Delhi court issues notice to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma for remarks on 'Miya Muslims'A Delhi court has issued a notice to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. This follows a plea by activist Harsh Mander seeking an FIR....
28 May, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
Crimes dipped by 6% across country: NCRBIndia saw a six percent drop in crimes in 2024. Over 58 lakh cases were reported, down from 62 lakh in 2023. The crime rate per lakh popula...
06 May, 2026, 08.48 PM IST
Legislation on hate speech lies in domain of legislature, not courts: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that current laws are adequate to control hate speech nationwide. The court stated that creating new criminal o...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.18 PM IST
Delhi court rejects I-PAC director Vinesh Chandel's plea for interim bailA Delhi court has denied interim bail to Vinesh Chandel, co-founder of I-PAC. Chandel is jailed in a money-laundering case linked to a coal...
28 Apr, 2026, 11.25 PM IST
WhatsApp banned 9,400 accounts involved in digital arrest scams since January this year: Centre to SCAuthorities are launching a major crackdown on digital arrest scams. WhatsApp has banned thousands of accounts involved in these frauds. Ne...
28 Apr, 2026, 01.22 PM IST
Guwahati court denies non-bailable arrest warrant against Congress leader Pawan KheraThe order was passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Kamrup Metro, on April 7, a day before Khera applied for anticipatory bail bef...
19 Apr, 2026, 08.14 PM IST
Non-cognisable offence registered against MoS Kapil Patil for yelling at policeUnion Minister Kapil Patil has been accused of yelling at a policeman during the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra's Thane district. A non...
22 May, 2024, 05.22 PM IST
Non-cognisable offence registered against ex-Cong MP for 'defamatory' remarks against PM ModiA non-cognisable offence has been filed against former Congress MP who called PM Modi a Dalal. Dhorajiya lodged the complaint at Amreli cit...
25 Dec, 2023, 04.31 PM IST
Non-cognisable offence registered against Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar for "throwing money"Meanwhile, Congress workers in Mandya said Shivakumar was only paying money to the artists, who had performed a cultural event during the p...
30 Mar, 2023, 10.16 AM IST
Serious blunders in JJ Act amendment, says Priyanka ChaturvediNotably, the Centre had amended the JJ Act 2015 through the JJ amendment Act 2021 that classifies the serious offences against the children...
19 Feb, 2022, 04.53 PM IST
Mumbai Police registers Non-Cognisable offence against lyricist Javed Akhtar over RSS remarkIn the said interview, Akhtar allegedly drew parallels between the Taliban and Hindu extremists.
04 Oct, 2021, 06.47 PM IST
Supreme Court dismisses plea to make electoral offences cognisableA bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra refused to entertain a PIL filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay that sought to make electoral offe...
27 Aug, 2018, 01.33 PM IST
'75% of people do not report crimes as cops are unfriendly'The study says management of crime statistics by police functionaries is linked to performance appraisals and this was an important reason ...
09 Nov, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
Final vetting of proposal to make bribing voters a cognisable offenceThe proposal of the Election Commission to make electoral bribery a cognizable offence under section 171B of the Indian Penal Code has been...
15 Mar, 2017, 06.53 PM IST
Most states support making poll bribery cognisable offenceAt present, bribery of voters is a non-cognisable offence under CrPC and is punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to one year, or wit...
21 Feb, 2017, 04.12 PM IST
NDA government planning to make bribery in polls a cognisable offenceCurrently, without a warrant, no house can be searched even if there is specific information that a large amount of cash is stored there.
01 Feb, 2015, 10.41 AM IST
- Power theft: One way ticket to jail
Power theft will soon be a cognisable offence throughout the country, thanks to an amendment being brought to the Electricity Act ’03.
17 Aug, 2006, 12.46 AM IST