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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 27: Police today constituted a five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the killing of a youth during a police action at Miran Sahib Area here late on Sunday night, officials said. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp The SIT, headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police-rank officer, was formed after family members of the deceased youth, identified as Arshdeep Singh (Janu), who was identified as Abhineet Singh by the police on Sunday nigh

KOLKATA, April 24 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused the Trinamool Congresss (TMC) jungle raj for the rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee inside the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, 2024. Modi, who was addressing an Assembly election meeting In Panihati Assembly constituency in Kolkatas northern fringes in support of the BJP candidate Ratna Debnath, the mother of the RG Kar victim, focussed on issues related to women and attacked West Bengals [] Th

Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 23: Principal Sessions Judge Jammu RN Watal has convicted Sanjeev Kumar in the Rahul Puri murder case and sentenced him to life imprisonment under Section 302 RPC, while also awarding three years simple imprisonment under Section 4/25 of the Arms Act, with both sentences to run concurrently. The judgment was delivered by Principal Sessions Judge Jammu R N Watal in a case arising out of FIR No. 39/2016 of Police Station City, Jammu. The prosecution was [] The po

NEW DELHI, Apr 23: The Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of demonstrating moral cowardice by his total silence on the continued genocide by Israel in Gaza and its heavy bombing of Lebanon, and said no government has shown so much solidarity with the murderous Israeli regime as his dispensation has. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh also alleged that the Modi government has betrayed all human values, apart from traditional Indian principles

MELBOURNE, Apr 7: A former Australian soldier was charged on Tuesday with war crimes on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2012, police said. Police have not confirmed the 47-year-old mans name. He is expected to appear in a Sydney court later on Tuesday. The soldier is only the second Australian veteran of the Afghanistan campaign to be charged with a war crime. Former Special Air Service Regiment soldier Oliver Schulz, 44, [] The post Form

NEW DELHI, Feb 20: The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the stand of Delhi Police on a bail plea by Olympian Sushil Kumar in the murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar. Justice Anup J Bhambhani issued notice to Delhi Police and the kin of the deceased, and asked them to file a status report and a reply, respectively. Noting that the Supreme Court had cancelled the bail granted to Kumar by the high court in [] The post Chhatrasal Stadium murder case: Delhi HC seek

SINGAPORE, Feb 13: Singapore police have on Friday charged an Indian national with attempting to murder an Indonesian woman using an axe, according to a media report. Panneer Selvam Ayyappan is accused of slashing Fajar Nur Aini, an Indonesian national, on head, neck and arms with an axe in the vicinity of 11 Sims View in eastern part of Singapore at around 7 am on Wednesday, Channel News Asia reported. Ayyappan and Aini, both 30, knew each other, police said. [] The post Indian national charged

LONDON, Feb 12: A 13-year-old boy, arrested over the stabbing of two boys at a school in north-west London, has been charged with attempted murder and to appear before Westminster Magistrates Court, the UKs Metropolitan Police said on Thursday. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons as a minor, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, possession of a bladed article on school premises and administering a noxious substance spray and possession of a bladed article, [] The post

NEW DELHI, Feb 11: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea moved by Vikas Yadav, who is serving a 25-year jail term without remission for the murder of business executive Nitish Katara in 2002, seeking to be released from the prison on furlough. The order was pronounced by Justice Ravinder Dudeja. Yadav had challenged the jail authorities October 29, 2025 order rejecting his furlough application. Furlough is a temporary release from prison, not a suspension or remission of [] The post

CHANDIGARH, Feb 7: Two persons, including a foreign-based gangster, have been booked in connection with the daylight murder of AAP leader Lucky Oberoi in Jalandhar on Friday, with police suspecting personal enmity as the reason behind the killing, officials said on Saturday. Police have booked gangster Jograj Singh alias Joga Pholriwal, who claimed responsibility for the murder in an unverified social media post, and Dalbira under the relevant sections of the BNS and Arms Act at the Division 6 p

WASHINGTON, Feb 3: Graphic videos showing the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk while he spoke to a crowd on a Utah college campus quickly went viral, drawing millions of views. Now, attorneys for the man charged in Kirks killing want a state judge to block such videos from being shown during a hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Defense attorneys also want to oust TV and still cameras from the courtroom, arguing that highly biased news outlets risk tainting the case. [] The post Defence

LONDON, Jan 28 : A 57-year-old Indian-origin man appeared in a UK court on Wednesday charged with the murder of a woman at a home in Ilford, east London. Dalip Chadha was arrested at the scene at Applegarth Drive in Ilford in the early hours of Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police said. The victim, believed to be his wife, is yet to be formally identified. At around 04:00hrs on Tuesday, 27 January, officers were called to an address in Applegarth Drive. [] The post Indian-origin man charged with wom

New Delhi, Jan 25: The Supreme Court has expressed displeasure that an undertrial prisoner, arrested on a murder charge, has been lodged in jail in Jammu and Kashmir for seven years and questioned the delay in the trial. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan noted that only four prosecution witnesses out of 19 have been examined till now and sought an explanation from the J-K government and the trial court concernedon why the trial was pending for [] The post SC Seeks J&K Govts Rep

Jammu, Jan 20: Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a man, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly murdering his friend in Samba district with the intent of grabbing his compensation money, an official said on Tuesday. The mutilated body of Jeevan Ahirwar, a resident of Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh, was recovered in Bari Brahmana area of Samba on January 7, with the police registering a murder case in this connection, the official said. Following extensive efforts, [] The

New York, Jan 15 : US authorities have arrested and charged a 35-year old Indian-origin woman in New Jersey with murdering her two young children. Investigation has revealed that Priyatharsini Natarajan of Hillsborough, New Jersey, caused the death of her two children on Tuesday. Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said in a statement Wednesday that on January 13 at approximately 6:45 pm, an individual, believed to be the childrens father, made a 911 call to law enforcement. The caller said

DHAKA, Jan 7: Slain Bangladeshi student leader Sharif Osman Hadis party has rejected the police chargesheet in his murder case and accused the state machinery of being involved in the killing. Inquilab Moncho on Tuesday also warned that those who have shed blood may be forced to take blood as well if justice is not ensured, Bengali daily Prothom Alo reported on Wednesday. The Dhaka Metropolitan Polices (DMP) Detective Branch on Tuesday pressed formal charges against 17 people, including [] The

MARYLAND, Jan 6: The father of a 27-year-old Indian-origin woman who was stabbed to death in Howard County, Maryland, has demanded strict punishment for the accused as conflicting reports emerged over the suspects arrest in India. Nikitha Godishala, living in Ellicott City, was found dead with multiple stab wounds and other trauma to her body on January 2, days after she was allegedly killed on New Years Eve. Howard County has identified Arjun Sharma (26), Nikithas former roommate, as the [] The