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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...

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...

Srinagar, April 8 A local court on Wednesday sent five operatives – two Pakistani nationals and their three local supporters – affiliated with the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit to 10 days police custody here, an official said.The five were arrested following the uncovering of a...

Srinagar, April 7 Police in Jammu and Kashmir have busted a "deep-rooted" interstate Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) module and arrested five people, including a Pakistani terrorist who had been on the run for 16 years and had successfully established bases outside the Union Territory, officials said on...

Motihari, April 5 Police recovered a pistol and a cartridge from the premises of a madrasa in East Champaran district of Bihar on Sunday, officials said.Three individuals, including a cleric of the madrasa located in Govindara locality, have been detained for questioning, SP Swarn Prabhat...

Mathura, April 5 – Police in Mathura arrested a 29-year-old man, accused of raping and robbing a woman from Haryana, following an encounter, officials said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Pawan Kumar, a resident of Mal Farah village in Mathura, sustained a bullet injury to his leg during...

New Delhi, April 4 A member of the Nasir-Danish Pahalwan gang, who is wanted in over 20 criminal cases, was arrested following a brief exchange of fire with the police in the Badarpur area of southeast Delhi, officials said on Saturday.The accused, Mohammad Saleem alias Ganja (48), sustained a...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), April 3 A man accused of sexually assaulting his two minor daughters was arrested following an exchange of fire with police in Muzaffarnagar, officials said on Friday.The accused, in his 40s, was intercepted by a police team while checking on Datiyana Road late Thursday...

New Delhi, April 3 A 24-year-old alleged member of the Jitender Gogi gang, who was openly displaying illegal firearms on social media, has been arrested in northeastern Delhi following cyber surveillance, police said on Friday.The accused, Pawan alias Poona, a resident of Sonipat in Haryana...

Meerut (UP), April 3 In a dramatic turn of events, the wife of a BSF soldier, who was found dead with a gunshot wound at his home in Meerut last week, has been arrested for his murder along with four other people, including her alleged lover.The BSF soldier, Nain Singh, was found dead at his...

Mathura (UP), April 3 Police have arrested two individuals following an encounter here in connection with the firing at the residence of a local BJP leader last month, a police official said on Friday.Both men were among the eight people accused in the case, they said.Superintendent of...

Ballia (UP), April 2 Seven individuals allegedly associated with a gang involved in electricity wire theft were arrested on Thursday following a police encounter in the Ballia district, with two of them sustaining bullet injuries, police said.Additional Superintendent of Police (North) Dinesh...

New Delhi, April 1 The Delhi Police has arrested an alleged shooter associated with the Naveen Khati gang from the Najafgarh area, an official source said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Sajjan alias Lala (34), is a resident of the Najafgarh area. We have recovered one pistol and two...

Peshawar, April 1 At least six people were killed and two others were injured when a gunman opened fire on a meeting of tribal elders in northwest Pakistan, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where members of the Istrana...

Raipur, March 31 – A total of 35 Naxalites surrendered to security forces across five districts in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region on Tuesday, just hours before the Centre’s March 31 deadline to eliminate Left Wing Extremism (LWE) ends, officials said.Of them, 25 cadres, including 12 women...

New Delhi, March 31 A 30-year-old man was killed by his brother-in-law following a family dispute in the Nand Nagri area of northeast Delhi, an official said on Tuesday.The incident came to light on the night of March 29 when police received information from GTB Hospital regarding the...

Thane, March 31 Police have arrested a 39-year-old man with a history of criminal activity for allegedly shooting at a man at a petrol pump in Thane city, Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.The incident occurred on March 27 at the petrol pump located in the Panchpakhadi area.Inzamam...

New Delhi, March 31 Two men who were wanted in connection with a fatal stabbing and a series of knife attacks in southwest Delhi's Dabri were arrested after separate encounters with the police late Monday night, an officer said.The accused, identified as Rohit Kumar and Prem Sharma, were...

Ranchi, March 30 Police have arrested 10 members of a gang, which is alleged to have been involved in multiple cases of robbery across Ranchi in Jharkhand, officials said on Monday.Over the past two weeks, six cases have been registered against them at five police stations, SP (City) Parans...

Kolkata, March 29 – Four days after an attempted murder involving the shooting of a Trinamool Congress worker, the Gangarampur Police Station in South Dinajpur district arrested the prime accused, Babu Chowdhury, a local leader of the Trinamool Congress, on Sunday.The firearm used in the...