law enforcement

Lucknow, April 2: In a strong crackdown on the black marketing of petrol, diesel, and LPG, the Uttar Pradesh government has registered 233 FIRs and arrested 20 people since the statewide campaign was launched on March 12, on the directives of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.According to the...

New York, April 2 – US President Donald Trump has fired his controversial Attorney General, Pam Bondi, announcing the decision in a carefully worded post on Truth Social on Thursday.This is the second Cabinet official to be dismissed by Trump, following the removal of Homeland Security...

Washington, April 2 – US President Donald Trump has removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her position after a year-long tenure marked by controversy and internal friction, appointing Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as Acting Chief of the Justice Department.Announcing the move on social...

Bahraich (UP), April 2 A jeweller in the Mihinpurwa town received a letter demanding Rs 5 lakh, bearing the names of gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Anmol Bishnoi, along with a cartridge, on Thursday.The letter was reportedly thrown at 'Jagdish Jewellers' on Wednesday night.The handwritten...

Jalaun (UP), April 2 An incident of theft involving cash and valuables worth lakhs has been reported from the Kotwali Orai police station premises, where the houses of two sub-inspectors were targeted, officials said on Thursday.Circle Officer Rajeev Kumar Sharma said Sub-Inspector Uday Pratap...

Patna, April 2 – Former Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey has stirred controversy with a sensational claim about the origins of kidnapping crimes in the state.Speaking to media persons at Patna Airport on Thursday, Pandey alleged that the "culture of kidnapping" in Bihar...

New Delhi, April 2, Acting on the directions of the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) requesting it to conduct an inquiry into the recent incident in West Bengal’s Malda district, where judicial officers deputed for...

New Delhi, April 2 The NIA has filed charges against two accused, including Pakistani gangster Shehzad Bhatti, in connection with last year's grenade attack on YouTuber Roger Sandhu's house in Jalandhar, officials said on Thursday.The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which took over the...

Kolkata, April 2 The Election Commission of India handed over the investigation into the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda district, West Bengal, to the NIA on Thursday, following a directive from the Supreme Court.Observing that West Bengal was the "most polarized state," the Supreme...

Bokaro (Jharkhand), April 2 Seven people were arrested from different parts of the Bokaro district in Jharkhand on Thursday for extorting money from traders, police said.Those arrested have been identified as Prince Gupta, Shyam Kumar Singh, Ajay Singh, Bhupendra Singh, Omprakash Pal...

Kolkata, April 2 Police on Thursday registered an FIR against several people, including two TMC councillors, for allegedly gathering unlawfully and defying police instructions near the state election office here, a senior officer said."An FIR has been lodged against multiple people for...

Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh), April 2 Police were forced to use batons and tear gas shells on Thursday to control a stone-throwing mob protesting against the molestation of an 11-year-old girl in Neemuch district, an official said.The girl was allegedly molested by a 55-year-old man in Paddan...

Pilibhit (UP), April 2 A police sub-inspector was suspended on Thursday after a video purportedly showing him beating a man at a roadside eatery went viral, officials said.The suspended sub-inspector, Ravindra Baliyan, was stationed at the Aasam outpost under the Sungarhi police station in...

Shimla, April 2 Police arrested a drug peddler from Haryana here on Thursday and seized 288 grams of adulterated heroin from his possession, officials said.Police said this is the largest seizure in the district this year.The accused, Shamshad Ahmed (42), a resident of Ambala, Haryana, has...

Porbandar, April 2 The Indian Coast Guard has relocated its offshore patrol vessel, ICGS Shaurya, from Chennai to Porbandar, effective April 1, to enhance operational capabilities along the strategically important Gujarat coast.This move underscores the Coast Guard's continued commitment to...

Law enforcement agencies in Jammu and Kashmir have seized a massive 68,062 kilograms of narcotics over the past five years, reflecting both the scale of drug trafficking networks and sustained enforcement action in the Union Territory.These figures were revealed by the Ministry of Social...

Moradabad (UP), April 2 A man allegedly involved in armed attacks, who carried a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head, was killed during an encounter between the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and the Moradabad police, officials said on Thursday.Ashu, also known as Monty, a resident of...

Latehar (Jharkhand), April 2 – Two days after the country was declared free of Naxalites (Maoists), security forces achieved a significant breakthrough in Latehar, Jharkhand.Surendra Lohra, also known as 'Tiger', a sub-zonal commander of the banned Maoist outfit, Jharkhand Janmukti Parishad...

Bengaluru, April 2 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah cautioned on Thursday that cybercrimes and drug-related offenses are on the rise in the state and urged the police to take strong and effective measures to curb them.He also called on the police to make better use of technology to curb...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), April 2 A district court on Thursday deferred the announcement of the sentence for nine police personnel convicted in the sensational 2020 Sathankulam custodial death case, in which a father and son died while in police custody, to April 6.Madurai First Additional...