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The woman was already married and had two children from the previous marriage that took place in 2015. In a shocking incident reported from Rajasthan's Alwar, a newlywed bride duped her in-laws and allegedly ran away with gold-silver jewellery and around Rs 30,000 cash. As per the reports, she also served phenyl-laced Khichdi to her mother-in-law. The incident took place in 2025 after Rekha got married to the victim, Vikramjeet. Before their wedding, the duo signed a live-in relationship agree ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 2 (PTI) Firearms including pistols and revolvers, weapons like knives and swords as well as fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 3.52 lakh were allegedly recovered from the house of a history sheeter in Dombivali in Thane district following a raid, a police official said on Thursday. The raid on the house of Surendra Pandurang Patil (55), a construction businessman with several criminal cases against his name, in Davdi was carried out on March 30 following a tip ...Read More >
Guwahati: A 30-year-old man from Assam was allegedly lynched by a group of his coworkers in the early hours of Wednesday at a plywood factory in Mudickal, near Perumbavoor in Kerala. The victim has been identified as Noor Hasan, a native of Central Assam's Nagaon district. According to reports, the violence broke out around 6:00 AM at the workers' quarters of AM Veneers. According to preliminary police reports, the conflict began when the accused noticed that several mobile phones and a sum of ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kolkata-based industrialist Pawan Kumar Ruia, arrested by the cybercrime division of the West Bengal Police in connection with a Rs 600 crore cyber fraud case, was on Wednesday remanded to seven days of police custody by a district court. Ruia, who was arrested on Tuesday evening outside a hotel in New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata, was produced before the Bidhannagar sub-divisional court on Wednesday afternoon. During the hearing, the public prosec ...Read More >
Kolkata: Kolkata-based industrialist Pawan Kumar Ruia, arrested by the cybercrime division of the West Bengal Police in connection with a Rs 600 crore cyber fraud case, was on Wednesday remanded to seven days of police custody by a district court. Ruia, who was arrested on Tuesday evening outside a hotel in New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata, was produced before the Bidhannagar sub-divisional court on Wednesday afternoon. During the hearing, the public prosecutor sought police custod ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): A large-scale chocolate theft in Europe recently has taken an unexpected digital turn on Wednesday, with the popular confectionery brand unveiling a "Stolen KitKat Tracker" on Wednesday, that allows customers to check whether their chocolate bar is part of the "missing batch." The update comes days after the company confirmed that a large consignment (12 tonnes) of its products had gone missing during transit. The unusual incident, already drawing global atten ...Read More >
Lucknow, April 1: A newly married woman in Alwar has been accused of fleeing with cash and jewellery after allegedly attempting to poison her mother-in-law, police said. The incident, reported in 2025, involves claims that the woman served phenyl-laced food to a family member before leaving the house with valuables. According to the complaint, the accused left with gold and silver jewellery along with around INR 30,000 in cash. Authorities have launched an investigation into the allegations, an ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 1: More than 400,000 KitKat chocolate bars, weighing around 12 tonnes, have been stolen from a delivery truck during transit across Europe, manufacturer Nestlé confirmed. The shipment, consisting of 4,13,793 bars, went missing while being transported from a factory in central Italy to Poland. The vehicle and its cargo remain unaccounted for, with investigations ongoing in coordination with local authorities and supply chain partners. The company has stated that each stolen bar is ...Read More >
Lucknow: Abdul Kadir, 56, a resident of Chhauchh area of Lakhmipur Kheri, got his smart prepaid meter recharge for Rs 7,300 but still had to remain without electricity for 17 days.After running from pillar to post for over a fortnight, he finally got his connection restored on March 30.Goge (72) of Unnao's Mohan Katra village and his grandson Mohammad Kaif (32) met several officials for over two weeks after which his connection was restored.In Lucknow's Yahiyaganj, power supply to the garment st ...Read More >
Banks use locker scarcity to pressure customers into investments. A customer at a private bank walked in to request a locker, a fairly routine banking need. He was ready to meet the formal requirements, including maintaining a fixed deposit linked to the locker. But instead of a simple application process, he was given a choice. Buy a ULIP worth around Rs 1 lakh. Or take a term insurance policy of about Rs 40,000. Only then, he was told, could his locker request be considered. The customer ( ...Read More >
