Four youths died while cleaning a septic tank at a house in Keela Chekkarakudi village in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu on June 2. The deceased have been identified as Pandi, Isakiraja, Bala and Dinesh and were residents of Veeravanallur, Tirunelveli district. All four died due to asphyxiation inside the tank after they tried to save each other. A case has been lodged against house owner, A Somasundaram.
Former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta, an accused of manipulating TRP of various news channels has been granted bail by the Bombay HC. Reportedly, he is accused of receiving US $12,000 and Rs 40 Lakhs from Republic's Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami.… read-more
TAGS: Arnab Goswami, TRP Scam, BARC, Partho Dasgupta
Kolkata Police's Special Task Force (STF) recovered over five kilograms of heroin worth Rs 25.09 crore from Purba Bardhaman district’s Rasulpur Bazar on March 1. Following a tip-off, the STF arrested one peddler recovering the narcotic drug from… read-more
TAGS: Kolkata, Special Task Force, Purba Bardhaman, BJP, Pamela Goswami, Heroin, cocaine
Properties linked to actor Taapsee Pannu and director Anurag Kashyap were raided by the Income Tax department, on March 3 over alleged cess evasion. Moreover, the IT department team had raided 30 locations, including production houses of… read-more
TAGS: Income Tax Department, Tapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap, Phantom Films, Tax Evasion, Vikas Bahl
Customs officials on February 28 seized over 200 iPhones at Bangalore Airport from a couple arriving from Paris. Besides the iPhones worth Rs 2.8 crore, 37 debit and credit cards, and a vehicle supposed to transport the phones were also seized.… read-more
TAGS: iphone, Smuggling, Bangalore, Customs Officials
Special excise-cum-ADJ-II court in Bihar has awarded death sentences for nine convicted in the Gopalganj illicit liquor tragedy. Occurred in August 2016, the mishap had killed 19 people in Bihar’s Gopalganj district, while six others had lost… read-more
TAGS: Death Sentence, Capital Punishment, Bihar, Gopalganj Hooch Tragedy
The Supreme Court on March 1 refused to extend bail to 2,674 prisoners from Delhi who were released to decongest jails, following the COVID-19 outbreak. The apex court has ceded the convicts, 15 days to surrender before the jail authorities.… read-more
TAGS: Supreme Court, Apex Court, Prisoners, Covid- 19