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Kolkata, March 22 – Ahead of the Assembly elections, a firearm with an expired license and live cartridges were recovered from the vehicle of a former Congress MLA in Malda district, West Bengal. Police arrested six individuals in connection with the incident.The arrested individuals were...

New Delhi, March 22 More than 60 people were arrested during a four-day anti-crime operation in Rohini, a northwestern Delhi area, the police said on Sunday, adding that the operation targeted organized and street crime.The operation, conducted from March 18 to 21, involved 44 teams carrying...

Shillong, March 21 Mukul Sangma, the leader of the opposition in Meghalaya, urged the state government on Saturday to establish an independent inquiry commission into the violence in the Garo Hills region, stating that accountability and due process were essential to restore public confidence...

New Delhi, March 21 Delhi Police arrested seven people in its crackdown on illegal arms supply and betting racket, seizing property worth crores, officials said on Saturday.According to police, on March 19, an accused, Amit (37), was arrested in Tajpur Kalan with a firearm and cartridges...

New Delhi, March 21 Uttam Nagar in Delhi, where a localized clash resulted in a death and sparked communal tensions in the area, is observing Eid-ul-Fitr in a subdued manner on Saturday, amidst tight security.A heavy deployment of Delhi Police and paramilitary personnel has been put in place...

Baripada (Odisha) March 20 Normal life was disrupted in the Rairangpur area of Odisha on Friday due to a bandh called by the Mayurbhanj Adivasi Ekata Manch (Tribal Unity Forum) in protest against the arrest of 34 tribal people following a clash with police personnel during a protest on March 13...

Varanasi, March 20 – The controversy surrounding the Iftar party in the Ganga River escalated on Friday, as Rajat Jaiswal, a leader of the BJP’s youth wing, who first raised concerns about the “offensive and disrespectful” act and filed a police complaint seeking appropriate action, has started...

Kolkata, March 19 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a fresh report from the Kolkata Police regarding the violence that erupted on the streets of Girish Park in North Kolkata, in front of the residence of a member of the West Bengal cabinet, following clashes between ruling...

Imphal, March 19 Security forces have arrested three militants, including a female cadre, belonging to different outlawed groups, allegedly involved in extortion in Manipur, a police statement said on Thursday.An active member of the KCP (PWG) was apprehended in Kongba Laishram Leikai in...

Kolkata, March 18 The Election Commission (EC) has sought a detailed report from the Kolkata Police regarding the alleged attack on the residence of senior Trinamool Congress leader and state minister Shashi Panja here, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally last week, a senior official...

Bilaspur, March 18 The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Chhattisgarh has filed a chargesheet against nine individuals allegedly linked to the Maoist underground network in a special court in the Bilaspur district of the state.The chargesheet was filed before the special court of Principal...

Patna, March 18 – Amid the ongoing LPG crisis in Bihar, the state police and civil administration have intensified their crackdown on the black marketing and illegal hoarding of LPG cylinders, launching a statewide enforcement drive.According to official data, a total of 419 LPG cylinders have...

Shillong, March 18 The Meghalaya government on Wednesday lifted the suspension of internet services from all five districts of the violence-affected Garo Hills region, after reviewing the law and order situation there, officials said.The suspension was imposed as a precautionary measure...

March 18, New Delhi – Uttar Pradesh is experiencing an unprecedented crackdown on the black market for LPG, as the Yogi Adityanath administration intensifies efforts to ensure a continuous supply of gas to households.So far, 5,813 inspections and raids have been conducted across the state...

Patna, March 17 Police on Tuesday arrested 18 people for allegedly selling fake lottery tickets through a syndicate in Patna, Bihar, an official said.The action followed a joint raid by the police at a roadside building near the Paijawa locality.Patna City SDPO-2 Gaurav Kumar said that...

Patna, March 17 A total of 354 people have died due to the consumption of spurious liquor in Bihar since the prohibition law was implemented in 2016, a senior police officer said here on Tuesday.The average monthly seizure of "hooch" has increased by 18 per cent until February this year...

Hyderabad, March 17 Telangana Director General of Police B Shivadhar Reddy on Tuesday constituted a nine-member SIT to investigate the case of alleged drug seizure at a farmhouse in Moinabad near here, in which a TDP MP and a former BRS MLA are allegedly involved.TDP MP from Andhra Pradesh...

Hyderabad, March 17 – The Telangana Police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the Moinabad farmhouse drugs case, in which TDP MP Putta Mahesh Kumar, former BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy, and others were arrested for allegedly consuming drugs.The nine-member SIT will work...

Chatra/Medininagar, March 17 Police have seized 4.53 kg of opium and 1,318 bottles of spurious foreign liquor in separate operations in the districts of Chatra and Palamu in Jharkhand, and arrested five people, officials said on Tuesday.In Chatra, a unit for manufacturing spurious liquor was...

New Delhi, March 17: Special courts dealing with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have delivered judgments on the merits in connection with money laundering in 59 cases. Of these, conviction orders have been passed in 56 cases, convicting 124 accused in the cases filed by the...