Chennai, March 24 – As the election date approaches, election observers in Tamil Nadu have recommended the use of drones to intensify surveillance against practices of exchanging money for votes, particularly in urban areas where monitoring remains a challenge.The suggestion emerged during a...
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Chennai, March 23 The Election Commission's surveillance and enforcement teams seized a total of ₹151.93 crore worth of cash, liquor, drugs, and other goods in Tamil Nadu.The teams, deployed across Tamil Nadu to monitor and curb illegal inducements, seized ₹30.53 crore in cash and...
Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 23 Three individuals were arrested and 26 grams of the banned narcotic substance, MDMA, worth approximately Rs 2.5 lakh, were seized during a raid by the City Crime Branch police, the police said on Monday.The raid was conducted in the Pumpwell-Ekkur area here on...
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Kolkata, March 23 The model code of conduct (MCC) is being strictly enforced across all 294 assembly constituencies in West Bengal, with authorities seizing cash, liquor, drugs, and freebies worth over Rs 181 crore, officials said.Elections to the 294-member West Bengal assembly will be held...
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Imphal, March 23 The Manipur Police have arrested 14 members of a banned group from the Thoubal district and seized weapons and ammunition from their possession, according to an official statement released on Monday.The militants, belonging to the United National Liberation Front (Koireng)...
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Chennai, March 21 Seizures across Tamil Nadu so far are worth approximately Rs 75 crore, given the intensified enforcement measures ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, CEO Archana Patnaik said on Saturday.The Election Commission is implementing robust mechanisms for monitoring election...
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Kolkata, March 20 – The Kolkata Police recovered a large sum of cash from the trunk of a vehicle in New Town, a northern suburb of Kolkata, on Friday.Following instructions from the new Commissioner of the Kolkata Police, security arrangements have been tightened in the run-up to the Assembly...
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Kolkata, March 18 Police on Wednesday apprehended a man and seized over Rs 1 lakh in cash from him during a vehicle checking drive in the South 24 Parganas district ahead of the assembly elections, an officer said.The incident took place in the Jayatala area under the Baruipur police station...
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Hyderabad, March 18 – Telangana's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a Prohibition & Excise Inspector and a Secondary Grade Teacher in a corruption case.The anti-graft agency arrested Gundeti Ramu, Prohibition & Excise Inspector, Karimnagar Urban, and Jakkani Venu, Secondary Grade...
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Chennai, March 18 Authorities seized a total of ₹2.37 crore in cash as part of ongoing election expenditure monitoring, Tamil Nadu CEO Archana Patnaik said on Wednesday.In addition to the ₹2.37 crore in cash, precious metals and other items were also seized, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)...
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Shimla, March 18 A married couple was arrested with 21.01 grams of 'chitta' (adulterated heroin) from a hotel in Sundernagar in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, police said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Arun Bhatti and Parul Guleria, both residents of Mandi who had recently gotten...
Chennai, March 18 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) has seized unaccounted cash and goods worth ₹23.28 crore across Tamil Nadu in just two days, as intensified surveillance measures come into effect ahead of the Assembly elections.According to a statement issued by Chief Electoral...
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Belagavi (Karnataka), March 17 A group promising to quadruple investors' money has been busted in this district with the arrest of seven people, including two police officers from Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.Those arrested have been identified as Parashuram Bhimshi Badakari, Imran...
Chennai, March 16 Officials removed posters, banners, and wall advertisements of political parties in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Monday as the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into effect following the announcement of the schedule for the 2026 Assembly election.As many as 178...
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Chennai, March 16 Tamil Nadu’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Archana Patnaik clarified on Monday that candidates contesting the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections will effectively have only five working days to file their nomination papers, despite the Election Commission announcing an...
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Indore, March 11 – Madhya Pradesh Police announced on Wednesday that they had cracked a major gambling operation at a farmhouse located under the Manpur police station in Mhow, Indore district, by arresting nearly 18 people and seizing a large sum of cash.The police stated that they received...
New Delhi, March 10 The CBI has arrested a chief electrical distribution engineer with the Central Railway and two private individuals in an alleged bribery case involving Rs 10 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.The central investigative agency had registered the case against the 2003-batch...
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Mumbai, March 10 – The CBI arrested a senior Central Railway official and two others in an alleged bribery case involving Rs 40 lakh, and seized cash and jewellery worth Rs 1.47 crore during raids across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Karjat, an official said on Tuesday.Ramesh Kumar Chauve, Chief...
Itanagar, March 9 Police arrested two individuals after 2.74 lakh worth of heroin was seized from their possession in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, an officer said on Monday.Changlang Superintendent of Police (SP) Kirli Padu said the two individuals were arrested near the Wagun...
Bengaluru, March 7 – The Karnataka Lokayukta police conducted searches on Saturday as part of an investigation into a case of disproportionate assets filed against a Range Forest Officer attached to the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA), allegedly uncovering properties worth Rs 3.19 crore...