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New Delhi: A 17-year-old student at a government-run residential school in Karnataka's Shahapur taluk gave birth to a baby inside the school's toilet, triggering shock and a police investigation. According to media reports, the incident occurred earlier this week during school hours, when the Class 9 student went into labour. Her classmates, who noticed her in severe distress, immediately alerted the school authorities. The minor and her newborn were rushed to a nearby hospital, where both are ...Read More >
Rourkela: A 36-year-old Sanskrit teacher has been accused of sexually harassing seven girl students of a government-run school in Odisha's Sundargarh district. According to sources, the teacher fled the town after learning that the girls were proceeding with a police complaint. The girls reported the matter to the headmistress of the school, who lodged a written complaint at Gurundia police station on August 20. The incident allegedly took place on August 16. A case has been registered agains ...Read More >
Kochi: BJP's Kerala Vice President C. Krishnakumar, a prominent Hindutva figure from Palakkad district, is facing serious sexual assault allegations made by a relative. In her complaint to BJP Kerala President Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the survivor alleged that Krishnakumar assaulted her several years ago. The complainant stated that she had also approached the RSS state office in Elamakkara and submitted her grievance to senior leaders including Gopalankutty Master, V. Muraleedharan, M.T. Ramesh, ...Read More >
Kochi, Aug 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the second day in succession the Kerala High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to Malayalam rapper Hirandas Murali, popularly known as Vedan, directing that he should not be arrested until his anticipatory bail plea in a rape case is fully heard and disposed of. On Wednesday the court after hearing the complainant's arguments, posted the case for more hearing to August 25. To this, the counsel for Vedan said the court should give directions that he sh ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Aug 20 (PTI) The Haryana government is going to hand over the probe into the death of a 19-year-old teacher in Bhiwani last week to the CBI following public outrage and amid calls in the woman's village for an indefinite protest if the probe is not handed over to the premier investigating agency. Manisha's body was found in a field in Bhiwani on August 13. She had gone missing on August 11 after leaving the school, purportedly to enquire about admission at a nursing college. Chief ...Read More >
Kochi: In a major relief for rapper Vedan alias Hirandas Murali, a native of Thrissur, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday extended his interim protection from arrest in an alleged rape case. A bench of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas restrained the police from arresting the singer till August 25, as his bail application is under consideration before the court. Vedan has been absconding after the Thrikkakara police booked him in the rape case on the basis of a complaint filed by a young doctor on Ju ...Read More >
Twelve years after the rape and murder of a minor girl in Nalgonda, a local court on Thursday (August 14, 2025) sentenced a man to double death penalty and imposed a fine of ₹1.10 lakh. The court also ordered ₹10 lakh as compensation for the victim's family. The accused, identified as Mohammad Mukaram, 24 at the time of arrest, worked as a butcher in a beef shop and lived in the same neighbourhood as the victim. He was taken into custody by Nalgonda Town-I police in April 2013, a day after t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A court in Telangana's Nalgonda district on Thursday awarded a death sentence to a man for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl. The Special POCSO court found the 24-year-old accused, a butcher, guilty in the case and pronounced the death sentence. The court found M. Mukarram guilty under relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.10 lakh. POCSO Court in-charge Roja R ...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 >
Delhi Police booked Swati Maliwal in 2016. (File) New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted MP and former chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Swati Maliwal, accused of allegedly disclosing the identity of a 14-year-old rape victim who succumbed to injuries. Additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal also acquitted Bhupender Singh, then public relations officer of DCW. The prosecution alleged Singh disclosed the minor rape victim's name to electronic media at Maliwal' ...Read More >
Officials said they could make out it was not a case of suicide as soon as they reached the house. Hours after he got a rakhi tied by his 14-year-old cousin, a 33-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya raped her, killed her and hung her body from a noose to make it look like a suicide, the police said on Tuesday. The next day, he went back to the house when the police were carrying out their investigation to try and misguide them, but ended up making them suspicious when he did not let the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The credit-to-deposit ratio in Indian banks has stayed below 80 per cent as credit offtake in the country continues to lag, according to a report by CareEdge Ratings. The report highlighted that while both credit offtake and deposit growth have increased sequentially, they remain significantly lower than the levels seen last year. Deposits continued to outpace credit offtake in the current fortnight, leading to a narrowing of the credit-deposit gap. It state ...Read More >
PATNA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is all set to embark on 'Vote Adhikar Yatra' from Bihar's Rohtas district on August 17 to register a protest against how the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls was being conducted in the state. This comes at a time when the Opposition is ratcheting up its protest against the SIR and casting aspersions on the integrity of elections. AICC general secretary (organisation) and MP KC Venugopal held a meeting with the INDIA bloc leaders ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A woman accused a group of people of drugging and gang-raping her during a party in the Civil Lines area. Police registered an FIR on Monday, but the suspects have not been apprehended yet. A woman was reportedly also a part of the group. The 24-year-old woman, who works for a private company and lives in Punjabi Bagh area, told police that a friend named Neetu had called and invited her to a party at the Civil Lines home of another friend on Sunday. According to her statement, when s ...Read More >
