New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to grant interim bail to an accused facing trial in a rape and POCSO case but directed the jail authorities to escort him in custody to his examination centre to enable him to appear in an Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) examination. In its order, a single-judge Bench of Justice Girish Kathpalia balanced the accused’s right to pursue his education with the concerns raised by the prosecution, directing that he be t…
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Hyderabad, June 30 (IANS) A Special court in Hyderabad on Tuesday acquitted former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA T. Raja Singh in a case booked against him in 2022 for alleged derogatory comments about Prophet Muhammad. Special Court for MPs/MLAs acquitted Raja Singh, who was arrested and jailed for more than two months under the Preventive Detention (PD) Act.The controversial MLA, who quit BJP last year, was booked under Sections 153A(a)(b), 295A, 504, 505(2) and 506 of the IPC after his rem…
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) A scientific conclave and interactive session on the Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) 2026 was held in Haridwar to raise awareness of new provisions under IP and promote quality compliance across the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, the government said on Thursday.Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, organised the conclave, in collaboration with the Association of Devbhumi Pharma Industries and af…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two key accused in connection with the Rs 800 crore LUCC chit fund scam that allegedly duped more than one lakh investors across Uttarakhand, the agency said on Tuesday.The arrested accused have been identified as Kishan Jain and Pankaj Jain, also known as Pankaj Chaudhary.They were apprehended in Mumbai on Monday following what the agency described as sustained and intensive investigative efforts involving scrutiny of e…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Bhasin Infotech and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (BIIPL) promoter Satinder Singh Bhasin, arrested in connection with the alleged Grand Venice Mall project fraud in Greater Noida, has been sent to ED custody for a week by a Ghaziabad court. A special PMLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad remanded Satinder Bhasin into the ED custody till June 6.Satinder Singh Bhasin is the promoter of Bhasin Infotech and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (BIIPL) and Grand Venezia Commercial Towers Pvt Lt…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 634.12 crore linked to the Unitech Golf & Country Club (UGCC) project in Noida under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), an official statement said on Friday.The attachment order was issued on Wednesday, May 27, by the ED’s Headquarters Investigation Unit (HIU), and it pertains to the UGCC project spread across Sectors 96, 97 and 98 in Noida.According to ED,…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court has held that although there is no absolute bar on filing a fresh bail plea after its cancellation, such relief may be granted only if the accused demonstrates a change in circumstances or raises new grounds that were not considered earlier. Setting aside an Allahabad High Court order granting bail to an accused in an attempt to murder and Arms Act case, a Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N.K. Singh observed that the impugned decision had ignored sett…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) In a landmark verdict in the Attappadi Madhu lynching case that once shook the conscience of the country, the Kerala High Court on Monday enhanced the punishment of 12 convicted men to life imprisonment, holding them guilty of the brutal mob lynching of the tribal youth in Attappady in 2018.A Division Bench comprising Justices V. Raja Vijayaraghavan and K.V. Jayakumar enhanced the seven-year jail term earlier imposed by the Mannarkkad Special SC/ST Court to life…
Bhubaneswar, May 21 (IANS) A dreaded criminal accused in the brutal public assault on a couple sustained bullet injuries during an exchange of fire late on Wednesday night while allegedly attempting to flee after snatching a police pistol, Niti Shekhar, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Southern Range, said on Thursday.Shekhar said that after the arrest of accused Mukesh Sahu, a police team was taking him to the hideout of one of his associates near Tamana Ghati when he allegedly snatched the p…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has apprehended a life convict in a murder case who had been absconding for nearly 24 years after jumping parole granted by the Delhi High Court in 2002. The accused, identified as Rakesh Patel alias Pappi, had allegedly changed his identity and was living in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, under the name Nandlal Verma to evade arrest.According to a press release issued by the Crime Branch on Wednesday, the accused was convicted in a sensationa…