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New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, directed all states and Union Territories to immediately identify and release all convicts who are still in prison despite having completed their sentences. The Bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice K V Viswanathan was hearing a plea by Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan who has served his 20-year sentence in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, even without considering remission. The Bench further instructed that its order be sent to the member secreta ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 12 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday carried out searches at eight locations in Srinagar in connection with the 1990 abduction and killing of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat. The searches, which were still underway, are linked to FIR No 56/1990 registered at Police Station Nigeen, Srinagar, now being investigated by SIA Kashmir. According to an SIA press release, the case pertains to the killing of a Kashmiri ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 12 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over prisoners languishing in jail even after completing their sentence and directed all states and union territories to immediately release any such convict if he or she is not wanted in any other case. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan passed the direction while ordering the release of Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case. It noted that Yadav completed his sentence of 20 y ...Read More >
Imphal, Aug 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) With ten more militants of different banned outfits arrested during the past 24 hours, combined forces of military, paramilitary and state forces intensified their counterinsurgency operation to nab the armed extremists and to recover arms and ammunition in Manipur, officials said on Monday. A police official said that ten militants arrested in three districts -- Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur -- belonged to various factions of Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling out the Delhi police for allegedly referring to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, labelling it a "direct insult to the very language in which the National Anthem is composed." Stalin said such remarks were not "inadvertent errors" but a reflection of a regime that undermines India's linguistic diversity. "The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as ...Read More >
Ranchi, Aug 4 (PTI) Shibu Soren, the veteran tribal leader who played a key role in Jharkhand's creation and founded the JMM, leaves behind a legacy that reshaped the country's politics. The death of 81-year-old Soren marks the end of a political era that saw tribal movement rise to national prominence. Born on January 11, 1944, in Ramgarh district's Nemra village (then in Bihar, now in Jharkhand), Soren, who was popularly known as 'Dishom Guru' (leader of the land) and patriarch of JMM, is on ...Read More >
BENGALURU: A 20-year-old student was allegedly kidnapped and raped by her paying guest (PG) accommodation owner. The accused, Ashraf (36), a native of Kerala, was arrested by Soladevanahalli police on Sunday. Ashraf used to operate the PG accommodation in Soladevanahalli, under the Bengaluru North West police division. According to the police, the victim had moved into the PG just two weeks ago and is currently studying at a private college in the city. On 1 August, Ashraf allegedly took her ou ...Read More >
A man convicted of the 1993 kidnapping and murder of an eight-year-old boy in Delhi has been arrested after evading police for over 26 years. The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Sunday said the accused, Raj Kishore (55), alias Bade Lalla, was apprehended from Ghaziabad's Khoda Colony on August 2. Kishore, a resident of Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1996 but never returned to jail after being granted six-week parole in 1999 by the Delhi High Court. He was later ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A man convicted of kidnapping and murdering an eight-year-old boy in 1993 has been arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch after evading the law for over 26 years, an official said on Sunday. The accused, Raj Kishore (55), alias Bade Lalla, a resident of Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1996 for the brutal murder of a businessman's son. "He was granted six-week parole by the Delhi High Court in 1999 but never returned to prison," s ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A 37-year-old paying guest (PG) accommodation owner has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a woman staying at his accommodation near a private college in Soladevanahalli, north Bengaluru. The incident occurred in the early hours of Aug 2.Police identified the accused as Ashraf R, originally from Kerala. The survivor, in her early 20s, had moved into the PG about two weeks ago. According to her complaint, Ashraf called her out of her room around 1.30am under the pretext ...Read More >
Pathankot, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 20th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) on Saturday, transferring about Rs 20,500 crore directly into bank accounts of 9.7 crore eligible farmers. The financial assistance under the scheme has helped crores of farmers not just in meeting their agricultural needs but also in sailing through any crisis. In Punjab's Pathankot, many farmers were elated on receiving the 20th instalment of PM-KISA ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Aug 3 (PTI) A 37-year-old man who runs a paying guest accommodation in the city has been arrested for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman here, police said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Ashraf and a native of Kerala, had reportedly befriended the survivor, who had moved into the PG just 10 days ago, they said. In her complaint, the survivor -- a student also from Kerala -- alleged that around midnight on Friday, Ashraf took her in his car to a secluded area on the northern ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) The government has notified a new framework for the edible oil industry, imposing stricter registration and reporting requirements on producers to enhance transparency and oversight, according to an official release. The 2025 Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (VOPPA) Regulation Order, notified on August 1 by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, amends the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 20 ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police arrested a man convicted for kidnapping and murdering an eight-year-old child in 1993. The accused, Raj Kishore alias Bade Lalla of Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh, had been on the run for 26 years. He had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of the child in 1996. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said, "In 1999, the Delhi High Court granted him a six-week parole, but he never retur ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Maharashtra government fears that increase in height of Alamatti reservoir in Bagalkot district of Karnataka from 519.60 meters to 524.256 meters would result in flooding of Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur districts owing to backwaters and there is no need for the Maharashtra government to fear flooding since its own expert committee led by retired Principal Secretary to Irrigation department Nandkumar Wadnekar ruled out flooding from the Almatti and Hipparagi reservoirs, stated Minis ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): The Delhi Crime Branch has solved a year-old blind murder case with the arrest of a woman and her boyfriend for conspiring to kill her husband and disposing of his body in Haryana Sonipat, officials said on Sunday. The accused have been identified as Soniya (34), a resident of Delhi Alipur, and her partner Rohit, a resident of Jaji village in Sonipat. According to Crime Branch officials, the case dates back to July 2024, when the decomposed body of an unident ...Read More >
