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Amritsar, March 30 A man was shot dead at close range by unidentified assailants in a border village in Amritsar on Monday, police said.The deceased, identified as Sohna Singh, was travelling from Rajatal to Khera village when the assailants intercepted him and opened fire on him from close...

Amaravati, March 30 Nine Maoists, including senior leader C Narayana Rao, have surrendered to the police, Andhra Pradesh DGP Harish Kumar Gupta said on Monday.He also claimed that "Left Wing Extremism (LWE) has come to an end in the state".The DGP observed that the central government...

New Delhi, March 29 – In a major breakthrough, the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has arrested Mohd. Israr, a 52-year-old inter-state arms supplier linked to organized criminal gangs operating across Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.The accused, previously declared a proclaimed offender and...

Mumbai, March 28 A total of 27 LPG cylinders, including five that were full, were stolen from a delivery vehicle in a western suburb of Mumbai, prompting the police to launch an investigation, an official said on Saturday.The theft at Charkop in Kandivali (West) comes amid allegations of...

Chandigarh, March 27 The "Gangstran Te Vaar" campaign launched by the Punjab Police to make the state free of gangsters, has resulted in the blocking of 643 social media pages that glorify weapons, said the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), on Friday.The...

Patna, March 27 – A significant constitutional and political development is unfolding in Bihar following Nitish Kumar's election to the Rajya Sabha.After receiving his election certificate on March 16, Nitish Kumar is now bound by constitutional provisions that require him to resign from one...

Lucknow, March 26 Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav criticized former party MLA Pooja Pal on Thursday, saying she had been "misled," drawing a sharp response from the BJP, which accused the SP of having a "blood-stained history" linked to the Raju Pal murder case.Reacting to Pooja Pal...

Kolkata/Kharagpur, March 26 Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Thursday claimed that if his party comes to power in poll-bound West Bengal, the police would undergo a complete transformation and start conducting "Uttar Pradesh-style encounters" against criminals.Addressing an election campaign...

New Delhi, March 26 Delhi Police has arrested a member of the Rohit Chaudhary gang along with a cache of illegal firearms and ammunition, an official said on Thursday.The accused, Pardeep Gulati, a resident of Kalkaji, was arrested based on information about his gang activities, the official...

Kolkata, March 26 – A supporter of the Trinamool Congress was killed in Kolkata following a gunfight between two rival groups while they were sitting and drinking on a rooftop at midnight, police said on Thursday.Spare cartridges were found scattered across the area. The incident took place in...

Ludhiana, March 25 Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia told party ministers and MLAs in Punjab on Wednesday that those who are afraid to fight the drug mafia should leave the Arvind Kejriwal-led party.Addressing a Malwa zone meeting under the 'Yudh Nashean Virudh' campaign, the former deputy...

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani (Odisha), March 25 Odisha has lost 239 security personnel in the three-decade-long fight against Maoists, but the insurgency is in its final stage with the surrender of five Naxals, including the most-wanted red rebel Sukru alias Kosa Sodi, a senior officer said on...

Patna, March 25 – A dramatic late-night police encounter in Siwan, Bihar, created panic after an exchange of gunfire between police and criminals on the Siwan-Patna highway, officials said on Wednesday.According to police, two criminals on a motorcycle opened fire at the police as soon as they...

Patna, March 24 – Panic gripped the Bhojpur district in Bihar on Tuesday after an indiscriminate firing took place in broad daylight at the Piro Registry Office, leaving five people injured, including a property dealer.The incident stemmed from a long-standing dispute over a land parcel...

Bhubaneswar, March 24 Sukru, the most wanted Maoist in Odisha, who carried a reward of Rs 55 lakh on his head, surrendered to the police in the Kandhamal district on Tuesday along with four other cadres, DGP YB Khurania said.Sukru, who was a member of the state committee, surrendered with an...

Jammu, March 24 – Police in Poonch district of J&K announced on Tuesday that they had arrested five absconding individuals wanted in multiple criminal cases.The police stated that, in a significant operation against proclaimed offenders, the Surankote Police Station, under the close...

Bhubaneswar, March 23 – Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi revealed on Monday that as many as 15 Maoist cadres are currently active in different parts of the state.In a written reply to a query in the state Assembly, Majhi said that according to the Central Government’s Security Related...

Islamabad, March 23 – Pakistani authorities suspect that drug addicts attempting to steal copper from the basement may have caused the renewed fire incident at Karachi's Gul Plaza, local media reported.On Sunday, the basement of Gul Plaza was engulfed in flames again, nearly two months after a...

New Delhi, March 23 The owner of a gym in Dwarka, which was the target of a gun attack, was contacted by wanted gangster Hari Chant Jatt, also known as Harry Boxer, an associate of Lawrence Bishnoi, for Rs 2 crore, police said on Monday.On the night of March 19 and 20, some individuals arrived...

Imphal, March 23 – Security forces in Manipur have arrested 15 militants belonging to banned groups, including 14 members of the United National Liberation Front (Koireng faction), from the Thoubal and Imphal West districts, officials said on Monday.A senior police official in Imphal stated...