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Under Section 15 of the 2000 Juvenile Justice Act, a delinquent in conflict of law can be kept in a reformation centre for a maximum of three years. The Board, in its wisdom, can also decide to let a delinquent go after admonition or with some orders of c...

The 1973-batch IPS officer was a surprise announcement for the post of the director of the premier investigating agency in August 2008.

A 32-year-old man has been allegedly shot dead by his younger brother in Nashik district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday, adding that the accused and his accomplice have been arrested. Prima facie, a dispute over selling a family farm land seem...

The Hyderabad Traffic Police on Wednesday filed a case against a driver for using a fake registration number.

Thirty-three more fatalities due to coronavirus pushed the death toll to 3,712 while 852 new cases took the infection tally to 1,20,860 in Punjab on Wednesday. Six deaths were reported from Ludhiana, five each from Bathinda and Jalandhar, three from Am...

Rahul Gandhi and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with three other party leaders, on Saturday visited the family of the 19-year-old Hathras girl who died after being allegedly gang-raped by upper-caste men.

Two journalists have been booked by Jaipur police for allegedly putting out fake news in August during the power tussle between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot, police said on Wednesday. The FIR, lodged with Vidhay...

Many Muslim leaders are upset with the ticket distribution alleging that Muslims have only got tickets from Seemanchal region of Bihar but old candidates have been repeated and outside Seemanchal no ticket has been given to minorities.

As many as 148 persons tested positive for coronavirus, while 297 recovered from the infection in Maharashtra's Amravati district on Wednesday, an official said. With the addition of fresh infections, the case count in the district has reached 14,373, t...

The Delhi government has formed a six-member committee to submit recommendations on the issue of licences to distribution agencies for home delivery of ration under the 'Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojna'. According to an order issued by the office o...

Nepal has recorded the highest single day spike of 3,439 COVID-19 cases, taking the country's coronavirus tally to 94,253, a senior health official said on Wednesday. The country also witnessed 15 COVID-19 deaths, pushing the number of fatalities to 578.

Hussain was injured while protecting BJP leader Ghulam Qadir during an attack on Tuesday night. The police constable managed to kill one of the assailants before he succumbed to his injuries.

The total route length of the project is 16.6 km consisting of 12 stations, Goyal said, briefing reporters on the Cabinet decision.

The NCW on Wednesday summoned BJP leader Ranjeet Srivastava for reportedly making offensive remarks against a 19-year-old Dalit woman who died after allegedly being raped by four men in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras. The National Commission for Women said it...

The case came to light when an attempt was made to smuggle gold through diplomatic baggage using the name of an official in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) consulate in Thiruvananthapuram.

Starting October 15, stricter measures to fight air pollution will also come into force in Delhi and its neighbourhood as part of the Graded Response Action Plan, which was first implemented in Delhi-NCR in 2017.