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Mhow, Madhya Pradesh on Sunday during the victory celebration of Team India's ICC Champions Trophy win, an official said. Several vehicles were torched and vandalised, prompting authorities to heighten security in the area. Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG, Rural) Nimish Agarwal told media that a preliminary investigation is going on into the incident.

The state government counsel made a statement to this effect to a Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka on Friday. The case is being probed by Chhattisgarh's Economic offences Wing (EOW) as well as Enforcement Directorate (ED). The development took place during the hearing of a bail plea filed by retired IAS officer Anil Tuteja, a co-accused in the case, and Arun Pati Tripathi, the then special secretary of the Chhattisgarh excise department.

Manoj Sinha on Sunday ordered a thorough probe into the killing of three civilians in Kathua district even as Union minister Jitendra Singh called it a terror act. A team has been formed to investigate the case, a senior police officer said. The bodies of Varun Singh (15), his paternal uncle Yogesh Singh (32) and maternal uncle Darshan Singh (40) were recovered from the Ishu nullah in the remote Malhar area on Saturday. The trio had gone missing on March 5 during a wedding function. «I have ordered a thorough and transparent investigation, and all the necessary support to the families will be provided,» the LG said in a post on X.

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday pointed to the involvement of terrorists in the killing of three civilians in a remote area in Billawar tehsil of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district. The killings have sparked protest and a shutodwn in the area. The bodies of Varun Singh, 15, and his uncles Yogesh Singh, 32, and Darshan Singh, 40, were found in Ishu nullah in the remote Malhar area in the higher reaches of the district on Saturday. The minister said the killings were a matter of great concern.

Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU) has called for a mass gathering of IT sector employees on March 9 here demanding stricter enforcement of labour laws and a healthy work-life balance. With the protest, the union aims to address concerns over excessive working hours, lack of overtime compensation, and the expectation for employees to be available beyond official working hours. The gathering is being organised under the slogan «A healthy work-life balance is every employee's right.» In a statement, KITU stated on March 13, 2024, that a memorandum was submitted to the Labour Minister, alleging that IT/ITES companies are not compensating overtime wages and are extending work hours beyond statutory limits. The union urged the government to investigate actual working hours and overtime payments.

Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, whose lifeless bodies were discovered in their New Mexico home on February 26. But as investigators pieced together the timeline of their deaths, a heartbreaking revelation surfaced—Arakawa had died a full week before her husband, and due to his advanced Alzheimer’s, Hackman may not have even realized she was gone.

Hawker 800A jet (N935H) at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA). Officials said the jet was allegedly owned by Amardeep Kumar, the prime accused in an alleged Rs 850 crore 'Falcon scam. ' According to officials privy to the ED's action, Kumar and an accomplice used the aircraft to flee to Dubai on January 22.

NTPC official was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district on Saturday, police said. The deceased was identified as Kumar Gaurav (42), posted as deputy general manager (dispatch) at NTPC's Keredari coal mines project, they said. The incident happened near Fatah Chowk under the Katkamdag Police Station limits when the gunmen fired targeting him, Hazaribagh Superintendent of Police (SP) Arvind Kumar Singh said. Gaurav was on his way to the coal mine site from his quarters in Hazaribagh town, when the incident occurred, the SP said.

Yoon Suk Yeol left a detention centre in Seoul on Saturday, after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel the arrest warrant of the impeached leader. Yoon remains suspended from his duties and under insurrection charges over his short-lived martial law imposition on December 3. The criminal case is separate from his impeachment trial, in which the Constitutional Court is expected to decide in coming days whether to reinstate him or remove him from office. The Seoul Central District Court cancelled Yoon's arrest warrant on Friday, citing the timing of his indictment and «questions about the legality» of the investigation process.

Cal-Maine Foods and Rose Acre Farms have engaged in anticompetitive practices. According to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal, investigators are preparing to issue civil investigative demands—akin to subpoenas—seeking internal pricing and supply data. While it remains unclear whether the investigation will lead to legal action, consumer advocacy groups and some lawmakers have been urging federal authorities to scrutinise the egg industry’s pricing tactics.

