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New Delhi, July 19: Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP P. Sandosh Kumar has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a thorough and independent probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into a series of disturbing incidents in and around Dharmasthala, Karnataka. The letter, dated July 19, points to what the MP described as "a disturbing and systematic pattern of crimes -- primarily targeting women, often silenced through coercion, and concealed with frightening impunity ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala, P Sandosh Kumar, on Saturday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, urging a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the Dharmasthala burials case. He alleged that despite mass protests and years of appeals, the Karnataka government has failed to constitute a credible Special Investigation Team (SIT). The so-called 'Acquittal Review Committee' was never operationalised meaningfully, he said. Al ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid heartfelt tributes to freedom fighter Mangal Pandey on his birth anniversary, remembering him as a "pioneering warrior" who challenged British authority and remains a lasting symbol of courage and patriotism. Recognised as one of the earliest voices of resistance, Mangal Pandey played a key role in the events that sparked the Revolt of 1857, which eventually led to the dissolution of the East India Company and the establishment of ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) The Supreme Court has pulled up the Maharashtra government for not creating exclusive courts for a speedy disposal of cases under the MCOCA and set a deadline for the completion of trial in the 2017 Bhiwandi Congress corporator murder case. Also Read | Shillong Teer Results Today, July 19 2025: Winning Numbers, Result Chart for Shillong Morning Teer, Shillong Night Teer, Khanapara Teer, Juwai Teer and Jowai Ladrymbai. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi a ...Read More >
Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], July 19 (ANI): The Ana Sagar lake in Rajasthan's Ajmer overflowed on Saturday morning, following incessant rain, which caused waterlogging. Due to this, the road connecting Bajrang Garh to the market has been closed. The locals used sandbags in an attempt to stop the flow of water. Also Read | Meghalaya Shocker: Schoolgirl Hacked to Death With Machete by Assailant in East Garo Hills District. Municipal Corporation Chief Engineer Vinod Manohar stated that the cause o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) The Supreme Court has pulled up the Maharashtra government for not creating exclusive courts for a speedy disposal of cases under the MCOCA and set a deadline for the completion of trial in the 2017 Bhiwandi Congress corporator murder case. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi asked the counsel appearing for the Maharashtra government opposing the bail plea of Prashant Bhaskar Mahatre, the alleged main conspirator in the corporator murder case, in jail for t ...Read More >
The car had a Maharashtra number plate. Luggage was tied to the roof of the vehicle, which made officials believe that a family had come from Maharashtra to visit Agra. A shocking and heartbreaking incident has come to light from the Taj Mahal complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. An elderly man was found unconscious and tied inside a locked car parked near the western gate. The incident has raised serious questions about human sensitivity and responsibility. According to Aaj Tak, the man had been ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Mani M Sekhar, a long-absconding proclaimed offender in a Rs 8-crore bank fraud case, nearly two decades after the crime. The central agency used advanced image search tools and analytical capabilities to track the digital footprints of the absconder, who was living under a pseudonym in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The case was registered at Central Bureau of Investigation, Bank Security and Frauds Cell (BSFB), Bengaluru, on August 1, 200 ...Read More >
JAMMU, July 17: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah congratulated BJP leader Kavinder Gupta on his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh, and said that he will need to keep in mind that, just like in Jammu and Kashmir, one has to maintain a balance and be sensitive to the sentiments of the people of Leh and Kargil regions. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp "My best wishes to Kavinder Gupta on being appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh. But this res ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: In the remote tribal belt of Banaskantha, 29 families who had lived in the shadows of social exile for over a decade have finally returned home -- not by court orders or govt mandates, but through the quiet resolve and empathy of a young IPS probationary officer.It all began in 2014, when a murder in Mota Pipodara village led to the invocation of a traditional tribal justice system known as 'Chadotara' -- a traditional dispute resolution system. Intended as a means to restore harmony, ...Read More >
The court said that the matter would be heard along with the petition of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for capital punishment in September The Calcutta High Court Wednesday said that it will hear the plea of the sole convict in the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case, Sanjoy Roy, for acquittal from the case. A division bench of Justice Debangshu Basak and Justice Md Sabbar Rashidi observed that the matter would be heard with the petition of the Central Bureau ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 17 (PTI) To curb illegal mining and transportation, the Uttar Pradesh government is deploying advanced technologies under the Integrated Mining Surveillance System (IMSS), a release said on Thursday. Mining activities are already being monitored through drones, geo-fencing, RFID tags, and AI-powered check gates. Now, the state is set to introduce 'Weigh-In-Motion' (WIM) technology to accurately track vehicle overloading. Also Read | 'Arvind Kejriwal Used Government Funds to Buy Mo ...Read More >
New Delhi | July 17, 2025 -- In a significant verdict, the Delhi High Court on Thursday acquitted 70 Indian Muslims who had been facing charges since 2020 for allegedly sheltering foreign Tablighi Jamaat members during the COVID-19 lockdown and contributing to the spread of the virus. The court dismissed all cases filed against the accused, stating that the prosecution had failed to produce substantial evidence to support the allegations. The verdict brings an end to a prolonged legal ordeal fo ...Read More >
A Rs 50,000 reward had also been announced for information on the couple's whereabouts. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * The woman's husband, who was a co-accused in the scam, died a year after the chargesheet was filed * A Rs 50,000 reward had also been announced for information on the couple's whereabouts * The CBI used image search tools and facial recognition technology to trace the woman Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Using tech to identify an accus ...Read More >
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted a man on death row in a murder case, outlining the gaps in forensic evidence and issued countrywide directions on handling of DNA samples. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta directed from now in all such cases having forensic evidence, the collection of DNA samples after due care and compliance of all necessary procedures, including swift and appropriate packaging, ought to be documented. In the case at hand, the ap ...Read More >
