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CBI now calls Sisodia for questioning on February 26

CBI now calls Sisodia for questioning on February 26

Rediff.com21 Feb 2023

The CBI had on Sunday deferred his questioning after he sought time from the agency citing the Delhi government's ongoing budget exercise.

Mumbai cops nab man from Rajasthan over threat email to Salman Khan

Mumbai cops nab man from Rajasthan over threat email to Salman Khan

Rediff.com26 Mar 2023

The accused was nabbed by a team of Bandra police station and is being brought to Mumbai, an official said.

Officer on fisheries project inspection beaten up in captivity in Guj, 3 held

Officer on fisheries project inspection beaten up in captivity in Guj, 3 held

Rediff.com8 Mar 2023

It is suspected that detection of alleged irregularities in a fisheries project led to the incident.

No Azam Khan family member in fray for Rampur seat for first time in 45 yrs

No Azam Khan family member in fray for Rampur seat for first time in 45 yrs

Rediff.com17 Nov 2022

Khan has contested 12 assembly elections from 1977 to 2022 from the seat of which he has won ten times and lost twice.

4 Oreva employees among 9 arrested for Morbi bridge collapse

4 Oreva employees among 9 arrested for Morbi bridge collapse

Rediff.com31 Oct 2022

Four persons were arrested on Monday in connection with the collapse of the cable suspension bridge on the Machchu river in Morbi in Gujarat in which 134 people were killed, the police said.

21-year-old engg student detained in Bulli Bai app case

21-year-old engg student detained in Bulli Bai app case

Rediff.com3 Jan 2022

The case has been registered against the unknown culprits under sections 153(A) (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion etc), 153(B) (Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 295(A) (Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings), 354D (stalking), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 500 (criminal defamation) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of Information Technology Act.

Cong demands President's rule in Manipur over women's video

Cong demands President's rule in Manipur over women's video

Rediff.com20 Jul 2023

The Congress on Thursday slammed the Centre after a May 4 video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur surfaced, with party president Mallikarjun Kharge accusing the Narendra Modi government of turning democracy into 'mobocracy'.

Framing innocents case: Teesta Setalvad appears in court in Gujarat

Framing innocents case: Teesta Setalvad appears in court in Gujarat

Rediff.com20 Mar 2023

Mumbai-based social activist Teesta Setalvad on Monday appeared before a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case where she is accused of fabricating evidence to frame "innocent" people and defame Gujarat in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

Stop arresting 'innocent' Sikh youth: SGPC chief on hunt for Amritpal

Stop arresting 'innocent' Sikh youth: SGPC chief on hunt for Amritpal

Rediff.com20 Mar 2023

Amid a police crackdown against radical preacher Amritpal Singh and his associates, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Monday asked the Punjab government to stop arresting 'innocent' Sikh youths.

Pak arrests Chinese national on blasphemy charges, airlifted to Abbottabad

Pak arrests Chinese national on blasphemy charges, airlifted to Abbottabad

Rediff.com17 Apr 2023

The SHO said that Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act had been included in the FIR, adding that the Chinese national would be presented before a court in Abbottabad.

Atiq's killing: Attackers came with media IDs, cameras, mics

Atiq's killing: Attackers came with media IDs, cameras, mics

Rediff.com16 Apr 2023

The three assailants who killed gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf posed as journalists, carrying video cameras, mics and media identity cards, the Uttar Pradesh Police said on Sunday.

Atiq admitted to having links with ISI, Lashkar, says FIR

Atiq admitted to having links with ISI, Lashkar, says FIR

Rediff.com16 Apr 2023

Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad, who was shot dead along with his brother at point-blank range, had admitted during questioning by police that he had links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and militant outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba, according to a first information report (FIR).

Morbi bridge collapse: Arrest warrant against Oreva MD

Morbi bridge collapse: Arrest warrant against Oreva MD

Rediff.com23 Jan 2023

Ajanta Manufacturing Limited (Oreva Group) was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the British-era suspension bridge on the Machchu river that collapsed, with a special investigation team formed by the state government citing several lapses on the part of the firm.

Gang rape survivor made to wait for 12 hrs in police van

Gang rape survivor made to wait for 12 hrs in police van

Rediff.com21 Jan 2023

The 37-year-old woman was taken in a police van to Anandapur sub-divisional hospital on Thursday morning where doctors refused to undertake her medical examination as the place of occurrence of the crime was under Salania Community Health Centre (CHC) area.

