Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police on Sunday arrested a person, accused of involvement in what is said to be the "biggest job fraud racket" in the country, from Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam, police said.
Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against an accused before the POCSO Court, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in connection with a case related to sexual abuse and other offences including sharing of child sexual abuse material on a social media platform.
It's for the first time in the history of the state police that an officer has been dismissed from the service under section 86 of the Kerala Police Act, which allows the dismissal of those indulging in serious criminal offences.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police said it unearthed a huge job fraud scam being run from Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The scammers targeted the unemployed youth in at least five states - Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.
Prisoners convicted for heinous offences against women and children are not eligible to be granted special remission as part of the celebrations for 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', said Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is the chairperson of the GST Council, said as many as 15 items were on agenda during today's GST Council meeting, of which eight were completed, and the remaining are to be carried forward to the next council meet.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police on Saturday arrested builder Jagdish Ahuja from Punjab, who was wanted in three cases of cheating.
In addition to the main sentence under sections 38 and 20 of UAPA, the court sentenced Arun Bhelke to five to seven years imprisonment under IPC sections for the offences of cheating, and forgery, all these sentences are to be served simultaneously.
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police on the plea of conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar's wife Leena Maria Paulose in a Rs 200 crore extortion case.
The Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Justice, in association with UNICEF, will organize a two-day national consultation on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act of 2012 starting on Saturday, December 10.