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Srinagar: A Special Anti-Corruption Court in Pulwama on Tuesday convicted five persons, including former Education department officials and a beneficiary woman, in a nearly three-decades-old case involving a "fraudulent" appointment of a teacher, sentencing them to up to five years of imprisonment. The case (FIR No. 110/1998), originally registered by the Vigilance Organisation Kashmir -- now the Anti-Corruption Bureau -- pertained to the illegal entry of a woman into the Education department t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) A Delhi court has acquitted two men who were facing trial for allegedly attempting to murder their neighbour in the Seelampur area after the victim and the main complainant turned "hostile" and failed to identify the attackers. Principal District and Sessions Judge Sanjay Sharma was hearing a case against Bilal and Sahil who were accused of stabbing their neighbour on June 30, 2020. In an order dated March 27, the court said, "There is no hesitation to hold that the pro ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is challenging Sachin Waze's attempt to be discharged from the Antilia bomb scare case, alleging his direct involvement in the crime and highlighting the severity of the charges against him. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff Archives Key PointsThe NIA opposes Sachin Waze's discharge plea, asserting his direct involvement in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiren murder case.The NIA claims Waze and his co-accused committed serious offences, including ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has granted bail to former DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan. They were arrested in a multi-crore bank loan scam case. The court observed that prolonged custody without trial violates personal liberty. Bail is the rule, jail is the exception in Indian law. NEW DELHI: Observing that an undertrial prisoner should not be placed behind bars indefinitely, the Supreme Court has granted bail to former DHFL promoters Kapil Wadhawan and his brother Dheeraj in a multi-crore bank ...Read More >
Srinagar, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Crime Branch of J&K Police said on Tuesday that it has filed a charge sheet in the court pertaining to a major Municipal Committee fraud in Budgam district. A crime branch spokesperson said the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has presented a charge sheet before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, in connection with FIR No. 03/2022, involving serious allegations of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and abuse of off ...Read More >
Srinagar, Dec 16: The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) today filed a chargesheet against the former President of Municipal Committee Budgam and two others in a fraud case involving alleged embezzlement and illegal allotment of a Government-owned municipal building. Click here to watch video According to the CBK, the chargesheet was presented before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, in connection with FIR No. 03/2022, which pertains to allegations of ...Read More >
New Delhi: As Congress on Tuesday said court's refusal to take cognisance of the ED chargesheet in the National Herald issue exposed Centre's use of hysteria to hype a hollow case, BJP countered that the court's ruling is no exoneration of Sonia Gandhi and a bail should not be seen as acquittal. Senior lawyer and Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi, who led the legal battle, said the matter never had any merit, but the govt used the media to exaggerate groundless claims. "It was a strange case where no ...Read More >
A Special Investigation Team has filed a charge sheet in the Aland Assembly segment 'vote chori' case. Seven individuals, including a former BJP MLA and his son, are named. The case involves alleged efforts to remove thousands of voters' names. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar highlighted a campaign against vote theft, with a protest rally planned in Delhi. The SIT which is probing the alleged 'vote chori' (vote theft)' in the Aland Assembly segment in 2023 Assembly elections in ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) In a relief to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and five others, a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering charge against them in the National Herald case, holding that the agency's probe stemmed from a private complaint and not an FIR. Delivering his order in a case that was marked by political slugfest and legal battles for several years, Special Judge Vishal Gogne said the cognisance of the ED's pr ...Read More >
In a significant development, seven suspects linked to the Zubeen Garg death case are set to appear via video conference at the Kamrup (Metro) chief judicial magistrate's court today. This decision was made to ensure the safety and peace of the public, as the CID raised concerns about possible disturbances. Guwahati: The seven individuals accused in the Zubeen Garg death case will be produced virtually before the chief judicial magistrate's court in Kamrup (Metro) on Tuesday. The move is intend ...Read More >
