'Ex-WFI chief not exonerated by oversight committee', Delhi police tell court

IANS | September 16, 2023 8:27 PM

New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) In the alleged sexual harassment case lodged against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Delhi police told a court here on Saturday that he was not exonerated by the oversight committee constituted by the government to investigate the allegations levelled against him.

Unrest at NIT Silchar as students clash with police after suicide in hostel

IANS | September 16, 2023 11:45 AM

Guwahati, Sep 16 (IANS) After one of their fellow students died in the college hostel on Friday night, students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Silchar in Assam's Cachar district got into a physical altercation with the police. Later, the police used force to disperse the students; however, the situation remained tense on Saturday as well.

PIOs sentenced for money laundering, human smuggling in UK

IANS | September 16, 2023 8:40 AM

London, Sep 16 (IANS) A group of 16 people, including many of Indian-origin, have been given jail sentences totalling more than 70 years for their involvement in international money laundering and people smuggling in the UK.

Bengal govt fined Rs 50L by Calcutta HC for delay in probe handover to CBI

IANS | September 15, 2023 3:58 PM

Kolkata, Sep 15 (IANS) Calcutta High Court’s single judge bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Friday slammed the West Bengal government and imposed a financial penalty of Rs 50 lakh for not complying with an earlier order of handing over probe papers related to alleged money laundering by a cooperative society in West Bengal's Alipurduar district to the CBI.

Nuh violence case: Congress MLA Mamman Khan arrested from Rajasthan

IANS | September 15, 2023 8:54 AM

Gurugram, Sep 15 (IANS) A special team of the Haryana Police has arrested Congress MLA Mamman Khan from Jaipur on charges of instigating people of a particular community during the violence that was witnessed in the Brajmandal Yatra in Nuh on July 31.