Ludhiana: A 65-year-old village grocer was ambushed and attacked with knives during a pre-dawn robbery on his way to a dairy distribution hub, highlighting growing concerns over violent ambient crime targeting small traders.Sohan Singh of Mansooran village was carrying ₹25,000 on his scooter to buy morning inventory on Wednesday when five men intercepted him near…
Ludhiana: A bride-to-be was found dead in a police washroom eight years ago, and now the Punjab and Haryana high court has issued a notice of motion to the Punjab govt following allegations that it protected senior police officials from prosecution.The legal challenge follows the 2017 death of Ramandeep Kaur, 29, who was found hanging…
Hyderabad: Following his arrest in a Pocso case registered at Petbasheerabad police station, Bandi Bageerath, the son of Union minister of state for home affairs, approached the high court seeking permission to withdraw his interim anticipatory bail petition, which was pending before the court.In view of the hearing scheduled for May 21, Bageerath’s counsel, N…
In Sept 1927, Khwaja Abdul Hamied (1898-1972), returning from Germany with a doctorate in chemistry, reached Bombay from Columbo. Completely broke, he went to the Khilafat House to see Maulana Shaukat Ali who gave him Rs 50 for the train journey to Aligarh. Hamied went on to found Cipla, the pharma company he and later…
The unauthorized eavesdropping case, between the ‘Real Housewives of Miami’ star Lisa Hochstein and her ex-husband Leonard ‘Lenny’ Hochstein, took a surprising turn amid their crashing lawsuit proceedings. The reality show personality had criminal charges of interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, along with her ex-boyfriend, Jody Glidden. However, the duo will soon be…
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen lost all the 11 seats it contested in the West Bengal assembly elections, the results of which were announced on Monday.AIMIM national spokesperson Adil Hussain said: “We will analyse the performance of our candidates and the party.” The party had fielded candidates from Murshidabad, Malda, Birbhum, North 24 Parganas,…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and party MP Sanjay Raut, who attended the INDIA bloc’s Delhi meeting virtually on Monday, told the alliance partners that the bloc must name a prime ministerial candidate before going to the people ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.“People ask us who our PM face is… We must…
Federal authorities have arrested Indian-origin businessman Mahender Makhijani, accusing him of defrauding a bank out of nearly $100 million through a scheme that involved forged real estate documents and misleading financial records.The 44-year-old man is a lawful permanent resident from India who lives in Corona del Mar, California. He was taken into custody on Wednesday…
Mumbai: Powai police detained a 19-year-old from Kharghar for rash and negligent driving after a hit-and-run near Mahatma Phule Nagar on Sunday evening. Police said the driver was speeding towards the Eastern Express Highway.Police said the driver first hit a motorcycle and then struck four pedestrians—Manisha Sawant (45), Natha Sopan Pargaonkar (40), Ammachar Pande (40)…
Ahmedabad: As part of the push for participative and doorstep delivery of justice, the Supreme Court decided to launch Supreme Court Action for Mediated Adjudication and Disputes Harmonisation Across Nation (SAMADHAN) Samaroh, which commenced on April 21 and will culminate in Special Lok Adalat between Aug 21 and 23, 2026.According to the legal services authority,…
