law enforcement

Kolkata, April 11 The Election Commission has ordered a reshuffle at the top level of the police administration, transferring 12 officers in the Kolkata Police and the state police in poll-bound West Bengal, EC officials said.In the Kolkata Police, several senior officers have been moved out...

Sultanpur (UP), April 11 Police here have recovered 6.5 kg of marijuana from a SUV involved in an accident and arrested two alleged smugglers here, officials said on Saturday.The recovery was made after a road accident near the Vandana Dhaba in the Lambhua police station area on the...

Patna, April 11 – A major incident occurred on Saturday during a search operation in Vrindavan village, under the jurisdiction of the Navkothi Police Station in Begusarai district, when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated, injuring five police personnel.The injured include Assistant...

Chandigarh, April 11 Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia questioned the AAP government's claim of arresting over 90,000 drug traffickers under its anti-drug drive, "Yudh Nashian Virudh, asking how many of those held were actual traffickers and how many were...

Pithoragarh, April 11 A court here has ordered the registration of an FIR against former IPS officer Lokeshwar Singh for allegedly stripping and beating an RTI activist who had raised a grievance regarding a sewage overflow from the family quarters of the Police Lines.Laxmi Datt Joshi, a...

Begusarai, April 11 Five officials, including three members of the Special Task Force (STF), were injured in a crude bomb explosion in Begusarai district, Bihar, on Saturday, police said.The incident occurred in the Navkothi area in the afternoon, they said.The explosion took place when a...

Jaipur, April 11 – In a significant breakthrough under the Rajasthan government's "Drug-Free Rajasthan" campaign and the ongoing crackdown on narcotics, the Pali Police arrested three suspected drug smugglers and seized 74.13 grams of the illicit synthetic drug MD on Saturday.The action was...

Jammu, April 11 Eleven drug dealers were arrested along with heroin in separate locations in the districts of Udhampur, Poonch, and Doda in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said.Four drug dealers were apprehended after 13 grams of heroin were seized during a check of their car in Lamberi...

Guwahati, April 11 – The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) candidate from Guwahati Central, Kunki Chowdhury, has been summoned by the city police in connection with alleged violations of election norms during the polling held on April 9, officials said on Saturday.According to police sources, a...

Beed, Apr 11 Police have arrested a man for allegedly possessing an unlicensed pistol in the Beed district of Maharashtra, officials said on Saturday.The arrest was made during an operation conducted on April 10.The local crime branch received information that a restaurant owner, Vilas...

Chennai, April 11 In a significant development ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has removed Sandeep Mittal from the post of Director General of Police (Anti-Corruption) following a complaint by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), alleging bias...

Medininagar, April 11 Two individuals were arrested after poppy husk worth Rs 1.25 crore was seized from their possession in the Palamu district of Jharkhand, officials said on Saturday.The consignment was intercepted following a tip-off in the forest area near the Jawar village under the...

New Delhi, April 11 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that his party stands firmly with personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces and will end the discrimination they face under the recently notified CAPF law.In a post on Facebook, Gandhi said that even though soldiers of the...

New Delhi, April 11 An interstate narcotics syndicate operating between Bihar and Delhi was busted, with the arrest of its alleged main supplier from Madhepura, Bihar, an official said on Saturday.The breakthrough came during the investigation of a case registered on March 24 at the Hauz Qazi...

Chandigarh, April 11 The Punjab government has introduced a new reward policy under which informants will be rewarded – from Rs 1 lakh to over Rs 2 lakh – for providing information about criminals, officials said on Saturday.Under the policy, Punjab Police personnel have been authorised to...

Jammu, April 11 Asserting that the full force of the law will be used to dismantle cross-border drug trafficking networks, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday announced sweeping punitive measures, including the confiscation of properties and the cancellation of key documents...

Onda/Chhatna (WB), April 11 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday asserted that if the BJP is voted to power in West Bengal, it will end the TMC's "syndicate raj," and said those involved in atrocities against women of the state would be brought to justice.Addressing a BJP rally in Chhatna...

According to officials, local media reported that an unidentified armed group blew up a pipeline, disrupting gas supply to the Sibi district and surrounding areas in Balochistan province, Pakistan.Citing sources, the Pakistani daily Dawn reported that a four-inch diameter gas pipeline exploded...

Hamirpur (HP), April 11 The Excise and Taxation Department, with the assistance of local police, dismantled an illegal liquor racket operating in the Pratapnagar area, recovering 170 boxes of alcohol, officials said on Saturday.The operation, which took place on Friday, targeted the illicit...

Chandigarh, April 11 Two individuals were arrested, and 6.5 kg of heroin was recovered by the Punjab Police as they busted a cross-border drug and illegal weapons racket here on Saturday, they said.The Batala Police also recovered a .30 calibre pistol with six live cartridges, and Rs 1 lakh in...