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Jharkhand CM orders CBI probe into Dhanbad judge death case

Jharkhand CM orders CBI probe into Dhanbad judge death case

Rediff.com1 Aug 2021

The 49-year-old judge was allegedly mowed down by a heavy autorickshaw while he was on morning jog on July 28 morning in Dhanbad.

Kolkata fire: Police remand of six AMRI directors extended

Kolkata fire: Police remand of six AMRI directors extended

Rediff.com20 Dec 2011

A city court on Tuesday extended the police remand of six arrested directors of AMRI hospital, where 93 persons choked to death in a devastating fire, by three days on a plea by the Kolkata Police.

HAL employee's death: 3 booked on murder charge

HAL employee's death: 3 booked on murder charge

Rediff.com15 Feb 2008

The police on Friday arrested two more Maharashtra Navnirman Sena students' wing activists in connection with the death of an Hindustan Aeronautical Limited employee due to the violence sparked off after the arrest of party chief Raj Thackeray.

J-K man held for threatening Mumbai girl for posts on Udaipur murder

J-K man held for threatening Mumbai girl for posts on Udaipur murder

Rediff.com12 Jul 2022

Fayyaz Ahmed Bhatt (30) was held on Sunday from Badgam in the northern Union Territory with the help of police there, the VP Road police station official said.

Maha building collapse: Death toll rises to 16

Maha building collapse: Death toll rises to 16

Rediff.com26 Aug 2020

The five-storey building -- Tareq Garden -- in Mahad town, around 170 km from Mumbai, collapsed on Monday evening. According to a police official, the rescue operation was called off around 11.30 am on Wednesday.

Badlapur accused's encounter: 'Wrong to say he fired'

Badlapur accused's encounter: 'Wrong to say he fired'

Rediff.com24 Sep 2024

The family members of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde have challenged the police claim that he fired at a policeman first following which cops fired in self-defence which led to his death.

World Cup: 'Iran's focus on playing, not political issues'

World Cup: 'Iran's focus on playing, not political issues'

Rediff.com17 Nov 2022

Iran's winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh said on Thursday that the focus of the team will be on the World Cup, not political issues related to the country's nationwide protests.

Won't represent Morbi bridge collapse accused: Lawyers' body

Won't represent Morbi bridge collapse accused: Lawyers' body

Rediff.com2 Nov 2022

The police had on Monday booked nine persons under Indian Penal Code section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).

Mumbai ferry toll rises to 14 as one more body recovered; Navy orders probe

Mumbai ferry toll rises to 14 as one more body recovered; Navy orders probe

Rediff.com20 Dec 2024

The two missing persons have been identified as 43-year-old Hansraj Bhati and seven-year-old Johan Mohammad Nisar Ahmed Pathan, the police said.

Unnao rape case: CBI makes 2nd arrest; Sengar sent to 7-day custody

Unnao rape case: CBI makes 2nd arrest; Sengar sent to 7-day custody

Rediff.com14 Apr 2018

Shashi Singh, the woman who allegedly took the victim to MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar on the day of crime, has been arrested.

Sudipto's death: 'Why does Mamata have to jump the gun?'

Sudipto's death: 'Why does Mamata have to jump the gun?'

Rediff.com5 Apr 2013

Actor Soumitra Chatterjee is yet to come to terms with the death of Students Federation of India leader Sudipto Gupta on Tuesday in controversial circumstances while in police custody.

Kota bridge collapse: Death toll rises to 22

Kota bridge collapse: Death toll rises to 22

Rediff.com26 Dec 2009

With the recovery of 15 more bodies on Saturday from the debris of an under-construction bridge over Chambal river, the death toll has risen to 22 even as the two officials arrested in connection with the collapse were remanded in police custody for five days.

Amid death of 2 Russians, 'missing' Putin critic found

Amid death of 2 Russians, 'missing' Putin critic found

Rediff.com31 Dec 2022

The Odisha police are searching for another man from the same country, a self-proclaimed anti-Ukraine war activist, who has gone missing.

CBI takes over probe in 4 cases involving Assam cop Rabha's death

CBI takes over probe in 4 cases involving Assam cop Rabha's death

Rediff.com22 Jun 2023

The Central Bureau of Investigation has taken over the investigation of four distinct cases from the Assam police, all connected with the death of the state police sub-inspector Junmoni Rabha last month in a suspected road accident, according to officials.

