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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...

Mumbai, March 17 A total of 2,163 cybercrimes related to investment scams were registered in Maharashtra last year, leading to the arrest of 455 accused, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed the state assembly on Tuesday.The state has stepped up measures to combat cyber fraud...

Lucknow, March 16 The Uttar Pradesh government has stepped up enforcement against the black market and illegal sale of LPG cylinders across the state, following directions from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, officials said on Monday.As part of the statewide crackdown, enforcement agencies...

Shillong, March 16 Amid violence in the Garo Hills region over the participation of non-tribal candidates in tribal council elections, the Meghalaya government on Monday extended the tenure of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) by six months, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone...

Kolkata, March 16 Members of the BJP staged a protest outside the Girish Park police station in north Kolkata on Monday to protest the arrests of their supporters in connection with the clashes that occurred ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally here on March 14.Around 300 BJP workers...

Kolkata, March 15 Members of the BJP staged a demonstration in Baranagar, on the northern outskirts of Kolkata, on Sunday to protest the arrests related to the clashes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in the city.Around 200 BJP workers staged a demonstration in front of the...

New Delhi, March 16 Members of several right-wing Hindu organizations staged a protest in west Delhi's Uttam Nagar on Sunday over the killing of a 26-year-old man earlier this month, demanding strict action against those responsible.The protest, organized under the banner of Sarv Hindu Samaj...

Srinagar, March 15 – Legislators from the ruling National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir requested Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday to order the release of people detained during anti-US and anti-Israel protests in Kashmir.A delegation, led by NC spokesperson and Zadibal MLA...

Srinagar, March 15 A four-member delegation of National Conference MLAs met with Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday to request the withdrawal of cases against young people who were arrested during recent protests in the Valley over the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader...

Srinagar, March 15 Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha handed over a letter of appointment to the wife of a Crime Branch photographer who was killed in a police station blast last year, on compassionate grounds.According to an official spokesperson, the letter was given to...