Officials said the cause of the fire is being investigated even as prima facie it appeared to have been caused by a short circuit. Police have detained the person in whose shanty the fire broke out for inquiry. read more

If the offence was committed inside the sanctuary area there was a provision of seven years’ imprisonment and the term would come down to three years if poaching was done out of the sanctuary’s limits. read more

ST-4 is the third tiger to have died after the reserve was repopulated between 2008 and 2012. ST-1, the first tiger relocated from Ranthambore, died in 2010 after villagers poisoned it. read more

The state’s electricity regulator, the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), asked Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML) to refund consumers who had complained of a sudden rise in their power bills over the past month. read more

Prima facie, the woman, identified as Rupali Gujjewar, took the extreme step on November 19 over fear that she might not do well in her B.Com examination and consequently not be able to secure a good job, a police official said. read more

The dead have been identified as Bhushan, Shankar, Govardhan, Vikas and Sattan Kumar. The bodies have been sent for a postmortem examination at the local general hospital. read more

Sanjeev Kumar Chawla is a key accused in the cricket match-fixing scandal involving former South African captain Hansie Cronje in 2000. read more

Two elderly sisters were found to be living with the dead body of the younger sibling’s husband in their house in Munshi Ghat area of Varanasi, police said. The police reached the house and recovered the decomposing body. They also found biscuit wrappers... read more

The judge in his order stated that prima facie there appeared to be serious charges against all the accused of conspiring and indulging in anti-national activities read more

The incident took place on March 23. The girl boarded the auto at Mahape MIDC after her office hours. read more

The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UPRERA) on Thursday ordered forensic audit of Ansal API and its subsidiaries – the promoters of Sushant Golf City hi-tech township on Sultanpur Road – for alleged fraud and diversion of money collected... read more

Prima facie miscreants were well aware of the day’s schedule as incident happened right after five minutes the victim left the petrol pump. read more

Locals said the impact of the blast was so strong that the walls and windows of their houses shook. Windowpanes of nearby houses shattered. read more

The judge then directed the vigilance agency to hand over all relevant documents to the CBI within a week. read more

Vikas Bhattacharya, the manager of Appu Ghar Express, a gaming and recreation arcade located near a mall, was taken into police custody after the search. read more