Kendrapara (Odisha), Aug 12 (PTI) A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five people, including one of her close relatives, at a village in Odisha's Kendrapara district, police said on Tuesday. All five accused have been detained and are being interrogated, an officer said. The 10th standard student lodged a complaint with the Rajnagar Police Station on Monday, alleging that a relative of the minor had visited her residence on Raksha Bandhan on August 9, and taken her to a deserted place wh ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted Rajya Sabha MP and former Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal, along with Bhupender Singh, the then public relations officer of DCW, in a case alleging disclosure of the identity of a 14-year-old sexual assault survivor in 2014, who later died in 2016 due to injuries.Additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal observed that courts have consistently "anonymised" trials involving children to protect their identities. The m ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Bringing down the curtain on the proceedings initiated against misleading advertisements for medicinal products, the Supreme Court has closed the case filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against Patanjali Ayurved and its founders.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan said no further hearing was needed as the court had already passed various orders and the purpose of the case had been achieved. "By various orders, the prayers of the WP have been achieved and ...Read More >
Kanpur: A 33-year-old man was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting and killing his 14-year-old cousin, hours after she tied a rakhi on him. The accused, Surjeet, had visited his uncle's home on Rakshabandhan.Police said that later that night, he allegedly attacked the girl and tried to pass it off as a suicide. Her father, asleep in another room, discovered her body the next morning and informed police. Bloodstains in the house raised suspicion, and investigato ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's (GHMC) order to shut beef shops and slaughterhouses on the Independence Day (August 15) and Krishna Janmashtami (August 16) evoked mixed response from people in the city. While some felt that the beef shops should be closed on Krishna Janmashtami considering religious sentiments, they said the shops could be allowed to function on August 15. While there are no restrictions on chicken, fish, etc., beef shops were ordered to be closed. So ...Read More >
Balrampur, Aug 13 (UNI) Authorities in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh have arrested two individuals in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman who is deaf-mute and has mental disabilities. The incident reportedly occurred while the woman was returning from her maternal uncle's home. The horror was captured on a CCTV footage that helped identify two suspects, police said during the day. The two accused, Ankur Verma and Harshit Pandey, were arrested following a pol ...Read More >
The police in Karnataka's Belagavi district arrested a 22-year-old cleric on Wednesday on charge of raping a minor girl. Although the incident allegedly took place inside a mosque on October 5, 2023, it came to light after a right-wing activist posted online a video along with a phone conversation with the girl's parents. Bheemashankar S Guled, Superintendent of Police, Belagavi, identified the arrested accused as Tufel Ahamed Dadapeer Nagarachi, a cleric from Mahalingapura in Bagalkot district ...Read More >
A social activist named Jayanth, from Ichlampady village in Puttur taluk, has claimed that he witnessed the burial of the decomposed body of a teenage girl in Dharmasthala-Ujire 15 years ago. A second witness has emerged in the mass burials case in Karnataka's Dharmasthala. According to The News Minute, a man claimed to have witnessed the body of a girl being buried in violation of procedure 15 years ago. A social activist named Jayanth, from Ichlampady village in Puttur taluk, has claimed tha ...Read More >
Belagavi: A 22-year-old Moulvi was arrested by the Karnataka Police in connection with the alleged rape of a five-year-old girl in the state's Belagavi district, police said on Wednesday. The police said that the incident, which took place in 2023, came to light after the CCTV footage went viral on social media. The police were able to identify the Moulvi and the girl's parents, leading to the accused's arrest. A case has been registered at the Muragod police station, and the accused has been ...Read More >
Belagavi, August 6: A 22-year-old Moulvi was arrested by the Karnataka Police in connection with the alleged rape of a five-year-old girl in the state's Belagavi district, police said on Wednesday. The police said that the incident, which took place in 2023, came to light after the CCTV footage went viral on social media. The police were able to identify the Moulvi and the girl's parents, leading to the accused's arrest. A case has been registered at the Muragod police station, and the accused ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Aug 4 (PTI) The Karnataka High Court has set aside a gag order issued by a Bengaluru civil court that had restrained media platforms, including YouTube channels, from reporting on the alleged mass burials of sexual assault and murder victims in Dharmasthala over the past two decades. The High Court instructed the lower court to reconsider the matter afresh. Justice M Nagaprasanna, delivering the judgment on Friday, allowed a petition filed by YouTube channel Kudla Rampage challengin ...Read More >
Bengaluru: While former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the sexual assault of a woman, the victim and her family continue to live in fear and trauma, still reeling from the emotional and psychological toll of the ordeal. The victim's son-in-law spoke out about the ongoing challenges, recalling how, despite the victim's brave testimony and the eventual conviction, the family's hope for justice had been overshadowed by the pressure from Revanna's influential ...Read More >
Deve Gowda publicly stated that his grandson should face the strictest punishment if proven guilty -- a stance he reiterated in a strongly worded letter to Prajwal For former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, the conviction of his elder grandson Prajwal Revanna is a personal and political blow. Known for his unblemished political career and personal life, Deve Gowda is deeply affected by Prajwal Revanna's rape case. Even the letter Deve Gowda wrote to Prajwal when he was absconding in Germany was ...Read More >
Ashraf, the owner of the PG accommodation, has been arrested ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * A Bengaluru college student accused her paying guest owner Ashraf of rape and filed a complaint * Ashraf was arrested after the student filed a complaint with police * The student said Ashraf forced her into his car, drove to a room and sexually assaulted her Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Bengaluru: A college student in Bengaluru has alle ...Read More >
Mangaluru: A man has come forward with a complaint before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) -- probing the alleged mass burials in Dharmasthala -- claiming to provide details in connection with the murder of a minor girl nearly 15 years ago.Jayanth T told reporters: "I came forward to file a complaint in connection with the murder of a minor girl, which I witnessed around 15 years ago. No FIR was registered then, and the body was buried without investigation. I have now submitted a formal com ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that India's first bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will commence operations "very soon," and it will reduce travel time between the two cities to just 2 hours and 7 minutes. Talking to reporters at the Bhavnagar terminus in Gujarat, after virtually flagging off three trains: the Ayodhya Express, Rewa-Pune Express, and Jabalpur-Raipur Express, Vaishnaw stated that the bullet train project is moving quick ...Read More >
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