Nuh situation was not assessed properly: Haryana dy CM

Nuh situation was not assessed properly: Haryana dy CM

Rediff.com9 Aug 2023

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday indicated that there were shortcomings by the administration in assessing the situation in Nuh, where a communal violence erupted on July 31 during a religious procession.

Unknown caller threatens to kill Ambanis, blow up Antilia

Unknown caller threatens to kill Ambanis, blow up Antilia

Rediff.com5 Oct 2022

The person called up the landline number of the Reliance Foundation Hospital, located at Girgaon in south Mumbai, first at 12.57 pm and then at 5.04 pm from an unknown number, a police official said.

Hunt on for killers of 4 soldiers at Bathinda military camp

Hunt on for killers of 4 soldiers at Bathinda military camp

Rediff.com13 Apr 2023

Police said a hunt for assailants behind Wednesday morning's firing incident at the station is underway.

Court asks Mumbai police to probe insult to national anthem charge against Mamata

Court asks Mumbai police to probe insult to national anthem charge against Mamata

Rediff.com29 Mar 2023

The Bombay high court on Wednesday refused to grant any relief to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a complaint seeking action against her for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem at an event in Mumbai in 2022.

BJP candidate in Gujarat says liquor can be sold openly, slapped with FIR

BJP candidate in Gujarat says liquor can be sold openly, slapped with FIR

Rediff.com30 Nov 2022

In an embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat ahead of the assembly elections, a candidate allegedly said liquor can be sold openly, leading to the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against him for indulging in "corrupt practices".

3 sent to judicial custody for 'trying to poach TRS MLAs'

3 sent to judicial custody for 'trying to poach TRS MLAs'

Rediff.com30 Oct 2022

Three persons who allegedly tried to 'poach' four TRS legislators have been arrested and a local court in Hyderabad has remanded them to judicial custody.

Salman Khan gets gun licence after he cites death threat

Salman Khan gets gun licence after he cites death threat

Rediff.com1 Aug 2022

Salman and his father Salim Khan had received a death threat on June 5, days after Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead in Punjab's Mansa district on May 29.

CBI: Wankhede trying to show SRK texts as 'certificate of integrity'

CBI: Wankhede trying to show SRK texts as 'certificate of integrity'

Rediff.com22 May 2023

Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede is trying to show the alleged messages exchanged with film superstar Shah Rukh Khan as certificate of integrity, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the Bombay high court on Monday during a hearing of a petition of the official who is accused of seeking Rs 25 crore as bribe from the actor for not implicating his son Aryan in the Cordelia cruise 'drug bust' case.

UP: 1 booked for raping girl found injured at govt guest house

UP: 1 booked for raping girl found injured at govt guest house

Rediff.com26 Oct 2022

The police said the FIR was registered on Tuesday, after a purported video of the incident surfaced on the internet. In the video, a policeman is seen carrying the injured girl to an autorickshaw to take her to the hospital while bystanders are recording videos on their mobile phones.

BJP 'harmed Bharat Mata' in Manipur: Rahul in Lok Sabha

BJP 'harmed Bharat Mata' in Manipur: Rahul in Lok Sabha

Rediff.com9 Aug 2023

In a blistering attack against the BJP over the violence in Manipur, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that its politics had "murdered Bharat Mata" in the northeastern state and termed members of the ruling party "traitors".

Lessons To Be Learnt From Nitin Desai's Death

Lessons To Be Learnt From Nitin Desai's Death

Rediff.com25 Aug 2023

We must stop stigmatising business failures. Particularly when startups are mushrooming all around, the financial system, backed by the RBI and the government, can explore ways of extending support to restart the journey of a failed entrepreneur by finance as well as counselling, recommends Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

10 held for selling fake platelets in Prayagraj

10 held for selling fake platelets in Prayagraj

Rediff.com22 Oct 2022

Senior Superintendent of Police Shailesh Kumar Pandey said the accused used to take plasma from different blood banks and then put it in pouches and sell the plasma as platelet.

2 held in MP over bomb threat to Bharat Jodo Yatra

2 held in MP over bomb threat to Bharat Jodo Yatra

Rediff.com19 Nov 2022

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Saturday said while two suspects have been detained, three others are identified and a team of police has gone to Haryana.

Designer's ultimate aim was to fix Devendra Fadnavis, police tells court

Designer's ultimate aim was to fix Devendra Fadnavis, police tells court

Rediff.com17 Mar 2023

Anishka was arrested on Thursday, while her father, also an accused in the case, was still at large. The Malabar Hill police station had registered an FIR on February 20 on Amruta Fadnavis's complaint.