Pune: The ongoing pre-non-interlocking and non-interlocking works to develop the Hadapsar railway station would affect trains' movement in the Daund-Pune section this week from Thursday till Sunday. A total of 17 trains, including DEMUs from Pune to Daund and Baramati to Pune, Pune-Harangul Express (01487), Harangul-Pune Express (01488), Solapur-Pune Intercity Superfast Express (12169) and Pune-Solapur Intercity Express (12170), would remain cancelled on Sunday (July 20), a railway official said ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted a man on death row in a murder case, as the DNA evidence collected has been rendered unusable due to several lapses, and issued countrywide directions on the handling of DNA samples. The petitioner was on the death row in a case of the murder of a young couple in Tamil Nadu's Theni in 2011. In the present case, a bench comprising justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, and Sandeep Mehta stated that the DNA evidence collected has been rendered unusab ...Read More >
A Lucknow court on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) granted bail to leader of opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi after he made an appearance in a defamation case filed over his purported remarks on Army personnel, his lawyer said. The case relates to alleged defamatory remarks against Indian soldiers made during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2022, his counsel advocate Pranshu Agarwal said. What is defamation? Following his appearance, the Court released him on bail, the lawyer added. The bail was eff ...Read More >
Chennai: Preliminary investigations attribute the fire on the goods train near Tiruvallur to a possible spark from overhead electrical equipment (OHE) igniting fuel leaking from a derailed wagon.The incident paralysed services on the busy Chennai-Arakkonam route and left nearby residents engulfed in thick black smoke. The disruption left thousands of rail passengers stranded, many of whom were unable to get updates as railway helplines went unanswered for hours. The train carrying diesel from Ch ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a woman and her family in a case of alleged abetment to suicide of her husband, stating that there was no act of incitement on their part on the date when the man took his life."In the absence of any evidence... of instigation, encouragement or aiding on the part of the respondents, it cannot be said that they were guilty of any act, which could be termed as abetment to drive the deceased to commit suicide," the court said.In the order, the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a woman and her family members in a case alleging abetment of her husband's suicide, observing that there was no specific evidence or incident to suggest that they instigated or provoked the man to take the extreme step. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed the appeal filed by the deceased man's father against the trial court's acquittal order, finding that the claims made in the suicide note and by the husband's parents were too vagu ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a woman and her four brothers in a case involving allegations of abetment to the suicide of her husband. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, delivering the verdict on July 10, stated that criminal conviction demands clear, direct, and proximate evidence and the court found no act of instigation, provocation, or encouragement by the accused that could be linked to the deceased's decision to take his own life. The case ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a woman and her four brothers in a case involving allegations of abetment to the suicide of her husband. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, delivering the verdict on July 10, stated that criminal conviction demands clear, direct, and proximate evidence and the court found no act of instigation, provocation, or encouragement by the accused that could be linked to the deceased's decision to take his own life. The case ...Read More >
New Delhi: In its final bid to oppose the bail petitions of northeast Delhi riot accused, including Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, Delhi Police on Wednesday alleged that the intention behind the Feb 2020 riots in the national capital was to globally defame the nation through a well-planned and orchestrated criminal conspiracy.Arguing before a special bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur in the conspiracy case related to the riots, solicitor general Tushar Mehta said, "If you are doi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Delhi Police on Wednesday argued in the Delhi High Court that the intention behind February 2020 riots in the capital was to globally defame the nation by way of a well-planned and orchestrated criminal conspiracy by the accused persons including Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid. Delhi Police was opposing the bail pleas of the accused persons when it argued before a bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur that it was not a spontaneous riot but a well-organised act ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday reserved its order on the bail pleas of activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid in connection with a UAPA case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 Delhi riots.A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur reserved its verdict after hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defence. The bail pleas have been pending since 2022 and were heard by different benches over time.Both Imam and Khalid are accused of being part of ...Read More >
Court finds "material and inherent" contradictions in complainant's version without any technical, scientific or medical evidence A Delhi court has acquitted a rape accused and ordered perjury action against the woman complainant for "concocting a mendacious story". Additional sessions judge Anuj Agrawal further asked the Delhi Police commissioner to look into the matter and take remedial action. In its order on 2 July, the court quoted American criminal defence attorney F. Lee Bailey as sayin ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 4 (ANI): Amidst the ongoing Marathi-non-Marathi row, a group of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers allegedly stormed a man's residence in the Vanaz area of the city on Thursday and threatened to assault him over an objectionable social media post targeting MNS chief Raj Thackeray. The man, identified as Kedar Soman, had reportedly posted a comment on Facebook that MNS workers found offensive and disrespectful to their leader. Enraged by the post, a group o ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Delhi's Tis Hazari court has ordered to file a complaint against the woman who lodged a false rape case to extort the money from the accused. While acquitting the accused, the court noted that the woman met the man on a matrimonial website. She framed the accused on the pretext of a marital alliance. The court referred to the lines of American criminal defense attorney F. Lee Bailey, "In court, the truth is often lost in the process. The oath is meant to protect ...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, ...Read More >
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