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‘No one has authority to moral police others’—Hyderabad Police arrests man ‘harassing’ interfaith duo

Mohammed Raheel, a 24-year-old driver, was arrested for assaulting and recording a Muslim woman & a Hindu man on his phone near the Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad.

Inside Special Cell malkhana theft—duplicate key, ‘snoozing guard’ & a gambler head constable in debt

Head Constable Khurshid, who was transferred from Special Cell where he served as the malkhana in-charge's assistant to the Northeast district on 24 May, has stolen Rs 70 L in cash.

A digital arrest kingpin tells all: Chinese syndicates, Cambodian scam farms & the perfect trap

In Part 1 of this two-part series, ThePrint looks at an Alwar man who got involved with Chinese-run ‘digital arrest’ scam farms in Cambodia and ended up recruiting for them in India.

Accused not informed of grounds of arrest is entitled to bail even where law restricts it, says SC

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and N Kotiswar Singh said that a citizen’s right to be informed about grounds of arrest is mandatory under Article 22(1) of the Constitution.

6 arrests, Rohit Godara named — Mumbai Police tighten net in Salman Khan firing case

All have been slapped with the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

US doubles down, says ‘closely monitoring’ Kejriwal’s arrest, ‘freezing’ of Congress bank accounts

This came just hours after India summoned a senior American diplomat over earlier remarks by the US State Department about Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest.

Congress’ Suraiyya says she didn’t hide ‘friend’ Kundapura, Hindutva activist held for ‘BJP ticket con’

Chaithra Kundapura was arrested earlier this month from Udupi over allegations she duped a BJP functionary of Rs 5 crore on the promise of a ticket for May assembly polls. 

Arrest of Mansa man who ‘assaulted chemist for selling banned drugs’ sparks political war in Punjab

Parvinder Singh was arrested after he allegedly put a garland of shoes around a chemist's neck and paraded him, on finding out that a peddler had procured 'banned capsules' from his shop.

Police arrive at Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan’s Lahore home. Khan ‘evades’, levels counter-allegations

New Delhi: Amid severe economic meltdown in Pakistan, the Islamabad Police arrived Sunday at Lahore’s Zaman Park area to arrest former Prime Minister Imran...

How a Kashmiri party went from nationalists to ‘anti-nationals’ in a year

On Thursday, Suhail Khan, president of Awami Aawaz Party, was arrested for anti-national comments. It came a year after he proclaimed his nationalist sentiments at Lal Chowk.  

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.