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Jaipur, April 5 A 40-year-old Danish national was detained near the India-Pakistan international border in Bikaner district of Rajasthan for allegedly entering a restricted area without permission, police said on Sunday.The man, identified as Rene, has been sent to the Joint Interrogation...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the green cards of two foreign nationals linked to the family of the late Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were detained by federal agents after their lawful permanent resident status was terminated. Both...

Patna, April 3 – In a major crackdown, a joint team of police and administration carried out a late-evening raid in Sasaram on Friday, uncovering alleged immoral activities operating from two marriage halls and detaining around 50 male and female individuals.According to the circle officer of...

Jaipur, April 3 – Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday condemned the detention of NSUI leaders and workers during a protest at Rajasthan University, calling it an attack on democratic rights.He urged the state government to immediately release those detained, alleging that the action...

Jaipur, April 3 Tensions flared outside the Rajasthan University on Friday after NSUI members staged a protest against a program on women's empowerment on campus, linking it to the ideology of the RSS.The demonstration turned tense as some protesters tried to jump barricades to enter the...

Kolkata, April 3 – With the National Investigation Agency (NIA) starting an investigation into the case of harassment of judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda on the night of April 1, the total number of arrests made by the state police by Friday afternoon has...

Geneva, April 3 – Several United Nations human rights experts have expressed serious concern over the deteriorating and life-threatening health condition of Pakistani human rights defender Idris Khattak, urging the Pakistani government to immediately release him from his “unjust detention,”...

Neemuch, April 2 – Tension gripped the Parda village under the Manasa police station area in Neemuch district, Madhya Pradesh, after an incident in which a 13-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a 55-year-old man.The accused, identified as Abdul Rahman, allegedly lured the minor girl to...

Kathmandu, April 2 Former Nepal Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli will remain in judicial custody for two more days as a district court here permitted the police to extend his detention on Wednesday.The deposed Prime Minister and then Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested on March 28 for...

New Delhi, April 2 Two individuals were detained after they allegedly climbed onto the tin roof of the (wuzu khana) of a mosque and waved a saffron flag in southeast Delhi's Tughlakabad area during a Shobha Yatra on Wednesday, police said.The incident occurred around 1:30 pm when a religious...

Kolkata, April 2 Several police officers were injured, including an officer in charge, when miscreants threw stones at them in Birbhum district, West Bengal, an officer said on Thursday.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Suri police station, Shailendra Upadhyay, was among those injured after...

Ghaziabad/Meerut, April 1 "We knew there could be an attack on the way, but we had to take that chance," said 27-year-old Ketan Mehta, recalling the moment he and fellow Indian sailors decided to flee a war zone in Iran after weeks of detention and uncertainty.What began as a routine voyage...

Ahmedabad, April 1 – The Aam Aadmi Party in Gujarat alleged on Wednesday that the Gujarat Police had detained its party president, Isudan Gadhvi, at the Khambhalia police station in the Devbhumi Dwarka district, where he had gone to meet party workers.AAP MLA from Visavadar, Gopal Italia, said...

New Delhi, April 1 A Delhi court on Wednesday ordered the detention of a deputy commissioner and an administrative officer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for 14 days in a corruption case.Special CBI Judge Sudhanshu Kaushik allowed the CBI's pleas seeking judicial custody of Lt Col...

New Delhi, April 1 – In a major enforcement drive, the Delhi Police, Central District, carried out an intensive crackdown for 48 hours under 'Operation Kavach 13.0,' resulting in 452 arrests, 1,930 detentions, and 283 raids across the district.The operation, conducted from March 29 (6:00 PM)...

Kolkata, April 1 – The Income Tax Department has seized a large sum of foreign currency in Kolkata, an official said on Wednesday, adding that three individuals have been detained.A large sum of foreign currency – approximately ₹ five crore in Indian currency – was seized during a raid in the...

Jammu, March 31 The Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained a repeat offender and alleged cattle smuggler under the Public Safety Act, officials said.The accused, identified as Amit Kumar, a resident of Phinder in the R S Pura tehsil of the Jammu district, was detained following his repeated...

Quetta, March 30 – A leading human rights organization highlighted on Monday the escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 87 extrajudicial killings and 234 cases of enforced disappearances during the month of February.In its latest report, the Human Rights Council...

Kathmandu, March 30 Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the newly formed Balendra Shah government, seeking an explanation regarding the arrest and detention of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.The Supreme Court issued the order in response to the habeas corpus petition filed...

New Delhi, March 30 A Delhi court on Monday ordered the detention of a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, Shabir Ahmed Lone, for five days in police custody.Judicial Magistrate Vijayshree Rathore allowed the city police's plea for five days of interrogation of the accused.Describing...