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In a bizzare incident, a thief, who had stolen Lord Krishna’s ornaments from the Gopinath Temple in Odisha’s Gopinathpur, returned them. As per sources, the thief returned the stolen ornaments after nine years with a note saying he had been getting nightmares ever since the theft. Furthermore, the thief not only returned stolen cap, earrings, bracelet and a flute of Krishna and Radha, but paid a fine of Rs 300.

After a viral tweet, mentioned that Telangana DGP has pending traffic violation fines of Rs. 7,000, since 2018, whereas the traffic police ask citizens to pay fines and imposed strict traffic rules. Reacting to the Twitter user, the Joint Commissioner of Telangana Police said, the state police officials paid a fine of Rs 28 lakhs, and cleared over 11,000 challans, pending since 2018.

In order to keep Indian passengers' luggage in check, the IRCTC issued a circular with a warning of a hefty fine over excess luggage in train compartments. Recently, the Railway Ministry said, "Do not carry excess luggage while traveling by train". The luggage limit for passengers is, 40kgs in sleeper class, 50 kgs in AC-I Tier, and 70 kgs for maximum depending upon coaches.

In view of people's safety, the Mumbai traffic police issued a notification for bikers in Maharashtra.  Issued on May 25, the notification mandates helmets for pillion riders. Notably, the new rule will come in effect after 15-days, following which strict action, including fines will be taken against violators. Moreover, currently, there is a fine of Rs 500 for those without helmets, which will soon be enforced on pillion riders also.

The Bank of Maharashtra is to pay Rs. 1.12 crore as penalty to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for non-compliance with certain directions, including those related to Know Your Customer (KYC) norms. On April 25, the RBI imposed the huge fine amid violation provisions related to banking conduct after the statutory Inspection for Supervisory Evaluation (ISE). The aforementioned fine was confirmed through an official release by the RBI.