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CBI special court sentences Gali Janardhan Reddy, three others to seven-year jail term in illegal mining case

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CBI special court sentences Gali Janardhan Reddy, three others to seven-year jail term in illegal mining case

BLA from Karnataka Gali Janardan Reddy. File | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court in Hyderabad on Tuesday (May 6, 2025) awarded seven-year imprisonment to four persons, including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Karnataka Gali Janardan Reddy, and his relative B.V. Srinivas Reddy, managing director, Obulapuram Mining Corporation … Read more

Man held for attempt to murder in hit-and-run case in Delhi

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Man held for attempt to murder in hit-and-run case in Delhi

Image used for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: S. Subramanium A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to murder a security guard by crushing him with his SUV near Mahipalpur flyover in southwest Delhi, the police said on Monday (May 5, 2025). The accused has been identified as Vijay alias Lale, a … Read more

NIA takes over probe into Pahalgam terror attack case on government’s orders

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NIA takes over probe into Pahalgam terror attack case on government’s orders

Anti-terror body, National Investigation Agency (NIA), has begun the process of formally taking over the Pahalgam terror attack case, in which 26 innocent tourists were mercilessly shot dead on Tuesday, following orders from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). NIA teams, which have been camping at the terror attack site since Wednesday, have intensified … Read more

Hubballi case: Karnataka HC directs State government to follow Supreme Court’s guidelines for deaths in police encounters

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Hubballi case: Karnataka HC directs State government to follow Supreme Court’s guidelines for deaths in police encounters

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed the State government to follow scrupulously guidelines issued by the Supreme Court in 2014 regarding the deaths of accused persons in police encounters, in the Hubballi case. This was the case in which a 35-year-old man, who is accused of allegedly murdering a 5-year-old girl after sexually … Read more

SC extends protection from arrest to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in cheating case

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SC extends protection from arrest to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in cheating case

Former IAS trainee Puja Khedkar speaks to the media. File.  | Photo Credit: ANI The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 15, 2025) extended till April 21 the protection from arrest granted to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. A Bench … Read more

Woman’s nose pin helps police solve her murder case, husband among 2 arrested

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Woman’s nose pin helps police solve her murder case, husband among 2 arrested

A nose pin led investigators to the identity of a woman and also her murderer, the husband who had allegedly strangled his wife with a cable wire, wrapped her body in a bedsheet and dumped the body in the drain, police said on Friday. Anil Kumar, a property dealer, worked with the family’s domestic help, … Read more

Indian banks win U.K. bankruptcy appeal in Vijay Mallya case

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Indian banks win U.K. bankruptcy appeal in Vijay Mallya case

Indian businessman Vijay Mallya. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A consortium of Indian banks, led by State Bank of India, on Wednesday (April 9, 2025) won their court appeal in London to uphold a bankruptcy order against Vijay Mallya in a long-standing legal battle seeking repayment of a judgment debt owed by his now-defunct Kingfisher … Read more

Police book case against ‘unknown’ BJP cadre for assaulting Tamil daily photographer

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Police book case against ‘unknown’ BJP cadre for assaulting Tamil daily photographer

The K.K. Nagar police have registered a case against 10 “unknown” cadre of the Bharatiya Janata Party in connection with the alleged assault on a photographer of a Tamil daily while the latter was covering a public meeting organised by the party on the National Education Policy at Mannarpuram in Tiruchi on Sunday night. The … Read more

Ranya Rao’s fresh bail plea in gold smuggling case after lower court setback

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Ranya Rao’s fresh bail plea in gold smuggling case after lower court setback

Kannada actor Ranya Rao on Saturday filed a bail petition in the Sessions Court, a day after her request for bail was rejected by a lower court in the gold smuggling case. The Sessions Court is expected to hear the petition on Monday. The Special Court for Economic Offences denied bail to the Kannada actor … Read more