Indian Penal Code: News

14 Sep 2020

Delhi High Court

Our culture doesn't recognize same-sex marriage: Centre to Delhi HC

Same-sex marriages are not a part of our culture, the Centre told the Delhi High Court on Monday while opposing a plea demanding the recognition of same-sex marriage rights under the Hindu Marriage Act 1955.

09 Sep 2020

Telangana

Telugu TV actor dies by suicide; man booked for abetment

Prominent Telugu TV actor Sravani Kondapalli died by suicide late on Tuesday. The actor, who was 26, is best known for the TV series Manasu Mamata and Mounaragam.

08 Sep 2020

Bengaluru

Samyuktha Hegde accepts Kavitha Reddy's apology after alleged attack

After being accused of moral policing by Kannada actor Samyuktha Hegde, Congress leader Kavitha Reddy has issued an "unconditional apology."

08 Sep 2020

Mumbai Police

FIR filed against Sushant's sisters after Rhea's complaint

The Mumbai Police has lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against two of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's sisters and a Delhi-based doctor.

06 Sep 2020

Karnataka

Vivek Oberoi's brother-in-law Aditya Alva named in Karnataka drugs case

Aditya Alva, who is the brother-in-law of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, has been named among the 12 accused in the Karnataka drugs case.

31 Aug 2020

Dalit

AP: Man beaten, tonsured over alleged theft at filmmaker's home

A 20-year-old man was beaten using sticks, abused, and tonsured for allegedly stealing an iPhone from the house of film producer Nutan Naidu.

22 Aug 2020

Telangana

Sexually exploited 5,000+ times over decade, Hyderabad woman files complaint

A 25-year-old woman in Telangana's Hyderabad has leveled shocking allegations of sexual exploitation against nearly 150 persons over several years.

17 Aug 2020

Delhi Police

Threat to life, alleges Facebook employee amid hate speech row

An employee of Facebook approached Delhi Police alleging threat to her life, days after a report in a foreign publication claimed that the social media giant does little to control hate speech by BJP leaders, triggering a political war of words.

06 Aug 2020

Uttar Pradesh

Gurugram: Woman critical after being stabbed by stalker 30 times

In a shocking incident, a 23-year-old woman was left fighting for her life after being stabbed 30 times by her former classmate this week.

Sushant Singh Rajput's father files FIR against Rhea Chakraborty

Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's father has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against actor Rhea Chakraborty at the Rajiv Nagar Police station in Bihar's Patna, according to reports.

14 Jun 2020

Delhi Police

Coronavirus: Amid spike in Delhi, stricter fines for lockdown violations

Violating quarantine rules, not wearing a face mask in public, and other lockdown violations will now attract stricter penalties in Delhi.

31 May 2020

Mumbai

Huge crowd celebrates Congress leader's COVID-19 recovery in Mumbai

After senior Congress leader Chandrakant Handore recovered from COVID-19, a huge crowd gathered to welcome him in Mumbai on Saturday night.

24 May 2020

Mumbai

Mumbai: Man booked for thrashing wife over cooking 'tasteless' khichdi

In a shocking incident, a 39-year-old man allegedly assaulted his wife over her cooking in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

18 Apr 2020

Delhi Police

Jamia violence: Sharjeel Imam charged with sedition for 'abetting riots'

Jawaharlal Nehru University PhD student Sharjeel Imam has been slapped with sedition charges in the Jamia Millia Islamia December violence case.

18 Apr 2020

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal: Amid lockdown, bank manager raped inside her home

A lockdown has been imposed across the nation to curtail the spread of coronavirus but that has clearly not stopped crimes against women.

06 Apr 2020

Narendra Modi

Someone wanted to sell 'Statue of Unity' for Rs. 30,000cr

An unidentified person has been booked in Gujarat for putting an online advertisement to sell the Statue of Unity for Rs. 30,000 crore to help the government fight the coronavirus pandemic.

02 Mar 2020

Murder

UP: Frustrated with husband, woman beats 6-month-old daughter to death

In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old woman allegedly thrashed her six-month-old daughter to death in the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh.

24 Dec 2019

Mumbai

School principal, teacher attack 15-year-old with acid in Mumbai

A teenager in Mumbai suffered severe burn injuries after she was allegedly attacked with acid by the principal of her alma mater.

19 Dec 2019

Delhi Police

Man possessing Jamia violence videos arrested to maintain 'communal harmony'

A man was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday after he was found possessing videos from violent protests at Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia.

