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According to his brother Mohammad Shakib Alam, Hussain, who also lived partly with his in-laws in Barui village, was returning home when his bicycle broke down near Bhattapar village under Roh police station, forcing him to look for a puncture shop. A 50-year-old cloth vendor who was robbed and assaulted by a mob, had his ears cut off and was branded with an iron rod in Nalanda district last week, died during treatment on Friday night, officials said. Mohammad Athar Hussain, a resident of Gaga ...Read More >
New Delhi: Four wanted criminals were injured in two separate police encounters in the city, officers said. Notorious criminal Kanishk, alias Kuku Pahadi, was shot in the right leg in Mehrauli on the intervening night of Oct 24-25. Police said that at 3.15 am on Saturday, a motorcyclist was signalled to stop but tried to flee, lost control and opened fire at the police team. "Shots were fired at sub-inspector Naveen and head constable Ravinder, who were protected by bulletproof jackets. In self- ...Read More >
Acting on precise intelligence and rigorous cyber surveillance, CIK uncovered two social media accounts -- 'faithful_warrior57' and 'Gurkboru.08' -- actively promoting terrorist ideologies. These handles were found glorifying violence, sharing propaganda materials, including audio clips of known terrorists, and inciting secessionist sentiments to radicalise vulnerable youth. Following meticulous technical analysis, CIK identified the operators as two juveniles: Hashim Mashood Lone, 17, from Kha ...Read More >
Jharkhand government has formed a medical team to find out how the child received contaminated blood. Four more children suffering from thalassemia were detected HIV-positive in Jharkhand's Chaibasa town on Saturday during an investigation by a five-member medical team from Ranchi, taking the total number of affected minors to five. The development comes a day after the family of a seven-year-old thalassemia patient alleged that the local blood bank in Chaibasa had transfused HIV-infected bloo ...Read More >
The schoolgirls seen buying alcohol in Madhya Pradesh Bhopal: A video shows girl students in school uniforms buying alcohol from a government liquor shop in Nainpur in Mandla district district of Madhya Pradesh. The incident has sparked outrage across social media, embarrassed local authorities, and raised serious questions about law enforcement and social awareness in the state. The CCTV footage, now in wide circulation, shows a group of uniform-clad schoolgirls, their heads partially cover ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A video showing school girls purchasing alcohol from a government liquor shop in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district is going viral on internet. It is said, not only did the shopkeeper entertain the students, but also completed the sale, which is a clear violation of the law. The matter came to fore through CCTV footage captured in Nainpur of Mandla district, which has sparked outrage and raised serious questions about law enforcement in the state. Watch the video here: ...Read More >
The police said that the incident took place on October 24 A group of teenagers allegedly tried to abduct a Class 11 student at gunpoint from outside a private school in South Delhi's Greater Kailash area following a quarrel between two groups of students, police said on Saturday. The police said the abducted student was rescued safely after a swift chase by the station house officer (SHO) of CR Park police station and police team, who intercepted the suspects' car near the area on Friday, the ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The principal district and sessions judge in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping his minor daughter. In his judgement, the principal district and sessions judge, Anantnag (also the special judge under the POCSO Act) sentenced the man to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life after convicting him for raping his minor daughter. FIR number 03/2022 was registered agains ...Read More >
MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has held that Muslim and Christian couples cannot directly register adoption deeds. Instead, they must follow the procedure under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. Justice GR Swaminathan, while hearing a plea filed by K Heerajohn of Madurai, noted that the JJ Act provides a secular and enabling framework that allows adoption by anyone, regardless of religion. The case involved Heerajohn and his wife, Kadhan Bee ...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 >
A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran took note of the submissions of lawyer Virag Gupta, appearing for the CASC, on Thursday and agreed to hear the PIL on October 17. The plea has sought a direction to union ministries of Electronics and Information Technology, Information and Broadcasting, Finance and Youth Affairs and Sports "to do a harmonious interpretation of provisions of Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 and laws made by State Legislat ...Read More >
Bengaluru, October 17: In a shocking incident, an engineering student was allegedly raped on the premises of her college within the limits of Hanumanthanagar police station in Bengaluru. The incident came to light on Friday. The police have arrested the accused, identified as 21-year-old Jeevan Gowda. He was later produced in a court, which remanded him to judicial custody. According to the police, the accused and the victim were friends studying in the same college. The accused was a classmate ...Read More >
Mysuru/Bengaluru: Hours after IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge Wednesday shared a video of a phone call in which an unidentified man, claiming affiliation with RSS, allegedly abused him in Hindi, home minister G Parameshwara said the govt has ordered an investigation. "We will find out who threatened the minister. We will identify the source," Parameshwara said. "A minister has the right to share his opinions. Threatening him for this is unacceptable. Action will be taken. Though tracking callers i ...Read More >
