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Wednesday, 2 July 2025 () India has expressed grave concern over the abduction of three Indian nationals in Mali, who were employees of Diamond Cement Factory in Kayes. The abduction occurred during a coordinated armed assault on July 1. India has urged the Malian government to ensure the safe and swift release of its citizens, while the Indian embassy is working closely with local authorities. ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 2 (PTI) Police officers investigating the alleged gang rape of a student in a Kolkata law college last month were trying to identify the people whom the prime accused, Monojit Mishra, had met hours before he was arrested, an officer said on Wednesday. The investigators were also checking if the other two accused - Zaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukherjee - also contacted any person before they were picked up by the police. Also Read | Opium in Anardana Goli: Delhi Police Bust International ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court has extended by four weeks the interim bail to Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year-long jail term in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, to take care of his ailing mother. A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and K Vinod Chandran extended the interim bail by four more weeks to enable Yadav to attend to his ailing mother, who had undergone surgery. The bench also made it clear that no further indulgence for an extension will be given on medical gr ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kolkata Police's Detective Department (DD) on Wednesday took over the investigation into the rape of a law student within her college premises at Kasba in south Kolkata last week. The investigation was initiated by local Kasba police station, whose personnel also arrested the three prime accused in the case within 24 hours from the time of lodging of a complaint by the victim, soon after the crime was committed on the evening of June 25. Later, a special in ...Read More >
Bijapur: A villager was stabbed to death in Usur police station area of Naxal-affected Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, police said. Villagers, who informed police about the youth's murder, have accused the Naxalites of kidnapping the youth and killing him. They said that the youth was murdered on suspicion of being a police informant. Bijapur ASP Chandakant Govarna said Kawasi Hunga, a resident of Perampalli in Usur police station area, was stabbed to death and investigations ar ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 2 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday took a swipe at the opposition in Bihar, saying that the state was not inherently backwards but had been made so deliberately. "Bihar is not inherently backward; it has been kept backward deliberately. RJD and Congress pushed Bihar backward, kept it in darkness, left people unemployed, and created insecurity for women," Rajnath Singh said while addressing the executive meeting. Singh was addressing the party ...Read More >
Kolkata Gang Rape Case: Manojit Mishra, the main accused in the alleged gang-rape of a 24-year-old student in South Calcutta Law College, and his two associates has been remanded in police custody for seven days. The police have told the court that Mishra was very influential and could hamper the investigation by terrorising the victim and witnesses. Police have added five new sections - including those related to kidnapping and wrongful confinement - against Manojit Mishra and his two associat ...Read More >
Kolkata gangrape case: The main accused in the Kasba gangrape case Monojit Mishra wanted capital punishment for the culprits of the RG Kar rape case that shook the nation last year, a new report has said as new chilling details emerge regarding the crime. One of the women, quoted by Anandabazar Patrika, has accused expelled TMCP leader Mishra of sexually harassing her during a college picnic in 2023. "Alcohol arrangement was made under the supervision of Monojit. I went to a room to get my pho ...Read More >
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and general secretary of the trade union 'Chandni Chowk Nagrik Manch', Praveen Shankar Kapoor, on Tuesday wrote to Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh complaining about the "poor condition" of the historic town and "lack of action by the MLAs and councillors" and seeking directions for its restoration. "The root issue in and around Chandni Chowk is that all MLAs and councillors are from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), under whose political patronage encroachments ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police arrested two individuals for allegedly kidnapping a 4-year-old girl in the Sangam Vihar area of south Delhi.The accused, identified as Nasreen (42) and Rama Shankar, worked together as painters in the locality.Police received a complaint on June 29 from the girl's father, Naveen Rana, who reported that his daughter had gone to a nearby store around 6 pm to buy chips and toffees but did not return. According to police, the complainant had searched for his daughter around h ...Read More >