11 Dec 2019

PTI

Raped since she was 4, woman takes uncle to court

Three years after she first approached the police, a woman has taken her maternal uncle to court, accusing him of raping her as a child.

08 Dec 2019

Delhi Police

Anaj Mandi: Five tragic fire accidents in Delhi-NCR this year

On Sunday morning, 43 people lost their lives in a tragic blaze that erupted at a factory on Rani Jhansi road in Delhi's Anaj Mandi area.

06 Dec 2019

West Bengal

Bengal: Man rapes 9-month-old niece on pretext of buying toys

Even as a Hyderabad veterinarian's sensational rape and murder case has placed the issue of women's safety front and center, another shocking rape case has come to the fore.

02 Dec 2019

India

Rajasthan: 6-year-old abducted, raped, strangled to death with school belt

In a shocking incident, a six-year-old schoolgirl was abducted, allegedly raped and strangled to death with her school belt, in Rajasthan's Tonk district.

24 Nov 2019

Test Cricket

India-Bangladesh Day-Night Test: Five people arrested for placing bets

The ongoing second Test between hosts India and visitors Bangladesh has been hyped too much, owing to it being the first-ever Day-Night Test for the two nations.

19 Nov 2019

Delhi Police

Slapped with 2 FIRs, JNU students demand no legal action

After a second FIR was filed in connection with the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) protests, the varsity's student union has demanded no administrative or legal action against the protesting students.

19 Nov 2019

Ahmedabad

Man claims his daughters held captive at Nithyananda's ashram

A Bengaluru couple moved the Gujarat High Court on Monday alleging that their two daughters have been illegally confined at the self-styled godman Swami Nithyananda's ashram in Ahmedabad.

21 Oct 2019

PTI

Landlord attacks Delhi man following dispute; thrashes his horse

In Delhi, India's crime capital, disputes can often take a turn for the worst.

01 Oct 2019

Mumbai

Mumbai woman kills 2-year-old granddaughter for 'causing' domestic fights

In a shocking incident, a 50-year-old woman confessed to throwing her two-year-old granddaughter from the sixth floor flat in Malad (East), Mumbai, on Saturday.

21 Sep 2019

Crime Against Women

Ex-judge assaults daughter-in-law for dowry, in front of her kids

A disturbing video of domestic violence did rounds of social media late on Friday. In the CCTV footage, a woman was seen being assaulted by her husband, mother-in-law, and father-in-law.

07 Sep 2019

OYO Rooms

OYO founder Ritesh booked for cheating hotelier of Rs. 1cr

OYO Hotels Founder and CEO Ritesh Agarwal has been booked by the Whitefield police in Bengaluru on charges of cheating and criminal breach.

17 Aug 2019

Dalit

Cousins, who wanted to marry one another, thrashed in Andhra

A disturbing incident has been reported from Andhra Pradesh. A minor Dalit girl and her 20-year-old cousin, named Sai Kiran, were allegedly thrashed by a village elder as they wanted to marry each other.

17 Aug 2019

Uttar Pradesh

Father accused man of raping his daughter, she married him

In a peculiar turn of events, a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad married her boyfriend, whom her father had accused of raping her.

03 Aug 2019

Mumbai

Mumbai: Four men rape 19-year-old on her birthday, case registered

In a horrendous incident, a 19-year-old girl was raped by four men on her birthday in Mumbai, last month.

13 Jul 2019

Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag's wife accuses business partners of forgery, FIR filed

Wife of former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, Aarti has accused her agro-based company's business partners of forgery.

04 Jul 2019

Maharashtra

Congress MLA throws mud on engineer; taken into police custody

Almost a week after BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya assaulted an Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) official with a cricket bat, a Congress MLA, Nitesh Rane, was captured on camera literally mudslinging a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) engineer on Thursday.

28 Jun 2019

India

How Indian scammers stole $2 million using Bill Gates' quotes

Thanks to the Bitcoin boom, Indians have started recognizing the lucrative prospects of cryptocurrencies.

27 Jun 2019

Madhya Pradesh

In a first, Madhya Pradesh approves law against cow vigilantism

Amid several alleged incidents of cow slaughter-related violence in the country, Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday became the first Indian state to approve a law against cow vigilantism.

07 Jun 2019

Bombay High Court

Don't know about Malegaon blast: Accused Pragya Thakur tells court

Pragya Thakur, who won Lok Sabha polls from Bhopal on a BJP ticket, on Friday appeared before a special NIA court in Mumbai in connection to the 2008 Malegaon blast case.