Prayagraj, Sep 8 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court has rejected the bail plea of Samajwadi Party MLA, Ramakant Yadav, in a spurious liquor case in which nine people died in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh last year.
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.
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Customs officials at Bengaluru airport rescued 72 exotic snakes from a baggage that arrived from Bangkok, while six Capuchin monkeys were found dead.
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.
San Francisco, Sep 7 (IANS) A Netflix software engineer, who mysteriously disappeared after taking an Uber ride in the US, has died by suicide at the San Francisco Bay last week, media reports said.
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.
Chennai, Sep 7 (IANS) The 19 youths from Tamil Nadu, who had been held captive in Kuwait by a travel agency since last year, were rescued by the Indian embassy and finally reached the Chennai airport on Thursday.
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.
Agra (UP), Sep 7 (IANS) A 15-year-old girl was abducted and gang-raped by three youths, aged between 18 years and 20 years in this district of Uttar Pradesh.
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.
