I design the content of my movies, says Malayalam director Krishand

I design the content of my movies, says Malayalam director Krishand

Expectations are high as film director Krishand, with two state-award-winning films to his credit for Vrithakrithiyilulla Chathuram (2019) and Avasavyuham (2021), releases his third movie, Purusha Pretham, on March 24 on SonyLIV. In a pre-release interview, the director says that the film is a “police procedural comedy in the crime noir cinema template of the […]

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Driver attacks woman over autorickshaw fare

Driver attacks woman over autorickshaw fare

A 22-year-old Kashmiri woman was allegedly attacked by an autorickshaw driver following an argument over the fare in south-east Delhi’s New Friends Colony, the police said on Tuesday. The victim, Mehreen Riyaz, stays in a hostel in Shaheen Bagh’s Noor Nagar, the police added. She had booked an autorickshaw from her hostel to a market […]

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Ex-IAS officer Pradeep Sharma held in fresh case of land allotment from his tenure as Kutch collector

Ex-IAS officer Pradeep Sharma held in fresh case of land allotment from his tenure as Kutch collector

Gujarat High Court | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji The Gujarat CID on March 3, 2023 arrested former IAS officer Pradeep Sharma for allegedly causing loss to the state exchequer by illegally allotting land at an undervalued price in 2004-05 during his tenure as the Collector of Kutch district, official said. A first information report (FIR) […]

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The true crime genre racked up the eyeballs globally in 2022, and India was no exception

The true crime genre racked up the eyeballs globally in 2022, and India was no exception

Still from Only Murders in the Building | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Earlier this month, Netflix released  Indian Predator: Beast of Bangalore, a three-part documentary and the fourth entry in the ‘Indian Predator’ series. The narrative follows the crimes and capture of Umesh Reddy, a serial killer active in Bengaluru and Chitradurga through the mid-to-late […]

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Driver attacks woman over autorickshaw fare

Chinese national, Haryana man held for extorting loan app users

Duo accused of siphoning off ₹150 crore; police say they charged exorbitant interest rates and extorted users of these apps by threatening them with their morphed nude pictures; network spread across country, 22 arrests were made earlier Duo accused of siphoning off ₹150 crore; police say they charged exorbitant interest rates and extorted users of […]

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Driver attacks woman over autorickshaw fare

FIR against one for posing as govt official, harassing bureaucrat

An IAS officer filed a police complaint after an unknown person allegedly tried to extract confidential information by contacting and threatening her on WhatsApp An IAS officer filed a police complaint after an unknown person allegedly tried to extract confidential information by contacting and threatening her on WhatsApp An FIR was registered against an unknown […]

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IP University professor caught for impersonating L-G

IP University professor caught for impersonating L-G

An assistant professor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University was booked by the police for allegedly impersonating the Lieutenant-Governor to get his sister appointed in the English department. According to a senior police officer, an FIR under IPC sections 419 (Punishment for cheating by personation) and 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) has […]

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Foolproof investigation launched into suspected ‘human sacrifice’ of two women, says Kerala CM 

Foolproof investigation launched into suspected ‘human sacrifice’ of two women, says Kerala CM 

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that stern action would be taken against the guilty Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that stern action would be taken against the guilty Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has dubbed the twin murders, suspected to be ‘human sacrifices’ as part of an occult practice, as a shocking incident that numbed human […]

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Driver attacks woman over autorickshaw fare

K.R. Puram police register case against three persons for bludgeoning pet dog over trivial row

The K.R. Puram police have registered a case against three men on the charge of bludgeoning their neighbour’s pet dog for attacking their pet on Monday night. The trio allegedly barged into the house of their neighbour at Manjunatha Layout in Bhattarahalli and starting beating the dog with a stick. According to the police, the […]

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Jammu and Kashmir DGP Prisons found murdered under suspicious circumstances

Jammu and Kashmir DGP Prisons found murdered under suspicious circumstances

The ADGP said first examination of the scene of crime reveals this as a suspected murder case The ADGP said first examination of the scene of crime reveals this as a suspected murder case Director General of Police, Prisons department, H.K. Lohia was found murdered under suspicious circumstances in Jammu with police suspecting his domestic […]

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