Guwahati, Dec 16 (PTI) All seven accused in the singer Zubeen Garg death case appeared virtually before Kamrup (Metro)'s Chief Judicial Magistrate during a hearing on Tuesday, after the charge-sheet was submitted last week. The court fixed the next date of hearing on December 22. Garg had gone to attend the North East India Festival (NEIF) in Singapore, where he died under mysterious circumstances while swimming in the sea on September 19. The state government formed an SIT to probe into the c ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will file a fresh charge sheet against Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi apart from others as it has taken cognisance of the latest Delhi Police FIR filed in the National Herald money laundering case, officials said Tuesday. Earlier in the day, a trial court here refused to take cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the federal probe agency in April against the mother-son duo, apart from some others. The court said the rejection was made on the ...Read More >
The prosecution had 'miserably' failed to prove the conspiracy charge against Dileep in the sensational 2017 actress sexual assault case, a Kochi court has observed while citing inconsistencies and lack of sufficient evidence against the Malayalam star. IMAGE: Actor Dileep speaks to journalists in Kochi on December 8, 2025. Photograph: ANI on X The full judgement of Ernakulam District and Principal Sessions Court Judge Honey M Varghese was released late on Friday, and has revealed the judge al ...Read More >
Srinagar- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir on Tuesday filed a chargesheet before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, in connection with a major municipal fraud case in Budgam. According to a statement issued by the Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK), the chargesheet has been submitted in FIR No. 03/2022 and pertains to serious allegations of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and abuse of official position. The accused have been booked under Sections 420, 4 ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet before a special anti-corruption court in Srinagar in connection with an alleged municipal fraud case involving the illegal allotment of government property in Budgam district, the CBK said on Tuesday. As per a statement issued to the news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the chargesheet has been filed in FIR No. 03/2022 before the court of the Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, under Sections ...Read More >
Guwahati, Dec 16: The seven accused in the Zubeen Garg death case will be produced before the court of CJM (chief judicial magistrate) on Tuesday virtually. Having registered the case (4084/2025), the CJM had directed their production on December 16, but the CID expressed inability to do so citing law and order concerns. The CJM then allowed the accused to be produced virtually. Teams of CID will be in Baksa and Haflong jails on Tuesday, and the accused will be given copies of the chargesheet. ...Read More >
The administration of J&K Lieutenant Governor on Monday (December 15, 2025) terminated the services of 103 personnel of the Fire and Emergency Services Department over "compromised process" of recruitment. The decision was made after an inquiry committee of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), constituted to investigate the 2022 recruitment, found "large-scale tampering in Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets, fabricated scanned images of answer sheets and illegal manipulation of merit list. The ...Read More >
Jammu, Dec 15: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday chargesheeted seven accused in the Pahalgam terror attack case, including the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)-The Resistance Front (TRF) terrorist organisation. The chargesheet was filed before the NIA special court in Jammu. According to an NIA spokesperson, the chargesheet, which details Pakistan's conspiracy, roles of the accused, and supporting evidence in the case, has charged the banned LeT-TRF as a legal entity for its ...Read More >
Goa Fire: Divyesh Singh Reports Luthra Brothers to Land in Delhi Tomorrow Under CBI Custody In this breaking news update on India Today, Senior Editor Divyesh Singh provides exclusive details on the deportation of the Goa nightclub fire accused, Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra. Speaking to anchor Rajdeep Sardesai, Singh confirms that a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team is escorting the co-owners from Phuket, Thailand, and they will land in Delhi tomorrow. He highlights the severity of the ca ...Read More >
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam have been convicted and sentenced to jail. A special court in Rampur found them guilty in a 2019 case involving obtaining two PAN cards with different birth dates. The court delivered its verdict after examining evidence and testimonies. Both father and son were sent to jail following the conviction. Rampur (UP): Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam were on Monday convicted and sentenced ...Read More >
