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Kochi, May 13 (PTI) Controversial Kerala godman Amrita Chaitanya faced charges of raping a minor girl in a flat as he was arrested today for allegedly cheating a NRI woman of Rs 45 lakh while a

Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (PTI) The Kerala government today suspended a Deputy Superintendent of Police for alleged links with controversial godman Santhosh Madhavan alias Amrita Chaitanya,

Cuttack (Orissa), May 13 (PTI) The Orissa High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking a CBI inquiry into the killing of child marathon runner Budhia's coach Biranchi Das but directed the police to

Badaun, May 13 (PTI) In a shocking incident, a dalit woman was burnt to death by her neighbours in a village under Kotwali Ujhani police station area over a trivial issue, police said today.

POLICE HAVE arrested five men, including two contract killers, for the murder of a cable operator in Ambedkar Nagar area of south Delhi last week. Police said the victim was killed at the behest of his rivals over rights of cable viewership in Ambedkar Nagar area. The hired killers were paid Rs 1 lakh for the murder.

A 25-year-old woman was sexually assaulted near Sangli Mess at New Delhi's Bhagwan Das Road on Sunday evening. The police said three men attacked the woman when she was returning home. She was pushed around, her clothes torn and the three men pinned her down when she objected to their lewd remarks.

ARMED ROBBERS looted a house after they held two women and their domestic help captive at gunpoint in Dabri area of southwest Delhi on Monday morning. The family told the police that the robbers decamped with cash and jewelry worth Rs 80 lakh from the house. The robbers had entered the house posing as journalists, police said.

Lucknow, May 12 (PTI) The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court today fixed May 14 as the next date of hearing of the appeal filed by those convicted in Indian Oil Corporation sales officer S

Bhubaneswar, May 12 (PTI) Two Orissa police personnel were today suspended on charge of derelicton of duty as well as breach of security for the main accused in the murder of child marathon

New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court today admitted the appeal of former Congress leader Romesh Sharma, challenging his conviction in the Kunjum Buddhiraja murder case.

New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court today rejected bail application of Manu Sharma, who is serving life imprisonment in Jessica Lal murder case.

Hubli, May 12 (PTI) After Saturday's bomb explosion damaging the court hall, the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, hearing the cases of terror suspects of banned Students Islamic Movement of

New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): The execution of a death sentence awarded to Abdul Ghani Isma Turk in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case was stayed by the Supreme Court on Monday.

Leh (JK), May 12 (PTI) The frontier Himalayan region of Ladakh, which has been an oasis of peace, is now witnessing increasing crime, with police blaming more contact with the outside world.

Yamunanagar(Haryana), May 11 (PTI) A victim of an alleged gangrape stripped and tore her clothes at a local police station in protest against alleged inaction in arresting the accused putting the

New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on the bail application of Manu Sharma, who is serving life imprisonment in Jessica Lal murder case.

TWO YOUNG women were reportedly drugged by their domestic help and robbed of cash and valuables in Sarvodaya Enclave in south Delhi two days ago. The women lay unconscious for more than 24 hours in their house till friends found them.

THE POLICE have identified the main accused in the murder of a teenager in Lodhi Colony. Police said that the victim knew the accused and he had entered the house with an 'intention of robbery'. 'We have identified the killer and will arrest him soon. The most likely motive seems to be robbery, as per the investigations.

POLICE HAVE arrested two students of Delhi University (DU) for allegedly robbing two women of their jewellery in north Delhi on Saturday. Police said the accused, both first timers to the world of crime, are final-year students at a west Delhi college and committed the crime to make extra money for their summer vacations.

THE CRIME Branch of Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a woman who is part of a gang allegedly involved in extorting money from affluent people by threatening to implicate them in false rape cases. Police said it is the same gang which was responsible for the suicide of a retired colonel three years ago.