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Gandhinagar, February 25 – A total of 629 offenses were registered and 1,810 people were arrested over the past two years in a statewide drive against illegal cow meat and cattle trafficking, the Gujarat Legislative Assembly was informed on Wednesday.Responding to questions concerning the...

Guwahati, February 25 Police seized approximately Rs 5 crore worth of banned 'Yaba' tablets, and four individuals were arrested in Hailakandi district of Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.'Yaba' tablets, also known as 'crazy medicine', are a highly addictive drug containing a...

New Delhi, February 24 Delhi's Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena told a Congress delegation on Tuesday that the "shirtless" demonstration by its youth wing at the AI Summit was "ill-conceived and malicious" when they met him to complain about the arrest of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) leaders in...

Chandigarh, February 24 The Punjab Police conducted 587 raids across the state on Tuesday, marking the 35th day of its ongoing anti-gangster campaign, "Gangstran Te Vaar," and arrested 183 individuals, officials said.The campaign, launched on January 20, under the direction of Chief Minister...

Thane, February 24 The ongoing investigation into the alleged illegal human egg extraction and sale racket in Badlapur has revealed suspected links to Bengaluru and Telangana, with four women arrested so far, a police officer said on Tuesday.According to police, at least 40 women may have been...

New Delhi, February 24 – Senior lawyers representing protesters from the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) have strongly criticised the arrest of the outfit's president, Uday Bhanu Chib, in connection with demonstrations during an international AI Summit, calling the police action excessive and...

New Delhi, February 24 – BJP National Spokesperson Rohan Gupta criticized Congress MP Imran Masood and Maharashtra Samajwadi Party chief Abu Azmi on Tuesday over their remarks about “protecting innocent people” in the wake of arrests linked to an alleged terror conspiracy.Gupta said that...

Hyderabad, February 24 – In a major crackdown, the Hyderabad Police dismantled a pan-India cyber fraud syndicate by arresting 104 fraudsters across 16 states.At least 32 special teams carried out "Operation Octopus" over a period of 10 days, Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar said on...

In Mexico, at least 25 members of the National Guard's military police were killed in retaliatory violence in the state of Jalisco following the death of a drug lord. Unrest has spread to at least 20 states since Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes – better known as "El Mencho" – died in custody...

Chandigarh, February 22 Two key individuals involved in the IED blast at the Nalagarh police station in Himachal Pradesh earlier this year have been arrested, a senior police official said on Sunday.He identified the arrested individuals as Mahavir alias Kaka and Manpreet alias Mani, both...

New Delhi, February 22 – Security agencies have foiled a major terror plot backed by the ISI, following the arrest of eight individuals from West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.The arrested individuals are linked to terror groups based in Bangladesh and were being funded by the ISI, security agencies...

New Delhi, February 22 Eight suspects have been apprehended for allegedly plotting a major terror conspiracy in Delhi at the behest of Pakistan's ISI and extremist organizations based in Bangladesh, police sources said on Sunday.Six of the suspects have been arrested from different parts of...

Shillong, February 22 The Meghalaya Police have seized over 17,000 metric tonnes of coal and 25.5 kg of explosive material in the East Jaintia Hills district, as part of a crackdown on illegal mining and transportation, officials said.The action comes after the February 5 blast at an illegal...

New Delhi, February 22 – A total of eight individuals, linked to Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI, and Bangladeshi terror groups, have been arrested in connection with plotting a terror conspiracy against India, officials said on Sunday.The arrested individuals had been posting content...

Hyderabad, February 21 As many as twelve people were arrested in connection with clashes that left a police constable injured at Banswada in Telangana's Kamareddy district, police said on Saturday.Police used batons to control the situation after members of two communities gathered following...

Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), February 21 – Fishing activities remained suspended along parts of the Ramanathapuram coast in Tamil Nadu on Saturday, following the arrest of 22 fishermen from Rameswaram and Mandapam by the Sri Lankan Navy earlier in the week.Members of various fishermen...

Kolkata, February 21 – The bodies of the 18 victims of the Anandapur warehouse fire on the southern outskirts of Kolkata were identified through DNA analysis and handed over to their families from the Katapukur morgue on Saturday.Initially, it was believed that the 18 bodies handed over to the...

Jabalpur, February 21 Sihora in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district remained peaceful on Saturday, after two days of communal tensions, as around 500 police personnel, some equipped with riot control gear, were deployed in the town.Inspector General of Police Pramod Verma said that as many as...

Jaipur, February 21 The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha staged a demonstration outside the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters here on Saturday, protesting the "shirtless protest" by IYC workers at the AI summit in New Delhi.Led by state president Shankar Gora, BJYM workers gathered...

Guwahati, February 21 Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia on Saturday condemned the Youth Congress' "naked protest" at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi as a "global embarrassment" for India and claimed it was carried out at the "direct instruction" of their leader Rahul Gandhi.He demanded a thorough...