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- India
Nepal’s SC orders release of Charles Sobhraj after 19 years in jail
Kathmandu: Nepals Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered to release serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who is also known as the ‘bikini killer’ or ‘serpent killer’. Hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Sobhraj,…
- India
RLD MLA sentenced to jail for 15 days for violating prohibitory orders during 2017 polls
Muzaffarnagar: A special court here on Wednesday sentenced RLD MLA from Purqazi assembly constituency Anil Kumar to imprisonment for 15 days for violation of the model code of conduct for elections. Prosecution…
- India
Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping minor in UP
Lucknow: A local court in Lucknow has sentenced a 30-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district that took place…
- World
Indian-origin man gets jail for attacking Singapore official
Singapore: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to 11 years and nine months’ in prison in Singapore with nine strokes of the cane for attacking an enforcement officer with a sickle two…
- World
Indian-American surgeon gets 5-years jail for accepting bribes
New York: An Indian-American neurosurgeon has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for accepting approximately $3.3 million in bribes for performing spinal surgeries. Lokesh S. Tantuwaya, 55, of San Diego,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 27-year-old man lands in jail for celebrating birthday on main road
Hyderabad: A 27-year-old man who wanted to celebrate his birthday in grand fashion has landed in jail for five days. On November 13, the man Majeed Ali Khan, a resident of Dargah…
- World
Indian man gets 6 months jail for starting fire outside former lover’s fiance’s home in Singapore: Report
Singapore: A 30-year-old Indian-origin Singaporean has been sentenced to six months jail for starting a fire outside the apartment of his former girlfriend’s fianc ahead of their marriage, a media report has said.…
- World
Ex-US officer sentenced for 3.5 yrs in George Floyd murder case
Washington: A former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s back has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the latter’s murder in 2020. On Friday, a…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man gets 20 yrs in jail for sexually assaulting minor
Hyderabad: A man from Manchal was on Wednesday sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping a minor back in February 2016. The convict was identified as Dusari Raju who raped a…
- Technology
Musk’s lawyer tells Twitter employees they won’t go to jail
San Francisco: A lawyer working for Elon Musk has reassured Twitter staff that they will not go to jail for being liable if the company violated the requirements of the Federal Trade…
- Middle East
Dubai: Man stabs paramour for spying on phone; jailed
Dubai: An Arab man who allegedly stabbed his Asian girlfriend for spying on his phone, was handed a one-year jail term by a court in UAE. The case dates back to February…
- India
Karnataka youth who celebrated Pulwama suicide bomb attack gets 5 yrs jail
Bengaluru: A special court here on Monday sentenced an engineering student, who had celebrated the 2019 Pulwama suicide bomb attack on an Indian paramilitary convoy, to five years imprisonment and Rs 10,000…