Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) The alleged assault on women doctors and hospital staff by a Shiv Sena corporator in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation area has triggered sharp political reactions in Maharashtra, with leaders from the Opposition accusing the ruling alliance of misusing power and demanding strict action against those responsible. Meanwhile, state ministers condemned the incident, describing it as unacceptable and assuring that appropriate action would be taken.Speaking to reporters,…
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Bhopal, June 30 (IANS) Cricketer Shashank Singh on Tuesday denied allegations of assaulting a man employed at his family’s residence in Bhopal, claiming the complainant had falsely projected himself as a cook and suggesting that an attempt was being made to implicate his family. The statement came a day after Ratibad police registered an FIR against Shashank Singh, his father and retired Madhya Pradesh Special Director General (DG) of Police Shailesh Singh, and their driver on the complaint of V…
Hyderabad, June 28 (IANS) Congress national spokesperson Dr Shama Mohamed on Sunday urged Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to take action against some BJP leaders who allegedly assaulted the principal in Nizamabad district over the teaching of Urdu in the school.Posting, on X, a video in which a man slapped the teacher in the presence of police officials, she said that a group of ‘BJP goons’ barged into the campus of a school in Telangana and assaulted a teacher who was teaching Urd…
Jammu, June 25 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district have registered an FIR against Army personnel, including a commanding officer, for allegedly storming a police station and causing injuries to policemen with the intention to kill.Officials said J&K Police have filed an FIR against several Army personnel for allegedly storming a police station in Kishtwar district, assaulting police personnel and damaging government property.The Army has said the matter is under examinatio…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Rezaul Khan, the former Trinamool Congress president of Indpur block in Bankura district, has been arrested by the police on charges of assaulting a BJP worker and allegedly molesting his wife.A senior officer of the Bankura district police said on Sunday that the arrest was made on the basis of a complaint lodged by the BJP worker.The BJP worker alleged that Rezaul attacked him at his residence and assaulted him. He further alleged that the Trinamool Congress leader mole…
Gwalior, June 17 (IANS) A 17-year-old girl was allegedly attacked with an axe in her house in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district by a youth, who had been stalking and harassing her, and then thrown off the roof, leaving her battling for her life at a hospital in Gwalior.Police have reportedly arrested the accused.According to the victim’s mother, the girl was alone at their house on Friday. “As soon as the boy entered the house and started harassing her, she went to the terrace. The boy followed…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) After winning the recently concluded West Bengal elections through various unfair means, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is using the state police to break the Trinamool Congress from inside, alleged Mamata Banerjee on Monday. She claimed that many MLAs were first receiving threat calls from the police, warning them to refrain from party-related activities or face cases under the Arms Act and the Narcotics Act.“After that, the same MLAs are receiving calls from differen…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) In a major breakthrough under the ongoing special drive against proclaimed offenders and externees, a team of Hauz Qazi Police Station in the national capital on Saturday apprehended a notorious proclaimed offender involved in 69 criminal cases, who had been absconding, to evade judicial proceedings in a theft case. The accused, identified as Babloo alias Narendra alias Prem, a resident of Multani Dhanda in Delhi’s Paharganj, was arrested following sustained technical sur…
Bengaluru, May 2 (IANS) In a road rage case reported on Saturday from Bettadasanapura near Electronics City in Bengaluru, a couple from West Bengal was allegedly assaulted by a group of miscreants in broad daylight. The group had not only assaulted the couple in the middle of the road but also damaged the vehicle.The incident of assault has been captured by the dashboard camera of the car and raised concerns. The visuals have gone viral on social media. The police have launched a hunt for the ac…
Jaipur, April 30 (IANS) The police have detained three persons for allegedly assaulting a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA during a meeting in Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan on Thursday, triggering political outrage and prompting police action.According to reports, the incident took place in the afternoon at the ‘MLA Seva Kendra’ located within the Bihani College campus, where MLA Jaideep Bihani was holding a meeting with officials to discuss the ongoing drinking water crisis in the city.During…