Another mid-air 'peeing' incident on AI flight comes to light

Another mid-air 'peeing' incident on AI flight comes to light

Rediff.com6 Jan 2023

This incident happened on December 6 on Air India flight 142 and the pilot of the aircraft reported the matter to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport about it, following which the male passenger was apprehended. It was not known which class the passengers were travelling.

Atiq back in Sabarmati jail from UP after sentence in Umesh kidnapping case

Atiq back in Sabarmati jail from UP after sentence in Umesh kidnapping case

Rediff.com30 Mar 2023

Ahmad, a former Uttar Pradesh MLA and Lok Sabha MP, was brought back to the high-security jail in Gujarat in a UP police van after a nearly 24-hour-long road journey from Prayagraj.

Gujarat court cancels Mevani's jail term, says dissent is essence of democracy

Gujarat court cancels Mevani's jail term, says dissent is essence of democracy

Rediff.com29 Mar 2023

A sessions court in Gujarat's Mehsana district on Wednesday set aside a lower court order sentencing Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani and nine others to three months in jail in a 2017 case of taking out a public rally without police permission, noting debates and bona fide criticism of government actions are essential for the existence of democracy.

Alleged 'PMO conman' Kiran Patel's wife held in Ahmedabad cheating case

Alleged 'PMO conman' Kiran Patel's wife held in Ahmedabad cheating case

Rediff.com28 Mar 2023

The wife of alleged conman Kiran Patel, who was held in Jammu and Kashmir for posing as a top official in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), was arrested on Tuesday for trying to usurp a senior citizen's bungalow in Ahmedabad, officials said.

Doctor's murder: Under fire, Kerala brings steps for medical staffers' safety

Doctor's murder: Under fire, Kerala brings steps for medical staffers' safety

Rediff.com12 May 2023

The proposed committee, to be headed by the secretary of medical education, would study various issues raised by postgraduate students and house surgeons and submit a report within one month, health minister Veena George said.

CBI books Oxfam India for FCRA violation, searches its office

CBI books Oxfam India for FCRA violation, searches its office

Rediff.com19 Apr 2023

The FIR against the Indian arm of the global NGO Oxfam was registered based on a complaint from the ministry of home affairs.

Alleged Dawood associate held in terror funding case; FIR names don's brother

Alleged Dawood associate held in terror funding case; FIR names don's brother

Rediff.com4 Aug 2022

The First Information Report registered by the ATS also named Anees Ibrahim, Dawood's younger brother and another fugitive.

2002 assault case: Medha Patkar opposes Delhi LG's immunity plea in court

2002 assault case: Medha Patkar opposes Delhi LG's immunity plea in court

Rediff.com9 Mar 2023

Saxena, who became the Delhi LG in May 2022, is an accused, along with three others in a case of alleged attack on Patkar for opposing the Narmada dam project.

Mumbai cops say Nupur Sharma 'untraceable', Delhi police uncooperative

Mumbai cops say Nupur Sharma 'untraceable', Delhi police uncooperative

Rediff.com17 Jun 2022

A team of Mumbai Police which travelled to Delhi to serve a summons to suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nupur Sharma in connection with a case regarding her controversial remarks about Prophet Muhammad could not find her, an official claimed in Mumbai on Friday.

Bhiwani accused's wife suffered miscarriage during police raid, say kin

Bhiwani accused's wife suffered miscarriage during police raid, say kin

Rediff.com19 Feb 2023

Rajasthan Police has denied the allegation of a woman who said her full-term pregnant daughter-in-law lost her child after she was assaulted by it during a raid at her house.

FIR filed against journalist Navika Kumar in Prophet remarks case

FIR filed against journalist Navika Kumar in Prophet remarks case

Rediff.com14 Jun 2022

Senior TV journalist Navika Kumar has been named in an FIR registered in Maharashtra's Parbhani district against suspended Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who had made objectionable remarks against Prophet Mohammed during a news debate hosted by Kumar, the police said on Tuesday.

Minister calls Udupi washroom video small incident blown out of proportion

Minister calls Udupi washroom video small incident blown out of proportion

Rediff.com26 Jul 2023

A first information report (FIR) has been registered against three girl students of a paramedical college in Udupi over the alleged recording of a video of their fellow student in the college washroom recently, police sources said.