Observing that every citizen has a fundamental right to make peaceful protest but has a duty to see that such demonstration does not interfere with others' rights, the Delhi high court on Thursday rejected a plea to quash the FIR relating to a constable's death during the December anti-rape agitation.
Crime Branch of Delhi Police has recently filed a chargesheet.
At a time when none in Kerala's Left politics questioned the chief minister's authority, MLA P V Anvar hurled a series of accusations against Pinarayi Vijayan's government, notes Shyam G Menon.
Delhi Police on asked social networking sites to delete the private pictures of journalist Amrita Rai with Congress leader Digvijaya Singh which were made public after her email accounts were allegedly hacked.
Former Tehelka managing editor Shoma Chaudhury and three other witnesses have been summoned by the Goa police to record their statement before a magistrate in the case of alleged sexual assault against the magazine's editor Tarun Tejpal.
During his joint interrogation by Delhi Police and intelligence agencies, expelled Pakistani High Commission staffer Mehmood Akhtar had claimed that 16 other employees of the diplomatic mission were in touch with spies for extracting sensitive information and documents pertaining to army and the Border Security Force deployment, said a senior police officer privy to the probe.
After its stock fell 22 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange, education solutions provider Educomp Solutions filed a complaint with the Additional Commissioner of Police, Economic Offences Wing, Crime Branch (Delhi Police) to identify the source of malicious emails alleging account manipulation, and has sought action against them.
The remarks come amid speculation that Rajan had feared elimination at the hands of Chhota Shakeel, the closest aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Anuj Kumar, who got injured in recent clashes in northeast Delhi's Gokulpuri, said that the police force was heavily outnumbered as the place turned into a battlefield with frenzied mobs torching houses, shops, vehicles and hurling stones.
Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has received a letter purportedly threatening a terror attack in the metropolis to "take revenge for Gaza" attacks, following which an alert has been sounded in Mumbai.
Singh, 27, was on the run since the blasts occurred at Liberty and Satyam theatres on May 22.
His father Prakash Singh, who is known for introducing several police reforms and has been awarded Padma Shri as well, had served as the BSF DG from 1993-94.
Khalid, who gave a miss to protests on Wednesday and the day before, joined the protesters at ITO in raising slogans of "ABVP se azaadi" and demanding registration of an FIR against them.
A court in New Delhi asked the crime branch of the Delhi police to preserve the CCTV footage of Rajiv Chowk and Rithala metro stations as evidence in the case of the death of Constable Subhash Chand Tomar in violent protests at India Gate against the December 16 gang-rape incident.
Sharjil Imam came to limelight during the ongoing protests against the CAA in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, for his alleged remarks threatening to 'cut-off' Assam from rest of India.
A big-time bookie Shobhan Mehta, arrested in connection with the Indian Premier League betting scandal, was on Saturday remanded to Mumbai Police custody as investigators said they want to probe his alleged role in spot-fixing and links in Pakistan.
A judicial magistrate (first class) granted bail to the 17-year-old boy's father Vishal Agarwal, a prominent builder, and his grandfather, who were arrested in May-end and are currently in judicial custody.
His passport seized after close to 12 hours of questioning by the Delhi Police, Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra lashed out at the media for making 'stupid claims' on his alleged involvement in the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal.
Police, however, rubbished the criminal's claims, saying he was doing this for cheap publicity.
If you are looking for an average political thriller with good performances, Thalamai Seyalagam may interest you, suggests Divya Nair.
The e-mail was sent using a mobile phone. The sim card as well as the phone were purchased using a fake address and name, from Mumbai.
Several Aam Aadmi Party leaders, including Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh, hit out at the BJP government at the Centre, saying agencies are targeting those who raised their voice against the ruling party.
Delhi Police today registered an FIR on a complaint filed by TV anchor Amrita Rai alleging hacking of her email account and posting of malicious content on social media with an intention to outrage her modesty.
Supporters of self-styled godman Asaram's son Narayan Sai on Wednesday clashed with a group of people protesting against him outside the premises of a Delhi court, minutes before he was produced in a rape case.
The Crime Branch and Delhi Police had earlier on December 11carried out raids at the office of his firm T&T Law and seized nearly Rs 13.5 crore, of which Rs 2.6 crore was in new banknotes released after demonetisation.
Samajwadi Party MP Rewati Raman Singh on Monday appeared before Delhi Police for questioning in connection with the 2008 cash-for-vote scam, the fourth person to be quizzed in the past 10 days after the Supreme Court came down heavily on investigators for carrying out a shoddy probe.
The AIADMK leader, however, told cops he believed that the arrested middleman -- Sukesh Chandrasekhar -- was a high court judge.
A shoddily drafted application for birth certificate was the loose string that led to the unravelling of the conspiracy to proclaim one of those accused in the 2018 gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua as a juvenile.
According to sources, the agencies have warned that two JeM terrorists have sneaked into the national capital with the intention to carry out high-profile strikes and a hostage crisis could also be possible.
Five teams of the Crime Branch have been deployed to locate Imam, a resident of Bihar, they said.
Negi's decapitated and charred body was found in Brahmpuri on February 26. On February 24 afternoon, Negi had gone for a nap to a nearby building that served as a storage space for the sweet shop. Around 3 pm, a mob gathered near the shop and started throwing stones. The building was set on fire around 11.30 pm.
Hemant Sharma, computer operator in the office of Examination Controller Pavnesh Kumar, was arrested following disclosures by the main accused nabbed recently.
Former Indian women's cricket team coach Tushar Arothe on Wednesday claimed innocence a day after he was arrested and subsequently released on bail for allegedly betting on an IPL match.
The Delhi Police's crime branch had, on March 31, lodged an FIR against seven people, including the cleric, on a complaint by station house officer of Nizamuddin police station for holding a congregation of Tablighi Jamaat followers in alleged violation of the orders against large gatherings to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Serious concern was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Monday over airline pilots procuring fake flying licences through forged documents, with members saying this would put at risk the life of passengers.
A senior police official said adequate personnel have been deployed inside and outside the court to ensure no untoward incident takes place in the future.
The official has been suspended over laxity in supervising an examination centre.
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a manager of a Kotak Bank branch in New Delhi in connection with its money laundering probe in a criminal case of detection of nine alleged fake accounts with deposits worth Rs 34 crore post demonetisation.
While the plan had to be aborted the first time because Lal had arrived late for an election meeting in Hissar, the second attempt was to be made at a rally in Ambala in which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also present.
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