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Telangana has been declared Naxal-free following the surrender of 42 members. Telangana DGP B Shivadhar Reddy announced that the state is now free of armed Maoist presence after 42 members of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), including PLGA commander Sodi Malla, surrendered. The DGP said...

Hyderabad, April 10 – With 42 Maoists surrendering, including 11 from the TSC, the state is completely free of CPI (Maoist) armed formations, DGP B Shivadhar Reddy said on Friday.Sodi Malla, alias Keshal, commander of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion, was among the 42...

Hyderabad, April 10 – As many as 42 members of the CPI (Maoist), including the commander of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion, Sodi Malla alias Keshal, surrendered to the Telangana Police on Friday, along with 36 firearms and 800 grams of gold.The Maoists who surrendered...

Hyderabad, April 10 Forty-two members of the banned CPI (Maoists), including a senior commander, surrendered to the Telangana police on Friday. Sodi Malla, also known as Keshal, the commander of the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Battalion, is among the cadres who joined the...

New Delhi, April 9 Two men accused in a murder case were apprehended following a brief exchange of fire with police in northwest Delhi's Rani Bagh area within hours of the incident, an official said on Thursday.Police said they received a medico-legal case from BSA Hospital around 12:30 pm on...

Shahjahanpur (UP), April 9 An accused in a cow slaughter case was arrested after an encounter with police in Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, police said on Thursday.Superintendent of Police Saurabh Dixit said the incident took place on Wednesday when police were conducting checks in the...

Kolkata, April 8 – The Special Task Force of the Kolkata Police recovered five firearms from a minor resident of Bihar on Strand Road in central Kolkata on Wednesday.Among them, two 7 mm pistols were also recovered, along with 40 cartridges. The 17-year-old minor's home is in Nalanda district...

Patna, April 8 – The Bihar Police have busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit operating in Sarwa village under the Dhoraiya police station area of Banka district and arrested one person in connection with the case, officials said on Wednesday.The operation was carried out on Tuesday evening...

Saharanpur (UP), April 8 A man allegedly involved in cattle smuggling was arrested after a police encounter left him injured in the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday.Police said that a .315 caliber country-made pistol, two live cartridges, two spent shells...

New Delhi, April 6 The Delhi Police has arrested two key members of a transnational arms trafficking and terror module with alleged foreign links, an official said on Monday."The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) has been invoked in the case based on the nature of the conspiracy and...

Kolkata, April 5 – In an early morning operation on Sunday, police officers from the Cooch Behar District Police in West Bengal successfully seized a consignment of arms and ammunition at Changrabandha Bypass under the Mekliganj Police Station in that district.The arms and ammunition were...

Patna, April 4 – Three relatives of Bihar Agriculture Minister Ram Kripal Yadav were critically injured after unidentified armed individuals carried out a violent attack at the residence of his in-laws on the outskirts of Patna, police said on Saturday.According to an official, the attack took...

Prayagraj (UP), April 3 The Allahabad High Court, in an order, has sought comprehensive data on arms licenses issued in Uttar Pradesh, taking note of a growing 'gun culture' in the state.Passing the above order, Justice Vinod Diwakar observed that individuals with political ambitions or...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), April 3 A man accused of sexually assaulting his two minor daughters was arrested following an exchange of fire with police in Muzaffarnagar, officials said on Friday.The accused, in his 40s, was intercepted by a police team while checking on Datiyana Road late Thursday...

Thane, April 2 Firearms, including pistols and revolvers, weapons like knives and swords, as well as fake Indian currency notes (FICN) worth approximately Rs 3.52 lakh, were allegedly recovered from the house of a known criminal in Dombivali, Thane district, following a raid, a police official...

Ballia (UP), April 2 Seven individuals allegedly associated with a gang involved in electricity wire theft were arrested on Thursday following a police encounter in the Ballia district, with two of them sustaining bullet injuries, police said.Additional Superintendent of Police (North) Dinesh...

Yamunanagar, March 31 Two unidentified individuals opened fire at the gate of a plywood factory in the Jathlana area of Yamunanagar district early Tuesday, causing panic in the area, police said.No one was injured in the incident.However, several bullets hit the factory gate and entered the...

New Delhi, March 29 A shooter linked to the Rohit Godara-Goldy Brar-Virender Charan gang has been arrested from the Sainik Vihar area of Delhi, with a pistol and ammunition recovered from his possession, police said on Sunday.The accused, Deepak Kumar alias Dilawar (26), a native of Unnao...

New Delhi, March 28 The Delhi Police has busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit operating out of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, and arrested two key accused, including the main supplier, who has previously been booked by the NIA under the stringent UAPA, an official said on Saturday.The case came...

New Delhi, March 27 Two sharpshooters from the Tillu Tajpuria gang, wanted in a murder case, were arrested after a brief encounter with police in Rohini, outer Delhi, officials said on Friday.The encounter took place in Rohini Sector 28 during a Crime Branch operation when the accused...