Suspended cop, wife get 3 yrs jail
After 13 years of the matter being registered, the sessions court on Thursday held suspended additional commissioner of police Ajay Kumar Jain and wife Anita Jain guilty and sentenced the couple to th
Prosecution seeks death for 13 cops, 2 others
The sessions court on Monday heard arguments on sentencing from the prosecution and defense counsel in the alleged Lakhan Bhaiyya fake encounter case.
HC rejects plea to quash letter of admin
The Bombay high court in a recent order dismissed a petition that requested revocation of a “letter of administration” issued by the high court in 2009.
Brit given 20 yrs under NDPS Act
The sessions court on Friday convicted British national Barry David Hulse and sentenced him to 20 years imprisonment after he was arrested and charged under the NDPS Act in 2010 for transporting aroun
Maha encounter cop is acquitted
Dismissing all charges against 49-year-old encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, the Mumbai special court on Friday convicted 21 others, including senior inspector Pradeep Suryavanshi, in the alleged f
Four days police custody for Rane
Dhule deputy tehsildar Eshwar Rane, who was thrashed by local Shiv Sena leaders and later arrested by the police on Thursday for sexually exploiting women on the pretext of providing financial assista
NGO starts petition against Google Play
Accusing Google of allowing sexually explicit content on its Android platform Playstore, the advocacy group for women, Centre for Social Research (CSR), started a petition against the Internet giant l
IMA incensed by sex-selection survey
Coming down heavily on a recent study conducted by a Nagpur-based institute that indicated sex-selection practices were prevalent among physicians too, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has said th
Girl misses Toefl exam, gets picked by US college
Shweta Katti, the girl with an iron spirit, is disappointed at not being able to write the Toefl exam on Sunday as she did not get her passport on time.
Under the scanner: Cops & riots
After over five weeks since the riots in Maharashtra’s northwest city of Dhule, the Supreme Court admitted a PIL seeking a probe by an SC-directed Special Investigation Team into the riots.