The Odisha Administrative Service Association (OAS) on Tuesday postponed a mass leave after chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi assured strict action against those involved in the assault on Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation additional commissioner Ratnakar Sahu. A group of men, including ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP corporator Jeevan Rout, assaulted Sahu in his office during a grievance redressal meeting on Monday. Majhi met OAS members late Monday and said the accused, regardless of their ...Read More >
Pune: Two men on a bike robbed two women travelling in a private van of their ornaments worth Rs1.5 lakh and one of them sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl, who was also in the vehicle that had halted in front of a tea stall on the outskirts of Swami Chincholi village near Bhigwan on Pune-Solapur highway around 4.15am on Monday.Superintendent of police (Pune Rural) Sandeep Singh Gill said, "A case of robbery, rape, abduction and criminal intimidation has been registered with the Daund police. ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Vinobha Bhave Nagar Police have arrested a 22-year-old man who had been on the run for three years in connection with the sexual assault of a minor girl. The accused, Naushad Israr Ahmed, had been evading arrest since July 18, 2022, when a case was registered against him under IPC Sections 363 (kidnapping), 376 (rape), 354 (assault on woman), and Sections 4, 8, and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.According to police, Naushad had changed his identity ...Read More >
Thane, Jun 29 (PTI) Police have arrested a 30-year-old fruit seller for illegally possessing two country-made pistols in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the police's anti-extortion cell raided the man's premises at Bandarpada locality in Kalyan area on June 25, assistant police inspector Sunil Tarmale said. The police seized two country-made pistols and a live cartridge, valued at Rs 1.05 lakh, from the fruit seller, who had two previous criminal ...Read More >
ADILABAD: Close on the heels of the Asifabad police busting a gang involved in trafficking a tribal woman, the Adilabad police on Saturday disclosed that they have arrested three persons, including the couple who kidnapped a Class X student, and the man from Rajasthan who "bought" her for Rs 10,000, confined her in his home and repeatedly raped her. Adilabad Deputy Superintendent of Police L Jeevan Reddy said the girl, who is under 16 years of age, was kidnapped by Nirmala Bapunya Atram (47) an ...Read More >
CHENNAI: KV Kuppam MLA and Puratchi Bharatam party leaderPoovai M Jagan Moorthy has reportedly gone absconding after the Madras High Court dismissed his anticipatory bail plea in connection with an abduction case linked to a love marriage. Following the court's decision, four special police teams have been formed to locate and arrest him. The case stems from the alleged abduction of a youth brother of Dhanush from Kalambakkam related to the love marriage between Dhanush and Vijayashree of Then ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar inaugurated Andhra Pradesh's first Super ECBC (Energy Conservation Building Code) compliant building at Sagar Nagar in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Terming it a landmark in sustainable infrastructure, he emphasised the government's commitment to energy efficiency and green design in public facilities. The facility will serve as a national-level training hub for power sector staff. He urged power utilities to expedite 20 lakh rooftop solar connecti ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Finding prima facie materials to establish his role in the abduction of a boy from Tiruvallur, the Madras High Court on Friday refused to grant anticipatory bail to KV Kuppam MLA and leader of Puratchi Bharatham party 'Poovai' M Jagan Moorthy. Justice G Jayachandran said the court has arrived at an irresistible conclusion that for a fair investigation and fearless trial, the petitioner needs to be secured and subjected to custodial interrogation. The teenager was allegedly abducted as ...Read More >
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of KV Kuppam MLA M Jaganmoorthy after govt called him 'brain' behind last week's abduction of a minor boy at Kelambakkam. "We are undergoing a phase of decriminalization in politics. The court should consider that and deny bail to the MLA," argued additional advocate general J Ravindran.Justice G Jayachandran, recording submissions, said: "This court, after perusing the CD file and noting the adverse conduct of the petition ...Read More >
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Crime Branch Criminal Investigation Department (CBCID) has informed the Madras High Court that it intends to arrest MLA Poovai Jaganmoorthy, who is allegedly the mastermind in a kidnapping case, and has sought permission for his police custody. The case, which also involves ADGP Jayaram and others, is currently being heard in the Madras High Court. Jaganmoorthy's Defence When the matter came up again for hearing on Thursday before Justice G Jayachandran. The senior cou ...Read More >
