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New Delhi: In a significant boost for Indian agencies in the extradition case against Mehul Choksi, an Antwerp court of appeal has ruled that there is a valid legal basis to extradite the fugitive diamantaire to India, while rejecting his allegations that the Indian government abducted him in Antigua and Barbuda in 2021. Choksi is also understood to have applied for asylum in Belgium, anticipating an adverse outcome, people familiar with the matter said. The chamber of accusation, part of the A ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Antwerp Court of Appeal has given a positive advice to the Belgian government to clear fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi's extradition on six of the seven counts of alleged charges he is facing in India. In its advice to the Belgian government on April 3, the 'kamer van inbeschuldiging' (chamber of accusation) of The Antwerp Court of Appeal has said that all the alleged crimes for which Choksi is wanted in India -- criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, forger ...Read More >
The Election Commission has asked all district magistrates in Bengal to immediately withdraw the state-provided security of people accused in criminal cases and those whose rank or threat perception assessment make them ineligible for such protection. Sources said the Bengal-specific move was initiated after chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar asked during a videoconference on Thursday why people facing criminal charges enjoyed government security while the judicial officers held hostage ...Read More >
The husband -- Tahir alias Babloo -- had been in jail since December 3, 2025 following the execution of an arrest warrant. Justice Praveen Kumar Giri in an order dated April 2 granted him relief, noting that there is no need to furnish a bail bond or sureties as he is in civil prison. The court directed the registrar (compliance) to communicate this order to the jail authorities for releasing the revisionist immediately. Tahir's wife filed an application seeking recovery of ₹2,64,000 as unpaid ...Read More >
Malda: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) began its probe on Friday into Malda's Kaliachak (Mothabari) incident where seven judicial officers were held hostage by a local mob two days ago, with a federal team arriving at the Mothabari police station from New Delhi. The NIA team visited the Block Development Office (BDO) complex in the area, where the officers were held hostage, prompting the Supreme Court to direct the Election Commission of India to initiate a federal investigation into t ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The western region cyber police arrested an autorickshaw driver for allowing a cyber fraud racket to use his account to divert defrauded money from an Andheri based senior citizen who was cheated of ₹1.54 crore. The victim, a 69-year-old resident of Andheri who retired from a private firm, was trapped by a cyber criminal who called him in December 2025 and claimed he had been circulating obscene clips for extortion. Officers from the cyber cell said the frauds told the elderly they wer ...Read More >
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) minister is expected to move the Bombay High Court to challenge the verdict in order to continue working as an elected representative. The Representation of the People Act, 1951, mandates disqualification for elected representatives sentenced to imprisonment for two years or more in a criminal case. Kokate, 68, had challenged the February judgment of a first-class magistrate court, which convicted him on charges of cheating and forgery in a case dating back ...Read More >
Nasik: Maharashtra sports minister Manikrao Kokate is likely to be arrested unless he succeeds in obtaining bail from the Bombay High Court. The Nasik district sessions court, on Wednesday, issued an arrest warrant against the NCP MLA for alleged cheating and forgery to obtain two apartments under the chief minister's 10 per cent housing quota, as reported by The New Indian Express. The sessions court, on Tuesday, had upheld the order of the First Class Magistrate's court by confirming the two ...Read More >
New Delhi- YouTube has secretly deleted more than 700 videos documenting Israeli violations in Gaza and the West Bank after removing the accounts of three major Palestinian human rights organizations, a move widely condemned as an assault on free expression and accountability. The accounts belonged to three prominent Palestinian human rights groups: Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. The deleted content included a documentary featuring mothers ...Read More >
Mangaluru (Karnataka), Oct 25 (PTI) The SIT probing allegations of multiple burials at Dharmasthala in Karnataka has issued summons to three activists-Mahesh Shetty Thimarody, T Jayanth, and Girish Mattannavar-requiring their appearance on Monday. Failure to comply will result in arrest warrants, as the probe deepens into potential perjury and evidence tampering, police sources said. The SIT investigation has come to a decisive stage and nearing completion, according to a senior official of th ...Read More >
Mangaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), tasked by the government to investigate claims of mass burials at the Dharmasthala temple complex, has summoned three activists -- Mahesh Shetty Thimarody, T. Jayanth, and Girish Mattannavar -- for questioning on Monday. Non-compliance will lead to arrest warrants, signalling a critical juncture in the inquiry into alleged evidence fabrication and perjury. The controversy erupted in August 2025 after Chinnaiah, a former temple sanitation worker ( ...Read More >
Bangladesh has charged 15 senior army officers, including five generals, for enforced disappearances and atrocities during the 2024 uprising -- the first major civilian trial against top military figures in the country's history. A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday remanded in custody fifteen senior army officers accused of enforced disappearances and atrocities during the 2024 uprising that led to the fall of the government. This marks the first time formal charges for enforced disappearances ha ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 22 (PTI) There is no risk that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi will not get a fair trial in India after his extradition, a Belgian court has ruled, underlining that he has failed to demonstrate any "serious risk" of being subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment. A four-member indictment chamber at the Court of Appeals in Antwerp has found no infirmity in the orders issued by the pre-trial chamber of the Antwerp district court on November 29, 2024, allowing Choksi's ...Read More >
Dhaka/New Delhi: Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal prosecution team on Tuesday warned the army that 15 of their serving officers will be declared "fugitives" unless they were produced in court on Wednesday. "If they fail to appear or are not produced tomorrow, the tribunal will set a new date, and notices with their summons will be published in two newspapers. Non-appearance on that date would lead to them being declared absconding," ICT-BD Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim told reporters. He ...Read More >
Dhaka/New Delhi, Oct 21 (PTI) Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal prosecution team on Tuesday warned the army that 15 of their serving officers will be declared "fugitives" unless they were produced in court on Wednesday. "If they fail to appear or are not produced tomorrow, the tribunal will set a new date, and notices with their summons will be published in two newspapers. Non-appearance on that date would lead to them being declared absconding," ICT-BD Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim told re ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a major breakthrough for Indian authorities, a court in Antwerp on Friday cleared the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, ruling that his arrest by Belgian authorities on India's request was valid. Officials said the order marks a significant step forward in India's efforts to bring Choksi back to face trial in the ₹13,000-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam. Choksi, however, has the option to appeal the decision in a higher court in Belgium. "The order has come i ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 16 (ANI): BJP leader Boora Narsaiah Goud on Thursday, reacting to the attempted arrest of the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) of Telangana Minister Konda Surekha, said that this is just the tip of the iceberg, alleging larger corruption in the Congress party. He also suggested that the Telangana government is making OSD, N. Sumanth, a scapegoat alleging that all government offices under Congress are epicentre of corruption. The recent episode of Telangana p ...Read More >
Dhaka/New Delhi, Oct 15 (PTI) Former premier Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday cautioned interim government chief Muhammad Yunus against antagonising the army over the issue of the trial of military officers in a civil tribunal. Salahuddin Ahmed, the party's standing committee member, told Yunus during an emergency meeting with political parties that "we (BNP) want you to maintain a good relation with the armed forces". "The state (Bangladesh) must remain in a balan ...Read More >
Kollam: A 79-year-old man lost Rs 3.72 crore in a 'virtual arrest' cyber fraud case in Kollam. According to police, the victim received a WhatsApp call on July 7 from a person who introduced himself as a BSNL official.He claimed that the victim's mobile number was under the scrutiny of Mumbai cyber police for its alleged use in illegal activities. Subsequently, another person, appearing on a WhatsApp video call in police uniform, introduced himself as a Mumbai cyber police officer. alleged that ...Read More >
