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Jammu, Apr 1: Police in Udhampur have dismissed a constable from service after a departmental enquiry found him involved in a narcotics case under the NDPS Act, officials said. Taking stringent action against narcotics peddling and those involved in this criminal act, the police in Udhampur has dismissed a cop for his involvement in crime. In an official statement, police informed that SSP Udhampur has dismissed Constable Arjun Sharma (No. 886/U, PID No. EXJ-126992) from service with immediate effect for his involvement in a narcotics-related case. Police said that the action has been taken after a departmental enquiry in connection with case FIR No. 170/2025 under the NDPS Act of Police Station Rehmban. " Investigation and enquiry established that the official was apprehended during naka checking by the Police team of Police Post Tikri and contraband heroin was recovered from his possession, later confirmed by FSL." said police. The misconduct was found to be grave and unbecoming of a police official and after due process, including a show cause notice, the reply submitted was found unsatisfactory, police further said. Accordingly, in the exercise of powers under Rule 359 of the J&K Police Rule, the official has been dismissed from service. " District Police Udhampur reiterates its zero-tolerance policy towards drug involvement and remains committed to maintaining public trust." statement reads.
Cuttack: Quick thinking and swift action by a GRP constable saved the life of a passenger who nearly fell between a moving train and platform at Cuttack railway station on Thursday morning.The incident captured on CCTV and now viral on social media took place at 8:05 am when Mohammed Mujahir (44), from Mirjapur, Uttar Dinajpur in West Bengal, attempted to board the moving Kanyakumari-Dibrugarh Express.Constable Tulu Behera (38), on duty at platform no. 1, spotted Mujahir losing his balance while trying to board the train. As Mujahir began slipping into the dangerous gap between the platform an ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): In a major crackdown, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Delhi Police has busted an interstate drug syndicate and seized 348.176 kilograms of Ganja, officials said. According to Apoorva Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police, ANTF, Crime Branch, Delhi, the seized contraband is valued at approximately Rs 1.75 crore in the international market. The drug was being smuggled from Andhra Pradesh to the Delhi-NCR region, concealed beneath a consignment of watermelons in a truck. Two individuals, identified as Intezar Malik and Rizwan, have been arrested in c ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The MSC IRINA, recognised as the world's largest container ship by TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) capacity, is set to dock at the Adani Group's Vizhinjam International Seaport on Monday and will be berthed till Tuesday. The monumental arrival marks a significant milestone for the seaport, which was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 2. The MSC IRINA boasts an impressive capacity of 24,346 TEUs, making it a formidable player in global shipping. With a length of 399.9 metres and a width of 61.3 metres, the vessel is approximate ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft -- the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace -- successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 4.01pm while orbiting above the North Atlantic Ocean."At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4," the National Aeronautics ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 27 (ANI): A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside a law college in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday evening. The police have arrested all three accused within 24 hours. The three accused, named as Monojit Mishra (31), Zaib Ahmed (19), and Pramit Mukhopadhyay (20), were former students or staff members of the same law college. Also Read | Student Gang-Raped at South Kolkata Law College: Police Arrest 3 Youths for Sexually Assaulting Young Woman Inside Law College. According to the police, the accused named in the FIR will be produced before the A.C.J. ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai: The father of a three-day-old girl who was found abandoned in a blue basket outside Navi Mumbai's Panvel wad traced and detained on Sunday, the police said. According to them, the infant's parents were not financially stable enough to raise her. Due to this, the couple decided to give up the baby to an orphanage that could look after her, reported PTI. However, the Navi Mumbai police's crime branch traced the infant's father, Aman Iqbal Kondkar, a resident of Thane's Bhiwandi, within 24 hours, an official said. ...Read More >
Srinagar: Continuing their efforts to combat the drug menace, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday seized two vehicles of peddlers in Srinagar city. A police statement said, "Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, police in Srinagar have seized two vehicles acquired through proceeds of illegal narcotics trade. Srinagar Police have seized two vehicles, a Corolla bearing registration number DL4CNE 6086 and a BMW bearing registration number JK01AF-0047 in case FIR No. 36/2024 u/s 8/21 NDPS Act of Police Station Chanapora from the accused person namely Muda ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jan 8 (UNI) In a significant breakthrough, Srinagar Police dismantled a cross-border drug trafficking network, seizing 8 kilograms of heroin valued at Rs 30-32 crore in the international market, and arresting two key operatives. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Srinagar, Imtiyaz Hussain Mir, revealed that initial investigations confirmed the narcotics were smuggled from Pakistan as part of a cross-border trafficking syndicate. The SSP detailed the operation, saying that a team from Police Post Qamarwari intercepted a vehicle at Barthana Crossing during a routine checkpoint. ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Feb 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major crackdown on fraudulent immigration consultants exploiting innocent individuals, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Punjab Police on Monday said it has taken action to dismantle the multinational human trafficking nexus operating in the region. This action pertains to the Indians who had been deported from the US and had landed in Amritsar. Punjab Police has recorded statements against travel agents who defrauded them with false promises of illegal entry into the US. Acting on complaints from victims, Punjab Police have regi ...Read More >