THANE: In a dramatic rescue operation spanning two states, a four-year-old girl abducted from a construction site in Badlapur West on Tuesday afternoon was safely traced and rescued within 24 hours from a remote village in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district. The child, who lived at the site with her parents and two siblings, was lured away while her mother was at work. The family, originally from another state, resides at the site where her father and uncle are employed as labourers. Her moth ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Five men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 30-year-old man in Munirka and attempting to extort money from him while posing as Delhi Police personnel, officials said on Thursday. The accused have been identified as Parvesh (25), a property dealer, Aryaman Chaudhary (22), Ritik Gauhar (23), a freelancer, Dev Anand Yadav (23), a driver and Sharman Rai (22), police said. According to officials, the incident took place around 1.20 am on June 16. The victim, Joshua Hmar (30), ...Read More >
New Delhi: The investigation into the sensational case of the abduction and robbery involving the CEO of a natural gas firm in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj has revealed that two of his drivers were allegedly involved in the plot, sources said. Both suspects have been arrested. The involvement of around 10 people has come to light so far.The probe revealed that on the way back from Gurgaon, two of the suspects exited the car with cash near Aya Nagar metro station, and the rest abandoned businessman ...Read More >
Guwahati: Police on Thursday discovered skeletal remains, suspected to be those of a Sikkim school teacher who went missing approximately seven months ago, from a house in Siliguri, West Bengal. According to District Superintendent of Police Karma Gyamtso Bhutia, authorities believe Passang Doma Sherpa, a Nepali teacher at a government school in Namchi district, Sikkim, is the deceased. She had been missing since August 7, 2024, and her family filed a missing persons report at the Namchi police ...Read More >
Jaipur: The Gurjar community in Rajasthan blocked the Delhi-Mumbai railway track for almost two hours after the Mahapanchayat of the community called by the Gurjar Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti at Pilupura in Bharatpur on Sunday. Although the Mahapanchayat ended with accepting the proposed draft sent by the state government on the demands of the community, but soon after this, the situation changed, and a mob led by some youth reached the nearby Delhi-Mumbai railway track, stopped a passenger trai ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped, killed and her body stuffed in a suitcase at a neighbour's house in northeast Delhi's Dayalpur area, triggering protests by her family members and locals. The girl's body was found on Saturday evening. Police and paramilitary personnel were deployed in the area on Sunday to maintain law and order. Police said the perpetrator of the heinous crime seems to have fled after stuffing the body in the suitcase. Senior police officers said al ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The MSC IRINA, recognised as the world's largest container ship by TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) capacity, is set to dock at the Adani Group's Vizhinjam International Seaport on Monday and will be berthed till Tuesday. The monumental arrival marks a significant milestone for the seaport, which was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 2. The MSC IRINA boasts an impressive capacity of 24,346 TEUs, making it a formidable player in g ...Read More >
Guwahati: Massive protests broke out amid violence in the Imphal Valley of Manipur after the alleged arrest of five volunteers from the Arambai Tenggol, an armed Meitei radical group, on Saturday night, forcing the state administration to impose curfew and suspend Internet services for five days amid escalating tension in the state. The violent protests erupted after the security forces arrested five Arambai Tenggol leaders, including its commander Kanan Singh. The protesters burnt tyres on the ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a plea filed by two journalists from Madhya Pradesh who were allegedly assaulted and abused at the instance of Bhind's Superintendent of Police over their reporting on "illegal sand mining" in the Chambal river. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan will resume hearing the matter on June 9. On Wednesday, a bench of Justices Sanjay Ka ...Read More >
Another arrest of a Kuki National Army (KNA) leader was also made by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a case of murder. Protests broke out in the Imphal valley, demanding the release of Singh and another volunteer of Arambai Tenggol who was arrested by Manipur Police in a separate case. Protesters torched tyres and old furniture on roads in Kwakeithel and Uripok, and clashed with security personnel Saturday night. A mob also set a bus on fire at Khurai Lamlong in Imphal East district ...Read More >
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