Crime

New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) A suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist believed to be involved in the Jama Masjid blast was arrested in Bihar, police said Friday.

Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) AMRI Hospital MD and veteran doctor Mani Chettri, held for a fire in the institution that killed 94 people last December, was Thursday given conditional bail till Feb 15 by a Kolkata court.

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A woman has been arrested for forcing into prostitution the 14-year-old girl who brought battered baby Falak to hospital, police said. This is the fourth arrest in the case.

Hyderabad, Feb 1, Two top bureaucrats of Andhra Pradesh and executives of Dubai-based Emaar Properties PJSC and its Indian associates are among 12 accused against whom the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday filed a charge sheet in the Emaar-APIIC township scam.

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday held that Section 27(3) of the Arms Act, 1959 that provides for “mandatory death penalty” in case of death being caused by use of prohibited arms is ultra vires (beyond the powers) of the constitution and declared it void.

Ludhiana, Feb 2 (IANS) The body of a Punjab police officer was found at a farmhouse near here Thursday morning.

The dead officer was identified as Balraj Singh who was a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) posted at Moga, 80 km from here.

Mumbai, Jan 31 (ANI): Four persons who were accused in the 2007 murder of sixteen-year-old teenager Adnan Patrawala, walked out of prison on Tuesday a day after their acquittal by a local sessions court.

New Delhi, Jan 31, The 2008 Mumbai terror attack convict and Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab Tuesday told the Supreme Court that he was denied fair trial as he was not provided legal assistance during the initial stages as mandated under the Indian constitution.

Chicago, Jan 31 (IANS) A US court has rejected the plea of a fresh trial by Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, convicted of aiding terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which is blamed for Nov 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

Pune, Jan 25 (IANS) At least nine people were killed, 27 injured and 30-40 vehicles damaged when a mentally disturbed staffer of the government bus service hijacked a state transport bus and sped blindly through the streets here Wednesday, police said.