Donald Trump administration announced on Friday that it was cutting down $400 million in funding for Columbia University due to its continued inaction to squelch antisemitism on campus. Cancelling grants and contracts of the Ivy League school, the US Departments of Justice, Health, Education and General Services Administration (GSA) stated in an official release that these «represent the first round of action and additional cancellations are expected to follow.» At present, Columbia University holds over $5 billion in federal grant commitments.

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Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Gurugram on Friday arrested Ashish Bhalla, promoter of the WTC Group, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with a massive real estate fraud. Bhalla is accused of cheating and duping thousands of investors through a well-planned conspiracy. During the investigation, it was found that investors were promised assured returns in exchange for their investments in plots and commercial spaces. However, instead of delivering on these promises, the funds were allegedly diverted to several shell companies. These companies were used to acquire land in multiple locations.

Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 65.46 crore in connection with a money laundering case involving a former general manager-ranked officer of a Sikkim-based bank. The ED said in a statement that the attached assets include four residential properties and land parcels located in Deorali, Syari, Ranipool and Penlong — all in Sikkim. These properties were allegedly acquired using proceeds from fraudulent activities linked to siphoning of funds from the State Bank of Sikkim (SBS) by Dorjee Tshering Lepcha, its former general manager (operations). Additionally, several bank accounts with a combined deposit of approximately Rs 53.41 crore in the names of Lepcha and his family members have also been frozen, the statement said.

Scale AI, a data labeling startup backed by tech giants Nvidia, Amazon and Meta, for its compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, the California-based firm said on Thursday. The investigation is looking into Scale AI's compliance with fair pay practices and working conditions and was initiated nearly an year ago under the former President Joe Biden's administration, the company said. The startup said over the last year it has worked with the department to explain its business model and the emerging artificial intelligence industry.

Babbar Khalsa International with «links» to Pakistan's ISI, who had planned a major terror attack during the Maha Kumbh, was arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district early Thursday, police said. The terrorist, identified as Lajar Masih, was nabbed in a joint operation by Uttar Pradesh STF and Punjab Police around 3:20 am. Addressing a press conference here, Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar said Masih had planned a major terrorist attack during the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. «However, due to intensive security checks at the religious gathering, he failed to execute his plan,» he said.

Kolkata Police detectives revisited a house in Tangra on Wednesday to reconstruct a gruesome crime that left three women dead last month. The case, which initially appeared to be a tragic accident, has now taken a darker turn, revealing financial distress and a suspected suicide pact.

Supreme Court Wednesday admitted a petition that sought judicial intervention to form an expert panel to investigate the side-effects of Covid vaccination. The petition was filed by the parents of two young women who died allegedly due to the side-effects associated with Covid vaccination. They had sought compensation and a scrutiny of vaccination records and treatment protocols. The parents, in their additional petition, wanted renowned medical practitioners Amitav Banerjee, Jacob Puliyel and Sankha Shubra Chakrabarti, to be included in the scrutiny board.

Obama administration and then-Secretary of State John Kerry, who helped in derailing and obstructing an ongoing FBI investigation into Iranian terrorists and stopping due arrests to protect the nuclear deal.

Railway Board has decided that all departmental promotion examinations will now be through centralised examinations. According to officials aware of the development, only Computer Based Tests (CBT) will be undertaken and all zonal railways will have to make a calendar for the examinations. The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) will be empowered to conduct these exams as well. “A high-level meeting has taken the decision to switch to centralised exams for promotions,” a senior official told ET while adding that question papers will be in highly encrypted form (256-bit encryption). These steps have been taken after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) unearthed a departmental examination paper leak scam under the East Central Railway (ECR) at Mughal Sarai. The agency has arrested 26 Railway officials, including 17 aspirants, in the case this week and recovered Rs. 1.17 crore in cash. These amounts were reportedly collected from candidates for leaking the question papers.