefit the middle and lower-income groups as the tax reductions on essential items of daily use will bring a noticeable drop in prices. He furthe ...Read More >
KOLKATA: An FIR has been lodged against Hasin Jahan, the estranged wife of cricketer Mohammed Shami and Arshi Jahan, Hasin's daughter from her first marriage at Suri in Birbhum district in West Bengal. A few days ago, a conflict erupted over a plot of land in the Sonator area under ward no. 5 of Suri Municipality. The land reportedly belongs to Arshi and it is alleged that neighbor Guddu Bibi was trying to encroach that land. It is alleged that after the construction work started on the land on Friday last week, Hasin started beating up her neighbour. The locals captured the scene on camera. ...Read More >
Patna, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a swift crackdown following the alleged molestation and attempted sexual assault of a married woman in Nalanda district, Bihar Police have arrested eight accused so far, said SP Bharat Soni on Wednesday. The incident, which occurred in a village under the Noorsarai police station area, came to light after a disturbing video of the assault went viral on social media. Confirming the development, Nalanda Superintendent of Police Bharat Soni stated that six more accused had been arrested after the initial two arrests, bringing the total to eight. According to ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 8 (PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the death sentences awarded to two men in a 2019 rape and murder case of a seven-and-a-half-year-old girl in Ludhiana's Doraha. The HC also remanded the case back to the trial court, asking it to begin the trial from the stage of recording the statement of the accused and a fresh judgement be passed. "It is not a case where the trial court had put all the incriminating circumstances to the accused," observed the bench of Justices Anoop Chitkara and Sukhvinder Kaur in the April 6 order. The trial court in 2023 had awarde ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The credit-to-deposit ratio in Indian banks has stayed below 80 per cent as credit offtake in the country continues to lag, according to a report by CareEdge Ratings. The report highlighted that while both credit offtake and deposit growth have increased sequentially, they remain significantly lower than the levels seen last year. Deposits continued to outpace credit offtake in the current fortnight, leading to a narrowing of the credit-deposit gap. It stated Credit to Deposit Ratio Remains Below 80 per cent as Credit Offtake Lags. The report data pointed ...Read More >