Kerala Assembly: Three Opposition MLAs suspended on charge of attacking security personnel

Kerala Assembly: Three Opposition MLAs suspended on charge of attacking security personnel

Opposition MLAs stage a protest over the Sabarimala gold-plating controversy in the Kerala Assembly on Wednesday (October 8, 2025.) | Photo Credit: PTI The Kerala Legislative Assembly passed a government-sponsored resolution on Thursday (October 9, 2025) barring three Congress legislators, who have been accused of attacking Watch and Ward personnel, from attending the House for … Read more

Charge sheet filed against rapper Vedan and others for ‘ganja’ consumption

Charge sheet filed against rapper Vedan and others for ‘ganja’ consumption

The police booked Vedan and others after seizing 6 grams of suspected ganja from the flat at Vyttila where they had reportedly gathered to prepare for a music show. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Hill Palace police at Thripunithura have filed a charge sheet in the case related to the seizure of suspected … Read more

Home Guard arrested on charge of bid to smuggle three tonnes of beedi leaves to Sri Lanka

Home Guard arrested on charge of bid to smuggle three tonnes of beedi leaves to Sri Lanka

The Coastal Security Police have arrested a Home Guard on charge of reportedly trying to smuggling about three tonnes of beedi leaves to Sri Lanka. The police said the Coastal Security Police, during their patrol near Koodankulam, stopped a mini lorry around 3 a.m. on Wednesday. When the lorry driver tried to escape, the police … Read more

IED blasts conspiracy in Assam: NIA charge sheets ULFA (I) chief Paresh Baruah, two others

IED blasts conspiracy in Assam: NIA charge sheets ULFA (I) chief Paresh Baruah, two others

The NIA found that the IEDs were planted with the intent to cause death or injury, destroy property and threaten the unity, integrity, and sovereignty of India and to spread terror among the people. File | Photo Credit: PTI “The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charge sheeted three persons including Myanmar-based banned outfit ULFA (I) chief … Read more

R.V. Karnan takes charge as GHMC commissioner

R.V. Karnan takes charge as GHMC commissioner

R.V. Karnan took charge as commissioner of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) from K. Ilambarithi on Tuesday (April 29, 2025). | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT R.V. Karnan took charge as commissioner of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) from outgoing officer K. Ilambarithi on Tuesday (April 29, 2025). The latter was transferred and posted as secretary … Read more

CBI arrests two persons, including IRS official, on charge of attempting to sabotage IT faceless assessment scheme

CBI arrests two persons, including IRS official, on charge of attempting to sabotage IT faceless assessment scheme

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two accused persons, including an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) official, on the allegation of attempting to sabotaging the faceless scheme of Income-Tax assessment. They have been identified by the agency as 2015-batch IRS official Vijayendra, who holds the police of Deputy Commissioner in the Income-Tax Department, and … Read more

Charge sheet filed in Anna University sexual assault case 

Charge sheet filed in Anna University sexual assault case 

Anna University. File | Photo Credit: PTI The all-woman Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted by the Madras High Court, has filed a charge sheet against Gnanasekaran, the sole accused in the Anna University sexual assault case. Sources in the Police department said the charge sheet was filed before a Metropolitan Magistrate Court in the city. … Read more

CBI books Konkan Railway Chief Engineer, private company, and its directors on graft charge

CBI books Konkan Railway Chief Engineer, private company, and its directors on graft charge

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption case against a Chief Engineer of the Konkan Railway Corporation Limited and a private company, along with its directors, on bribery charge. The accused persons have been identified as Sumeet Khajuria, a 2005-batch Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer posted as a Chief Engineer … Read more

CBI arrests three, including Defence Accounts official, on graft charge

CBI arrests three, including Defence Accounts official, on graft charge

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Senior Auditor in the Office of Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (PCDA) under the Defence Ministry and two private persons on graft charge. The accused persons have been identified as Deep Narayan Yadav, Senior Auditor in the PCDA Office; Akash Kapoor (defence supplier), owner of Akash … Read more

Royal Oldham Hospital: Attempted murder charge after nurse stabbed

Royal Oldham Hospital: Attempted murder charge after nurse stabbed

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a nurse was stabbed at a hospital and left with life-changing injuries. Rumon Haque, 37, has also been charged with possession of a bladed article after the incident at about 23:30 GMT on Saturday at Royal Oldham Hospital’s acute medical unit. The nurse, a woman in … Read more