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

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

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

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

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

Kadambari case: govt. extends suspension of three IPS officers

Kadambari case: govt. extends suspension of three IPS officers

The State government issued three separate GOs on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) extending the suspension of three IPS officers, P. Sitharama Anjaneyulu, Kanthi Rana Tata and Vishal Gunni. The government extended their suspension for a period of 180 days i.e, up to September 9, 2025 under Rule 3 (8) (d) of AIS (D&A) Rules, 1969. The government … Read more

Hampi horror: 3rd arrest in Israeli tourist, homestay host’s rape case

Hampi horror: 3rd arrest in Israeli tourist, homestay host’s rape case

Karnataka Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi said on Sunday that the third accused in the tourist rape case in Koppal district had been arrested. Two women, including a 27-year-old Israeli tourist, were allegedly gang-raped and assaulted while stargazing near Hampi, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on March 6. Tangadagi stated that three individuals were involved … Read more

Prime accused in double murder case shot during arrest in Thoothukudi

Prime accused in double murder case shot during arrest in Thoothukudi

Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images A special police team shot at a 25-year-old man accused in a double murder case after he reportedly tried to attack two police pesonnel during his arrest early Thursday (March 6, 2025). Muneeswaran, the prime accused in the murder of a mother-daughter duo P. Seethalakshmi, 70, and V. … Read more

Court stays Maharashtra Minister Kokate’s conviction in 1995 cheating case

Court stays Maharashtra Minister Kokate’s conviction in 1995 cheating case

Manikrao Kokate. File photo: X/@kokate_manikrao A court in Nashik on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) stayed the conviction of Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate in a cheating and forgery case of 1995. A Magistrate Court on February 20 convicted the NCP leader and his brother Sunil Kokate and sentenced them to two-year imprisonment in the case … Read more

Madras High Court reverses discharge of M.K. Alagiri from select provisions of law in land grab case

Madras High Court reverses discharge of M.K. Alagiri from select provisions of law in land grab case

M.K. Alagiri. File | Photo Credit: S. James The Madras High Court on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) reversed an order passed by a judicial magistrate in Madurai in 2021 discharging former Union Minister M.K. Alagiri from select provisions of law in a 2014 land grab case and ordered that he must face trial for those … Read more