Author: Parvathy Pillai

On May 8, 2022, Hyderabad Police in Telangana recovered 800 kg ganja worth Rs 2 crore and detained two people. Ganja was being transported through Telangana from Andhra Pradesh to Uttar Pradesh. Based on a tip-off, investigators from Shamshabad Zone’s Special Operations Team (SOT) and Shamshabad Police apprehended two drug dealers and seized 800 kg of ganja being transported by a truck. Khushi Mohammed, the truck driver, and Sonu Singh, the cleaner, are the two people who have been arrested. Both were from Uttar Pradesh, according to Cyberabad Police Commissioner Stephen Ravindra, while three other suspects are still at large.…

May 8, 2022, the Aam Aadmi Party and the Delhi Police engaged in a verbal battle over the city’s soaring crime rate. The Aam Aadmi Party blamed the police for the city’s deteriorating law and order situation, claiming that they were too busy protecting BJP officials.  The police responded by saying that the AAP’s assertions are political in nature and that the agency is not hiding anyone because all criminals are treated equally.  “Delhi Police is the best-performing state in Crime & Criminal Tracking Network System implementation. Delhi Police was adjudged the best police in National Digital Evidence Contest, 2021″…

This variant is spreading faster than the earlier Omicron variants, which resulted in a massive increase in cases throughout the winter. A woman takes a Covid-19 test at a pop-up testing site, in New York. The first case of Omicron sub-variant XE in India was validated by the Indian SARS-CoV2 Genomics Sequencing Consortium (INSACOG). However, health experts say that the public should not be alarmed because the variant has yet to show evidence of widespread transmission or cause any severe symptoms. Well, the situation is not so pretty in the US. Omicron arrived first, followed by its extremely contagious sub-variant,…

A petition seeking the installation of loudspeakers in mosques was denied by the Allahabad High Court. The court said, “The installation of loudspeakers in mosques is not a fundamental right.”  The judgment was issued on April 4th, 2022, by a division bench comprising Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Vikas, who stated that the law stipulates that using loudspeakers in mosques is not a constitutional right.  “The law has now been settled that the use of loudspeakers from mosques is not a fundamental right. Even otherwise a cogent reason has been assigned in the impugned order. Accordingly, we find that…

The Telangana High Court ruled that the engagement could have “political connotations,” and as the university has already prohibited political gatherings at Osmania University. On May 4th, 2022, the Telangana High Court dismissed a plea challenging Osmania University’s decision to deny permission for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to attend an event on campus. Gandhi was supposed to meet the students on May 7 at the Hyderabad campus. The university administration, however, denied permission for the visit, claiming that no political activity was permitted on campus. The institution highlighted a 2017 resolution that said that non-academic activities, such as political activities,…

The accused entered the classroom after the students returned from morning assembly, sexually abused the girls, then undressed and urinated in front of the class.  The Delhi Police released a sketch of a guy accused of misbehaving with female kids at a school in northeast Delhi.  While the students were waiting for their teacher to come, an unknown male allegedly forcibly undressed two girls inside the classroom of a civic body-run MCD School in Delhi. So far, no arrests have been made. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued notifications to the Delhi Police and the commissioner of the…

A woman who was reported dead in Bihar’s Motihari district was discovered living with her paramour in Jalandhar, and is suspected to be in a love triangle. Love triangles aren’t just for characters in books. Any of us could end up in a triangular relationship. The best way to look into that situation is to talk about it with your partner, but definitely not elope with your paramour. A woman who was reported dead in Bihar’s Motihari district was discovered living with her paramour in Jalandhar, and is suspected to be in a love triangle. In Jalandhar, a woman who…

Harshada’s gold medal is the first for an Indian at the junior worlds, following Mirabai Chanu’s bronze in 2013 and Achinta Sheuli’s silver (2021). Weightlifter Harshada Sharad Garud became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Heraklion, Greece, on April 2nd, 2022. On the first day of the tournament, the 16-year-old lifted a total of 153 kg to win the title in a field of eight competitors in the women’s 45 kg category. Bektas Cansu of Turkey won silver with a total lift of 150 kg, and Hincu Teodora-Luminita of Moldova…

US star athletes Chris Paul, Larry Fitzgerald, and Kelvin Beachum have invested in the Rajasthan Royals.  American football superstar Larry Fitzgerald and Chris Paul, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in basketball, are among the new investors in the IPL franchise, Rajasthan Royals. The two, along with former NFL player Kelvin Beachum, are now minority investors in the IPL team, which is owned by Manoj Badale’s Emerging Media Ventures.   Royals announced in a press release, US star athletes Chris Paul, Larry Fitzgerald, and Kelvin Beachum have invested in the Rajasthan Royals. The three have joined the Rajasthan-based franchise as investors. Paul,…

The investigation into the murder is concentrating on determining if an insider was the mastermind behind the crime.