2026

BHOPAL: A sex racket allegedly luring unsuspecting men into a maze of blackmail, extortion and false rape threats has taken a darker turn in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind, where police found that one of two women arrested in the case has been undergoing treatment for HIV the past 3 years.The racket was busted nearly 3 weeks…

MUMBAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted searches at 17 locations across Delhi, Mumbai, and Khandala linked to Suraksha Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (SARCL) promoter Sudhir Valia and other senior executives in connection with an alleged bank fraud case involving the company and Yes Bank’s former co-promoter Rana Kapoor.ED is probing a money laundering case…

MUMBAI: Amid speculation that some Lok Sabha MPs of the Shiv Sena (UBT) may be headed to the Dy CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, there were reports on Tuesday evening that 6 of the Uddhav Thackeray camp’s 9 LS MPs could reach New Delhi on Wednesday. Sena functionaries said Eknath Shinde could also reach the…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday asked two Ghaziabad hospitals, accused of refusing to treat a semi-conscious minor rape survivor who died on way to a govt hospital, whether they would voluntarily compensate her parents or await the court determining the quantum of compensation.The SC-constituted special investigation team (SIT) found credence in the father’s charge…

Buying cough syrup without a doctor’s prescription may no longer be possible after the Centre withdrew a decades-old exemption that allowed certain syrup formulations to be sold under relaxed regulatory conditions.The change comes months after contaminated cough syrups linked to child deaths in MP triggered a WHO alert. The health ministry has amended the Drugs…