police response

Jaipur, March 17 Police and municipal teams were attacked in a village in Banswara district of Rajasthan on Tuesday after locals allegedly threw stones at them when they arrived to mark the land allocated for a dumping yard, officials said.Four police personnel and four municipal staff were...

Patna, March 17 – Chaos erupted on Tuesday in the Mandiri Kath Pul area, under the jurisdiction of the Buddha Colony Police Station in Patna, when a joint team of the Narcotics Department and Patna Police, conducting a raid against illicit drugs, came under a violent attack by locals and alleged...

Birbhum (WB), March 15 A tribal woman was allegedly killed by being hacked to death over accusations of witchcraft in Birbhum district of West Bengal, police said on Sunday.The victim, identified as 70-year-old Churki Hembrom, was attacked with a heavy object and a sharp weapon, resulting in...

Shivpuri, March 14 The 60-year-old mother of a rape accused was killed, allegedly by the victim's brother, in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh, a police official said on Saturday.The incident took place on Friday, Rannod police station house officer (SHO) Arvind Chauhan said."An anganwadi...

Ranchi/Hazaribag, March 14 Five people were killed and 14 others were injured in two separate road accidents in the districts of Ranchi and Hazaribag in Jharkhand on Saturday, police said.In the Ranchi district, two people died on the spot after a speeding vehicle ran over a crowd at a local...

Kolkata, March 14 Clashes erupted between supporters of the TMC and the BJP near Girish Park in central Kolkata on Saturday, about 5 km from the Brigade Parade Ground where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a rally later in the day.BJP supporters alleged that stones were...

Patna, March 13 – Ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections, the Bihar Legislative Assembly received a bomb threat on Friday.According to an official, the threat was sent via email, warning of a plan to blow up the Assembly premises.Taking immediate cognizance of the matter, Assembly Speaker Prem...

Chatra (Jharkhand), March 13 – Traffic came to a standstill for over 16 hours in the Chatra district of Jharkhand after angry villagers blocked the highway, demanding compensation and action against those responsible for a tragic accident that claimed the lives of four teenage boys.The...

Tura, March 12 Hundreds of people came out of their homes on Thursday to clean the streets of Tura town in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills, after it was rocked by violence during protests related to elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council, resulting in the death of two people.The...

Mumbai, March 12 The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Mumbai received a bomb threat via email on Thursday during the ongoing budget session, police said.Following the alert about the threat to blow up the premises, security protocols were immediately initiated. Employees and other people...

Imphal, March 11 – Tensions remained high in the Ukhrul district of Manipur on Wednesday after at least 20 Tangkhul Naga civilians traveling along the Ukhrul-Imphal route were reportedly detained by people from another community, officials said.A police official confirming the incident said...

Chandigarh, March 11 The Haryana Police have registered a case against twelve individuals for allegedly attacking a Meghalaya Police team and attempting to free an accused in an ATM robbery case from their custody, officials said on Wednesday.According to the Nuh police, the case relates to an...

Jaipur, March 10 – Panic spread across more than 10 cities in Rajasthan on Tuesday after several government offices received bomb threats.The threats were received by passport offices and post offices, prompting immediate concern among police and security agencies.As soon as the information...

In Thiruvananthapuram, on March 9, the UDF, which had been facing pressure due to sexual assault allegations against Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, strongly criticized the ruling LDF after Transport Minister K B Ganesh Kumar’s wife made allegations against him.Ganesh Kumar’s wife had...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 9 – Now-expelled Congress legislator Rahul Mamkootathil has launched a sharp attack on the Kerala government over the controversy involving state Transport Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar, questioning the alleged inaction of the police despite a distress call made by the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 9 – Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan sharply criticised the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government on Monday over allegations against Transport Minister K. B. Ganesh Kumar, asking whether justice was possible in the state if even a minister's wife could not get...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 9 – A personal dispute involving Kerala Transport Minister K. B. Ganesh Kumar and his wife, Bindu Menon, has spilled into the public domain after she leveled a series of allegations about an incident that took place at their home in Valakom, triggering political debate...

Brussels, March 9 – A synagogue in the Belgian city of Liege was damaged by an explosion on Monday, according to local police. The blast occurred in front of the synagogue at around 4 am (local time), causing damage to the windows of the surrounding buildings, a police spokesperson said, as...

New Delhi, March 6 A 28-year-old woman and her companions allegedly created a disturbance at the casualty ward of a government hospital in north Delhi, abused doctors and staff, assaulted security personnel, and damaged hospital property while intoxicated, an official said.According to...

Peshawar, March 6 At least one person was killed and 19 injured, including two security personnel, in a suicide attack at a checkpost in a civilian area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, police said.The suicide attack occurred on the Bannu–Miranshah main road...