New Delhi: Banks in India cannot see, record or inspect the valuables customers store in bank lockers, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Lok Sabha during Question Hour on 30 March 2026. She said this would violate banking regulations and customer privacy, and ruled out the possibility of differential insurance coverage based on the contents of lockers. Under the current framework, standard insurance compensation for locker loss is capped at 100 times the annual locker rent, and ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Mar 12 (PTI) A 55-year-old domestic help was arrested for allegedly stealing gold jewellery and cash worth Rs 16 lakh from an elderly couple's house here, police said. Dhanlakshmi had been working at the couple's house in Frazer Town for nearly 25 years, they said. With her arrest, police claimed to have recovered 54 grams of gold jewellery and Rs 8 lakh cash, totaling worth Rs 16 lakh. The matter came to light on February 19 when a complaint was filed in this regard at Pulakeshina ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI) Global tech giants Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp told the Supreme Court on Monday that they will comply with the NCLAT's directions for extending the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) privacy and consent guidelines to advertising-related data. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi was hearing appeals filed by the tech giants against the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal's (NCLAT) directions of December last y ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Backed by political influence and financial muscle, the gangs illegally mining sand and minerals were functioning like a mafia, observed the Madras High Court. While hearing cases related to illegal sand and mineral mining, a division bench comprising Justices SM Subramaniam and C Kumarappan said preventing sand and mineral theft was the responsibility of the district Collectors concerned and directed that Collectors should take action against Revenue Department officials who fail to r ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) The satellite-based toll collection system will be operational across the country by 2026-end, which will eliminate the waiting time at toll plazas for commuters and bring more revenue for the government, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the road transport and highways minister said the new technology will be satellite and AI-based and commuters will not have to wait at toll plazas ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Sunday said he shared all the information available with him regarding the Sabarimala gold scam with the special investigation team (SIT) probing the case.Speaking to the media after giving his statement to the SIT, Chennithala said he informed the probe team about the possible links between the theft and international antique smuggling networks. He clarified that the details he provided were information he received in his capacity ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad city police have detected two theft cases and arrested three accused and recovered stolen gold and silver ornaments worth approximately Rs 31 lakh from their possession. In the first case under Karkhana Police Station, police arrested Uragadda Madhavi (35), who works as a maid and her husband Uragadda Krishnaiah (40), a driver, both residents of Lakkapalli Village, Narayanpet district. According to police, the complainant Gajawada Sridhar, a jewellery businessman, of B ...Read More >
Mumbai, December 16: Police in Maharashtra's Thane district have arrested a 19-year-old man following the alleged molestation and theft of INR 1,000 from a 26-year-old woman passenger who had booked a bike-taxi ride, reportedly via Rapido, to her gym in Kalyan on Saturday evening, December 13. The accused, identified as Siddhesh Pardeshi, was apprehended on Sunday, according to the Mahatma Phule police station as reported by news agency PTI. The incident has reignited concerns regarding passeng ...Read More >
New Delhi: Vi (Vodafone Idea) has introduced a new prepaid plan, which offers handset theft and loss insurance along with mobile recharge plans, the first of its kind in the Indian telecommunication industry. The new plans will enable prepaid users to have theft or loss insurance on their smartphones without purchasing an insurance policy. The company indicated that the initiative responds to an increasing consumer issue with the rising cost of smartphones and their necessity, which is consider ...Read More >
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: Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Monday (Dec 15) alleged that the Sabarimala temple gold heist could be part of a larger conspiracy aimed at selling priceless temple antiques in Kerala and amassing huge wealth from them. Speaking to media persons here, Chennithala said the LDF government was trying to protect influential individuals, including former ministers, in connection with the gold theft at the Sabarimala temple. He described the incident as one that has deeply hur ...Read More >
