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BENGALURU: A 38-year-old engineer working with Ola Electric in Koramangala allegedly died by suicide on September 28, with a recovered note accusing top company executives of workplace harassment and mental pressure. A criminal case has now been registered against Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal, senior engineer Subrat Kumar Das, and others for alleged abetment.The deceased, K. Aravind, had been working with Ola Electric since 2022. His family was reportedly taken aback when a sum of Rs 17.46 lakh was ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has rejected the bail plea of a 28-year-old serial child rapist from Kharghar, arrested for allegedly raping his 11-year-old niece in the fourth case against him of child sexual abuse. Just Amit Borkar the accused's bail and said that granting him bail would "not only send a wrong message to society but would also jeopardize the safety and security of the victim and the fairness of the trial process". The court also noted that if released on bail, the accused, a m ...Read More >
The Economic Offences Wing of Odisha police busted a major Ponzi scam to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore spread across the country with arresting one of the operators on the charge of having deceived more than Rs 92 lakh lifetime savings of a senior citizen. The accused Pratap Kumar Rout, who operated as Hedgex Fund LLP was arrested from Cuttack and was remanded to judicial custody under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code sections, Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, Informa ...Read More >
Chikoosa Nayaka said he had been working at the Honganuru Gram Panchayat since 2016 Bengaluru: A waterman died by suicide in front of a panchayat office in Karnataka's Chamarajanagar district, alleging non-payment of salary for the past 27 months and mental harassment by local officials. Chikoosa Nayaka said he had been working at the Honganuru Gram Panchayat since 2016. In his suicide note, he said that despite repeatedly requesting settlement of his pending salary and even submitting a resi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch claimed to have arrested the Odisha head of 'Hedgex Fund', a firm accused of duping around three lakh depositors in 10 states to a tune of over Rs 1,000 crore on the promise of hefty returns, from Cuttack Saturday. Pratap Kumar Rout has been booked under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, and 120-B of the IPC, 4, 5, and 6 of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, and 21(1)( ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 18 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Police today said that they apprehended 17 long-term absconders from Srinagar, Pulwama, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Shopian, and Sopore, some of whom had been evading arrest for over three decades. Police said in Srinagar, six absconders, including Mehraj-ud-Din Marazi, absconding for 11 years under the NDPS Act, and Habibulla Bhat, evading arrest for 27 years under the RPC, were traced and arrested following targeted operations by a special police team. In Pulw ...Read More >
Kolkata: Cracker violations have turned out to be a concern in various pockets of the city on Dhanteras (Saturday), barely two days ahead of Kali Puja and Diwali. These violations have been reported from Kasba, Dhakuria, Baguiati, New Town, Salt Lake, Phoolbagan and New Alipore. The seizures of illegal firecrackers had become more than double in the past 48 hours, police said on Saturday. The cops will intensify the crackdown on firecracker violators on the day of Diwali (Monday) by forming spec ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 18: In a major breakthrough to track down fugitives, Jammu and Kashmir Police have apprehended Eleven (11) long-time absconders from Srinagar, Pulwama, Ganderbal districts & PD Sopore. These individuals had been evading arrest for years, some for over three decades. According to a statement issued here, in Srinagar, J&K Police have successfully apprehended 06 absconders who had been evading arrest for years. The arrested absconders have been identified as Mehraj-ud-Din Marazi, son ...Read More >
Chenthamara, the accused in the Pothundy twin murders (file image) Chenthamara, the accused in the sensational Pothundy double murder case, was sentenced on Saturday (October 18, 2025) to double life imprisonment for a previous murder that occurred six years ago at Pothundy in Palakkad, Kerala. Pallakad Additional District and Sessions Court-IV Judge Kenneth George sentenced Chenthamara to a double term in prison and slapped a fine of ₹3.25 lakh for murdering his neighbour Sajitha on August 3 ...Read More >
Youth Congress and Democratic Youth Federation of India activists on Thursday held separate protests here demanding strong action in connection with the death of a 26-year-old RSS worker, Anandu Aji. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph: Kind courtesy OpenClipart-Vectors and Holger Langmaier/Pixabay.com Aji, a software engineer from Thampalakkad in Kottayam district, was found dead in a lodge at Thampanoor in Thiruvananthapuram on Oc ...Read More >
