Ghaziabad: A teenager’s four-year-long battle for justice ended in success after a special Pocso court on Friday sentenced the man who sexually assaulted her to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 1.05 lakh.Judge Neeraj Gautam said the survivor was under 16 years at the time of the incident. “Therefore, the charges against…
Udanta Singh is keen on continuing with FC Goa after three years at the club Panaji: FC Goa have fallen behind in the race for the Indian Super League (ISL) title, but winger Udanta Singh is proud of his team’s efforts.After the loss against Jamshedpur FC last week, Goa are fourth on the table with…
Varanasi: A chain snatcher sustained a bullet injury to his leg and was arrested following an encounter with Shivpur police on Friday morning.ACP (Cantt) Apoorv Pandey said Shivpur SHO Ajit Kumar Verma and his team were on night patrol when informers tipped them off about criminals moving on the Ring Road in the early hours….
Tension arises in family over the youth’s attachment to the 45-year-old woman Ahmedabad: A relationship between a 45-year-old woman and a 24-year-old youth led to emotional turmoil and family tensions that eventually reached the Abhayam 181 women helpline.According to counsellors associated with the helpline, the woman came in contact with the youth while caring for…
Dimapur: Two persons have been arrested on charges of abducting and extorting a businessman here, the Dimapur commissionerate of police said in a release on Friday.The release said an FIR was lodged by Ruhon Das, a resident of Sematilla in Dimapur, on April 21. According to the FIR, he was followed by two unidentified persons…
Lucknow: DGP Rajeev Krishna on Friday directed police units across UP to intensify surveillance on cross-border radicalisation networks, caste-based hate campaigns and organised criminal activities while strengthening beat policing with the deployment of over 60,000 newly recruited constables.Chairing a statewide review meeting through video-conferencing from the police headquarters, Krishna reviewed crime control, cyber-monitoring, public grievance…
Ajmer: The Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) officially cancelled the scandal-ridden 2021 Sub-Inspector/Platoon Commander Recruitment Examination Friday, acting on a recommendation of the state govt in keeping with a high court judgment from last year recently upheld by the Supreme Court.The RPSC simultaneously announced a fresh recruitment process for 859 posts, with eligibility limited to…
NEW DELHI: Observing that no person can be permitted to profit from his own wrongdoing, SC on Friday held that a person accused of committing murder or abetting in the murder of another person would be barred from inheriting the victim’s property.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said such disqualification on…
US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine starting Saturday, expressing hope that the temporary truce could pave the way for a long-term agreement to end the war.The ceasefire, which will run from May 9 to May 11, will also include a mutual exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each…
Mumbai Police files FIR against Celina Jaitly’s husband over alleged physical harm, cruelty The Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against Bollywood actress Celina Jaitly‘s husband, Peter Haag, after the actress filed the complaint alleging cruelty, physical harm, criminal intimidation and sustained harassment against her.The Mumbai Police have registered an FIR against Austrian National Peter…
