NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old law student was arrested on Sunday for allegedly ramming his SUV into a police motorcycle and running over a constable and a civil volunteer in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, leaving both injured.The incident occurred near the Outer Ring Road when constable Ashish Sangwan and Police Mitra Sandip Singh were on patrol duty,…
ED officials produce Ashok Kharat before a Special PMLA Court in connection with a Rs 70 crore money laundering case Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Ashok Kharat, a Nashik-based astrologer accused of running a money-laundering operation by exploiting spiritual faith.Last week, observing that there may be strong likelihood that the proceeds of…
CHENNAI: Almost two years after Madras high court overturned a trial court’s death penalty on seven people and life-terms for two others in the sensational Dr Subbiah murder case, the Supreme Court called it a ‘grave error’ and restored the conviction of all the nine people.However, since the Tamil Nadu govt did not press for…
Congress argued that the machines do not support the VVPAT system, leaving voters unable to verify whether their votes were recorded for the candidate of their choice. Hyderabad: Congress has filed a complaint with the State Election Commission (SEC), seeking the replacement of M2 model EVMs proposed for the upcoming ZPTC, MPTC and municipal corporation…
Howrah: A 26-year-old wholesale meat trader was found critically injured near his house at Rasikal in Howrah’s Bankra on Tuesday. The victim, Sadab Kureshi, succumbed to his injuries while being shifted to a hospital.Kureshi’s family claimed that he was beaten to death for refusing to pay money demanded by Trinamool workers ahead of the polls….
Panaji: A six-member central site selection committee on Tuesday inspected a 4.5 lakh sqm land parcel at Farmagudi in Ponda taluka for the proposed permanent campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa.A senior govt officer said the committee will submit its report after the inspection. If no objections are raised, state govt will transfer…
Ahmedabad: Six people were arrested in connection with a cyberfraud network in Naranpura, police said, after an investigation revealed that bank accounts were allegedly being opened and rented out for use in online financial crimes.A complaint was registered by head constable Kamlesh Amarsinh with Naranpura police on Monday. The complaint states that the local crime…
power demand increases in Chandigarh in May Chandigarh: With the heat wave intensifying, power demand is reaching its peak. Between May 1 and May 17, peak power demand increased from 265MW to 326MW. On May 18, it reached 386 MW and on May 19, it was recorded at 414 MW.Last year, on May 20, peak…
The court observed that “the informant and the victim may forgive the accused, but the law does not permit to forgive him” Pune: A special POCSO court last week sentenced a worker (42) to 20-year rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly sexually assaulting his minor daughter, holding that “the law does not permit to forgive” such offenders…
Guwahati: Assam Police on Tuesday summoned Congress MP Randeep Surjewala to appear before investigators on May 23 in connection with a forgery and criminal case against Congress’s Pawan Khera based on the complaint of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma.Sources said that the necessity of summoning Surjewala has emerged after Khera’s interrogation.The development…
