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UP police constitutes SIT to probe Unnao accident

UP police constitutes SIT to probe Unnao accident

Rediff.com30 Jul 2019

The team will go into all the aspects and probe the incident till the CBI takes over the probe, the officer said.

Rape case against Bhushan Kumar: T-Series owner alleges extortion

Rape case against Bhushan Kumar: T-Series owner alleges extortion

Rediff.com17 Jul 2021

Mumbai Police registered a first information report against a man for allegedly demanding money from T-Series company owner and producer Krishan Kumar earlier this month for not filing a rape case against his nephew and the company's managing director Bhushan Kumar, an official said.

Nirav Modi renews UK extradition appeal, to be heard on July 21

Nirav Modi renews UK extradition appeal, to be heard on July 21

Rediff.com29 Jun 2021

The 50-year-old jeweller, who remains behind bars at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London, had lost the first stage of the high court appeals process last week as a judge declined permission to appeal "on the papers". Modi's lawyers had five days to file a renewal application seeking an oral hearing to plead the case for permission to appeal against the extradition ordered by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on April 16.

10 BJP men held for attack on scribe Wagle; Editors Guild condmens incident

10 BJP men held for attack on scribe Wagle; Editors Guild condmens incident

Rediff.com11 Feb 2024

Television visuals showed BJP workers mobbing the car at Khandoji Baba Chowk and vandalising it, resulting in the vehicle's windscreen and side panes getting damaged.

Pune workers made to do sit-ups for not paying festival donation

Pune workers made to do sit-ups for not paying festival donation

Rediff.com23 Aug 2016

The incident happened after the accused went to the bakery and demanded 'vargani' (donation) of Rs 151 from the workers for the Ganesh festival.

Ambedkar booked for saying he will jail EC officials

Ambedkar booked for saying he will jail EC officials

Rediff.com4 Apr 2019

Ambedkar said at an election rally at Digras in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district earlier on Thursday that he will jail the EC for two days if voted to power.

Rape-tainted coach banned by Swimming Federation of India

Rape-tainted coach banned by Swimming Federation of India

Rediff.com6 Sep 2019

Ganguly, a coach employed with the Goa Swimming Association (GSA), is accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl who was training under him, a purported video of which went viral on social media.

Naidu India's richest CM, Sarkar, Mamata poorest

Naidu India's richest CM, Sarkar, Mamata poorest

Rediff.com13 Feb 2018

Andhra Pradesh's Chandrababu Naidu has emerged as the wealthiest chief minister with declared assets worth over Rs 177 crore, followed by Arunanchal Pradesh's Pema Khandu (over Rs 129 crore) and Amarinder Singh of Punjab (over Rs 48 crore).

RLD chief meets Azam Khan's family amid Muslim leaders' rift with ally SP

RLD chief meets Azam Khan's family amid Muslim leaders' rift with ally SP

Rediff.com20 Apr 2022

Chaudhary met Azam Khan's wife Tazeen Fatma and his son Abdullah Azam at their home in Rampur.

Facebook executive alleges threat to life amid row over report

Facebook executive alleges threat to life amid row over report

Rediff.com17 Aug 2020

Das filed the complaint on Sunday and alleged that several people were issuing "threats, making sexually coloured remarks and defaming her" through online posts.

Charges framed against Mulakkal in nun rape case

Charges framed against Mulakkal in nun rape case

Rediff.com13 Aug 2020

The Additional Sessions Court Judge read out to Mulakkal, who was present in the court, the charges under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including the punishment for offence for rape as it commenced trial proceedings in the sensational case.

'The police will be significantly more militarised'

'The police will be significantly more militarised'

Rediff.com20 Dec 2023

'The idea of subversive activities is so vague that it could include making fun of the government, being critical of the government.'

Amritsar: Radical Sikh preacher's aide released a day after clash

Amritsar: Radical Sikh preacher's aide released a day after clash

Rediff.com24 Feb 2023

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh's aide and kidnapping accused Lovepreet Singh walked out of a jail in Amritsar on Friday, hours after a court in Ajnala ordered his release based on an application by the police.

Continuing in WhatsApp groups with terrorism posts a crime: J-K police

Continuing in WhatsApp groups with terrorism posts a crime: J-K police

Rediff.com7 Dec 2023

The guidelines come after director general of police RR Swain said that posting any content on social media that promotes disharmony will be a criminal offence in Jammu and Kashmir.

