illegal activity

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...

Bhubaneswar, April 8 The death toll from a firecracker explosion in Odisha’s Nayagarh district rose to four on Wednesday, police said.A total of six people, including a minor boy, sustained serious burn injuries in the blast that occurred while preparing firecrackers in Korada village under...

Bahraich (UP), April 5 Four members of a gang involved in printing counterfeit currency have been arrested here, an official said.Superintendent of Police Vishwajeet Srivastava said on Saturday that the accused were apprehended from the Khairighat area during the intervening night of Friday...

Ludhiana, April 1 Two brothers have been arrested in connection with the explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Jodhan village here, which resulted in one death and injuries to two others, police said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Sazid and Wazid, were running the...

Ludhiana, March 31 A man died and two others, including a 16-year-old girl, were injured in an explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Jodhan village of Ludhiana, Punjab, on Tuesday, police said.Deputy Superintendent of Police (Mullanpur) Varinder Singh Khosa said preliminary...

Mathura (UP), March 31 Four men and five women were arrested from the basement of a roadside eatery on the Delhi-Agra National Highway on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in flesh trade, police said.Circle Officer (Chhata) Bhushan Verma said that acting on a tip-off, police conducted a...

Hyderabad, March 30 Amid the ongoing shortage of LPG due to the Gulf war, the Hyderabad Police busted an illegal LPG cylinder hoarding racket on Monday with the arrest of 10 people and the seizure of 414 cylinders hidden in a graveyard.The Hyderabad Commissioner's Task Force, along with the...

New Delhi, March 30 The National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Delhi government and others on a plea alleging non-compliance with its earlier directions regarding illegal dairy farms on the Yamuna floodplain.The green body was hearing a plea seeking the implementation of the...

New Delhi, March 30 In a bizarre attempt to evade police checks, a man allegedly used camels to smuggle illicit liquor through forest trails from Haryana into south Delhi, only to be caught in a late-night operation, an officer said on Monday.The accused, identified as Vinod Bhadana, 48, a...

Surat, March 27 Two individuals were arrested for allegedly operating an illegal fuel outlet and selling substandard diesel at cheaper rates in Surat, Gujarat, a police official said on Friday.A total of 800 litres of substandard diesel was seized from the accused, Bharat Kerasiya (43) and...

Jaipur, March 27 Around 10 kg of heroin dropped by a drone from across the border in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district has been seized, officials said on Friday.Five persons have been arrested, Ganganagar SP Harishankar said, adding that the seized heroin is estimated to be worth about Rs 50...

New Delhi, March 13 The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognizance of illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary and threats to endangered aquatic wildlife.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said the court has taken cognizance of recent newspaper reports...

Baripada (Odisha), March 11 Officers from the Odisha forest department arrested a man on Wednesday for allegedly setting fire inside the Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary in the Mayurbhanj district, officials said.While patrolling the Nedam forest on Tuesday evening, staff from the Pithabata North...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 10 A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly storing large quantities of diesel without a license in Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred in Mudalthiyar, a village in the Kaniyooru area of the Belthangady taluk in this...

Mathura (UP), March 10 (UP) A man who disguised himself as a religious figure has been arrested for allegedly having unnatural sexual relations with a 14-year-old boy here, police said on Tuesday.He was arrested after a video of the incident went viral on social media.The incident occurred...