Beijing: A fire on a bus in southeastern China has killed 47 people and is being investigated as a "serious criminal case", state media said on Saturday, just days after 120 people died in a fire at a poultry plant.
The bus caught fire during rush hour on Friday as it was operating on elevated tracks in the coastal city of Xiamen, the official Xinhua news agency reported, without elaborating on the cause.
The case in southeastern China has initially been identified as a "serious criminal case" and further investigations are under way, the report said.
Earlier this week a fire at a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China killed 120. Authorities said safety management at the plant was a "total mess" and have detained two senior executives....
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07:47 AM, Jun 08, 2013
New Delhi: A criminal case was registered on Tuesday against unknown people who tried to fraudulently claim compensation for 41 people by getting their names added to the list of the dead during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a police source said. The Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police registered the case almost 10 days after the fraud came to light in a screening committee meeting of the police anti-riot cell...
04:20 AM, Jun 05, 2013
Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Wednesday accepted a plea for a criminal case against BCCI chief N Srinivasan and other board officials. The petitioner, Naresh Makhani, said in his complaint that he had bought tickets for the IPL matches and felt cheated after the spot-fixing case came to light. The hearing on the plea will be on May 31. The troubles don't seem to end for Srinivasan who is under...
04:50 PM, May 29, 2013
Bhubaneswar: A day after the state government giving the go-ahead, the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Crime branch of Odisha Police on Tuesday registered a criminal case against the Saradha Group which allegedly duped gullible investors in Balasore and Puri districts. A team of the EOW on Tuesday rushed to Balasore and recorded statements of certain depositors at the district police headquarters in the Northen Odisha town. "We have registered...
10:55 PM, Apr 30, 2013
Kolkata: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Wednesday said separation of administrators from investigators in the police was one of the necessary steps for speedy trials and faster disposal of criminal cases to reduce the huge pendency in different courts in the country. "There should be a separate wing for investigation only, separate from administrators in police forces. This will facilitate speedy trials and faster disposal of cases," Justice...
01:06 AM, Apr 25, 2013
The Supreme Court has held that criminal case of torture filed by a woman against her husband and in-laws should be quashed if the warring spouses come to an agreement for out-of-court settlement. ...
10:35 AM, Mar 17, 2013
Indore: A criminal case has been registered against filmmaker Karan Johar, producer Gauri Khan and others for allegedly hurting the religious feelings of people by referring to mythological figure Radha as "sexy" in a song in the recently released film 'Student of the Year'. The local police lodged the case in compliance with a magisterial court's order on a private complaint by an NGO. 'Shrivision Social Empowerment and Welfare Association',...
09:45 PM, Nov 03, 2012
New Delhi: Criminal proceedings in heinous and serious criminal offences cannot be quashed by courts on the ground that the accused and the victim have compromised, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday. "Heinous and serious offences of mental depravity or offences like murder, rape, dacoity, etc cannot be fittingly quashed even though the victim or victim s family and the offender have settled the dispute. Such offences are not private...
09:16 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Lahore: Three people cut off the nose of a woman in Pakistan's Punjab province for pursuing a criminal case against them, police said on Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday in Faisalabad district, 100 km from Lahore, the provincial capital. Ruqqaya Bibi was returning home with her husban Ghulam Qamar after meeting her sister at Mehr Town when three men overpowered them and severely tortured them. They also cut off...
05:24 AM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: As people's representatives are set to elect a new president soon, data compiled by a think tank shows nearly a third of the electoral college which will vote in the July 19 poll have criminal cases like attempt to murder, kidnapping and theft, pending against them. The electoral college that elects the president consists of elected members of parliament (MPs) - of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya...
03:51 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Bangalore: Controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda on Monday faced a search warrant for his arrest after the government bearing the heat of public outrage decided to act against him over his activities including alleged sexual exploitation of his disciples. Nithyananda, already facing criminal cases including rape on complaints from some former disciples last year, is reportedly absconding from his ashram at Bidadi in Ramanagara district near Bangalore. With several protests on...
03:01 AM, Jun 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has come down heavily on an Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) and the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) for acting in "haste" and "forgetting" to look into merits before summonses were issued in a criminal case. "The order of CMM summoning them (accused) is wholly illegal and unwarranted. Both the Additional Sessions Judge and the CMM in haste have forgotten to look at the merits of...
08:15 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Party members and senior lawyers are undergoing discussion. ...
10:49 AM, Jul 24, 2009
HC says criminal court as well as Army courts enjoy concurrent jurisdiction. ...
02:46 PM, Jul 15, 2009
On March 31, 2008 there were 2,324 criminal cases pending before the HC. ...
09:13 PM, Feb 10, 2009
Dubai: The ICC has confirmed that the BCCI has named nine players with first-class experience in its provisional 30-man squad for the Under-19 World Cup to be held in Queensland in August. They are Unmukt Chand, Manan Vohra, Akhil Herwadkar, Kumar Deobrat, Aparajith Baba, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Singh, Vikas Mishra and Chirag Khurana. Chand, 19, is the most high-profile member of the squad having captained India at the Emerging Players...
05:06 PM, Jun 01, 2008
An attempt to institute a criminal case against leading Lord Swraj Paul fails. ...
01:31 AM, Jul 23, 2007
A Division Bench had directed the police to probe into the issue. ...
03:31 PM, Jul 09, 2007
Citizen's Report on Governance and Development - 2006 says, 25 pc Lok Sabha MPs have criminal cases against them. ...
12:57 PM, Apr 23, 2007
A criminal complaint against Liz Hurley and Arun Nayar's wedding has been admitted in the Jodhpur low court. ...
04:16 PM, Mar 13, 2007
