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After Supreme Court order over 'torture', Gujarat police file custodial death case
August 04, 2026 10:09 pm
Zahiruddin Ghyasuddin Shaikh's son claimed his father had been tortured while in police custody and forced to swallow an overdose of his prescription medication.
Dharmasthala ‘secret burials’: SIT files final report, says allegations false
July 16, 2026 11:45 am
The SIT has named former Dharmasthala sanitation worker C N Chinnaiah, who claimed to have carried out dozens of secret burials in the temple town, as the sole accused.
Haryana rights panel slams police probe in Hansi sewer deaths, orders fresh examination
January 28, 2026 12:38 pm
2 sanitation workers, Virender and Sombir, allegedly died while cleaning a sewer line at a hotel in Hansi in October last year.
The missing Saroops probe and why a unique Punjab shrine is at the centre of a major political storm
January 21, 2026 11:18 am
CM Bhagwant Mann recently stated that 169 out of the 328 missing Saroops of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib were found at Rasokhana Nabh Kanwal Raja Sahib Gurdwara. This was later denied.
Karnataka man who tried to grab 512 acres of Chikkamagaluru forest land held after police complaint
December 16, 2025 3:58 pm
Earlier, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre had written to CM Siddaramaiah seeking a CID or SIT probe into the alleged role of officials and government lawyers in facilitating the grab of government and forest land.
Rs 10-crore illegal foreign liquor racket: Canter driver arrested in Gurgaon; third arrest in the case
December 16, 2025 1:15 pm
Officials recovered 3,921 cases and 176 loose bottles of foreign liquor without holograms and track-and-trace strips from two rooms. A case was registered under relevant sections of the Excise Act at Sector-40 police station.
Fadnavis directs DGP to form SIT to probe Satara doctor suicide case
November 01, 2025 12:09 am
The move comes amid allegations led by the Opposition—Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Nationalist Congress Party (SP)—of foul play by a nexus of police and politicians
The 2021 FIR that came to haunt Bikram Majithia
June 26, 2025 11:07 am
The SIT has allegedly uncovered substantial evidence indicating massive laundering of drug money by Bikram Singh Majithia. Majithia was first booked during the Channi government’s tenure, when a 49-page FIR was registered in December 2021.
Ex-Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna had 2,000 explicit photos, 40-50 videos of women on his phone, former driver tells court
May 27, 2025 1:20 pm
Karthik N appeared in court as a prosecution witness in the trial of the first of four cases of rape and sexual harassment registered against former Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna.
No details or facts of the case should be made public: Court to SAD leader Majithia in drug smuggling case
April 06, 2025 10:17 am
The directions came, following the the prosecution allegetion that Majithia was “attempting to influence the investigation by making statements in the media”. “He should be stopped from doing so,” the prosecution urged the court.
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SIT begins probe into Lucknow building fire that claimed 15 lives
June 23, 2026 2:10 pm
The SIT, formed on the directions of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, comprises Additional Chief Secretary (Tourism) Amrit Abhijat and Additional Director General of Police, Lucknow Zone, Praveen Kumar
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