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Shraddha murder: Aaftab visited me to treat knife wound in May, says doctor

Shraddha murder: Aaftab visited me to treat knife wound in May, says doctor

Rediff.com15 Nov 2022

Dr Anil Kumar recalled Poonawalla was very aggressive and restless when he had come to him for treatment and when he asked him about his injury, he claimed he got hurt while cutting fruit.

Cops write to Zoom on Disha Ravi's video meeting on toolkit

Cops write to Zoom on Disha Ravi's video meeting on toolkit

Rediff.com16 Feb 2021

Police alleged that Mumbai lawyer Nikita Jacob and Pune engineer Shantanu were among the around 70 people who had attended the meeting through Zoom app, days before the Republic Day violence in the national capital that left over 500 police personnel injured and one protester dead.

Why Shabnam Sheikh Went To Ayodhya

Why Shabnam Sheikh Went To Ayodhya

Rediff.com2 Feb 2024

As she reached Ayodhya, she said, she felt a new sense of energy.

Mumbai: Cops intervene as scribes scuffle over coverage

Mumbai: Cops intervene as scribes scuffle over coverage

Rediff.com24 Sep 2020

The trigger was a Delhi-based TV journalist, who is in Mumbai to cover the NCB probe, coming "in the frame" of the camera of another national news channel.

Controversy erupts over lecture in Mumbai

Controversy erupts over lecture in Mumbai

Rediff.com13 Oct 2017

Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh refuses to 'retreat in the face of threats'.

2025: 13 Least Explored Places In India

2025: 13 Least Explored Places In India

Rediff.com8 Jan 2025

A list of lesser-travelled destinations in India that you must explore this year!

HC gives transit bail to Shantanu Muluk, reserves order on Nikita Jacob

HC gives transit bail to Shantanu Muluk, reserves order on Nikita Jacob

Rediff.com16 Feb 2021

Muluk and Jacob had on Monday approached the high court separately seeking transit anticipatory bail, after a Delhi court issued non-bailable warrants against them. According to Delhi Police, the duo were involved in preparing the toolkit document and were in direct touch with "pro-Khalistani elements".

No surprises! Delhi tops in rapes, molestation cases

No surprises! Delhi tops in rapes, molestation cases

Rediff.com23 Dec 2012

The national capital has topped in the registration of rape cases among six metros in the country with over 450 such incidents reported last year alone. A total of 453 rape cases were registered in Delhi followed by 221 in Mumbai, 97 in Bengaluru, 76 in Chennai, 59 in Hyderabad and 46 in Kolkata in 2011, according to the home ministry.

I may have asked about land deal, but ...: Ajit Pawar on IPS officer's charges

I may have asked about land deal, but ...: Ajit Pawar on IPS officer's charges

Rediff.com17 Oct 2023

The Nationalist Congress Party leader did not name Borwankar, but said some allegations had been levelled against him by "a retired IPS officer who had served in Pune as commissioner of police."

Mumbai malls get a security check

Mumbai malls get a security check

Rediff.com14 Aug 2006

A first look at security checks in place in Mumbai.

Intel alert to Delhi was general, not specific

Intel alert to Delhi was general, not specific

Rediff.com7 Sep 2011

In a statement issued after the Delhi high court blast on Wednesday Home Minister P Chidambaram said that intelligence about threats were shared with the Delhi police in July.

This Is For Shri Ram!

This Is For Shri Ram!

Rediff.com23 Jan 2024

January 22, 2024 has passed into history. Scenes from a day of religious fervour in many parts of India.

Jaswant Singh's daughter-in-law killed in car crash, ex-MP son injured

Jaswant Singh's daughter-in-law killed in car crash, ex-MP son injured

Rediff.com30 Jan 2024

Congress leader Manvendra Singh's wife was killed and the former MP and his son were injured when their SUV met with an accident in Alwar on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, officials said.

25-yr-old lady lawyer murdered in Mumbai

25-yr-old lady lawyer murdered in Mumbai

Rediff.com9 Aug 2012

Pallavi Purkayastha (25), whose IAS parents stay in Delhi, was found in a pool of blood at her rented flat in 'Himalayan Heights' building at Wadala in Central Mumbai by her live-in partner Avik Sengupta (26), also a lawyer, ACP Praveen Salunkhe said.

