Crime

‘Baton rape’ of black man in police custody sparks protests in French cities

Protesters in three French cities demanded justice for Theo, a young black man who was allegedly raped with a baton while in police custody in the Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois. At least 250 people congregated in the French capital, near the underground station of Ménilmontant, on 8 February, for second consecutive night. Between 300-400 people participated at a solidarity rally in Nantes, and another 200 demonstrated in Rennes. Protesters showed anger at the police, chanting: We all hate the police and leaving Cops, rapists, murders written on the walls, as the newspaper Le Parisien reported.

Feb 9, 2017

Red Cross temporarily stops operations in Afghanistan after 6 employees get killed; 2 missing

ICRC billed the offensive as the worst attack against the organisation in last 20 years.

Feb 9, 2017

Madhya Pradesh ATS team arrests 11 persons on charges of supplying information to Pakistan's ISI

The ATS team arrested the suspects on charges of supplying information to the ISI about the Indian army and the air force in the state.

Feb 9, 2017

Kerala techie found dead in her Australia apartment

A software engineer from Kerala was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her apartment in Clayton near Melbourne. The cause of her death is yet to be ascertained.

Feb 9, 2017

Two IIT Guwahati students detained for molesting three girls during annual fest

The police are investigating the case and are trying to find out why the girls stayed back at the IIT campus.

Feb 9, 2017

Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy case: Gopal Ansal to be jailed for 1 year, has 4 weeks to surrender

The court reduced Sushil Ansal's sentence to time already undergone.

Feb 9, 2017

Man jailed for feeding his hamster LSD and cannabis

Corey Lee Destrow, 22, of Brock Close, Lancaster and Nchinmunya Ntembe, 22, of Cypress Close, Lancaster have been charged with animal cruelty offences after the video emerged online. Ntembe, admitted five animal cruelty offences, including failing to meet the needs of two dogs.

Feb 8, 2017

Social activists take law into their hands against murder suspect, corruption accused 'to teach them a lesson'

From corrupt officials being force-fed to slapping and thrashing accused, some activists in Pune and Ahmedabad take to unconventional methods of protest against violators of law.

Feb 8, 2017

Educated woman having sex multiple times after being promised marriage is not rape, rules Kerala HC

The Kerala high Court observed that this was "a clear case of consent, and that the sexual intercourse was not at any time vitiated by any false promise."

Feb 8, 2017

Kabul blast: Suicide bomber kills at least 20 people near supreme court

The blast took place in the car park at the supreme court in the centre of Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan.

Feb 7, 2017

Kalburgi women protesting against hysterectomy scam

2,500 Dalit, Lambani women protest at Kalburgi demanding compensation, criminal action for wrong removal of uterus

At least 2,500 rural women stormed into the office of the Kalburgi district administration when it paid no heed to the reports of the victims whose uterus were removed by private doctors.

Feb 7, 2017

Anubhav Mittal with Sunny Leone and Amisha Patel

Sunny Leone, Ameesha Patel may be interrogated in Rs 3,700-crore Ponzi scam

At least 6.5 lakh investors have reportedly been duped by the scam, and their complaints led the ED and an STF of the UP Police to bust the racket.

Feb 7, 2017

Police release CCTV footage of Russell Square stabbing attacker Zakaria Bulhan

A man has admitted to killing a US tourist and wounding five people in an attack in London’s Russell Square on 3 August 2016. The attacker, 19-year-old Zakaira Bulhan, carried out the act on August 3 and pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the Old Bailey. He claimed that he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time. Bulhan will be sentenced on February 7.

Feb 7, 2017

Pakistani military leaders support terrorist groups that attack India: Husain Haqqani

Haqqani has said that Pakistan often targets terrorists who perpetrate attacks on its soil, but not those who attack India or Afghanistan.

Feb 7, 2017

Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel Prize replica, valuables stolen from home

The original Nobel Prize is kept at the Rashtrapati Bhawan as per protocol. The robbers must have assumed that the replica was the original.

Feb 7, 2017

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Crime

‘Baton rape’ of black man in police custody sparks protests in French cities

Red Cross temporarily stops operations in Afghanistan after 6 employees get killed; 2 missing

Madhya Pradesh ATS team arrests 11 persons on charges of supplying information to Pakistan's ISI

Kerala techie found dead in her Australia apartment

Two IIT Guwahati students detained for molesting three girls during annual fest

Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy case: Gopal Ansal to be jailed for 1 year, has 4 weeks to surrender

Man jailed for feeding his hamster LSD and cannabis

Social activists take law into their hands against murder suspect, corruption accused 'to teach them a lesson'

Educated woman having sex multiple times after being promised marriage is not rape, rules Kerala HC

Kabul blast: Suicide bomber kills at least 20 people near supreme court

2,500 Dalit, Lambani women protest at Kalburgi demanding compensation, criminal action for wrong removal of uterus

Sunny Leone, Ameesha Patel may be interrogated in Rs 3,700-crore Ponzi scam

Police release CCTV footage of Russell Square stabbing attacker Zakaria Bulhan

Pakistani military leaders support terrorist groups that attack India: Husain Haqqani

Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel Prize replica, valuables stolen from home

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