Bengaluru Power Cuts: Citizens of Bengaluru brace yourself for long hours of power outages from June 29 and June 30. More than 100 areas will be impacted as BESCOM undertakes its quarterly maintenance work in various of its division. Bengaluru Power Outages June 29: According to the update by BESCOM on its X handler, there will be power outages in Kittaganahalli, Palasandra, Saptagiri, Maruthinagar, Sankapur, Raghavendra Nagar, Goolarivee, Baddihalli, Kesaramadu, C.M Badawan, Kalalli and SKS village on June 29 from 10 am to 5 pm. BESCOM's executive engineer has appealed to consumers to coop ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday extended the term of the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ravi Agrawal by one year, an official notification said.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the re-appointment of Agrawal, an IRS officer of the 1988 batch, as CBDT chairman for one year from July 1 this year to June 30, 2026, on contract basis.Agrawal took over as the CBDT chairman from Nitin Gupta in June 2024 after Gupta's extended tenure ended. Agrawal has been a member of CBDT. He was member administration and had served as DG investigation in Delhi. The gover ...Read More >
The police have registered a case under the POCSO Act and other relevant sections Haridwar: A former BJP office-bearer in the holy city of Haridwar has been arrested for allegedly allowing her boyfriend and others to sexually abuse her 13-year-old daughter. Sumit Patwal, the woman's partner, has also been arrested, and the police are on the lookout for another accused, said a senior official. The minor had accused her mother of subjecting her to sexual abuse, said Paramendra Doval, Senior Supe ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): In a major crackdown, the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Delhi Police has busted an interstate drug syndicate and seized 348.176 kilograms of Ganja, officials said. According to Apoorva Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Police, ANTF, Crime Branch, Delhi, the seized contraband is valued at approximately Rs 1.75 crore in the international market. The drug was being smuggled from Andhra Pradesh to the Delhi-NCR region, concealed beneath a consignment of watermelons in a truck. Two individuals, identified as Intezar Malik and Rizwan, have been arrested in c ...Read More >
Srinagar- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said foreign countries were told clearly during the post-Operation Sindoor diplomatic outreach that in case of a fresh provocation, India would repeat its action. Speaking at a discussion at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor said Indian delegations which visited foreign countries in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor managed to convey that India acted with restraint and responsibility. "In other places, we actually were able to get some very high-placed people to say not only that they respected and supported India's right of self- ...Read More >
Srinagar- In a significant move to combat drug abuse, Police in Anantnag on Wednesday said to have attached property worth Rs 2 crores under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, reinforcing their ongoing efforts against drug peddling networks. "Police in Srigufwara, Anantnag seized a double-storied residential house along with one Kanal of land, valued at ₹2 crore, belonging to Mohammad Amin Malik son of Ghulam Rasool Malik, a resident of Kanalwan. Malik, a habitual offender, involved in a case under FIR number 113/2021 at Police Station Srigufwara, where a substantial q ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former head of Air India and chairman of the Railway Board Ashwani Lohani is the new Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) director. The official order for his appointment was issued on Wednesday. A 1980-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Lohani is known for turning around various organisations during his illustrious career. Following his retirement from IRSME service, he joined the GMR Group as the CEO. According to the order dated June 4, his appointment to the post of director, Prime Ministers Museum and Library in the rank and pa ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jun 7 (PTI) Authorities on Saturday barred Eid prayers from taking place at the Eidgah ground and the Jama Masjid in the old city here, while Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claimed that he was put under house arrest. "Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar deeply regrets to inform that the authorities have once again disallowed Eid-ul-Adha prayers at the Eidgah as well as at the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar by closing the gates of the mosque and deploying police personnel outside," the management of the historic mosque said in a statement. ...Read More >
Amritsar, Jun 26 (PTI) A 35-year-old man from Uttarakhand was rescued and reunited with his family after allegedly being held as a bonded labourer at a cowshed in a village in Tarn Taran district, officials said on Thursday. Ramesh Kumar, from Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, was rescued following the intervention of Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria, an official statement said. After a video went viral on social media purportedly showing Kumar tending to cattle under exploitative conditions, Garhwal MP Anil Baluni reached out to Governor Kataria. Kataria then ...Read More >
Srinagar: With the annual Amarnath Yatra set to commence on July 3, Director General of Police (DGP) Jammu and Kashmir, Nalin Prabhat has directed all security agencies to take proactive and preventive measures to counter any potential threats. He emphasised strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and robust coordination among forces to ensure a peaceful and safe pilgrimage. Chairing a high-level security review meeting in Jammu, DGP Prabhat said dismantling terror networks and maintaining a vigilant security grid throughout the 38-day pilgrimage was a top priority. "We must ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Jun 6 (PTI) Gujarat Congress general secretary Rajesh Soni was arrested on Friday and charged under a tough section of the BNS for allegedly uploading "misleading" as well as "morale breaking" content on a social media platform related to 'Operation Sindoor', police said. After registration of an FIR on Thursday, the Cyber Crime Cell of the state CID arrested Soni in the wee hours over his controversial posts on the operation launched by Indian armed forces to destroy terror hubs in Pakistan and PoK, said Superintendent of Police (CID-Cyber Crime) Bharatsinh Tank. During the May 7 ...Read More >
