Chennai, June 22 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government is preparing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) aimed at expediting the investigation, prosecution, and trial of sexual offences against women and children, the Madras High Court was informed on Monday. Advocate General Vijay Narayan told a division bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan that the government has decided to accord top priority to strengthening the infrastructure required for the speedy dis…
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Ahmedabad, June 11 (IANS) On the afternoon of June 12, 2025, as emergency crews rushed towards the wreckage of Air India flight AI-171 in Ahmedabad, one of the first specialist police units to be mobilised was the city’s K9 squad.The London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had crashed shortly after take-off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA), striking the campus of B.J. Medical College and its surrounding residential buildings in the Meghaninagar area.Of the 12 crew membe…
Thrissur (Kerala), April 24 (IANS) Amid mounting concern over the scale of the Mundathikode fireworks tragedy associated with the famed Thrissur Pooram, Kerala Dewaswoms Minister V. N. Vasavan on Friday said an investigation would examine whether excessive quantities of explosive materials were stored at the site, even as recovery operations continued to yield human remains from surrounding areas.The minister said the government would initiate detailed discussions to prevent such disasters in th…
Patna, Feb 10 (IANS) Nearly a month after the suspicious death of a NEET aspirant from Jehanabad, the main gate of Shambhu Girls’ Hostel in Patna was opened on police instructions following a court order on Tuesday. The hostel gate was unlocked in the presence of police personnel as students and their family members arrived to collect personal belongings left behind after the incident.As a police vehicle reached the hostel, a crowd gathered outside the premises.A man with his face covered arri…
Chandigarh, Dec 29 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, Punjab has decided that if a child is found begging with an adult, a DNA test will be conducted to establish whether the accompanying person is the biological parent or not. As many as 807 children involved in begging have been rescued this year, and the government has initiated their rehabilitation.State Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Baljit Kaur said child beggars are being rehabilitated under th…