New Delhi, Jan 2: A 20-year-old man set his motorcycle on fire after he was challaned by the traffic police in south Delhi's Greater Kailash area on Wednesday, police said. Vikas, a resident of Sangam Vihar, was challaned by the traffic police for riding the motorcycle without helmet, a senior police official said. The traffic police challaned him and impounded the motorcycle, following which
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Lucknow, Dec 31: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Kishan Lal Rajpoot, from Uttar Pradesh's Barkhera constituency, along with his 15 identified and more than 35 unidentified supporters, have been booked for allegedly beating a police constable with shoes at a police post and robbing him of a gold chain and wallet. This comes after a court-ordered that the FIR be registered. According to reports
Muzaffarnagar, Dec 29: A woman experiencing labour pain was allegedly refused admission into a government health centre by its staff for not giving Rs 5,000 as bribe in Shamli district. The family of the woman, Bina, alleged that on Saturday, she was brought to the health centre in Jhinjhana town after experiencing labour pain. The staff there demanded Rs 5,000 and they refused to admit her
Panaji, Dec 28: Two music enthusiasts from Andhra Pradesh who were visiting Goa to participate in the ongoing Sunburn Electronic Dance Music festival died after collapsing near the venue in the North Goa district. A senior police official said Sai Prasad and Venkat (full name not known) were taken to a hospital in Mapusa but were declared dead. The two began to feel uneasy when they were standing
Thane, Dec 24: A 53-year-old retired Army officer from Thane city in Maharashtra has been allegedly duped of Rs 40,000 in a fraud on WhatsApp, police said on Tuesday. The victim in his police complaint said he got a missed call on his WhatsApp number on December 6. When he dialled that number, the call did not get through, so he sent a message on it, an official at Kasarwadavli police station here
Bengaluru, Dec 22: Teams of Central Crime Branch (CCB) and Organised Crime Wing (OCW) have arrested four persons for allegedly organising gambling at several hotels in Bengaluru here, police said on Sunday. Police have identified the accused as Satish, Ramesh, Nagesh and Chandru. Based on reliable information, the teams searched a car Saturday night at RMC yard here and recovered Rs 28 lakh in
Fatehpur, Dec 18: The condition of an 18-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped before being set ablaze by her 'uncle' in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district on December 14, has deteriorated. Senior doctors at the Lala Lajpat Rai hospital said that her condition remains critical 'despite being on an aggressive supportive care'. Chief medical superintendent, R. K. Maurya said: "She continues to be on
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 10: Over 1,500 rape cases have been registered in Kerala so far this year, according to police statistics. The numbers have been revealed at a time when there is a nationwide uproar over increasing crimes against women after the recent killing of two young women in Hyderabad and Unnao in Uttar Pradesh respectively. In Hyderabad, a young veterinarian was gang-raped, killed
Thane, Dec 10: The body of a newborn boy was found abandoned near a dustbin in Maharashtra's Thane city on Tuesday morning, police said. A passer-by spotted the body near a waste bin located close to a school in Kopri locality and alerted the police, senior police inspector G A Aagarkar said. The police rushed to the spot and sent the body to the civil hospital, he said. As per preliminary inquiry
Ahmedabad, Dec 10: Liquor worth over Rs 252 crore has been seized during the last two years from different parts of Gujarat, according to the state government. Gujarat is a 'dry' state where manufacture, sale and consumption of liquor is banned. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who holds a charge of the Home Department, informed the state Assembly on Monday that liquor worth over Rs 252 crore was