KOLKATA: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police have arrested a Trinamool Congress councillor on charges of abducting a Tripura-based businessman.

HYDERABAD: Cyberabad police were questioning celebrity choreographer Jani Master at an undisclosed location here on Friday after he was brought from Goa where he was arrested for alleged sexual assault on a junior female choreographer.

GUJARAT: The body of a 6-year-old girl, a Class 1 student, was found in the compound of her school in Gujarat’s Dahod district.

KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the case of financial irregularities in state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital have secured crucial clues about how its former principal, Sandip Ghosh had illegally awarded contracts for sophisticated and technical projects to a particular business entity which did not have the requisite expertise and experience in the field.

BENGALURU: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Munirathna was arrested on Friday in connection with the rape and honey-trapping charges in Bengaluru, said officials here.

KARNATAKA: Tension prevailed in Karnataka’s Davanagere city on Friday following the incident of stone pelting during the Ganesh Visarjan procession.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, has registered a corruption case against an Asistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of Police, Karamvir Singh, posted at police station, Sadar Kharar, in Mohali district for taking a bribe of Rs. 15000.

BENGALURU: Karnataka High Court on Thursday reserved the order on the bail plea submitted by Prajwal Revanna in the sex scandal case following the completion of submissions.

KOLKATA: Four-time Trinamool Congress MLA Sudipto Roy arrived at the office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Salt Lake in Kolkata on Thursday afternoon for questioning in connection with the financial irregularities case in the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata.

SACRAMENTO: California has long used secret legal agreements to hide police misconduct, allowing officers with wrongdoing records to continue working in law enforcement and other sensitive positions, a recent investigation revealed.

TOKYO: A 10-year-old Japanese boy, who was stabbed while on his way to school in Shenzhen, China, died from his injuries early Thursday morning, the Japanese government confirmed.

YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized 180 kg of narcotics in Myanmar's Shan state on Thursday, local media reported.

BENGALURU: More than 8,000 accused involved in drug peddling have been convicted in the last 1.4 years in Karnataka, said state Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Thursday.

HYDERABAD: Celebrity choreographer Jani Master was arrested by Telangana's Cyberabad police from Goa on Thursday for alleged sexual assault on a junior female choreographer.

MUMBAI: Famed Bollywood writer Salim Khan has received fresh death threats from an unknown woman who warned him of sending a dreaded gangster to eliminate him, a police official said here on Thursday.

PATNA: The National Investigation Agency conducted a raid on the house of JD(U) leader Manorama Devi in Bihar's Gaya on Thursday.

UNIONDALE: In a case of election interference attempt, Iran hacked electronic data from Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign and sent it to people associated with President Joe Biden, US intelligence agencies said.

MOSCOW: Two people have been killed and seven injured in a shooting at the office of Russian online retailer Wildberries, according to the Russian Investigative Committee.

HYDERABAD: Cyberabad police were on the lookout for celebrity choreographer Jani Master, who went absconding after a non-bailable case was registered against him for alleged sexual assault on a junior female choreographer.

NEW DELHI: Launching a scathing attack on the Nitish Kumar government over the burning down of houses in Nawada district, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said even Dalit's screams could not awake the Bihar government from a deep slumber.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Police have lodged an FIR against jailed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Munirathna, in connection with raping a woman social activist, said officials on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday condemned the NDA's double-engine government for its "failure" to prevent a violent incident in Bihar's Nawada district and "indifference" towards Dalits.

KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned youth CPI(M) leader Meenakshi Mukherjee as a witness for interrogation in the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata last month.

PHAGWARA: Nakodar police have recovered the body of NRI Mohindar Singh a resident of Kang Sahibu village.

BHOPAL: A three-year-old girl student was allegedly raped by a teacher at a private school here. The matter came to light after the minor girl's parents lodged a police complaint on Wednesday.

KARNATAKA: Tension prevailed in Karnataka's Belagavi city on Wednesday following the stabbing of three youths who had taken part in a Ganesh Visarjan procession, said officials here, adding that three accused have been arrested and a hunt was on for two more.

KOLKATA: After a long silence, Trinamool Congress General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, on Wednesday gave a reaction on the rape and murder of a junior doctor of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital and insisted that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should be held accountable for ensuring justice for the victim.

MEXICO CITY: At least 30 civilians have been killed since a wave of violence hit northwest Mexico's Sinaloa state, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said.

KOLKATA: The former and controversial principal of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Sandip Ghosh unethically included his name in the last Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the hospital formed in 2021.

KOCHI: With the Onam festivities and the series of holidays over, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe the Hema Committee report, which brought out the pitiable condition of women in the Malayalam film industry, will be meeting on Wednesday evening.

BENGALURU: A woman and her male friend have been arrested for stabbing a 60-year-old man, allegedly in response to a love proposal, by Karnataka Police.

CANBERRA: The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has carried out raids nationwide after infiltrating a messaging platform used for criminal communications.

CHENNAI: Notorious gangster Kakathope Balaji, wanted in more than 50 criminal cases including murder, was killed in an encounter with the police in Chennai.

KOLKATA: West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Association (WBJDF), the umbrella body organising a protest against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata, will seek fresh discussions with the state government on their unfulfilled demands, especially on the one related to the removal or replacement of the current state health secretary, Narayan Swarup Nigam.

NEW YORK: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says that he got "a very nice call" from his Democratic adversary Kamala Harris on Tuesday following the second assassination attempt.