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], November 20 (ANI): The Special Investigation Team on Thursday arrested former Travancore Devaswom Board president A Padmakumar in the Sabarimala gold theft case, officials said. He was the Devaswom Board president in 2019, when the gold theft took place. The arrest came after the SIT questioned him for several hours at the State Police Headquarters since this morning. Also Read | 5G Network Expansion: India Set To Cross 1 Million 5G Subscription by End of 2031, ...Read More >
RAMPUR: Less than two months after he was released from Sitapur jail, SP leader Mohammed Azam Khan went back behind bars on Monday when a court convicted and sentenced him to seven years' imprisonment in a 2019 case related to obtaining two PAN cards using different dates of birth. The special MP-MLA court here also sentenced Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam to seven years' imprisonment in the same case. After the sentencing, Khan was taken from the Rampur court to the district jail under heavy s ...Read More >
The SIT probing the Sabarimala gold theft has requested permission from the Thantri to conduct a scientific inspection at the Sannidhanam. The SIT aims to examine the gold-plated sheets on the Dwarapalaka sculptures and door frames. Pathanamthitta: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Sabarimala gold theft case has requested permission from the Thantri to carry out a scientific inspection at the Sannidhanam. The formal request was submitted to Thantri Mahesh Mohanaru through the Dev ...Read More >
Kochi, Nov 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala High Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) secretary S. Jayasree, offering temporary relief even as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) ramped up action in the high-profile Sabarimala gold theft case. The interim order, issued by a single-judge Bench, will remain in force until Tuesday, when the matter will be taken up for detailed hearing. Earlier this month, the High Court had dismissed her ...Read More >
Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu Police on Monday night arrested three men accused of abducting and gangraping a 20-year-old college student near Coimbatore International Airport. The alleged crime took place on Sunday, November 2. The three accused, identified as Guna, Karuppasamy, and Karthik alias Kaleeswaran, were intercepted on the outskirts of Mettupalayam. They were shot in the leg during an encounter while trying to escape. They were subsequently taken to the Coimbatore government hospital fo ...Read More >
Hyderabad: District education officers (DEOs) and DIET principals were briefed on digital applications being implemented by the school education department. At the programme conducted under the guidance of school education director Dr Naveen Nicholas, officials explained in detail the functioning of the applications such as FLN, UDISE-Plus and the facial recognition system (FRS). Dr Nicholas noted the successfully completing the FRS in government schools. Schools showing the highest rates were h ...Read More >
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) recovered over 400 grams of gold from Govardhan's jewellery store. Thiruvananthapuram: In a major breakthrough in the Sabarimala gold theft case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has recovered a substantial quantity of the stolen gold from a jewellery outlet in Bellari, Karnataka. The gold, allegedly handed over by key accused Unnikrishnan Potti to his associate Govardhan, was seized during a raid led by Superintendent of Police Sasidharan. The team r ...Read More >
Bengaluru/T'puram: The special investigation team (SIT) probing the alleged gold theft at Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, raided a house at Nagappa Block, Srirampura, in northern Bengaluru on Saturday and recovered materials and documents in connection with the case.A senior officer from Bengaluru said a Kerala police inspector and sub-inspector led the search. A source said the house belongs to Unnikrishnan Potti, the prime accused in the case. Meanwhile, the SIT has recovered the gold Potti handed ...Read More >
Kolkata: When a family from Burdwan checked into room 302 of Hotel Al Burj on Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road on Thursday, they were immediately struck by a pungent smell. A cursory search of the room did not reveal anything and hotel staffers sprayed room freshener liberally before the family settled in. They, however, had a fitful night as the stench got sharper. By Friday morning, it was unbearable and the family sought urgent intervention by the staff. What followed left the family shaken and traumat ...Read More >
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