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Hazaribag (Jharkhand), April 9 Three employees of the Hazaribag district treasury have been arrested for allegedly embezzling Rs 15.41 crore from two bank accounts over the past eight years, officials said on Thursday.Hazaribag Deputy Commissioner Shashi Prakash Singh told reporters on...

New Delhi, April 9 Two men have been arrested for allegedly running an online cyber fraud scheme involving over ₹3.60 crore, using mule bank accounts and a social media application, police said on Thursday.The accused have been identified as Ram Avtar Singh, a resident of Agra, and Vikrant...

New Delhi, April 9 The CBI has registered an FIR in the alleged embezzlement of ₹550 crore from the accounts of the Haryana government, maintained with IDFC First Bank in Chandigarh, after taking over the investigation, official sources said on Thursday.The Haryana government had transferred...

New Delhi, April 9 An autorickshaw driver was stabbed to death and his vehicle stolen during a robbery near Minto Road in central Delhi, with police arresting three suspects after a search that tracked their movements across Delhi and Haryana, an official said on Thursday.The incident was...

New Delhi, April 9 The Centre has invited applications from eligible candidates to fill the post of Central Vigilance Commissioner in the vigilance watchdog, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)."It is proposed to appoint the Central Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission...

New Delhi, April 9 The Delhi Police has arrested six people for their alleged involvement in a transnational cyber fraud syndicate that used fake loan applications and siphoned money through mule bank accounts, an official said on Thursday.The arrests were made after investigators traced a...

Patiala/Moga, April 9 Six schools in Patiala and three in Moga received bomb threat emails on Thursday, officials said, adding that nothing suspicious was found after checks.Bomb disposal squads, dog squads, and police teams rushed to the premises and conducted a thorough search and...

Chandigarh, April 9 The Punjab Police said on Thursday that with the arrest of two operatives, it has busted a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module backed by the ISI, which was preparing to carry out high-impact terror attacks to disturb peace in the state.The arrested individuals...

Bhubaneswar, April 9 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has begun its investigation into an explosion in Bhubaneswar in January that left two people dead, officials said on Thursday.A three-member NIA team visited the Airfield police station here and collected documents, including FIRs...

Noida, April 9 The family of a 21-year-old university student, who drowned at an abandoned construction site in Noida, on Thursday alleged foul play, saying there were marks on his body, even as the police confirmed drowning as the cause of death.According to a police statement, sand and water...

Gandhinagar, April 9 – The increasing reliance on proactive policing and advanced technology to combat cyber crime was emphasized during a high-level review of Gujarat's 'Cyber Centre of Excellence', chaired by the State Director General of Police (DGP), K.L.N. Rao, in Gandhinagar.The meeting...

New Delhi, April 9 The CBI is set to take over the case of embezzlement of ₹590 crore from the accounts of the Haryana government maintained with IDFC First Bank in Chandigarh, official sources said on Thursday.The Haryana government had decided last month to hand over the investigation to the...

New Delhi, April 9 Police arrested a 27-year-old man, who was wanted in a kidnapping-for-ransom case, after a brief chase, an official said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Sagar alias Katto, a resident of Shakurpur, had been evading arrest for over a year and was apprehended on April 6...

New Delhi, April 9 Taking advantage of her friend's trust, a woman is alleged to have "borrowed" the key to her house under the pretext of applying henna, later using it to rob her residence and escape with ₹3.2 lakh in cash and several gold ornaments in the Sultanpuri area of outer Delhi...

Patna, April 9 A body was found in front of the Bihar police headquarters here, an officer said on Thursday."A dead body was found on a footpath in front of the police headquarters here on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as a resident of Shastri Nagar," the officer said...

New Delhi, April 9 A bomb threat email sent to the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday triggered a massive security drill across key government establishments and public locations, officials said.The email landed in multiple government and other inboxes at 8:14 am, including those linked to...

New Delhi, April 9 The Delhi Police has filed an 877-page chargesheet in the Janakpuri pit death case, naming three accused and detailing alleged lapses linked to the execution of a construction project, an official said on Thursday.The chargesheet was submitted before a court on April 7, said...

Aligarh (UP), April 9 Incriminating material, including live cartridges and suspected counterfeit currency, has been recovered from a room in the Aligarh Muslim University hostel, police said on Thursday.Acting on a tip-off on Wednesday, police seized .32 bore pistol bullets, four 12 bore...

Chandigarh, April 9 The Punjab Police announced on Thursday that it had uncovered an ISI-sponsored Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module with the arrest of two individuals.Five hand grenades, two detonators, and improvised explosive device (IED) material were recovered from them...

Jaipur, April 9 Three more children have died in Salumber, Rajasthan, with authorities saying their deaths are not related to the "mysterious" deaths of five children earlier this month.The fresh deaths occurred in the Jhallara and Lasadiya areas of the district over the past two days, and...