Chandigarh: As part of its intensified anti-drug campaign, Punjab Police on Saturday arrested 132 drug smugglers and seized 1.3 kg of heroin, along with Rs 1.5 lakh in drug proceeds. This brings the total number of arrests in the past 98 days to 16,296.The coordinated crackdown was conducted across all 28 police districts. Special DGP (law and order) Arpit Shukla said over 200 police teams -- comprising 1,400 personnel and 96 gazetted officers -- carried out raids at 492 locations. These efforts led to the registration of 97 FIRs, and 528 suspects were checked during the day-long operation.The ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday destroyed over 1,629.4 kg of seized illicit drugs valued at Rs 3,274.5 crore in the international market. The destruction marked the culmination of the Nasha Mukt Bharat Pakhwada (Drug-Free India Fortnight), observed from June 12 to June 26.The destruction of the narcotics was done at the Biotic Waste Solutions in Jahangirpuri and was attended by the lieutenant governor and top brass of Delhi Police. The contraband included 961.9 kg of ganja, 542.9 kg of cocain ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jun 27 (PTI) Former Punjab DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya on Friday met a team of the Vigilance Bureau which is probing the disproportionate assets case against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia and said he shared his "experience and knowledge" with it regarding the drug case registered against the former minister in 2021. The Vigilance Bureau on June 25 arrested Majithia in a disproportionate assets case allegedly involving the laundering of Rs 540 crore of "drug money". Chattopadhyaya was appointed as the officiating DGP during the then Charanjit Singh Channi ...Read More >
Those arrested have been identified as Vansh alias Billa (23), a resident of Billai Wala Chowk in Amritsar and Sonu Chaurasia (20), a resident of Dashmesh Nagar in Amritsar. The DGP said that further investigations are going on to establish backwards and forward linkages in this case. Sharing more details, Amritsar commissioner of police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that following reliable inputs about the involvement of accused Vansh in the smuggling of narcotics, police teams from CIA-Amritsar laid a trap and arrested him from the Mohkampura area and recovered 3.5kg heroin, 1.5kg methaqualo ...Read More >
Srinagar, Dec 4 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday attached properties worth more than Rs 3 crore belonging to two alleged drug peddlers in Srinagar, officials said. "Reinforcing the ongoing efforts against drug peddlers/smugglers, police in Srinagar has attached properties worth more than Rs 3 crore belonging to two drug peddlers under Section 68 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act," a police spokesman said. Giving details, he said the police attached a three-storey residential building belonging to Abdul Ahad Bhat at Banpora Batamaloo worth Rs 65 lakh. Bh ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Terming the handcuffing of Lagacharla farmer Hirya Nayak, currently lodged in Sangareddy jail, while taking him to hospital for treatment "inhuman", BRS working president KT Rama Rao has urged the Chief Justice of Telangana high court to take the case suo motu and urged governor Jishnu Dev Varma to order a probe into the incident. Addressing a press meet on Thursday, the BRS leader said the farmer, who is suspected to have suffered a heart attack while in jail, was treated inhumanly. ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday took strong action against the police officers allegedly responsible for the Bengaluru stampede, suspending several high-ranking officials, including the city's police commissioner. Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also announced a one-man commission to probe the lapses that triggered the deadly stampede. "Cubbon Park Police Station police inspector, station house master, station house officer, ACP, Central Division DCP, cricket stadium in-charge, additional commissioner of police, commissioner of police have been susp ...Read More >
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], June 7 (ANI): BSF and the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) conducted a well-coordinated, precise intelligence-based joint operation that led to the significant apprehension of three outlaws and the seizure of six pistols near an area adjacent to Khalsa College in Amritsar on Friday evening. The operation was planned, based on specific input regarding an arms deal being conducted in an area near Khalsa College. Intelligent surveillance, strategic positioning and discreet movement tracking by the joint team of BSF and ANTF resulted in the successful apprehension of th ...Read More >
Hazaribag: The case of mismanagement and alleged refusal by Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) to admit a woman in labour pain took a political turn on Saturday after the police detained Arjun Saw, a BJP functionary, in the early hours of Saturday after a female doctor, who is under probe, accused him of intimidation.Arjun was detained around 1 am and brought to the sadar police station premises. However, he was released around 2:30 pm in the afternoon after Hazaribag MP Manish Jaiswal led a gherao of the police station since the morning with a battery of party workers. Sadar ...Read More >
Pune: Hospitals in Pune have started reporting an increase in dengue cases among children following recent heavy rainfall and intermittent showers. Conditions are now ripe for mosquito breeding, experts said, as they warned citizens to ensure there's no waterlogging or stagnant pools near homes and offices. "Dengue is typically seen first in children as they often play outside," said Dr Sagar Lad, a senior neonatologist and pediatric intensivist at Jehangir Hospital and Sahyadri Hospital, Shastrinagar. Dr Lad said he's seen at least three children admitted for dengue this week, with all of the ...Read More >