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Mumbai, March 23 Former NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede told the Bombay High Court on Monday that he never demanded or took a bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan to spare his son Aryan Khan following the latter's arrest in a cruise drugs case.Wankhede's counsel, Aabad Ponda, was arguing...

Mumbai, March 23 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday that the police acted proactively in arresting self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, who is accused of raping a woman in Nashik.Initially, several women were reluctant to come forward and file complaints, but...

Hazaribag (Jharkhand), March 23 Eight Naxalites belonging to the banned Tritiya Sammelan Prastuti Committee (TSPC) have been arrested and weapons and ammunition seized from their possession in the Hazaribag district of Jharkhand, police said on Monday.Acting on a tip-off, security forces...

Chandigarh, March 22 – Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Partap Singh Bajwa, joined the protest on Sunday along with Congress workers, standing in solidarity with the family of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the District Manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, who...

Beed, March 22 As preparations are underway in Maharashtra's Beed district for the upcoming gram panchayat elections, the focus will be on Massajog village, where a by-election will be held after the sensational murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.The by-election in Massajog, in Kaij tehsil...

Palghar, March 22 Police have registered a case against more than 15 individuals for allegedly obstructing construction work and demanding money from a sub-contractor in Palghar district, Maharashtra, officials said on Sunday.According to the sub-contractor's complaint, the accused allegedly...

Chandigarh, March 22 – The Punjab Police registered a case against former Transport Minister Laljit Bhullar on Sunday, hours after Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the District Manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, ended his life.Randhawa had accused the minister of harassment and...

Chandigarh, March 21 Several political leaders, including Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, on Saturday criticised the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab over the recent suicide of a government employee.They demanded a CBI investigation into the circumstances that led to the employee's...

Chandigarh, March 21 Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Sunil Jakhar expressed his sorrow over the suicide of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, District Manager of the Punjab State Warehouse Corporation, in Amritsar, and stated that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann no longer has any moral...

Chandigarh, March 21 The Haryana Police launched 'Abhedya', a mobile application designed to curb cybercrime, extortion, and threatening calls, on Saturday.Officials said this is the first mobile-based security platform of its kind in India. The application aims to protect citizens from...

New Delhi, March 21 Delhi Police has arrested a sharpshooter and an arms supplier linked to the Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu gang, and seized two country-made pistols and five live cartridges from their possession, officials said on Saturday.The main accused, Sumit Punia (25), a resident of...

The Delhi Police has arrested a sharpshooter linked to the Rohit Godara-Jitender Gogi gang and an accused in a National Investigative Agency case related to a grenade attack on two nightclubs in Gurugram.In a statement, the police said the accused, identified as Karamvir alias Kaju, a resident...

New Delhi, March 20 A sharpshooter linked to the Rohit Godara-Jitender Gogi gang and accused in an NIA case related to a grenade attack on two nightclubs in Gurugram, was arrested by Delhi Police after going missing for nearly two years since skipping bail in 2024, officials said on Friday.The...

Indore, March 20 Police on Friday registered a case against an unidentified person claiming to be a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang for allegedly demanding ₹15 crore in extortion from a real estate businessman from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, a police official said.Additional Deputy...

Noida, March 20 Noida Police has suspended a station house officer and a sub-inspector for allegedly failing to invoke relevant legal provisions, including those under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act and the SC/ST Act, in a rape case registered earlier this...

Faridabad, March 19 Faridabad Police arrested two men, including a 12th-grade student, after a brief encounter for allegedly firing shots at the office of a BJP leader and demanding an extortion of Rs 50 lakh, officials said on Thursday.The police recovered a pistol and a motorcycle from the...

New Delhi, March 19 A 26-year-old man who was wanted in connection with a shooting incident in east Delhi's Jagatpuri last year, allegedly in an extortion attempt at the behest of a gangster based in Punjab, has been arrested following a raid in Punjab, officials said on Thursday.The accused...

Islamabad, March 19 – A Christian man in Pakistan, accused under the country's controversial blasphemy laws, is awaiting a possible death sentence. The case has drawn attention due to the alleged "blasphemy business group," an organized network accused of making false accusations of blasphemy to...

Imphal, March 19 Security forces have arrested three militants, including a female cadre, belonging to different outlawed groups, allegedly involved in extortion in Manipur, a police statement said on Thursday.An active member of the KCP (PWG) was apprehended in Kongba Laishram Leikai in...

Quetta, March 18 – The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has claimed responsibility for attacks in the Kech district that killed three Pakistani personnel and critically injured four others. In addition, the armed group targeted Pakistani-backed death squads in the Washuk district, killing...