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A wanted criminal, Koku Pahadia, was injured in a brief gunfight with Delhi Police in Mehrauli on Saturday NEW DELHI: A brief gunfight broke out between Delhi police and wanted criminal Koku Pahadia in Mehrauli on Saturday morning, leaving the accused injured. Pahadia allegedly opened fire on the police team while trying to escape. Two…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday (local time) reacted to the California crash caused by Indian-origin truck driver Jashanpreet Singh that killed three people. She accused California of handing out “criminal illegal aliens” commercial vehicle licenses.“I can confirm that California gave this individual a license, and it is something that the Department of…
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has ramped up his investigation into Roblox, the hugely popular online gaming platform, issuing a criminal subpoena after evidence surfaced that sexual predators are exploiting the game to target minors.“Multiple investigations have revealed that sexual predators are using Roblox to access, communicate with, and groom minors,” Uthmeier said in a…
Hamas on Sunday has strongly rejected a statement from US state department that cited “credible reports” indicating the terror group is planning an attack on civilians in Gaza. The Palestinian militant group said that such allegations were false. Hamas says police forces in Gaza are protecting residents According to The Times of Israel, rejecting the…
FILE – Karim Ahmed Khan, International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Justice in the Khartoum, Sudan, Aug. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File) A sexual misconduct scandal and political backlash over Israel’s Gaza war have plunged the world’s top war crimes court into crisis. The story so…
Amit Shah with Nayab Singh Saini (PTI) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the conviction rate in Haryana has doubled to 80 per cent following the implementation of the country’s newly introduced criminal laws. He was speaking at a public event in Kurukshetra, where he also launched multiple development projects and…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has asked high courts to ensure day-to-day trial in criminal cases, especially important and sensitive cases, saying it has become imperative in the prevailing social, political and administrative scenario, including the style of functioning of police.Expressing disappointment over discontinuance of day-to-day trial, which was the norm three decades ago, a bench…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has said that criminal law cannot become a platform for initiation of vindictive proceedings to settle personal scores and vendettas, and derided the increasing resort to lodging of FIRs to settle civil disputes.While quashing an FIR lodged more than two decades ago for the offence of cheating in a land transaction…