Toolkit case: Lawyer, green activist move HC for transit bail

Toolkit case: Lawyer, green activist move HC for transit bail

Rediff.com15 Feb 2021

An advocate and an environmental activist on Monday moved the Bombay high court seeking transit anticipatory bail after they were named as suspects in a case filed by the Delhi police with regard to the 'toolkit' shared by climate activist Greta Thunberg over the farmers' protest.

Got nothing specific on Nijjar case to probe: Jaishankar

Got nothing specific on Nijjar case to probe: Jaishankar

Rediff.com13 May 2024

India has never received anything which is specific and worthy of being pursued by its probe agencies, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said over a fourth arrest made by Canada in the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Key 26/11 handler Abu Hamza arrested in New Delhi

Key 26/11 handler Abu Hamza arrested in New Delhi

Rediff.com25 Jun 2012

The Delhi Police has arrested Abu Hamza alias Saeed Zabi alias Zabi Ansari, an Indian Mujahideen operative who is suspected to have been one of the handlers who was giving instructions to the 26/11 terrorists in Mumbai.

JNU protestors need a debate, not the police

JNU protestors need a debate, not the police

Rediff.com15 Feb 2016

'If JNU students are anti-national, why do we send in the police? Why not send in intellectuals like M V Kamath to have a debate and discussion?'

Protocol tweaked amid spate of bomb threats to flights

Protocol tweaked amid spate of bomb threats to flights

Rediff.com22 Oct 2024

Protocols for the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC), convened in the event of a bomb threat call to an aircraft or airport, have been tweaked to better tackle the spate of the ongoing 'random' Internet-based threats being made to various Indian airlines, official sources said Tuesday.

Mumbai gang rape: Shinde assures speedy justice in Parliament

Mumbai gang rape: Shinde assures speedy justice in Parliament

Rediff.com26 Aug 2013

Making a statement in Parliament on the Mumbai photojournalist gang rape case, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday said he had asked Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil to ensure the fast tracking of the case and also assured the House that early judgement will be delivered.

13/7 blasts: Hawala operator held in Delhi

13/7 blasts: Hawala operator held in Delhi

Rediff.com31 Jan 2012

A suspected hawala operator, who allegedly handed over Rs 10 lakh to fugitive Indian Mujahiddin operative Yasin Bhatkal for executing the July 13 triple blasts that killed 27 people in Mumbai, has been arrested from Delhi, the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad said on Tuesday.

Tamil Nadu film producer, who was expelled by DMK, held in drugs case

Tamil Nadu film producer, who was expelled by DMK, held in drugs case

Rediff.com9 Mar 2024

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday said it has arrested Jaffer Sadiq, a Tamil Nadu-based alleged dealer of narcotics, in connection with an international drugs trafficking investigation case.

NSG team probes Mumbai blast wreckage, defuses gel

NSG team probes Mumbai blast wreckage, defuses gel

Rediff.com3 Dec 2002

Security has been stepped up across the state and sniffer dogs were pressed into service to detect explosives, police said.\n\n\n\n\n\n

Use of loudspeakers at religious sites only after permission: Maharashtra

Use of loudspeakers at religious sites only after permission: Maharashtra

Rediff.com18 Apr 2022

A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray reiterated his warning to take down loudspeakers from mosques by May 3, the state home department on Monday stated that the use of loudspeakers at religious sites will only be allowed with due permission.

Dawood's brother shot at in Mumbai, aide dead

Dawood's brother shot at in Mumbai, aide dead

Rediff.com18 May 2011

Two unidentified men made an unsuccessful attempt to eliminate fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's younger brother Iqbal Kaskar on Tuesday evening, when they fired upon his car in South Mumbai.

Activists arrested for evidence on their link with Maoists: Maha police to SC

Activists arrested for evidence on their link with Maoists: Maha police to SC

Rediff.com5 Sep 2018

Maharashtra Police had on August 28 raided the homes of the prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested at least five of them for their alleged Maoist links, sparking a chorus of outrage from human rights defenders.