Mumbai cops get text with '26/11-like' attack threat from Pak number

Mumbai cops get text with '26/11-like' attack threat from Pak number

Rediff.com20 Aug 2022

Mumbai police has received text messages warning of a '26/11-like' attack on the city from a phone number with Pakistan's country code and a person has been detained in this connection, officials said on Saturday.

Kerala nun rape case: Bishop Franco Mulakkal acquitted

Kerala nun rape case: Bishop Franco Mulakkal acquitted

Rediff.com14 Jan 2022

As the prosecution failed to produce evidence against the accused, the Additional District and Sessions Court II acquitted the Bishop.

FIR against army jawans over man being tied to jeep as shield

FIR against army jawans over man being tied to jeep as shield

Rediff.com17 Apr 2017

A police officer said the FIR has been registered under sections 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 367 (kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous hurt) of the Ranbir Penal Code.

Prithvi Shaw hit me, claims 'fan' arrested in selfie case

Prithvi Shaw hit me, claims 'fan' arrested in selfie case

Rediff.com17 Feb 2023

The influencer claimed that Shaw and his friend asked her not to file a police complaint, said sorry, and left.

MP polls: Seven candidates have declared crimes against women

MP polls: Seven candidates have declared crimes against women

Rediff.com18 Nov 2013

Madhya Pradesh will see 243 candidates with criminal background in the forthcoming elections. Out of the 1,045 candidates analysed by the Association for Democratic Reforms, 243 or 23 per cent of the candidates have a criminal record.

Jayalalithaa aide Sasikala's husband arrested

Jayalalithaa aide Sasikala's husband arrested

Rediff.com8 Jul 2014

M Natarajan, husband of Sasikala, close aide of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, was arrested on Monday after he was picked up from Courtallam in Tirunelveli district following a complaint from martial arts expert and sculptor Shihah Husseini that he was threatened by him, police said.

Uber driver arrested in Kolkata for obscenity

Uber driver arrested in Kolkata for obscenity

Rediff.com22 Jul 2015

An Uber driver was arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a woman passenger in Mumbai, police said on Wednesday.

Scribe threatened with rape for posting protest photos on Twitter

Scribe threatened with rape for posting protest photos on Twitter

Rediff.com18 Feb 2016

A Twitter account by the name of 'Amendra Kumar Singh' in a tweet had threatened the woman journalist.

Separatists in Canada crossing 'big red line': Indian envoy

Separatists in Canada crossing 'big red line': Indian envoy

Rediff.com8 May 2024

"Indians will decide the fate of India, not the foreigners," Verma told the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations, a prominent think-tank.

'You're provoking me, so off you go to jail'

'You're provoking me, so off you go to jail'

Rediff.com20 Dec 2023

'The Bills (Bharatiya Saksha, Bharatiya Nagarik Sanhita and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) are arbitrary, opaque and ambiguous and structurally quite violent.'

UK court extends Nirav Modi's remand till Jan 7

UK court extends Nirav Modi's remand till Jan 7

Rediff.com29 Dec 2020

Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India in connection with the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, was on Tuesday further remanded in custody until January 7 by a UK court hearing his extradition case. The 49-year-old businessman, who has been behind bars at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London since his arrest last year following India's extradition request for him, appeared via videolink for a routine 28-day remand hearing on Tuesday before Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. The final hearings in the extradition case are scheduled over two days, on January 7 and 8 next year, when District Judge Samuel Goozee is scheduled to hear closing arguments from both sides before he hands down his judgment a few weeks later.

Hindutva activist, 6 others held for cheating BJP ticket seeker of crores

Hindutva activist, 6 others held for cheating BJP ticket seeker of crores

Rediff.com13 Sep 2023

Central crime branch (CCB) police personnel from Bengaluru have arrested Hindutva activist Chaitra Kundapura and six others on the charge of cheating a businessman of crores of rupees after promising a BJP ticket for him from Byndoor assembly constituency in Udupi district.

'His death was a cold blooded murder'

'His death was a cold blooded murder'

Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

'If my brother was a criminal they could have filed a case against him and put him on trial. Why kill him?' This is not justice.'

Mayawati won't field mafia candidates, no ticket to Mukhtar Ansari

Mayawati won't field mafia candidates, no ticket to Mukhtar Ansari

Rediff.com10 Sep 2021

The Bahujan Samaj Party will make efforts to not field 'bahubali' (strongmen) or mafia candidates in next year's Uttar Pradesh polls, party supremo Mayawati said Friday, announcing that jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari will not be given a party ticket from Mau again.

Delhi court commences trial in Unnao rape case

Delhi court commences trial in Unnao rape case

Rediff.com16 Aug 2019

The court will continue the examination of other witnesses on Monday.

