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New Delhi, Oct 2 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted two men for involvement in the illegal human trafficking from India to the US via the 'dunki' route, officials said on Thursday. Sunny, a resident of Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh) and Shubham Sandhal alias Deep Hundi of Peeragardhi, New Delhi, have been named in the chargesheet filed on Wednesday in a NIA special court in Mohali, they said. The duo have been charged with illegal human trafficking and cheating i ...Read More >
Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh recorded 123 cases of human trafficking under the IPC in 2023, a drop from 163 in 2022. However, the state's conviction rate stands at just 2.3%, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released on September 30 and analysed by HELP organisation. The state ranked fifth in India for total trafficking victims in 2023 and was fourth nationally for victims trafficked for sexual exploitation in 2022. A total of 209 victims were identified in 20 ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 1 (ANI): The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 opener between India and Sri Lanka set a new milestone in women's cricket, as Guwahati's Barsapara Cricket Stadium recorded more than 20,000 fans in the stadium at any Women's Cricket World Cup event. The game drew 22,843 fans at the ACA Stadium, a record for the most attended group stage fixture at any Women's World Cup. The previous record of 15,935 was set during the India-Pakistan ICC Women's T20 World Cup Gro ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: At least two women were reportedly raped every day in Telangana in 2023, according to NCRB data. A total of 817 rape cases were registered in the state last year, with offenders known to the victims in 815 instances. Among these, 221 cases involved repeated rape of the same woman, five cases involved women with mental or physical disabilities, and eight were gang rapes. Of the known offenders, 557 were friends, online acquaintances, live-in partners under the pretext of marriage, or ...Read More >
tHYDERABAD: Telangana and Hyderabad have emerged as hotspots for several high-profile crimes in 2023, topping national charts in categories ranging from forgery, adulterated food incidents to exploitation of trafficked persons, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The state recorded 347 cases under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 & 2015, the second highest in the country after Rajasthan, which registered 443 cases. However, Telangana had the hi ...Read More >
12 Chandigarh: Punjab recorded the highest number of drug overdose deaths for the second consecutive year in 2023, with 89 fatalities, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, even as the state witnessed a decline from the 144 deaths reported in 2022.The 89 deaths in Punjab were followed by 85 in Madhya Pradesh and 84 in Rajasthan, out of a national total of 654 such fatalities in 2023, according to the NCRB report on Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) 202 ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Community Affairs Division (CAD) of Punjab police, in collaboration with the NGO Just Rights for Children, organised a state-level consultation on human trafficking at the State Judicial Academy here on Monday.Punjab DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav, while delivering the inaugural address, emphasised that human trafficking was a grave exploitative crime that targeted the vulnerable and underprivileged for monetary gain. He highlighted, "It destroys human lives, leading to long-term physic ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Tuesday by claiming that those elected by "corpses" are now serving the state. Speaking at a neighbourhood meet called "Kalungu" in Idukki district, he alleged that cadavers from 25 years ago had cast votes in Kerala elections. Media reports have previously highlighted incidents of deceased voters being listed as active in Kerala's voter list, he said, while indirectly referring to the accusations of "scientific rigging " aga ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Crimes in Odisha rose in 2023 in comparison to cases in the previous two years. According to a report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the total number of crimes in Odisha under Indian Penal Code (IPC) rose to 1,70,022 in 2023. NCRB, under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, also reported a 78% chargesheeting rate in Odisha crime cases for 2023. The corresponding number of crimes in 2021 was 1,24,956 and in 2022 it was 1,43,414. The report went on to specify ...Read More >
"What were once predictable patterns of smuggling or piracy have now evolved into sophisticated operations using GPS spoofing, remote-controlled boats, encrypted communications, drones, satellite phones, and even networks operating on the dark web," he said at a three-day coast guard conference, stressing that maritime threats are becoming increasingly technology-driven and multi-dimensional. The coast guard commanders' conference brings together the service's top brass to deliberate on strateg ...Read More >