Srinagar, Aug 3 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday expressed condolences on the untimely demise of daughter of Udhampur SSP Amod Nagpure Ashok. Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chief Ghulam Nabi Azad also condoled the death, saying "there can be no greater pain for a parent than losing a child". In a message, LG Sinha said, "Shocked and heartbroken by the tragic news of the passing of the daughter of SSP Udhampur Shri Amod ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): The Delhi Crime Branch has solved a year-old blind murder case with the arrest of a woman and her boyfriend for conspiring to kill her husband and disposing of his body in Haryana's Sonipat, officials said on Sunday. The accused have been identified as Soniya (34), a resident of Delhi's Alipur, and her partner Rohit, a resident of Jaji village in Sonipat. Also Read | US: Indian-Origin New Ohio Solicitor General Mathura Sridharan Faces Backlash and Racist Comm ...Read More >
A CBI court has convicted five Punjab police officials, including a former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), in a 32-year-old fake encounter case involving the killing of seven youths of Rani Villah village in Amritsar in 1993. The court convicted former SSP Bhupinderjit Singh, DSP Davinder Singh, Inspector Suba Singh, ASI Gulbarg Singh and ASI Raghbir Singh, all retired, for criminal conspiracy, murder, destruction of evidence, and fabrication o ...Read More >
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 20 (ANI): The family of Ranjit Singh, an Indian national abducted in Niger's Dosso region, is pleading for the government's help to bring him back home safely. Ranjit Singh, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, was working at a construction site when unidentified gunmen attacked, killing two Indians and abducting him. Located in the remote village of Chakka Kundi in Ramban, the family of Ranjit Singh sat shrouded unaware of his whereabouts ...Read More >
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SRINAGAR: A man from Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district has reportedly been abducted by terrorists in Niger, West Africa, during a deadly attack on a construction site in the Dosso region. The victim, Ranjeet Singh, was working as a Senior Safety Officer with Transrail Transmission Lighting Limited, an integrated power transmission and distribution company. His wife, Sheela Devi, said the family has had no contact with him since July 15. "I have been trying to reach him since July 15, but the ...Read More >
Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 20 (ANI): The family of Ranjit Singh, an Indian national abducted in Niger Dosso region, is pleading for the government help to bring him back home safely. Ranjit Singh, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir Ramban district, was working at a construction site when unidentified gunmen attacked, killing two Indians and abducting him. Located in the remote village of Chakka Kundi in Ramban, the family of Ranjit Singh sat shrouded unaware of his whereabouts. Ran ...Read More >
JALANDHAR: Investigating the eight Indian-origin suspects arrested in San Joaquin County, California, on July 11, county authorities and FBI said the international Punjabi street gang kidnapped a local man, stripped him naked, and tortured him for hours as part of a brutal extortion racket that stretches from California'to murder plots in India.The authorities have urged Indian-Americas to report such extortion threats.Addressing a joint press conference, they revealed the gang leader, Pavittar ...Read More >
Bhopal, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day foreign visits to Dubai and Spain concluded on Saturday, and he is scheduled to return to New Delhi on Sunday, government officials said. Talking to media in Barcelona in Spain on Saturday, Chief Minister Yadav said that his visit has been successful as various memorandums of understanding were signed with investors to increase production, employment opportunity and farmers' income in the state. Speaking at ...Read More >
Jammu, Jul 19 (PTI) The Indian national allegedly abducted by terrorists in the West African country Niger is a resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, said his wife on Saturday, requesting the Central government's intervention for his safe release. Sheela Devi said that her husband Ranjeet Singh was working as a senior safety officer at Transrail Lighting Limited, an integrated power transmission and distribution company. She said the family lost contact with him on July 15. Also Rea ...Read More >
Jammu, Jul 19 (PTI) The Indian national allegedly abducted by terrorists in the West African country Niger is a resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, said his wife on Saturday, requesting the Central government's intervention for his safe release. Sheela Devi said that her husband Ranjeet Singh was working as a senior safety officer at Transrail Lighting Limited, an integrated power transmission and distribution company. She said the family lost contact with him on July 15. Accordin ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries, India's largest company in terms of market value, reported a 76% increase in quarterly profit to Rs 30,681 crore on Friday, led by gains from the sale of some of its listed investments and strong growth across its key businesses. Other income surged 280% to Rs 15,119 crore due to profit (Rs 8,924 crore) on sale of its stake in Asian Paints. Excluding the Rs 8,924 crore gain, profit was higher by 25%. Earnings was also driven by a rebound in its oil-to-chemicals (O2C) ...Read More >
Motihari (Bihar): PM Narendra Modi on Friday sounded the poll bugle in Bihar, where Assembly elections are due shortly, calling for "an NDA govt, once again", which would protect the state from the "evil intentions" of the RJD-Congress combine. Modi also accused the RJD of seizing land from the poor on the false promise of jobs, in an apparent reference to the 'land-for-jobs' scam, and asserted that the 'viksit' (developed) Bihar is key for eastern India's development. Addressing a rally in Mot ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR/BALASORE: The 20-year-old student in Odisha's Balasore who set herself ablaze on the campus on July 12 had informed college authorities that her HoD had sought sexual favours from her six months ago, probe revealed Friday."The student, in a meeting conducted on June 30 at the office of then principal -- who is now suspended -- told everyone that the HoD had sought sexual favours from her. However, the HoD denied the allegation," said the in-charge principal of the govt college, addin ...Read More >
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