The killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and several others in 2008 triggered large-scale communal violence between Hindus and Christians in Kandhamal district, marking one of the worst incidents of anti-Christian violence in the State.
The accused allegedly siphoned off about ₹20 crore from the digital arm of a private finance firm
Official sources pointed out that assailants had allegedly planned the assault in advance by procuring weapons, arranged a vehicle and coordinated the crime before fatally attacking the victim Vishakh
Initial reports from a post-mortem said he had "abrasions on his back and chest", investigators say.
ICE officer under review for alleged mental health struggles, violent behavior amid deadly shooting case in Maine.
Lawyers for the ICC’s ousted Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan say he is the victim of a political witchhunt
Almost two years after six travellers died and one survivor was left blind from suspected methanol-tainted drinks in Laos, the criminal case over the incident is finally proceeding with charges filed against a distillery owner as families of the victims continue to demand answers and stern punishment. Last Friday, the owner of the distillery where the drinks linked to the deaths were thought to have originated was given one charge of running an illegal business and one charge of selling harmful...
Daniel Siad, whose name appears in the Epstein files thousands of times, had previously denied knowledge of the threat Jeffrey Epstein posed.
Police sources say notice will be issued soon directing him to appear for interrogation and that further legal action will be taken in compliance with court’s anticipatory bail order
The Karnataka government has constituted a 11-member Special Investigation Team led by Bengaluru Regional Commissioner Amlan Aditya Biswas to probe the alleged grabbing of government land by the Art of Living ashram and its affiliate organisations on the outskirts of Bengaluru
Mithun Kumar G. K., DCP, North East Division, Bengaluru, has asked the family members, who have been holding the school management and a teacher responsible for the death of the boy, to give their statement in writing
Sri Lanka launched an investigation on Tuesday into its deadliest prison riot in years, as the death toll from clashes between rival drug gangs rose to 27. Armed police and commandos were not sent into the prison but were deployed to guard the perimeter of Negombo prison, as authorities tightened security following the clashes on Monday that also wounded more than 100. Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara told parliament on Tuesday that a criminal investigation had begun alongside a...
The Home Minister’s Office said the government has tasked Deputy Inspector General of Police, Thrissur Range, T Narayanan, to head the review
The tenure of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been extended to probe the matter deeply and widen the scope of the probe
When a villager in the southern province of Guangdong was walking near his home on a mild day shortly after Christmas in 2019, he noticed a yellow suitcase beneath an expressway embankment. Inside was the headless body of a woman. When police arrived and searched the area, they found the head inside a red travel bag alongside the highway, about 1km south of the villager’s discovery. Nearly seven years later, details of the forensic investigation have been revealed in a peer-reviewed paper that...
Ukrainian oligarch reported to be among injured in explosion at residential building in the Mediterranean principality.