Hyderabad police want juveniles in gang-rape case treated as adults

Hyderabad police want juveniles in gang-rape case treated as adults

Rediff.com9 Jun 2022

The Hyderabad police is mulling filing a petition with the Juvenile Justice Board seeking to treat the five CCLs (child in conflict with law) as adults during the trial in the gang-rape case, to ensure that they get the maximum punishment.

'Dr Death' found guilty of manslaughter in Aus

'Dr Death' found guilty of manslaughter in Aus

Rediff.com29 Jun 2010

Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel, dubbed as 'Dr Death', was on Tuesday convicted of manslaughter of three Australian patients and grievously harming another after a 14-week trial held in a Melbourne court.Patel, 60, now an American citizen, was remanded to police custody till Thursday, after a 12-man jury found him guilty of all charges after 50 hours of deliberations.Patel did not speak at the trial where he was held guilty and faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

1st death reported in Khargone communal violence

1st death reported in Khargone communal violence

Rediff.com18 Apr 2022

The body of Ibresh Khan was kept at a government hospital in Indore for eight days after it was found in Khargone's Anand Nagar area as the freezer facility was not available in Khargone, police said on Monday.

Police probe FB threat to Aazad, seize vehicle used by attackers

Police probe FB threat to Aazad, seize vehicle used by attackers

Rediff.com29 Jun 2023

The vehicle used by the attackers of Dalit leader and Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad was recovered from a village in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, the police said on Thursday.

2nd Muslim ex-MP murdered with impunity: Owaisi

2nd Muslim ex-MP murdered with impunity: Owaisi

Rediff.com17 Apr 2023

Ehsan Jaffry was killed by a mob in the Gulbarg Society massacre on February 28, 2002, following the Godhra incident.

Chopped body in Mumbai flat: What the investigation so far reveals

Chopped body in Mumbai flat: What the investigation so far reveals

Rediff.com14 Jun 2023

Victim Saraswati Vaidya's live-in partner Manoj Sane, 56, has been arrested for allegedly killing her and dismembering the body in their 7th-floor rented apartment in Mira Road of Thane district.

Kerala train arson case accused 'highly radicalised': SIT head

Kerala train arson case accused 'highly radicalised': SIT head

Rediff.com17 Apr 2023

The investigating team, which has been granted custody of Shahrukh Saifi, had on April 12 taken him to Kannur for collecting evidence from the two train coaches of the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train in which he had set fire to some passengers leading to the death of three persons, including a two-year old child.

Gangster Suresh Pujari deported, in Maharashtra ATS custody till Dec 25

Gangster Suresh Pujari deported, in Maharashtra ATS custody till Dec 25

Rediff.com15 Dec 2021

Gangster Suresh Pujari, wanted in several extortion cases in Mumbai region and Karnataka, has been deported to India, a senior police official said on Wednesday.

Kerala ADM's suicide amid graft charges sparks political turmoil

Kerala ADM's suicide amid graft charges sparks political turmoil

Rediff.com16 Oct 2024

The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party have united in their demands, calling for the immediate resignation and arrest of P P Divya, a Communist Party of India-Marxist leader and district panchayat president, who leveled graft accusations against ADM Naveen Babu at his send-off function organised by colleagues at the Kannur district collectorate.

Court rejects plea for CBI probe into NC worker's death

Court rejects plea for CBI probe into NC worker's death

Rediff.com1 Nov 2011

An anti-corruption court on Tuesday rejected the plea of the family of the ruling National Conference activist Sayeed Mohammad Yusuf, who allegedly died in police custody on September 30, for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe.

MP pharmacy college principal set ablaze by ex-student succumbs to burns

MP pharmacy college principal set ablaze by ex-student succumbs to burns

Rediff.com25 Feb 2023

Shrivastava had set her on fire in the college premises leaving her 80 per cent burnt, he added.

Man lynched on Humsafar Exp in UP over sexual abuse of minor girl

Man lynched on Humsafar Exp in UP over sexual abuse of minor girl

Rediff.com13 Sep 2024

Enraged by the sexual assault, the victim's family and passengers thrashed Kumar.

