College faculty
The release of Ashoka University assistant professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad on interim bail by the Supreme Court of India has sparked heated debate about the state of free speech and expression in the country. At the center of the controversy is a couple of social media posts made by the
Police officers
A disturbing incident of knifepoint robbery has unfolded in Dursley, a small town in Gloucestershire, England. The events transpired on Saturday, May 3, when a man stormed into a shop on Silver Street and stole an item. The shop's staff member confronted the perpetrator, who then brandished a
College faculty
The Supreme Court of India granted interim bail to Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested by the Haryana Police for a social media post on Operation Sindoor that allegedly disparaged women officers in the Indian armed forces. The court's decision came after a bench of Justices Surya
College faculty
A week after Ashoka University distanced itself from comments made by its faculty member Ali Khan Mahmudabad on Operation Sindoor, the Supreme Court has granted him interim bail. Mahmudabad, a professor of political science, was arrested by the Haryana State Commission for Women for his social media posts, which they
College faculty
The Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested over his Facebook post that allegedly disparaged women officers in the Indian Armed Forces. However, the court also ordered the constitution of a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the charges against
College faculty
The Supreme Court's intervention in the case of Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad comes as a relief to the academic community, which had expressed outrage over his arrest for a Facebook post critical of India's Operation Sindoor. The professor was taken into custody by the
Police officers
The Gauhati High Court's Itanagar permanent bench has taken suo motu cognisance of a child prostitution and sexual assault case involving a senior Arunachal Pradesh police officer. The court has pulled up a lower court for granting bail to the officer, Bulang Marik, and has ordered immediate steps
Police officers
Nikola Spasojevic, a 28-year-old man from Vaucluse, has appeared in Waverley Local Court charged with a series of offenses, including police pursuit - driving dangerously, and assaulting a police officer without actual bodily harm. The court heard that on February 22, police observed Spasojevic's white Volkswagen Golf crossing
Fraud
A real estate agent, Pawan Mutreja, accused of taking Rs 82 lakh from a restaurant owner to bribe BMC officials, had his pre-arrest bail plea rejected by the Bombay High Court. The court cited Mutreja's history of dubious transactions and attempts to influence witnesses, which raises concerns about
Fraud
Ajaz Khan, an Indian actor, was denied anticipatory bail by a sessions court in Mumbai on Thursday due to allegations of sexually assaulting an aspiring actress. The court's decision was based on the severity of the allegations, which include obtaining consent through false promises of marriage and professional
Fraud
The special PMLA court has granted bail to builder Lalit Tekchandani, accused of laundering Rs423 crore collected from prospective flat buyers. Tekchandani's lawyer argued that his client had been in custody since March 18, 2024, with no progress in trial, and that the trial in the predicate offence
Fraud
Police discovered 37 dog remains at a property in the Crays Hill area of Billericay on Tuesday, leading to the arrest of two men on suspicion of animal cruelty and fraud. As part of the investigation, Ovaeed Rahman, a 25-year-old man from Hope Road in Crays Hill, has been charged