RAMPUR: Less than two months after he was released from Sitapur jail, SP leader Mohammed Azam Khan went back behind bars on Monday when a court convicted and sentenced him to seven years' imprisonment in a 2019 case related to obtaining two PAN cards using different dates of birth. The special MP-MLA court here also sentenced Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam to seven years' imprisonment in the same case. After the sentencing, Khan was taken from the Rampur court to the district jail under heavy s ...Read More >
New Delhi: The counsel for former JNU student Umar Khalid told a Delhi court on Tuesday that no criminality could be attributed to his client. The submissions were made before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai during arguments opposing the framing of charges against Khalid in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi. Senior advocate Trideep Pais, appearing for Khalid, argued, "In any event, no criminality can be attributed, because unless you ...Read More >
A senior employee of Rajasthan's information technology and communications department, Pradhyuman Dixit, has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly drawing salaries from two private companies, OrionPro Solutions and Treegen Software Limited, under his wife's name. Both firms are engaged in the state government's IT projects. The FIR states that Dixit, joint director of RajCOMP Info Services Ltd, a fully owned Government of Rajasthan company, allegedly used his official ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Police and the Telangana High Court have taken decisive action against a group of YouTubers and individuals accused of spreading false information and defamatory content against HK Group, which operates HK Permanent Makeup Clinic and HK Hospitals in Hyderabad. The case, registered under FIR No. 692/2025 at KPHB Police Station in June 2025, led to a detailed investigation that exposed a coordinated digital conspiracy designed to malign the reputation of the medical insti ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate Hyderabad zonal office on Friday attached movable and immovable properties worth ₹12.6 crore belonging to Sahiti Infratec Ventures India Private Limited (SIVIPL), its former director Sandu Purnachandra Rao, his family members, and associated entities under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.The action follows investigations triggered by multiple FIRs filed by Telangana police against SIVIPL and its promoters, based on complaints from investors alleging ...Read More >
Former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa has broken his silence following his son Aqil Akhtar's death, attributing it to an 18-year struggle with drug addiction and an overdose. He dismissed foul play allegations as "petty politics" and vowed to cooperate with the investigation, stating he has done nothing wrong. Former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa has broken his silence over the death of his son, Aqil Akhtar, amidst allegations and an FIR registered against him, his wife, Razia Sultana, daughter, and ...Read More >
Sabarimala temple's former administrative officer B Murari Babu has been taken into custody by the Special Investigation Team probing missing gold. Babu, suspended by the Travancore Devaswom Board, is accused in cases involving the disappearance of gold from temple idols and door frames. He allegedly forwarded proposals for electroplating, claiming the gold-clad plates were copper. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the missing gold from the Sabarimala temple has taken former administ ...Read More >
Berhampur: The sensational murder of BJP leader and advocate Pitabas Panda in Berhampur was apparently motivated by betrayal by his former friend and BJD leader Bikram Kumar Panda. Former Berhampur mayor Siba Shankar Das alias Pintu, corporator Madan Dalei and Malaya Bisoyi, also involved in the murder case, were all close acquaintances of Pitabas Panda. Purnachandra Panda, the younger brother of Pitabas, said, "These four were good friends of my brother Pitabas. But all the members of our fami ...Read More >
Panchkula: The special investigation team (SIT) probing the death of former Punjab DGP (human rights) Mohammad Mustafa's son, Aqil Akhtar, is yet to recover a diary which contains the latter's dying declaration and could be crucial evidence in the case.In a purported social media post on Oct 3, the deceased shared a picture of the diary and wrote, "In case I die, this diary has my dying declaration. And I be checked for aluminum phosphide poisoning." An alleged screenshot of the post is availabl ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A violent crime trail that stretched from Bihar's Sitamarhi to the national capital ended early on Thursday morning in Delhi's biggest encounter since 2019, when a joint operation by the Delhi and Bihar Police killed four wanted gangsters. The slain men, part of Bihar's Sigma & Company extortion gang, were allegedly planning violent strikes ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. The encounter, conducted jointly by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police and the Bihar Police, took p ...Read More >
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