Salem remanded to police custody in extortion case

Salem remanded to police custody in extortion case

Rediff.com28 May 2007

Salem, who was an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, was brought to the capital last week in pursuance of the production warrant issued by the Delhi court against him on April 17.

Rahul Mahajan can return to Mumbai after tests

Rahul Mahajan can return to Mumbai after tests

Rediff.com10 Jul 2006

The brain-mapping tests will be completed by the end of the month.

Delhi court issues warrant against Abu Salem

Delhi court issues warrant against Abu Salem

Rediff.com2 Aug 2007

Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur directed the Arthur Road Jail authorities to ensure Salem's presence on August 21.

Headley chargesheet: Why Mumbai crime branch is red-faced

Headley chargesheet: Why Mumbai crime branch is red-faced

Rediff.com26 Dec 2011

The 60-page charge sheet, filed by the NIA on Saturday before a special court in New Delhi, details reconnaissance activities carried out by 50-year-old Headley of the targets attacked by Lashker-e-Tayiba terrorists on November 26, 2008 that left 166 people dead.

Mumbai blasts evidence shared with US

Mumbai blasts evidence shared with US

Rediff.com6 Oct 2006

Mulford said the US and India were together in fight against terrorism and that Washington had offered its services in investigations into the Mumbai bombings, particularly in forensic examinations.

Maharashtra hands over cases against Rajan to CBI

Maharashtra hands over cases against Rajan to CBI

Rediff.com5 Nov 2015

Additional Chief Secretary K P Bakshi told reporters at a hurriedly-called press conference that all the cases against 55-year old Rajan, who has been deported from Indonesia, are being transferred to CBI because of its expertise in "handling transnational crimes".

NIA foils ISIS men's plot to carry out IED blasts, 8 held after 19 raids

NIA foils ISIS men's plot to carry out IED blasts, 8 held after 19 raids

Rediff.com18 Dec 2023

The early morning crackdown against the terror group in Ballari and Bengaluru in Karnataka, Amaravati, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra, Jamshedpur and Bokaro in Jharkhand and Delhi, led to the foiling of a plan by the accused to carry out terror acts, especially improvised explosive device blasts.

Now, DJ Guetta's Mumbai concert cancelled

Now, DJ Guetta's Mumbai concert cancelled

Rediff.com13 Jan 2017

Cops say the organisers Sunburn did not complete the 'mandatory requirements and legal formalities'.

Vishwaguru And Arundhati Roy

Vishwaguru And Arundhati Roy

Rediff.com20 Jun 2024

The go-ahead given to prosecute Arundhati Roy would be seen by supporters of freedom of speech as an announcement that the Right-Wing doesn't feel humbled by the results of the elections, argues Shyam G Menon.

More than 170 PFI activists held in fresh raids across 7 states

More than 170 PFI activists held in fresh raids across 7 states

Rediff.com27 Sep 2022

In another major crackdown on the Popular Front of India, police along with other investigative agencies conducted raids across several states on Tuesday.

UWW ready to lift suspension of WFI after elections: Lalovic

UWW ready to lift suspension of WFI after elections: Lalovic

Rediff.com16 Oct 2023

UWW will not interfere in the pending case relating to the alleged sexual harassment of Indian women grapplers by former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh but will "listen to the voices of athletes" if they approach the world body again, its chief Nenad Lalovic said on Monday.

Mumbai Diaries 26/11 review

Mumbai Diaries 26/11 review

Rediff.com11 Sep 2021

What was the need to fictionalise a series on real events that were far more horrific because they were real? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.

Uddhav had asked me to reinstate Waze: Fadnavis

Uddhav had asked me to reinstate Waze: Fadnavis

Rediff.com17 Mar 2021

"It was a well-thought-out plan. Waze was interrogating Hiran for three days and made him write false complaint of several agencies and police officers calling him including Waze himself. The letters were addressed to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and Mumbai police commissioner, he said.

NCP leaders meet at Pawar's home, decide to stick by Deshmukh

NCP leaders meet at Pawar's home, decide to stick by Deshmukh

Rediff.com21 Mar 2021

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, state unit NCP chief Jayant Patil, and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut separately met NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in Delhi on Sunday evening in view of former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh's allegations of corruption against state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.