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Kolkata, April 11 – The ED filed a charge sheet against five accused in a Special Court (PMLA) in Kolkata over a Rs 650 crore racket involving illegal coal mining, theft, illegal coal transportation, illegal sale of coal, use of forged documents, and extortion, an official said on Saturday.The...

Chandigarh, April 11 – The Punjab Police have cracked a cross-border drug and illegal weapon smuggling racket with the arrest of three accused, including a minor, and recovered 6.5 kg of heroin, one .30 caliber pistol along with six cartridges, and Rs 1 lakh in drug money from their possession...

Batala, April 11 The Punjab Police has busted a cross-border drug and illegal arms smuggling racket and arrested three people, including a minor, officials said on Saturday.Police recovered 6.5 kg of heroin, a .30 calibre pistol, six live cartridges, and Rs 1 lakh in drug money from the...

Chandigarh, April 11 Two individuals were arrested, and 6.5 kg of heroin was recovered by the Punjab Police as they busted a cross-border drug and illegal weapons racket here on Saturday, they said.The Batala Police also recovered a .30 calibre pistol with six live cartridges, and Rs 1 lakh in...

Patna, April 10 – In a major crackdown on land mafias, the Bhagalpur police carried out an operation against the organized land-grabbing gang, and arrested eight active members from the Anand Marg area, an official said on Friday.The operation was conducted under the directives of Bhagalpur...

Beed, Apr 10 Thieves broke into six houses in Massajog, in the Beed district, including that of the late sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh's brother, and stole gold and cash worth a total of Rs 4 lakh, a police official said on Friday.Massajog, in the Kaij tehsil, gained national attention after...

Kolkata, April 9 – The Enforcement Directorate, Kolkata Zonal Office, recently conducted searches at eight premises across Kolkata in a case linked to Biswajit Podder alias Sona Pappu, Jay S. Kamdar, and others, the central investigating agency said in a statement on Thursday.During the...

Gurugram, April 9 Police have booked two alleged henchmen of jailed gangster Kaushal Chaudhary for operating a cattle dairy on land belonging to the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HSVP) in the Naharpur Rupa village.The two were booked on charges of extortion at the Sector 37 Police...

Pune, April 9 A case has been registered against three police personnel from Pune, including a female constable who is also a social media influencer, for allegedly extorting ₹7 lakh from the principal of a polytechnic college by threatening to implicate him in a false case, officials said on...

Islamabad, April 9 – Karachi, Pakistan, continues to grapple with incidents of gun violence, with nine people, including three women and teenage boys, injured in stray bullet incidents over a period of three days, according to local media reports citing officials and residents. Residents of...

Beed (Maharashtra), April 9 Ashwini Deshmukh, the wife of the late Santosh Deshmukh, filed her nomination on Thursday for the by-election to the post of Massajog sarpanch, which became vacant after her husband's brutal murder in December 2024.However, the election would not be unopposed, as...

New Delhi, April 8 The Delhi Police has arrested a key associate of gangster Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu, official sources said on Wednesday.The accused, Aditya Nath Mishra (24), was involved in supplying weapons to the Kapil Sangwan gang and managing its financial and extortion-related...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, April 8 With the city of Nanded in central Maharashtra recording five murders in three days, Shiv Sena legislator Hemant Patil expressed concern over the law and order situation on Wednesday and claimed that there was an alarming proliferation of illegal firearms in...

Gurugram, April 7 In response to instances of hooliganism in the IMT Manesar area, the Gurugram police have arrested one person for allegedly extorting money after constructing illegal structures on government land.The accused, identified as Balbir alias Chhalla, a resident of Kasan village in...

Patna, April 7 – In a major breakthrough, the Gaya Police have arrested notorious criminal Mohan Manjhi, who was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000, on Tuesday.His accomplice, Sonu Manjhi, was also apprehended during the operation. Both had been absconding for a long time.Mohan Manjhi is accused...

Chandigarh, April 7 The Haryana Police's 'Abhedya' app has emerged as a powerful technological tool to effectively curb threatening calls originating from international numbers.The app, launched a fortnight ago, instantly blocks and deletes suspicious international voice calls, messages...

Kolkata, April 7 – Raju Patra, the BJP candidate from the Galsi Assembly constituency in East Burdwan district of West Bengal, arrived on Tuesday to file his nomination on a bulldozer.His message was clear and forceful. He vowed to eliminate everything, from corruption and abuse to lack of...

Islamabad, April 7 – A transgender woman, identified as Sara, was killed in the city of Peshawar, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, after she refused to have a friendship with an individual and allegedly failed to pay extortion money, local media reported.The incident took place...

New Delhi, April 6 A threat to blow up a coaching institute in northwest Delhi was foiled with the arrest of a 31-year-old man who allegedly demanded Rs 21 lakh and posed as a gangster, police said on Monday.According to the police, the investigating teams travelled nearly 2,800 kilometres to...

Nashik, April 6 A local court on Monday extended the police custody of a self-proclaimed astrologer-cum-business consultant, accused of sexually exploiting several women, until April 10, to allow recovery of data from seized mobile phones after the police identified eight victims.The accused...