Crime-Justice

KOLKATA: A protest erupted at a school in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Thursday, a day after its teacher was arrested in connection with the murder of a girl student.

BENGALURU: A teenager has stated in her complaint against a yoga instructor that he sexually harassed her when she went to Thailand in 2023 to participate in a yoga competition, police said.

HYDERABAD: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at multiple locations in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad on Thursday.

BENGALURU: A yoga instructor has been arrested on the charges of raping a minor girl in Bengaluru, police said on Thursday.

KOLKATA: A crucial working committee meeting of South Calcutta Law College (New Campus) at Kasba in West Bengal is scheduled on Thursday afternoon to decide on the resignation of the college's Vice-Principal, Noyna Chatterjee.

NEW DELHI: A fugitive wanted in a sensational murder case in Sarita Vihar Police Station area was arrested by the police on Thursday after bring apprehended from Gurugram, after two years of being on the run.

BHUBANESWAR: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday expressed deep anguish over the tragic death of 25-year-old woman traffic constable Subhamitra Sahoo, who went missing from Bhubaneswar on 6 September and was found murdered ten days later.

CHANDIGARH: Continuing the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state consecutively for the 200th day, Punjab Police conducted raids at 414 locations on Wednesday leading to the arrest of 93 drug smugglers after registration of 61 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 29,930 in 200 days. 

KAITHAL: A tragic incident unfolded in Kaithal where a young couple allegedly consumed poison in a hotel room, leading to their death by suicide.

RAIPUR: In a significant development in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, twelve active Maoists surrendered before Superintendent of Police Robinson Guria on Wednesday, marking a major success for the ongoing Maoists eradication campaign.

PHAGWARA: A tragic road accident has been reported near Sultanpur Lodhi on the Sultanpur Lodhi-Goindwal road. According to the information received, the collision took place near the village of Mangu Pur, where a car and a motorcycle were involved in a severe crash. The motorcycle riders, an elderly couple, sustained critical injuries in the accident. Members of the road safety force rushed to the scene and shifted the injured to the Civil Hospital in Sultanpur Lodhi, where doctors declared both dead on arrival.

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police on Wednesday unearthed a fake international call centre racket and arrested ten persons, including the prime accused, officials said.

VISAKHAPATNAM: A CBI Court here has sentenced a former inspector of Central Excise & Customs and a private person to five years in jail in a Rs 32.28 crore fraud case.

SYDNEY: A man has died after being stabbed in a targetted attack in eastern Australia on Wednesday morning.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail of mafia don Rajendra S. Nikalje, alias Chhota Rajan, in the 2001 sensational murder of Mumbai hotelier Jaya Shetty.

PATNA: The Patna High Court on Wednesday expressed strong displeasure over the Bihar Congress' recent social media post featuring an AI-generated video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother and asked the grand old party to take it down.

BENGALURU: The sleuths of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) have arrested former Commissioner of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), G.T. Dinesh Kumar, in connection with the MUDA scam, in which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been named as accused number one.

KAITHAL: Sector-21 police have arrested the main accused Jitendra resident of village Budhakheda. The team of SI Mukesh Kumar under the leadership of Special Detective Unit in -charge SI Ramesh Chand took action and controlled the accused. Initial interrogation revealed that Jitendra's family had taken money from Doctor Prateek's family. There were many panchayats about this and complaints were also given.

HYDERABAD: Telangana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday seized Rs 2 crore cash during the raids on the premises of an official of the electricity department.

NEW DELHI: The recent incident of a group of armed men storming a crowded market and firing in the air in the southeastern fringes of Kolkata has rekindled the debate over law-and-order issues in poll-bound West Bengal.

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday cautioned against the damage that can be caused by drug abuse and called for a stronger fight by enforcement agencies to prevent the destruction of lives and future generations.

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the murder of a NEET student in Gorakhpur and on Tuesday he directed senior officials to visit the spot, meet the victim’s family, and ensure strict action against the culprits.

NEW DELHI: In the 1xBet illegal betting app case, Bengali actor Ankush Hazra and former MP Mimi Chakraborty submitted their respective documents to the Enforcement Directorate here on Tuesday, said an ED source, adding that former cricketers Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa and actor Sonu Sood may be questioned later this month.

NEW DELHI: The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL), in one of its biggest worldwide operations against drug trafficking, made a massive seizure of synthetic drugs valued at $ 6.5 billion, the global crime policing body said on Tuesday.

GUWAHATI: Five Bangladeshi students, who were suspended by the authorities of National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Assam’s Silchar, were sent back to their homes, officials said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: A horrifying incident of violence unfolded in the Subhash Park area under Welcome Police Station limits in North East Delhi, where six individuals were injured, one of them critically, after being attacked by a group of intoxicated men who also unleashed a dog on the victims.

MUMBAI: The Economic Offences wing of Mumbai police has recorded the statement of Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra in a 60 crore alleged fraud case. 

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court's second-most senior judge, Justice Soumen Sen, was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice, following the retirement of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam on Monday. 

BENGALURU: A concerning incident of two chain snatchers threatening two women with a sword and attacking one of them for resisting has been reported from the Ishwarinagar locality of Girinagar police station limits in Bengaluru on Monday. 

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stay the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in entirety, observing that a statute carries a presumption of constitutionality and can be stayed only in the rarest case. 

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to bring women engaged in political sector under the protection of anti-sexual harassment law. 

FEROZEPUR: In a swift intelligence-led operation amidst the ongoing drive to make Punjab a drug free state as per directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Ferozepur Police has dismantled a cross-border drug smuggling attempt with the arrest of an individual and recovered 15.7 kg heroin from his possession, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday. 

PHAGWARA: The district police have arrested five men after intercepting a car and recovering an illegal firearm along with live cartridges during a naka operation near Dilwan.

PHAGWARA: A 32-year-old man from Karahal Kalan village in Kapurthala district was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Saturday evening, after he reportedly left home earlier in the day with an acquaintance.