MUMBAI: Seeking maximum sentence of death against the seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the intervenor, father of one of the victims, submitted in the final arguments that the prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt, reports Rebecca Samervel.“Changes in the regime led to shifts in the approach of the prosecuting agencies, but…
NEW DELHI: The special investigation team said on Tuesday that it will conduct an identification parade of the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case in order to help the minor victims identify the culprits.The parade will be conducted before the executive magistrate and the SIT will further prepare a psychological profile of the accused.This…
LUCKNOW: The Indian Air Force military cargo aeroplane, the C-130 J Hercules, landed at Jalgaon airport with the mortal remains of the 25 bus accident victims from Bharatpur airport in Chitwan district, Nepal, on Saturday evening.The aircraft with call sign IFC1084, which was dispatched from Panagarh airbase of IAF on the directions of defence minister…
NEW DELHI: Demanding to know why it has become so difficult for victims to even go to the police station and register an FIR, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that after West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the shameful crimes against daughters in Maharashtra “force us to think…
MEERUT: At least 11 labourers of a Ghaziabad-based firm, returning home for Raksha Bandhan, were killed and 26 persons were injured when their pick-up truck collided head-on with a bus on Meerut-Badaun state highway at Salempur in Bulandshahr on Sunday.Police said around 10.30am, the bus collided with a truck while trying to overtake. The truck…
MEERUT/BAREILLY: In a rural patch of Bareilly district, a shadow of fear looms large as nine women have been found murdered over the past 14 months in chillingly identical manner. Spanning a 25km radius and encompassing villages under two police stations, these gruesome discoveries have revealed a disturbing but distinct pattern. The victims, all aged…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate is set to start restituting money to victims of scams. It will start with disbursement of nearly Rs 12 crore in attached fixed deposits (FDs) of Rose Valley group of companies in Kolkata to around 22 lakh small depositors who were tempted by the accused companies into depositing money with them…
WAYANAD: The count of confirmed deaths in the twin landslides that devastated a part of Kerala’s hilly Wayanad region two days ago mounted to 289 Thursday, exceeding unofficial estimates and raising the possibility of a further spike as rescuers battled through rain and piles of debris to trace the 240 people still missing. The victims…
KOZHIKODE: Aranikkal Azeez walked into what was once a classroom at govt vocational higher secondary school in Meppadi – 16km from Mundakkai, a town uphill where a gushing wall of water, mud and stones buried all in its path early Monday. The room, typically filled with the chatter of students, had transformed into a temporary…
NEW DELHI: Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, who is on his way to Kuwait after a building fire killed over 40 Indians on Wednesday, said that “some of the bodies have been charred beyond recognition and DNA test is underway to identify the victims“. Singh also added that an Air Force…
