The Kerala High Court on Monday sentenced 12 convicts to life imprisonment in the case related to the lynching of tribal youth Madhu in Attappady. The court also awarded one year imprisonment to another accused in the case. Earlier, the High Court had acquitted first accused Hussain. It also upheld the trial court’s decision acquitting Read More…
A violent clash broke out between two groups of inmates inside the jail in Kapurthala on Saturday night, sources said. According to reports, prisoners vandalised jail property, damaged the wall of barrack number four and allegedly attempted to set a section of the prison on fire. Following the incident, senior police and prison officials reached Read More…
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 2.25 kg of cocaine worth around ₹11.25 crore at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and arrested four foreign nationals over the last four days, officials said on Saturday. According to officials, the seizures were made during two separate operations carried out based on specific intelligence inputs. The accused Read More…
A court in Thrissur has sentenced a 50-year-old man to life imprisonment for murdering his elderly parents after accusing them of being responsible for his wife leaving him. The convict, Pradeep, a native of Ezhukampani in Avinissery Village, was also fined ₹1 lakh by the Thrissur Second Additional Sessions Court. The judgment was delivered by Read More…
Police and a SWAT team busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district on Friday and arrested two persons during the operation. The raid was carried out at a closed sawmill near Balram Farm House in Phalawda town under the Phalawda police station limits, officials said. According to Superintendent of Police (Rural) Read More…
Security forces seized at least 20 firearms and a large quantity of ammunition during two separate operations in Manipur’s Imphal West district, police said on Monday. According to an official statement, a major cache of 16 weapons and ammunition was recovered from the Langol hill range under the jurisdiction of Lamphel Police Station on Sunday. Read More…
The personal assistant of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was shot dead by unidentified assailants in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, party sources said. The victim, Chandranath Rath, who served as the executive assistant to the Leader of Opposition, was attacked on a public road at Doharia in the Madhyamgram area. He sustained Read More…
A 32-year-old man accused in the rape and murder of a minor boy was killed in a police encounter in the Mallawan area of Hardoi district Uthar Pradesh on Wednesday morning, officials said. The accused, identified as Mehnoor, was the prime suspect in the killing of a seven-year-old boy whose body was recovered from a Read More…
A Thrissur court has sentenced a 72-year-old man to life imprisonment for the murder of a Tamil Nadu native in Guruvayur over a financial dispute. The Fourth Additional District and Sessions Court judge Anil T.P. sentenced Gopalakrishnan, a native of Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹25,000. In Read More…
A Thrissur court has sentenced two accused to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of Vincent, a resident of Keltron Colony in Killannur village. The First Additional District and Sessions Court judge K. Kamanis sentenced life imprisonment and a fine of 3 lakh rupees each to the first and second accused — Sijo alias Read More…