Mohammed Shami-Hasin Jahan saga continues

Mohammed Shami-Hasin Jahan saga continues

Rediff.com15 Mar 2018

Mohammed Shami's wife Hasin Jahan has sent the documents related to her complaints against her husband to the BCCI's Committee of Administrators (CoA) chairman Vinod Rai for a probe into her allegations of corruption, her lawyer said on Thursday.

UK court to hear Nirav Modi extradition case on Dec 14

UK court to hear Nirav Modi extradition case on Dec 14

Rediff.com20 Oct 2021

Nirav Modi, the fugitive diamond merchant wanted in India to face charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, has lodged his appeal against extradition from the UK and the case will be heard at the high court in London on December 14. The 50-year-old jeweller, who remains behind bars at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London since his arrest in March 2019, was granted permission to appeal against the Westminster Magistrates' Court extradition order on mental health and human rights grounds. High court judge Martin Chamberlain had ruled on August 9 that arguments presented by Modi's legal team concerning his "severe depression" and "high risk of suicide" were arguable at a substantial hearing.

Congress plans mass agitation, to meet Prez Murmu to discuss Rahul's conviction

Congress plans mass agitation, to meet Prez Murmu to discuss Rahul's conviction

Rediff.com24 Mar 2023

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the party will hold a meeting with other opposition leaders in the morning and would stage a protest march from the Parliament House to Vijay Chowk.

DSP killed in Kanpur ambush flagged SHO's links with Vikas Dubey

DSP killed in Kanpur ambush flagged SHO's links with Vikas Dubey

Rediff.com6 Jul 2020

The letter, which has surfaced on social media, alleges that station officer Vinay Tiwari had got a serious charge against Dubey dropped. Police suspect that Vinay Tiwari may have tipped-off Dubey that a police team was on its way to arrest him.

WB: Man held for attempting to molest two women

WB: Man held for attempting to molest two women

Rediff.com24 Jul 2013

A man was arrested for allegedly assaulting two women and attempting to molest them in Howrah, the police said on Wednesday.

T-Series MD Bhushan Kumar booked for rape

T-Series MD Bhushan Kumar booked for rape

Rediff.com16 Jul 2021

The woman said she was cheated by him and hence she approached the police, the official said.

Delhi restaurant encounter: FIR against 9 police personnel

Delhi restaurant encounter: FIR against 9 police personnel

Rediff.com13 Jul 2015

An FIR has been lodged against nine Delhi police personnel in connection with the gunning down of Manoj Vashishth in an alleged encounter at a restaurant in national capital, police said on Monday.

Nirav Modi 'only thinks of cutting or hanging if extradited'

Nirav Modi 'only thinks of cutting or hanging if extradited'

Rediff.com11 Oct 2022

The high court in London on Tuesday began hearing evidence from two leading experts in the field of psychiatry to determine the level of suicide risk faced by Nirav Modi if he is extradited to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering, amounting to an estimated $2 billion in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan scam case. Lord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith and Justice Robert Jay heard from Andrew Forrester, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Cardiff University, and Seena Fazel, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Oxford University, in the final stages of the extradition appeal being pursued by the 51-year-old diamond merchant. The two psychiatrists weighed up Nirav's level of depression, which could pose a "substantial" or "elevated" risk of suicide.

Hate speech plea against Anurag Thakur, Pravesh Verma dismissed

Hate speech plea against Anurag Thakur, Pravesh Verma dismissed

Rediff.com13 Jun 2022

The judge said that the trial court rightly decided the petitioners' plea and that no case for exercise of the high court's writ jurisdiction was made out in view of the presence of alternate remedy under the law.

Man held for harassing Sachin Tendulkar's daughter over phone

Man held for harassing Sachin Tendulkar's daughter over phone

Rediff.com7 Jan 2018

The accused, identified as Devkumar Mitti, allegedly made several calls to the landline number of the ace cricketer, a resident of suburban Bandra, in December last year, a police official said.

Nirav Modi extradition appeal to be heard in UK High Court on June 28

Nirav Modi extradition appeal to be heard in UK High Court on June 28

Rediff.com2 May 2022

The continuation appeal hearing in the extradition case of Nirav Modi, the fugitive diamond merchant wanted in India to face charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to an estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, is listed to be heard in the high court in London on June 28. The 51-year-old diamond merchant had lodged an appeal against his extradition order on mental health grounds. "The hearing is listed for the 28th June," confirmed the Royal Courts of Justice administrative office last week.