Top scientist behind Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 'strangled to death'

Top scientist behind Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 'strangled to death'

Rediff.com4 Mar 2023

Andrey Botikov, one of the scientists who helped to create the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, was strangled to death with a belt at his apartment in Moscow and police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder, according to a Russian media report on Saturday.

Kotkhai rape and murder: Accused killed in custody; HC orders CBI probe

Kotkhai rape and murder: Accused killed in custody; HC orders CBI probe

Rediff.com19 Jul 2017

Angered by the killing in the lock-up, a mob attacked the Kotkhai police station.

Now, Sanjiv Bhatt arrested in 2002 Gujarat riots case

Now, Sanjiv Bhatt arrested in 2002 Gujarat riots case

Rediff.com13 Jul 2022

Bhatt is the third accused arrested in the case after social activist Teesta Setalvad and former Director General of Police of Gujarat R B Sreekumar.

Why Badlapur accused was shot in head, asks HC

Why Badlapur accused was shot in head, asks HC

Rediff.com25 Sep 2024

The Bombay high court on Wednesday said the probe into the killing of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde in a shoot-out should be carried out in a fair and impartial manner.

Kerala woman doctor stabbed to death by man she was treating

Kerala woman doctor stabbed to death by man she was treating

Rediff.com10 May 2023

A 23-year-old doctor was stabbed to death on Wednesday at a taluk hospital in Kottarakkara area of Kollam district in Kerala allegedly by a man, a school teacher under suspension, who was brought there by police after being involved in a fight with his family members.

Marathi actress remanded till May 18 for posts against Sharad Pawar

Marathi actress remanded till May 18 for posts against Sharad Pawar

Rediff.com15 May 2022

Chitale, 29, a film and TV actress, was arrested by the Thane police on Saturday over a post she allegedly shared on her Facebook page.

Last rites of Baba Siddique performed with state honours in Mumbai

Last rites of Baba Siddique performed with state honours in Mumbai

Rediff.com13 Oct 2024

NCP leaders including, Praful Patel, Chhagan Bhujbal and Ajit Pawar were present at the Bada Qabrastan during the last rites of Baba Siddique.

Spurned suitor arrested for Hubballi woman's murder

Spurned suitor arrested for Hubballi woman's murder

Rediff.com17 May 2024

"The accused was nabbed on Thursday night from Davanagere with the help of the Railway Police. He has been arrested in connection with the case," Hubballi Dharwad Police Commissioner Renuka Sukumar said.

B'luru CEO's note written with eyeliner shows rift with husband

B'luru CEO's note written with eyeliner shows rift with husband

Rediff.com12 Jan 2024

The note was not found in the bag where she had stuffed her son's body after killing him, he said.

Cops seize phone of Sheezan's 'secret girlfriend' to recover chats

Cops seize phone of Sheezan's 'secret girlfriend' to recover chats

Rediff.com4 Jan 2023

The Waliv Police in Maharashtra on Wednesday said that TV actor Tunisha Sharma's death case accused Sheezan Khan's 'secret girlfriend' also deleted her conversations with him.

Sheena Bora murder: 3 accused in custody, cops find bone fragments

Sheena Bora murder: 3 accused in custody, cops find bone fragments

Rediff.com28 Aug 2015

Sheena Bora's brother Mikhail, who arrived in Mumbai from Guwahati, on Friday said he will cooperate with police in the probe of his sister's murder as more details of the murky case and cover-up bid are expected to emerge later in the day.

Yunus case: Will not appoint new special PP till Oct 14, Maha tells HC

Yunus case: Will not appoint new special PP till Oct 14, Maha tells HC

Rediff.com22 Sep 2021

The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that it would not appoint a new special public prosecutor in the Khwaja Yunus custodial death case till October 14.

Delhi riots: Police told to conduct probe without influence as per law

Delhi riots: Police told to conduct probe without influence as per law

Rediff.com15 Mar 2022

Justice Chandra Dhari Singh, who was hearing a petition by the deceased's mother seeking a speedy and proper investigation, said that the case was to be taken seriously and asked the investigating agency to 'take into account' the 'suggestions' by the petitioner in her plea.

RG Kar rape-murder case: Trial to begin on November 11

RG Kar rape-murder case: Trial to begin on November 11

Rediff.com5 Nov 2024

Eighty-seven days after the body of a woman medic was found at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a Kolkata court on Monday framed charges against the prime accused, Sanjay Roy.