Nagpur police successfully rescued 38 labourers, including women and minors, from a human trafficking scheme. They were misled by promises of soybean harvesting jobs and were instead being taken to a different location. The operation was aided by an NGO alert, leading to arrests for trafficking and extortion. A significant breakthrough was achieved by Nagpur police when they rescued 38 labourers, comprising 23 women and nine minors, from a human trafficking operation, according to Commissioner ...Read More >
Nagpur: In a heart-pounding tale of courage, a 17-year-old tribal boy from a remote village in Chhindwada, Madhya Pradesh, turned the tables on human traffickers, saving 37 bonded labourers, including his mother and nine minors, from a grim fate. On Sunday, city police rescued the labourers, registered offences against the traffickers, and ensured the safe return of the victims to their homes.The teenager, a first-year Bachelor of Social Work student, driven to labour by poverty, used his quick ...Read More >
An 83-year-old retired bank employee from Habsiguda was duped of ₹80,64,002 in a 'digital arrest' scam carried out by cyber criminals impersonating officials of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), police, and even the Supreme Court. The Hyderabad cyber crimes police booked a case. As per an officer from the wing, on July 12, the victim received a call from a fraudster claiming that his Aadhaar card had been misused and linked to human trafficking operations in Cambodia, Myanmar ...Read More >
Surat: The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of Surat Police busted a major sex racket and rescued 13 Thai women during a late-night raid on a hotel in Jahangirpura on Saturday. The police also took nine people, including five clients, into custody. The racket was run from the premises of a hotel. The AHTU team, acting on a tip-off, reached the fourth floor of the hotel to find the door locked from inside. The authorities broke open the door and caught the accused red-handed. Among those arre ...Read More >
Surat police and Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) conducted a late-night raid in a hotel in Jahangirpura and busted a high-profile sex racket. 13 Thai women were rescued from the hotel and nine persons were arrested. Among the 9 arrested, five were customers and four hotel staff. As per a report by Times of India, the raid was based on a tip-off. The police reached the hotel on Saturday night and found the hotel door on the fourth floor was locked from inside. The police broke the door and e ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In a crackdown on the illegal firearms trade, the city's crime branch arrested an arms trafficker linked to the Neeraj Bawana gang, along with three of his alleged receivers, and seized a large cache of weapons and ammunition. DCP(Crime Branch) Harsh Indora said the seizure -- 15 semi-automatic pistols, 150 live rounds, and eight additional magazines -- underscores the scale at which organised crime networks continue to arm themselves through covert supply lines stretching into Uttar ...Read More >
Jind: Following a report published in TOI on Aug 7, highlighting the harrowing case of a 15-year-old boy allegedly held as a bonded labourer and subjected to brutal abuse for two months, the Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance and issued strict directives to authorities in Jind and Nuh districts.The full commission, comprising chairperson Justice Lalit Batra and members Kuldip Jain and Deep Bhatia, expressed grave concern over the incident, describing it as a disturbing ...Read More >
'They should be given a strong message that they are not the ones who decide the rule of the land, and they are not the ones who decide what justice is.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the heads of various Christian organisations during his visit to Kerala. Photograph: ANI Photo It was on the 26th of July that Preethi Merry and Vandana Francis, two Catholic nuns from Kerala, working in the tribal areas of Chhattisgarh, were arrested along with Sukaman Mandavi, a youth from Narayanpu ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): Congress MP KC Venugopal mourned the demise of former Jharkhand CM and founding patron of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Shibu Soren, calling him the tallest leader who fought for tribal rights in the country. While talking to ANI, Congress MP KC Venugopal said, My sincere condolences on Shibu Soren ji sad demise. He was one of the tallest leaders who fought for the tribal rights in the country. His life was dedicated to the upliftment of the poor... Earlier, ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 4 (PTI) The rupee depreciated 11 paise to 87.29 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by sustained foreign fund outflows and concerns over trade tariffs. Forex traders said the weakness in the dollar index and easing crude oil prices supported the rupee at lower levels. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 87.21 and fell to an early low of 87.29 against the American currency, registering a decline of 11 paise over its previous close. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): Congress MP Hibi Eden on Monday moved a notice for Adjournment Motion in Lok Sabha to discuss the arrest of two Kerala-based nuns and a tribal youth in Chhattisgarh on the charges of human trafficking. Giving the notice to the Secretary General of Lok Sabha, Eden wrote, To discuss the arrest of two Catholic nuns and a tribal youth. The victims have now lodged a complaint against Bajrang Dal activists, necessitating a thorough investigation. Given the gravity a ...Read More >
