CBI sees surge in extradition & asset recovery, credits Economic Offenders Act

IANS | September 7, 2023 9:33 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) A total of 19 criminals/fugitives have been brought back to India so far this year, while figures stood at 27 and 18 in 2022 and 2021, respectively, informed Union minister Jitendra Singh after inaugurating the first International Day of Police Cooperation and the Investiture Ceremony at the CBI headquarters here on Thursday.

Girl trafficked from Bengal to Delhi traced after 16 years in Rajasthan

IANS | September 7, 2023 8:33 PM

Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) A girl from Minakhan in the South 24-Parganas district of West Bengal was reunited with her family nearly 16 years after being trafficked, thanks to the efforts of HAM Radio enthusiasts in West Bengal. Now 27, she lives in Rajasthan with her husband and three children.

Owners fined for abusive behaviour towards parakeet

IANS | September 7, 2023 5:46 PM

Agra, Sep 7 (IANS) Acting on a tip from a concerned citizen, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India worked with the Divisional Forest Officer, Agra to rescue an Indian parakeet – a species protected under Schedule II of the Wild Life (Protection) Act (WPA), 1972 – which was being held illegally and tortured by a family in Agra.

Scissor in stomach case: Kerala Police arrest doctor & two nurses, let off on bail

IANS | September 7, 2023 12:33 PM

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 7 (IANS) A few days after K.K. Harshina, a victim of an alleged case of medical negligence at the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH) in Kerala's Kozhikode, called off her sit-in protest after a charge sheet was submitted at the Kunnamangalam court, the police on Thursday recorded the arrest of a doctor and two nurses and then let them off on bail.

Distributing Bible is not 'allurement for religious conversions' : HC

IANS | September 7, 2023 4:52 AM

Lucknow, Sep 7 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has said that distributing the Holy Bible and imparting good teachings cannot be termed as an "allurement for religious conversion" under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act.