A Delhi court has summoned a doctor in a case where a baby delivered through surgery was allegedly reduced to a vegetative state due to her negligence. The charges include ''endangering life and personal safety of others'' and causing grievous hurt by such act, but do not include ''causing death by negligence''. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Amardeep Kaur was hearing a protest petition against the closure report filed by the Delhi Police in connection with the delivery in February 2018. ...Read More >
A court in Pune has discharged politician and NCP-SP MLA Jitendra Awhad from the offences registered against him in a case related to the clash involving activists of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at the Fergusson College (FC) campus in 2016. Additional sessions [...] A court in Pune has discharged politician and NCP-SP MLA Jitendra Awhad from the offences registered against him in a case related to th ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court, while observing on Wednesday that a pregnant woman was unnecessarily subjected to a C-section delivery a month before the due date, summoned her gynaecologist for the first time. The child, born in Feb 2018, died in Dec 2023 after prolonged illness. The child's father filed a case in 2021 citing medical negligence by the private hospital and four doctors, including the gynaecologist. In Aug 2019, Delhi Medical Council removed the doctor's name from the state medical reg ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 18 (ANI): The Additional Sessions Court in Pune has discharged Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad of all charges related to the 2016 Fergusson College violence case, citing a lack of evidence. The order, passed by Additional Sessions Judge Aniruddha Subhash Gandhi on October 13, stated that there was "insufficient evidence to frame charges" against the legislator. The court also held that the earlier order of the Judicial Magistrate First Cla ...Read More >
PUNE: The additional sessions court in Pune has discharged sitting MLA Jitendra Awhad from all charges in connection with a 2016 incident of violence at Fergusson College. The order, passed by additional sessions judge Aniruddha Subhash Gandhi on October 13 and made available on Saturday, observed that there was insufficient evidence to frame charges against the legislator. Awhad, MLA of the Nationalist Congress Party/NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar/SP), 61, from Thane, had filed a criminal revision a ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17 (PTI) Police on Friday said they have registered a case against a man accused of "sexually harassing" 26-year-old RSS worker Anandu Aji, who allegedly died by suicide last week. Thampanoor police booked Nidheesh Muralidharan, a native of Kanjirappally, under IPC Section 377 (unnatural sexual offence). The case has been transferred to the Ponkunnam police in Kottayam district, where the alleged offence reportedly took place. Officials at Ponkunnam police station said ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): A Belgian court in Antwerp has cleared the extradition of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi to India, declaring his arrest by Belgian authorities earlier this year as lawful. The ruling represents a major development in India's long-running efforts to secure his return in connection with the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. Also Read | What Is IRCTC Vikalp Scheme and How Can It Help You Get Confirmed Train Tickets During Diwali and Chhath Puja? Kno ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: An Antwerp court has ordered fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi's extradition to India and termed his arrest by the Belgian authorities based on India's request as valid, a development which brings New Delhi a step closer to bringing him back, people familiar with the development said. To be sure, Choksi still has an option to appeal against the decision in a higher court, according to an officer familiar with the matter, who added "this means he may not come immediately but the first ...Read More >
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New Delhi has been trying to get Mehul Choksi - the fugitive businessman detained in Belgium in April - extradited to India since 2018. News18 A Belgian court in Antwerp has approved the extradition of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi to India, ruling that his arrest by Belgian authorities earlier this year was lawful. Officials described the decision as a major breakthrough in India's efforts to bring Choksi back, though he retains the right to appeal to a higher court. "The first and ver ...Read More >
Pathanamthitta (Kerala), Oct 17 (PTI) The SIT probing the Sabarimala gold missing case has stated in its remand report that the accused, Unnikrishnan Potty, misappropriated around two kilograms of gold from the Dwarapalaka (guardian deity) idols after sponsoring their electroplating in 2019. Investigation officer S Sasidharan filed the remand report before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Ranni on Friday, when Potty was arrested and produced as part of the remand procedure. The cou ...Read More >
