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Chandigarh, February 18 – Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday termed the trade deal with the US as anti-farmer, saying, "If animal feed comes from America, our farmers will be ruined."Speaking to reporters after attending a social event in Fatehabad, Leader of the...

Sri Vijaya Puram, February 18 Three women and a man were arrested in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for allegedly blackmailing a person by using his partially undressed photos and videos, obtained through trickery, to extort money, police said on Wednesday.The man reportedly met one of the...

Chandigarh, February 17 Aam Aadmi Party's National Media In-charge Anurag Dhanda on Tuesday criticized Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini over the law and order situation in Haryana, alleging that crime has increased in the state.Dhanda claimed that the chief minister has failed to control...

London, February 17 Jaysukh Ranpariya, who is wanted in India to stand trial for four related murder conspiracies, on Tuesday sought permission to appeal against the extradition order issued by a UK court nearly three years ago.The 45-year-old, also known as Jayesh Patel, appeared via video...

Dhanbad (Jharkhand), February 17 – In a major crackdown on organized crime, police in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, conducted attachment and confiscation proceedings at the residence of notorious gangster Prince Khan in Wasseypur on Tuesday. Khan is accused of running a criminal syndicate in the state...

Kolkata, February 17 Two Bangladeshi nationals, who were allegedly illegally confined in a city hotel by two men under the pretext of arranging visas, were rescued by the police, an officer said on Tuesday.The police also arrested the two accused, including a resident of the neighboring...

New Delhi, February 17 The Delhi Police has cracked a traffic fraud and extortion syndicate, allegedly targeting traffic police officers by threatening to circulate fabricated videos, an official said on Tuesday.Three individuals, including a 32-year-old woman described as the mastermind, have...

Bengaluru, February 17 A case has been registered after a Kannada television actress alleged she was secretly filmed in a stadium washroom during a celebrity event and threatened with online circulation of the video if she failed to pay money, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred at...

Kolkata, February 17 – Two individuals have been arrested in Kolkata for allegedly detaining two Bangladeshi citizens and extorting money in order to obtain visas, police said on Tuesday.Officers from the Technocity Police Station conducted a raid at a hotel on Monday and rescued the two...

Bengaluru, February 17 – In a shocking incident, a case of alleged voyeurism and online blackmail was reported on Tuesday in connection with the recently-held Celebrity Women Cricket Tournament at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru.An actress and reality show contestant has approached...

Indore, February 17 The classmate of a 24-year-old female MBA student, who was arrested in Indore for her murder, allegedly desecrated the body after the killing and also performed occult rituals while on the run, police said.On February 13, people reported a foul smell emanating from a closed...

Mumbai, February 16 – In a major breakthrough, the Mumbai Police have arrested the suspected shooter who fired at filmmaker Rohit Shetty's house and six others from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in a multi-state operation, officials said on Monday.Investigators emphasized that the crime was...

Gorakhpur (UP), February 16 A local doctor has alleged that a man demanded Rs 15 lakh in extortion and threatened to shut down his hospital and kill his family if the money was not paid, police said on Monday.Dr. Pankaj Kumar Dixit, who runs Mansi Hospital in the Shahpur area, submitted a...

Koppal (Karnataka), February 16 A court in Karnataka on Monday sentenced three people to death for sexually assaulting an Israeli tourist and murdering a youth in this district last year.The Gangavathi Civil Court delivered the judgment, sentencing the convicts – Mallesh alias Handi Malla...

Mumbai, February 16 The Mumbai police have arrested six people, including the alleged shooter who fired five rounds at filmmaker Rohit Shetty's house in Juhu here, officials said on Monday.The city police's anti-extortion cell apprehended the alleged shooter, Deepak Sharma, and five others...

Ranchi, February 16 Three members of a gang have been arrested in Ranchi, and firearms and ammunition were seized from their possession, police said.The arrests were made in the Jharkhand capital on Sunday, based on information that some associates of the Rahul Singh gang had gathered in the...

Imphal, February 16 Security forces have arrested two female militants belonging to different banned groups for their alleged involvement in extortion in Manipur, police said on Monday.The arrests were made in the Imphal West and East districts on Sunday, according to a police statement...

New Delhi, February 15 A 22-year-old alleged shooter linked to the Kaushal Chaudhary gang, who police claim was tasked with eliminating a Burari-based businessman as part of an organized extortion conspiracy, was arrested in Delhi's Dwarka, an official said on Sunday.The accused, Kuldeep Singh...

Bareilly (UP), February 14 Police have busted a honey-trap gang and arrested a 37-year-old woman on Saturday for allegedly extorting Rs 10 lakh from a man and threatening to implicate him in a false rape case, officials said.The arrest followed a complaint by Manish Gangwar, a resident of...

Indore, February 13 A 24-year-old MBA student, who had been missing for the past two days, was found dead at her alleged boyfriend's house in the city on Friday, with police suspecting that she was strangled to death.While the male friend, her classmate, remains untraceable, her father alleges...