India
Police in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, say they have solved the murder of a man whose body was found inside a large iron box dumped along a highway, arresting three people, including the victim's wife, within 12 hours of the discovery. The victim has been identified as Sonu. Police said the murder took place in the intervening night of October 19 and 20, and a juvenile has also been taken into protective custody.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
India
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were released from Tihar Jail on Wednesday evening after a Delhi Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) court rejected the police plea for three more days of custody and ordered their release on personal bonds of Rs 50,000 each, backed by surety bonds of the same amount. The two leaders gave written undertakings to maintain peace and not to call protests at Jantar Mantar while the site remains de-notified. They had spent seven days in judicial custody in the Jantar Mantar protest case, and the proceedings against them continue, with the next hearing on October 23.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
India
Shraddha Dubey, the main accused in the death of Lucknow businessman and café owner Shiva Sharma, was produced before a court in Nagpur on Wednesday after her arrest in Maharashtra, and the court granted her transit remand to be taken to Lucknow. Her sister Rashmi Dubey and their driver Tanveer Ali, also known as Danish, were arrested in the same operation. The three will now be brought to Lucknow, where the case is being investigated.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
India
Two people were killed and 15 others injured after a passenger bus skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Wednesday morning, officials said. The dead are a woman and a six-year-old girl, who succumbed to their injuries at a hospital in Ramnagar. Six of the injured are in a critical condition and have been referred to the district hospital in Udhampur for specialised treatment.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
India
The State Bank of India (SBI) has confirmed that a cyberattack exposed customer data on the dark web. According to the bank's exchange filing, 3,897 customer records containing personal information such as names, mobile numbers, email addresses and loan details were identified in a dataset of about 3.75 lakh records.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