The chief of Pakistan-based Islamist terror organisation Hizbul Mujahideen, Mohammad Yousuf Shah alias Syed Salah-ud-Din, has been declared as a proclaimed offender by a court in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla in a 2012 case. The Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Sopore has declared Shah a proclaimed offender under Section 153-B of the Ranbir Penal Code for making statements harmful to national integration, and under Section 506 of the Indian Penal Code for issuing criminal threats. "Th ...Read More >
CHHINDWARA/NEW DELHI, India - India has refused drugmakers' requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally-produced cough syrup. New Delhi had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their plants meet World Health Organization-recommended standards, which would require them to invest in protocols to preven ...Read More >
CHHINDWARA/NEW DELHI - India has refused drugmakers' requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally-produced cough syrup . New Delhi had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their plants meet World Health Organisation-recommended standards, which would require them to invest in protocols to prevent cr ...Read More >
Gurgaon: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a detailed chargesheet against YouTuber Elvish Yadav and singer Fazilpuria, accusing them of using protected wildlife for online fame and financial gain. According to the prosecution complaint submitted on Oct 13 to a special court in the city, Elvish (28) and Fazilpuria (35) allegedly featured protected snakes and an iguana in their viral videos, violating the Wildlife Protection Act. The ED claimed that Elvish earned Rs 84,000 from a 2023 vid ...Read More >
Lucknow: Enforcement Directorate's Lucknow unit filed prosecution complaint against YouTuber and Bigg Boss OTT season 2 winner Elvish Yadav and three others under Prevention of Money Laundering Act before a special court in Gurgaon. Court will take cognisance of charges, after which both accused will be summoned. ED also named Chandigarh-based company Sky Digital and its owner as a co-accused in the case.Rs 1 crore assets of Elvish Yadav and his aide Fazilpuria were attached. The duo had used li ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a dramatic turn of events, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge-sheet implicating popular YouTuber Siddharth Yadav -- better known as Elvish Yadav -- and singer Rahul Yadav, alias Fazilpuria, in a money laundering case linked to the illegal use of protected wildlife in online content. The charge-sheet, submitted on October 13 to a special PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court in Gurugram, names four accused: Elvish Yadav (28), Fazil ...Read More >
Ranchi: A team of sleuths from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested a reader at the office of city DSP after being caught in the act of taking a bribe of Rs 25,000. In a statement, the ACB said the reader, identified as Sunil Paswan, had sought bribe for removing the name Jitendra Kumar, a forest guard, from a FIR registered under various sections of the IPC and the Dowry Prevention Act."Mithun Kumar, the younger brother of Jitendra, said Paswan initially demanded Rs 40,000 as b ...Read More >
In a big jolt to the Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) first family weeks ahead of the high-voltage election in Bihar, a Delhi court today framed charges in a corruption case against party founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, his son and Chief Minister face Tejashwi Yadav, and former Chief Minister and Lalu Yadav's wife Rabri Devi. The veteran politician and his family members pleaded not guilty and said they would face trial. A Rouse Avenue court today framed charges against Lalu Yadav and his family members ...Read More >
Renowned hair stylist Jawed Habib and his family are facing over 20 cases for allegedly duping people of Rs 5-7 crores. Victims were reportedly misled into investing in Follicle Global Company (FLC) with promises of high returns, with over 150 individuals losing lakhs. Police are urging more victims to come forward. Renowned hair stylist Jawed Habib has been registered for over 20 cases under the case of duping people for Rs 5-7 crores, PTI reported on Wednesday. "Javed Habib, his wife, son ha ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has permitted Ashish Mishra, an accused in the Lakhimpur violence case, to visit his hometown for Diwali. The court imposed a condition that political workers and the public should not be associated with the celebrations. The apex court also noted the progress of the trial, with 23 witnesses examined and nine dropped. The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Ashish Mishra, son of former union minister Ajay Mishra and an accused in the 2021 Lakhimpur violence case, to travel to hi ...Read More >
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