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New Delhi, March 5 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two chartered accountants in connection with a ₹641 crore cyber fraud case, in which innocent citizens were induced to transfer funds under the guise of investment opportunities and part-time job schemes, an official said on...

Jamshedpur, March 4 The partially-burnt body of a woman and the remains of an elderly woman with her throat slit were recovered from two locations in the East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on Wednesday, police said.The charred body of the woman, estimated to be around 22 years old, was...

Bengaluru, March 2 – A gruesome murder came to light on Monday in Bengaluru’s Manjunath Nagar, under the Bagalagunte police station limits, where a 40-year-old man was allegedly killed by his former partner and her associates.Police have arrested three accused, including a woman who claimed to...

Etawah (UP), March 1 Two minors, a boy and a girl, were found hanging from the same branch of a tree in a field here on Sunday morning, police said.Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Shreesh Chandra said the bodies were discovered hanging in the Gopiapura village under the Bakewar...

New Delhi, March 1 A 30-year-old man, reportedly a habitual gambler, allegedly slit the throats of his wife and three young daughters before fleeing to Rajasthan, police said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Munchun Kewat, a labourer who also worked as a vegetable vendor at Azadpur Mandi...

New Delhi, February 28 A break-in was reported at the Kalkaji office of the Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation, following which an FIR has been registered, and a forensic investigation has been launched into the alleged ransacking, an official said on Saturday.The NGO is linked to Nobel...

Koraput (Odisha), February 28 The Odisha Police formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Saturday to investigate the illegal hashish oil trade racket operating from an island in the Koraput district, from where narcotic drugs worth Rs 225 crore were seized two days ago, an officer said on...

New Delhi, February 26 A defect in the emergency light unit battery caused the fire in the seating-cum-luggage coach of the Delhi-Chennai Grand Trunk Express near Wardha in Maharashtra on February 17, according to an initial railway investigation report.The report held the Electric Train...

New Delhi, February 26 A Delhi court has granted bail to six people accused in the stone-pelting incident during a demolition exercise near the Faiz-e-Elahi mosque in Turkman Gate last month.Additional Sessions Judge Bhupinder Singh granted relief to Mohammad Faiz, Mohammad Affan, Mohammed...

New Delhi, February 25 The CBI on Wednesday arrested three individuals for allegedly defrauding a senior citizen from Kottayam, Kerala, of a large sum of money through "digital fraud," officials said.The arrests were made during a search operation that covered six states – Goa, Karnataka...

Saharanpur (UP), February 25 A severely burnt body was recovered from a burned-out car in a forested area here on Wednesday, police said.Efforts are underway to identify the deceased and determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.The vehicle, a badly damaged Alto, was found between...

New Delhi, February 25 – Unidentified assailants opened fire on a car in the Kashmere Gate area of Delhi on Tuesday, injuring one person, police officials said.According to police, there were five people in the car, and the attackers fled after the shooting. The injured person was immediately...

Mumbai, February 24 The Customs Department seized hydroponic cannabis worth over ₹23 crore from three passengers who arrived at the Mumbai airport from Bangkok, officials said on Tuesday.Acting on spot checks and the Advance Passenger Information System, the customs officials booked three...

Noida, February 24 A man was shot by three individuals in broad daylight in Luksar village, Greater Noida, on Wednesday, due to an old grudge, police said.The incident was captured on CCTV, showing two individuals shooting at the victim. Seconds later, another person joined them and attacked...

Chandigarh, Feb 22 – Two Punjab Police personnel were found shot dead at a police checkpost in Gurdaspur district near the Indo-Pak border on Sunday.According to police, the deceased were identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector Gurnam Singh and Home Guard Ashok Kumar, who were posted in Adhian...

Chandigarh, February 22 Two personnel of the Punjab Police, who were on duty near the Indo-Pak border, were found dead inside a police outpost with gunshot wounds on Sunday, according to officials.According to police, the deceased were identified as Gurnam Singh and Ashok Kumar, who were...

Chandigarh, February 22 The Punjab Police has busted a cross-border arms trafficking module in Amritsar by apprehending two individuals and recovering five sophisticated pistols from their possession, officials said on Sunday.Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused were in contact...

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), February 21 The Himachal Pradesh Police has cracked down on a gang involved in trafficking newborns by posing as facilitators of adoption, and has arrested two individuals from Punjab and detained another, officials said on Saturday.During the operation, a team...

Jaipur, February 19 The body of a woman who had gone missing last week was found in a pond in the Rajsamand district of Rajasthan on Thursday. Meanwhile, police are searching for her minor son in a nearby forest area, they said.The police detained the accused man, with whom she was allegedly...

Shimla, February 18 A 48-year-old man is alleged to have died by suicide after murdering his wife in a village in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place at Lothal village on Tuesday night.According to police, the man, Sarvan Kumar, attacked...