A special court in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district has granted bail to two nuns from Kerala and one other person. They were arrested on charges of human trafficking and forced religious conversion following a complaint by a Bajrang Dal functionary. The court's decision came after a hearing where the prosecution did not request custody for interrogation. A special court in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district on Saturday granted bail to three persons, including two nuns from Kerala, arrested on cha ...Read More >
MUMBAI: After the transfer of Mahadevi, an elephant belonging to a Jain shrine in Kolhapur, to Vantara, an animal rescue and rehabilitation initiative by the Reliance Foundation in Jamnagar, those who were unwilling to let go staged a march on Sunday. Thousands of locals and leaders from the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Kolhapur marched for 45 km from the shrine to the collector's office, demanding that Mahadevi be brought back, following which CM Devendra Fadnavis said he would hold a meeting on ...Read More >
KOZHIKODE: In a major embarrassment to the BJP leadership, strong reactions are pouring in from senior Sangh parivar leaders against the way the party handled the issue related to Chhattisgarh police's arrest of two Malayali nuns for alleged forcible conversion and human trafficking. What irked them is Kerala BJP leadership's posture that their intervention had helped the nuns get bail. The nuns were arrested on July 25 after the intervention of Bajrang Dal workers and were granted bail by the ...Read More >
Raipur: Chhattisgarh deputy chief minister Vijay Sharma who holds home portfolio on Sunday indicated that his government is working on a stricter law to curb religious conversion in the state and may bring a legislation in this regard in the coming winter session of the Assembly. Mr. Sharma said the state government is working on the plan to make the existing Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Act more stringent and as many as 52 meetings were held so far for the purpose. "We are planning to bri ...Read More >
Agartala: The high commissioner of Bangladesh to India, M Riaz Hamidullah, arrived in Agartala on Friday for a three-day visit to review bilateral issues related to Tripura. This is the first time since the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina govt in Aug last year that a top diplomat of Bangladesh has visited Tripura. The people-to-people relationship, which was built over a decade under Hasina's regime, frayed under Muhammad Yunus's administration, and the border between the two countries became host ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 2 (ANI): The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has announced statewide protest gatherings across all 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala on August 3 and 4, in response to the arrest of two Kerala nuns in Chhattisgarh on charges of human trafficking and religious conversion. The nuns, Sister Vandana Francis and Sister Preethy Mary, were arrested by police at Durg Railway Station in Chhattisgarh on July 25. Condemning the arrests, CPI(M) State Secretary MV ...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 An ...Read More >
Shillong [Meghalya] [India], August 1 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday wrote a letter to Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai over the arrest of two Kerala nuns, saying religious persecution of any kind has no place in a democratic and secular nation. The CM Sangma condemned the arrest and demanded the withdrawal of the false case. The nuns from Kerala, Sister Vandana Francis and Sister Preethy Mary, were arrested at Durg Railway Station in Chhattisgarh on July 25 for allege ...Read More >
Udupi: Vinay Kumar Sorake, former minister and President of the Karnataka State Congress Campaigning Committee, has issued a strong condemnation of the Chhattisgarh state government's recent arrest of two Christian nuns. Sorake alleges that the nuns were apprehended on what he believes are fabricated charges. In a press statement released earlier today, Sorake asserted that Sister Vandana Francis and Sister Preeti Mary, both members of the Sisters of Mary Immaculate of Assisi congregation, were ...Read More >
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