Rajkot: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) over the alleged custodial torture of a 17-year-old boy whose hair was forcibly yanked out, with a video of the act circulating on social media last monthThe NHRC took suo motu cognizance of media reports about the incident that allegedly took place in Rajkot city.In a statement issued on Wednesday, the human rights watchdog said it has sought a detailed report from the DGP wit ...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 >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Rajasthan Police to file an updated status report along with an inquiry report into the alleged illegal apprehension and detention of two "minor" boys, who were apprehended in Delhi and later taken to Rajasthan in connection with a theft and trespass case. A bench of Justices Jyoti Singh and Anish Dayal was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by street hawker Kapoori Bai, who alleged that her son, 15 and a relat ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The latest Crime in India 2023 report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), released after more than a year's delay, has painted a mixed picture for Tamil Nadu's law and order. While crimes against Dalits and children have increased noticeably, the state has seen a decline in murders and other violent offences, keeping its overall crime rate slightly below the national average. According to the report, Tamil Nadu recorded a crime rate of 264.9 per lakh pop ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana recorded the second-highest crime rate against women in the country in 2023, reporting 124.9 cases per lakh female population, behind only Delhi, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The state ranked ahead of Rajasthan, Odisha, Haryana and Kerala. Delhi remains the highest in terms of crime rate against women in the country. According to the report, a total of 23,678 cases of crimes against women were registered in Telangana in 2023, marking a 7 per cent r ...Read More >
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked to submit an action-taken report within 15 days. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of a complaint alleging illegal religious conversion activities in several madrasas across Madhya Pradesh. The complaint claims that 556 Hindu children are being targeted for conversion by being enrolled in 27 unauthorised madrasas operating in Morena and adjoining districts. According to the complaint, these madrasas are teachi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Priyank Kanoongo, a member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Tuesday raised concerns about Hindu children being enrolled in government-funded madrasas in Morena and Shivpuri districts of Madhya Pradesh. According to Kanoongo, around 500 Hindu children are allegedly being taught the Quran and other Islamic studies, sparking allegations of a conspiracy to convert them to Islam. "We received complaints about around 500 Hindu children enrolle ...Read More >
FARIDABAD, Sep 29: Three minors have been apprehended in connection with a theft at the residence of international boxer Mary Kom here, police said on Monday. The minors allegedly broke into the house on Wednesday while the boxer was in Meghalaya for the inauguration of the 4th Sohra International Half-Marathon on Saturday. They decamped with several valuables and household items, police said. The incident came to light on Saturday when a neighbour, while reviewing CCTV footage, spotted indivi ...Read More >
Bareilly (UP), Sep 29 (PTI) Police on Monday arrested 29 more people including a close aide of cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan in connection with last week's violence in Bareilly after Friday prayers, even as internet suspension in the district was extended till Tuesday midnight, officials said. The clashes broke out on September 26 afternoon after a large crowd carrying 'I Love Muhammad' posters assembled outside a mosque in Kotwali area after Friday prayers. The officials said 39 people, including ...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 >
Chennai: At least 39 people, including 10 minors, died in a stampede at actor-politician Vijay's rally in Karur on Saturday, September 27, according to a report by NDTV. The youngest victim was reportedly just two years old. Children and young adults among victims As per the report, the list of victims released includes Hemalatha (8), Sailetsana (8), Sai Jeeva (4), Guru Vishnu (2), Sanuj (13), Dharanika (14), Pazhaniammal (11), Kokila (14), Krithik (7) and Kishore (17). Many of the others were ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): The Delhi Police have registered a case after a minor was killed in a clash with other minors in Delhi Mangolpuri area, officials said According to police, the deceased had a fight with the accused on Friday morning. Later, the accused, along with a group of boys, allegedly beat him. However, there were no visible external injury marks. Police said most of the Children in Conflict with Law (CCL) involved in the incident have been apprehended, and a case ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to examine a plea alleging sexual assault and custodial torture of a 17-year-old boy by Gujarat Police and asked the petitioner to move high court. "We have all sympathies for you but why you did not approach the high court?" a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta asked the lawyer appearing for the petitioner. The counsel referred to the brutality allegedly meted out to the minor. "Our question is, why could you not approa ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A six-year-old girl with special needs was sexually abused allegedly by a man at a private therapy centre in Rohini. The suspect has been arrested.The survivor's family alleged that the accused was a therapist at the centre. Centre officials, however, claimed that he was brought in by one of the staff for training and was not formally associated with the facility.Police were informed about the incident on Sept 7 after the minor allegedly showed signs of abuse. Her mother told police t ...Read More >
Chandigarh: In a significant development, the Haryana Police have made the first arrest under the newly introduced anti-conversion law after registering a case of illegal religious conversion of a woman in Nuh.The case of forced conversion and exploitation was registered against one Azam, based on the complaint of the victim woman at women's police station in Nuh. The accused was arrested and remanded to custody by the court on Thursday.The arrest is the first under the Haryana Unlawful Conversi ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Aug 22 (PTI) The principal of an Ahmedabad-based private school, where a Class 10 student was stabbed to death allegedly by a fellow pupil, has been booked for not informing police or education authorities about the incident, said an official of crime branch on Friday. In a related development, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) has sent the accused teen, also a Class 10 student, to an observation home upon his production by the crime branch, which is investigating the case, said Assis ...Read More >
The initiative will begin operations on a pilot basis in Mysuru, Belagavi, and Mangaluru starting August 15. Hebbalkar made the announcement in the Legislative Assembly while responding to a question raised by JD(S) floor leader C B Suresh Babu, who expressed concern over the "rising incidents of child pregnancies" in the state. (Also Read: 30-year-old engineer robbed, harassed at knifepoint in Bengaluru PG accommodation) "Our government has taken several steps to prevent child pregnancies an ...Read More >
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