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New Delhi: Delhi Police has come out with a special winter safety plan for Traffic Police personnel performing their duties amid poor air quality and air pollution. The force is providing the personnel on the ground with high-quality air-filter masks, winter-specific gear and regular health checkups. Officials disclosed that the personnel spending long periods on the road are at the greatest risk, and therefore, their safety is being prioritised. The national capital is currently reeling under ...Read More >
New Delhi is hosting a significant UNESCO meet at the Red Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, under stringent security following a recent blast. Delegates and accredited media are navigating tight security measures to attend the event, which saw India's Deepavali inscribed on the Intangible Cultural Heritage list. A delegate entering the Red Fort complex from Delhi's Chandni Chowk side has to go through a labyrinthine set of security barricades before heading past the heavily guarded Lahori Gat ...Read More >
Jaipur, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Acting on the instructions of ACB Headquarters, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Bikaner Special Unit, on Monday, arrested Purushottam Joshi, Tax Assistant in the Commercial Tax Department, for accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000. ACB Director General, Govind Gupta, said that the ACB Bikaner Special Unit received a complaint alleging that the accused was demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000 and harassing the complainant in connection with the settlement of a recovery notice ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has decided to seek the return of key evidence and documents related to the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit from the Supreme Court of India, with plans to preserve them in a museum being developed within the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple complex in Ayodhya. The materials include evidence and documents that formed the basis of the Supreme Court's landmark verdict delivered on November 9, 2019, which settled the long-standing dispute. Accor ...Read More >
Bijapur: The total number of Maoists killed in an encounter with security forces in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh now stands at 18, officials have confirmed. Searches are being carried out to locate more bodies, if any. Three District Reserve Guard personnel also laid down their lives in the operation that lasted nearly 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday. While 12 bodies of the Naxalites were recovered on Wednesday, six were found a day later. According to the police, 16 of the sla ...Read More >
Idukki: Two police officers from the Munnar police station -- Grade SI George Kurian and ASI Saju Paulose -- have been suspended following allegations that they failed to act appropriately in a harassment case involving a woman tourist. The suspension was ordered by District Police Chief K M Sabu Mathew after an inquiry found lapses in their handling of the incident. Reports from the Special Branch and Intelligence Wing confirmed dereliction of duty, prompting the action. The officers have been ...Read More >
Koraput: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police was caught red-handed by vigilance officials while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a complainant in Odisha's Koraput district Tuesday, officials said. ASI Narasingha Dora of B Singhpur police station, along with a private person, Sunadhara Amanatya, was arrested while allegedly demanding and accepting the bribe to extend undue favour to the complainant in a domestic violence case, the Vigilance Directorate said in a statement. D ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Oct 28 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Tuesday that there is nothing wrong with the demand for a Dalit Chief Minister. "What's wrong with holding a Dalit convention? Earlier, the high command had asked us to postpone it for certain reasons, and we had agreed. In the interest of the party, the Dalit community has always stood with the Congress," he said. The state Home Minister pointed out that to maintain this unity, the party needs to hold such conventions fr ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking judicial intervention to restrain or regulate the release and exhibition of the upcoming film 'The Taj Story', alleging that the movie distorts historical facts and poses a threat to communal harmony and the dignity of national heritage. The petition, filed by Shakeel Abbas through advocate Shakil Sheikh, seeks an "order or direction seeking safeguards against the release and e ...Read More >
The defacement of the historic Tipu Palace with gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's name sparked outrage and raised questions about security at one of Karnataka's most-visited tourist destinations. Visitors to Nandi Hills near Bengaluru were shocked on Monday morning to discover the name of notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi painted on the walls of the historic Tipu Palace, an 18th-century monument protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The defacement of the heritage site atop the pop ...Read More >
Chikkaballapura (Karnataka), Oct 28 (PTI) An FIR has been registered against unidentified persons after miscreants allegedly defaced the wall of Tipu Sultan's Palace atop Nandi Hills with graffiti referring to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, police said on Tuesday. The site falls under the jurisdiction of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), they said. According to police, the incident came to light on Monday morning when visitors to Nandi Hills, located on the outskirts of Bengaluru, noticed ...Read More >
The complainant had listed her allegations in a letter to Karnataka Director General of Police M A Saleem Two police personnel from the DJ Halli police station in Bengaluru have been suspended after a woman accused them of sexual harassment, cheating, and criminal intimidation. The two cops have been identified as Inspector Sunil H B and Assistant Sub-Inspector Prakash. According to the complaint, around a year ago, Inspector Sunil H B obtained the woman's contact number under the pretext of ...Read More >
