Youth shot dead by Pakistan-backed death squad in Balochistan

IANS | July 18, 2025 12:18 PM

Quetta, July 18 (IANS) A Baloch human rights organisation condemned the extrajudicial killing of a youth on Friday, carried out by a government-backed death squad in the busy market of Kharan district, Balochistan. This incident occurred amid an increasing wave of human rights violations throughout the province.

Maha govt to launch special campaign to ban cow slaughter

IANS | July 17, 2025 10:31 PM

Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Yogesh Kadam in the state Assembly on Thursday announced that the government will launch a special campaign to ban cow slaughter in unauthorised slaughterhouses across the state.

UP ATS arrests key aide of Chhangur Baba in religious conversion racket

IANS | July 17, 2025 10:19 PM

Balrampur/Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Thursday arrested Rashid, a key associate of self-styled spiritual leader Chhangur Baba, for his alleged role in a large-scale religious conversion racket. The arrest was made from Balrampur’s Utraula area, where the racket is believed to have originated.

ED, ATS, and now land fraud: Chhangur Baba’s legal troubles mount

IANS | July 17, 2025 9:09 PM

Pune/Lonavala, July 17 (IANS) In a dramatic twist to the controversies surrounding self-styled spiritual leader Chhangur Baba, Mumbai-based businessman Mohammad Ahmed has come forward with serious allegations of intimidation, fraud, and criminal conspiracy related to a high-value land deal in Lonavala.

ED files charge sheet against Robert Vadra in land deal case

IANS | July 17, 2025 4:57 PM

New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a charge sheet against businessman Robert Vadra, son-in-law of former Congress President Sonia Gandhi, in connection with a money laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana’s Shikohpur.