A woman who says she is the inspiration for the relentless stalker at the centre of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer sued the streaming giant on Thursday for defamation and is seeking at least $170 million US in damages. Fiona Harvey, a Scottish attorney living in England who says the character Martha on the widely viewed limited series is … Read more
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said that its intervetion led to the arrest of 23 accused persons in Rajasthan for allegedly selling girls, mostly minors on stamp papers for physical abuse and sexual assault in various parts of the country and abroad. The NHRC observed that given the registration of … Read more
In the aftermath of the Rajkot game zone fire tragedy, Gujarat Police has launched a crackdown and booked owners of 18 such recreation facilities which are allegedly operated without valid permissions, officials said on Wednesday. Gujarat Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi, on Tuesday, directed all police commissioners and superintendents of police to register … Read more
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Monday nabbed four suspected terrorists at Ahmedabad airport, based on specific intelligence regarding their links to the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS), said officials.The four suspects, all hailing from Sri Lanka, were identified as Muhammad Nusrat, Muhammad Faris, Muhammad Nafran and Muhammad Nasreen. The arrests took … Read more
A Mumbai court on Sunday remanded actor Sahil Khan, who has been arrested in connection with the Mahadev betting app case, in police custody till May 1. Khan was apprehended from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh on Saturday after the Bombay High Court rejected his pre-arrest bail plea. Khan was brought to Mumbai, placed under arrest and … Read more
Representational image Los Angeles: A total of 69 protesters attending a pro-Palestine protest on Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, the main campus of the public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area, were arrested for “violating university policy.” The protesters were arrested early on Saturday “for trespassing after they set up an unauthorised encampment, in … Read more
Representative Image Gorakhpur: Pakistani national Mohammad Masroor a.k.a Mansoor Ahmad Guddu, 43, is all set to be repatriated to Pakistan. He was convicted of visa violation in 2013 and is currently lodged in Gorakhpur jail. Mohammad Masroor has obtained a no-objection certificate from the Ministry of External Affairs, according to Gorakhpur jail superintendent Dileep Pandey. … Read more
U.S. Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens says he agrees with the Kremlin that silence is essential when it comes to public discussions about prisoner exchanges. “This might be the one time that I’ll agree with the Russians,” Carstens said during an interview on Rosemary Barton Live broadcast on Sunday. He explained that fact checking every … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: An Israeli man has been arrested at a hotel along Jalan Ampang. Police also seized six pistols and 200 bullets from the man who entered the country using a French passport. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the 36-year-old man was arrested by police on March 27 by a team from … Read more
A parliamentary committee voted Monday to look into why convicted first-degree murderer Luka Magnotta was quietly transferred from a maximum to a medium-security prison. The standing committee on public safety and national security passed an amended motion during an emergency debate to hold one meeting about Magnotta’s transfer. The committee is now calling for four witnesses to appear … Read more
