Crime

Muzaffarpur shelter home: CBI arrests quack who administered injections laced with sedatives to inmates

Two close aides of Brajesh Thakur, the prime accused in the shelter home sex scandal case, including his associate Shaista Parveen alias Madhu were arrested by the CBI on Tuesday, officials said.

Nov 21, 2018

Uttar Pradesh: 16-year-old girl raped in Muzaffarnagar; accused at large

The youth, who also made a video of the act, was booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Nov 20, 2018

Jammu and Kashmir: Four militants, soldier killed in Shopian encounter

Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the area Tuesday morning after receiving specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants there.

Nov 20, 2018

Guzman trial: El Chapo bribed Mexican presidents, says former deputy

Mexico extradited Guzman, one of the most dreaded drug lords, to the US in January 2017. The 61-year old, who had enacted some daring jailbreaks during his infamous career, faces life in jail if found guilty.

Nov 19, 2018

BREAKING: Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn arrested for under-reporting income

Nissan said it has been providing information to the Japanese Public Prosecutors Office and has been fully cooperating with their investigation.

Nov 19, 2018

Uttar Pradesh: 14-year-old shot accidentally at religious event in Etah district

Many people die every year in Uttar Pradesh in celebratory firing during weddings and incidents like this. There is a ban on such firing but the law implementation is poor, an official averred.

Nov 19, 2018

Odisha: 10 chopped palms of tribals recovered in Jajpur; no formal complaint lodged yet

Police had found five pairs of chopped palms, which were preserved in a medical box in a club near the site, Jajpur Superintendent of Police C S Meena said.

Nov 19, 2018

New Jersey: Telangana man shot dead by 16-year-old in carjacking incident

Sunil Edla (61) was fatally shot by the minor boy outside his residence in Ventnor City in New Jersey at around 8 p.m. on November 15 (local time).

Nov 18, 2018

Jammu and Kashmir: Two militants killed in encounter at Shopian district

Incriminating material including arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter,the spokesman said, adding police have registered a case and initiated investigation in the matter.

Nov 18, 2018

West Bengal: Gold worth Rs 3 crore seized in Siliguri; one arrested

Officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) from Siliguri Regional Unit seized 9.296 kg of gold bars, smuggled from Myanmar to India through the Indo-Myanmar border of Manipur on Saturday evening.

Nov 18, 2018

Punjab: 3 dead, 10 injured in grenade attack at Nirankari Bhawan

The grenade attack took place on the campus of the Nirankari sect in Adliwal village, about 15 km from Amritsar.

Nov 18, 2018

Delhi: Woman found dead with throat slit in home; probe underway

The deceased's husband had gone out and when he returned home at around 6.30 pm, he found his wife's body on the sofa with her throat slit.

Nov 18, 2018

CIA believes Khashoggi's murder was ordered by Saudi Prince Mohammed bin-Salman

Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post, was last seen entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2. He was there to procure the documents necessary to marry his Turkish fiancée.

Nov 17, 2018

Thane: 3 men claiming to be RTI activists arrested for extortion

As per the complaint lodged by the builder, Vasant Joshi (46), Vinod Gangaram Joshi (35) and Kalpesh Gangaram Joshi (29) had been harassing him since 2017. They filed an RTI query with the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) about one his housing projects in Dombivli.

Nov 16, 2018

Bengaluru: Man gets caught by police for not wearing helmet; confesses to stabbing friend

Sandeep Shetty was stopped for not wearing his helmet near MG Road. However, he handed over a bloody knife to the police and confessed to a crime he had committed earlier.

Nov 16, 2018