Pakur (Jharkhand), March 30 (IANS) The police in Jharkhand’s Pakur district have arrested an advocate on charges of sexually exploiting a law student and blackmailing her after allegedly filming the assault, police officials said on Monday.The accused has been identified as Joel Murmu. Police said he was produced before a court which remanded him to judicial custody.According to officials, the victim had initially approached the advocate for legal advice and guidance. It is alleged that the ac…
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Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) An FIR has been registered against two individuals for allegedly storing and using domestic LPG cylinders illegally for commercial purposes at a hotel in the Kalbadevi area of Mumbai. According to the LT Marg Police, both accused — Harish Mehta and Prakash Purohit — have been booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Essential Commodities Act. Further investigation into the matter is currently underway.Acting on specific information, a …
Coimbatore, March 29 (IANS) The Coimbatore Police have launched an inquiry after a private bus from the city was seized in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru district for allegedly carrying inscriptions seen as glorifying fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim.The bus, which had departed from Coimbatore with more than 40 engineering students on board, was returning from an excursion to Dandeli in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district when it was intercepted by the Basavanahalli police on Saturday.According …
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) In a case of a fake bomb scare, a 58-year-old passenger was arrested at the Mumbai airport for allegedly creating chaos with a hoax bomb alert, police said.According to officials, the accused, Shanti Kothari, was arrested after immigration officials at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport stopped him from boarding a Mumbai-Delhi flight. The accused allegedly screamed that a bomb was planted in a Mumbai-Ghaziabad flight and created chaos on the premis…
Kochi, March 27 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider within two months a representation alleging communal remarks made by BJP leader B. Gopalakrishnan during the ongoing Assembly election campaign in Guruvayur.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas issued the directive while disposing of a writ petition filed by Kerala Students’ Union (KSU) leader Gokul.The petitioner had sought action against the NDA candidate, accusing him of violating elect…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court has set aside a bail order granted by the Patna High Court to a man accused in a dowry death case, terming the relief as “wholly unsustainable” and flagging a “mechanical approach” adopted in such serious offences. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi allowed the appeal filed by the mother of the deceased and directed that the husband of the deceased woman surrender before the jail authorities within one week, failing which the…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) In a major enforcement action under the Essential Commodities Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Thursday unearthed an illegal operation involving the hoarding and misuse of LPG cylinders in the Ranhola area of Outer Delhi. A total of 459 empty gas cylinders, including 175 Bharat Petroleum and 284 Indane cylinders, were seized during the raid. According to officials, the operation was carried out by the Western Range-I (WR-I) un…
Jaipur, March 26 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption Bureau, Rajasthan, on Thursday arrested a Police Constable and a private person for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 at Kathumar Police Station in Alwar district.The action was taken following directions from the Anti-Corruption Bureau Headquarters. According to Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Govind Gupta, the arrests were made after a complaint was received on the Anti-Corruption Bureau helpline (1064).The complainant alleged …
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, the Special Staff of Delhi Police on Thursday has apprehended seven children CCLs involved in multiple cases of bike jacking, robbery, and theft. The police also recovered three stolen motorcycles from their possession, officials said on Thursday. According to Dwarka police, the accused juveniles were actively involved in snatching and stealing motorcycles across the Dwarka and adjoining areas. Investigations revealed that the group intended to…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Both houses of the Maharashtra Legislature adjourned sine die on Wednesday after a month-long budget session. Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde and Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar announced in their respective houses that the monsoon session of the state legislature will start from June 22 in Mumbai.During the budget session, 27 key bills were passed across both houses. Out of a total of 29 bills tabled during the session, one was withdrawn, and one remains pe…