Patiala: A day after a govt team visited the official residence of absconding Sanaur MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra in Patiala to enforce an eviction order, the case took a new turn on Friday, as a court in Patiala directed the Punjab govt and others to file a reply and fixed the next hearing for Sept 17. The estate officer appeared in court, but no immediate action was taken on the eviction order. This allowed Pathanmajra's family a temporary reprieve, said MLA's counsel Simranjit Singh Saggu.Si ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A 50-year-old Telugu origin man was brutally killed by a Cuban immigrant in Dallas, Texas, over a minor scuffle over washing machines at a motel. The murderer, 37-year-old Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, was arrested by the Dallas police. Chandra Mouli Nagamallaiah was originally from Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh and was working as a motel manager at Downtown Suites, at 3422 block of Samuell Boulevard, near Interstate 30 and the Tenison golf course in Dallas. Cobos-Martinez, who is identi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Nandigama police have registered a case under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act against a 40-year-old man for allegedly marrying a 13-year-old girl. The case came to light nearly two months after the marriage was performed.The minor, who recently returned to her parents' house and rejoined school, appeared visibly disturbed, prompting a concerned teacher to speak with her. During the conversation, the girl revealed that her mother had allegedly forced her into marriage in May. The ...Read More >
The Hyderabad Police recorded a 75% drop in reported digital arrest scams in the first half of 2025, with just 34 cases registered between January and June this year in sharp contrast to the 140 reported in the same period last year. Officials credit the decline to persistent campaigns on social media, community outreach, and timely advisories issued by cybercrime units. However, they warn that senior citizens, particularly those living alone and with children abroad, continue to remain the mos ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): A team of Nand Nagri Police Station launched a special drive against individuals involved in the sale of banned 'Chinese Manjha', amid rising incidents of injuries and nabbed two siblings with 325 rolls on Friday. With Independence Day (15th August) and Raksha Bandhan approaching, the Delhi Police has launched a special drive to curb the sale and use of hazardous Chinese Manjha -- a nylon-based kite string that has caused numerous injuries and fatalities involv ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (UNI) The continuous awareness programmes have caused a significant decrease in the digital arrest cases in Telangana in the first half of 2025, the cybercrime police said in a release here today. While 34 cases have been recorded till June this year in the state, the number was 140 in the corresponding period of the previous year. During this year so far, the digital arrest cases have declined by over 75 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, the ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Digital arrest cases in Hyderabad came down by more than 75 per cent in the first half of 2025 as a result of increased alertness due to continuous awareness programmes, a senior police official said on Friday. A total of 34 digital arrest cases were reported this year up to June 2025. During the same period last year, 140 cases were registered. As many as 214 digital arrest cases were registered in the second half of 2024. A digital arrest is a fraudulent ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The US embassy in India has warned that "committing assault, theft, or burglary in the United States won't just cause you legal issues -- it could lead to your visa being revoked and make you ineligible for future US visas". The warning was issued days after a video of an Indian woman who tried to leave a store with a cart full of items without paying went viral. This also prompted the embassy to say, "The US values law and order and expects foreign visitors to follow all US laws."Res ...Read More >
Akola: In a major crackdown on GST fraud, the Maharashtra State GST Department on Wednesday arrested Pratik Tiwari, a trader from Akola, for allegedly availing bogus Input Tax Credit (ITC) worth Rs9.97 crore through fake invoices without actual sale or purchase of goods. He was produced before a magistrate court and has been remanded to 7 days of judicial custody.Tiwari had registered his business under the names "Swami Sarth Kirana" and "Mahalaxmi Sales" from Dabki Road, Akola, dealing in cemen ...Read More >
A caller claiming to be from the CBI allegedly threatened the BESCOM employee that an arrest warrant had been issued against him and demanded money. A 48-year-old Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) employee died by suicide Tuesday after allegedly losing Rs 11 lakh to a digital arrest scam on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Kumara K, a resident of HSR Layout in Bengaluru and a native of Kelagere village in Ramanagara district, was married and had an eight-year-old son. He was found dead ...Read More >
New Delhi/Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) 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, following which he was arrested in the country's financial capital, officials said. Kubbawala Mustafa, wanted in the case related to the seizure of Rs 252 crore worth of mephedrone from a factory in Maharashtra's Sangli, was brought from the UAE to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj I ...Read More >
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