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MUMBAI: A woman employed as an executive with an international online shopping giant has been booked for allegedly siphoning off Rs35.88 lakhs by submitting fake invoices of different eateries and hotels. The Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) police registered a first information report (FIR) against Sujitha Lambthure (34), a Worli resident, for committing fraud between 2017 and 2022.Police are yet to arrest...

CHENNAI: Days after DMK president and chief minister M K Stalin alleged that the AIADMK had pledged the state’s rights with the BJP, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday said the DMK had been a BJP stooge to remain a part of the coalition at the Centre for five years from 1999.In a strongly worded statement, the former chief minister alleged that the “minority-DMK regime” of...

MUMBAI: Observing that no Indian girl will make false rape accusation as if she is found to be false, she would be looked at with contempt through out her life and particularly for unmarried girl, it will be difficult to find a suitable groom, a special POCSO court convicted and sentenced a 21-year-old man to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting his friend, a 16-year-old girl from his...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police crime branch has arrested Balesh Kumar, a 60-year-old triple murder accused who had been living under a false identity for 20 years.An ex-navy employee, Balesh was resising with his family in Najafgarh area. The case traces back to 2004 when Balesh, then 40-year-old, allegedly murdered his brother-in-law, Rajesh, also known as Khushiram, in the Bawana area of Delhi. The motive...

FEROZEPUR: An Indian Army general court martial has recommended a five-year jail term and cashiering from service as punishment to a Major who was found guilty on charges of sexual harassment involving an 11-year-old girl.The general court martial found the allegations levelled by the mother of the survivor to be correct and awarded a five-year jail term along with cashiering from service to the Major...

MUMBAI: In a move aimed at addressing the persistent backlog in processing Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently announced an extension of the maximum validity period for certain EAD categories to five years.Among the EAD categories covered by this policy announcement are foreign nationals with pending ‘Adjustment of Status...

NEW DELHI/THANE: Authorities announced the apprehension of two brothers who had evaded capture for 29 years following their involvement in the tragic murder of a woman and her four children in Maharashtra's Thane district. The police arrested them in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.PTI quoted deputy commissioner of police (Crime) Avinash Ambure as reporting that a team from the MBVV police apprehended Anil,...

The town of Reading, Pennsylvania, has finally laid to rest its most enigmatic resident – a mummified man known as "Stoneman Willie. "'In recent days, crowds of curious onlookers gathered to pay their respects, capture photographs, or simply marvel at a scene that is unlikely to ever be repeated in the United States.The story of "Stoneman Willie" dates back to 1895 when an alleged thief, who had given...

THANE: The Thane court on Friday convicted and sentenced a 31-year-old man to ten years rigorous imprisonment for sexually abusing his daughter aged-six in 2017. The minor girl testified against her father in the court that nailed him.The accused was into furniture making work and resided with his wife and daughter. According to the prosecution, Sandhya H Mhatre the accused had on December 02, 2017...

NEW DELHI: Out on a medal hunting spree at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, India produced a historic feat on Wednesday, registering their best-ever outing at the continental event as the athletes took the overall medal count to a staggering 81 so far -- the highest ever.With a total of 12 medals in multiple disciplines, led by athletics events on Day 11, India surpassed their previous best total of 70...