Saif Ali Khan assault: Father of accused claims CCTV footage doesn’t match his son (IANS Exclusive)

IANS | January 23, 2025 10:03 PM

New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Md Ruhul Amin Fakir, father of Mohammed Shariful Islam, the man accused in the recent attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, spoke his mind out during an exclusive conversation with IANS on Thursday. He defended his son and called into question the allegations. Fakir insisted his son had been wrongfully implicated in the incident.

Saif Ali Khan’s attacker a Bangladeshi national, cops find ‘clinching’ evidence

IANS | January 23, 2025 5:38 PM

Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Days after the Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed and grievously wounded in a knife attack at his residence, the Mumbai Police is believed to have laid its hands on ‘clinching’ evidence regarding the identity and nationality of the criminal.

TN Governor approves Bills increasing punishments for crimes against women, children

IANS | January 23, 2025 4:01 PM

Chennai, Jan 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has approved two landmark bills aimed at imposing stricter punishments for crimes against women and children. The Bills -- Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and the Criminal Laws (Tamil Nadu) amendments Bill 2025 -- will now be sent to the President for final approval.

‘Alcohol Affected Party’: Cong releases audio clip of AAP MLA exposing liquor scam

IANS | January 23, 2025 2:36 PM

New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Coining a new term “Alcohol Affected Party” for the ruling party, the Delhi Congress on Thursday came out with an expose -- based on a purported audio clip of a sitting MLA -- on the alleged liquor scam in the national capital under the now-withdrawn excise policy.

Chhota Rajan’s close aide arrested in Mumbai for extortion

IANS | January 23, 2025 1:06 PM

Mumbai, Jan 23 IANS) The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested D.K. Rao, a close associate of underworld don Chhota Rajan, along with six accomplices, for allegedly threatening a hotelier in the city and demanding extortion money.

Call centre-cryptocurrency racket: ED raids multiple locations in Bengal

IANS | January 23, 2025 11:46 AM

Kolkata, Jan 23 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was on Thursday conducting raids and searches at multiple locations in West Bengal, mostly in and around Kolkata in connection with a call centre-cum-cryptocurrency racket operating from the state.

Two die in yet another school shooting in US (Ld)

Yashwant Raj | January 23, 2025 5:42 AM

Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) Two students were killed in a school shooting in Nashville in the American state of Tennessee in yet another grim reminder and manifestation of the country's runaway gun violence crisis.

Remo D'Souza, Rajpal Yadav and Sugandha Mishra receive threat email from Pakistan

IANS | January 23, 2025 2:38 AM

Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Members of the Hindi entertainment fraternity, Remo D'Souza, Rajpal Yadav and Sugandha Mishra have received a threat from an unidentified person.

Face blackened, ‘thief’ inscribed, three sisters & mother paraded in Ludhiana streets

IANS | January 22, 2025 6:09 PM

Ludhiana, Jan 22 (IANS) In a distressing incident in Punjab, a garment manufacturing unit owner in this industrial city has allegedly humiliated three sisters, their mother and a youth, blackened their faces with ink, and paraded each with a placard hanging around their necks that read “I am a thief”.

Saif, family should narrate horrific knife attack: Sanjay Nirupam

IANS | January 22, 2025 4:38 PM

Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam defended his remarks about Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan's "swift" recovery following a knife attack at his Bandra residence, urging the actor's family to clarify the events surrounding the incident.

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Saif Ali Khan assault: Father of accused claims CCTV footage doesn’t match his son (IANS Exclusive)

Saif Ali Khan’s attacker a Bangladeshi national, cops find ‘clinching’ evidence

TN Governor approves Bills increasing punishments for crimes against women, children

‘Alcohol Affected Party’: Cong releases audio clip of AAP MLA exposing liquor scam

Chhota Rajan’s close aide arrested in Mumbai for extortion

Call centre-cryptocurrency racket: ED raids multiple locations in Bengal

Two die in yet another school shooting in US (Ld)

Remo D'Souza, Rajpal Yadav and Sugandha Mishra receive threat email from Pakistan

Face blackened, ‘thief’ inscribed, three sisters & mother paraded in Ludhiana streets

Saif, family should narrate horrific knife attack: Sanjay Nirupam

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