Gurgaon: The body of an unidentified man was found on a footpath along Outer Road in IMT Manesar on Wednesday morning. Police believe the man, aged approximately 25 to 30, was killed after being struck on the head with a heavy object."As soon as the information was received, a team reached the spot and took possession of the body. Preliminary investigation suggests he died from severe injuries to the head and face," a police officer said.The IMT Manesar police station received a call around 8am ...Read More >
Mahi Khan, the content creator, posted a video showing the woman insisting that he speak Marathi. A content creator was allegedly threatened by a co-passenger on an Air India flight for not speaking Marathi. The incident occurred on board the Mumbai-Kolkata flight AI676. Mahi Khan, the content creator, posted a video, showing the woman, who refused to reveal her identity, insisting that he speak Marathi. "You are going to Mumbai, you should know Marathi," she told him. When he replied that he ...Read More >
Kota (Rajasthan) [India], October 25 (ANI): In Rajasthan's Kota, an MBBS second-year student allegedly died by suicide in the Nayapura area, police said on Saturday. Assistant Sub-Inspector Ghanshyam said, "The girl lived in government quarters... An MBBS second-year student has committed suicide. The family members have submitted a petition. Postmortem has been conducted." Also Read | Is There Sunday Mega Block on October 26, 2025? Will Mumbai Local Train Services Be Affected on Central, West ...Read More >
Kota (Rajasthan) [India], October 25 (ANI): In Rajasthan's Kota, an MBBS second-year student allegedly died by suicide in the Nayapura area, police said on Saturday. Assistant Sub-Inspector Ghanshyam said, "The girl lived in government quarters... An MBBS second-year student has committed suicide. The family members have submitted a petition. Postmortem has been conducted." The ASI furtger said, "Investigation is ongoing. Such information is coming in that the marks were a bit low in studies. ...Read More >
ASI Sandeep Lathar had played a role in the arrest of Head Constable Sushil Kumar Chandigarh: "Undue pressure" by Amneet P Kumar, the wife of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, and MLA Amit Rattan and two other cops "forced" Assistant Sub-Inspector Sandeep Kumar Lathar to end his life, according to an FIR registered in the suicide case. The FIR was lodged based on a complaint by Lathar's wife, who has levelled serious allegations against Amneet Kumar, an IAS officer, and her brother, who is the MLA f ...Read More >
Jind: The wife of late Haryana Police ASI Sandeep Lathar on Friday said she was satisfied with the investigation being carried out by the government and police, and had full faith in the process. She was speaking during a condolence meeting and 'Tehrvi' ceremony held at the Government Girls Senior Secondary School in Julana.Several leaders and local residents, including former deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala, Gaurav Tikait (son of farmer leader Rakesh Tikait), and Julana BJP candidate Ca ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The FIR in the alleged suicide of Rohtak ASI Sandeep Kumar mentions grave charges levelled by his wife, Santosh, on IAS officer Amneet P Kumar, her brother Amit Rattan, a Punjab AAP MLA, and two others, saying "unbearable pressure" from them drove the police officer to shoot himself."This tragic incident reflects the ongoing struggle between corruption and honesty within the police system," says Santosh in the complaint that forms the basis of the FIR.Amneet is the wife of IPS office ...Read More >
The late ASI Sandeep Lathar was part of the police team that caught Head Constable Sushil Kumar, the gunman of the late IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, from the Ambala area earlier this month. The Haryana Police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the alleged suicide of assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Sandeep Kumar Lathar and the arrest of Head Constable Sushil Kumar, the gunman of the late IPS officer Y Puran Kumar. The SIT, headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police Da ...Read More >
Gurgaon: A 33-year-old man shot at a woman after she refused his marriage proposal and stopped talking to him in Dundahera area on Thursday morning.Vipin, a resident of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, shot at Shivangi (25), a resident of Pratapgarh in UP, while she was leaving for work. Vipin was arrested from the spot and a country-made pistol used in the attack was recovered from his possession.Police received information about the incident around 10am. Shivangi, who received a bullet injury in her ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: In a new development in the suicide case of Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Sandeep Kumar, his wife, Santosh, has made serious allegations, claiming that her husband had been under intense mental stress for nearly a week before he took his own life on 14 October. According to her complaint, on which an FIR has been registered for abetment to suicide, the pressure allegedly exerted by the family of deceased IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar -- including his wife, IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, h ...Read More >
Rohtak: Rohtak police have constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged suicide of ASI Sandeep Lather, whose death sent ripples through Haryana's police and administrative circles, coming in the wake of the suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar.The four-member SIT is headed by DSP Dalip Singh and includes Sadar SHO Surender Kumar, plus a sub-inspector and an ASI. The team is expected to interview several key figures named in the case, including Puran Kumar's wife, IAS offic ...Read More >
Mumbai: A row has broken out within the ruling Mahayuti coalition in Maharashtra, as allies have slammed a BJP MP who held a "purification ceremony" at Shaniwar Wada, after a video showed Muslim women offering namaz at the Pune fortress that was the seat of the Peshwas. The Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena criticised Megha Kulkarni for her action and asked the BJP to restrain their Rajya Sabha MP from Pune. "We are asking the BJP to rein in her. We are also asking the police that s ...Read More >
Chandigarh: A parade was organised in Sector 17 Tuesday in memory of police martyrs. DGP Sagar Preet Hudda, IG Puspendra Kumar, SSP Kanwardeep Kaur, along with other police officers, paid tributes to their martyred colleagues on the occasion. The families of the martyrs were also present. From Sept 1 last year to this Aug 31, a total of 191 police personnel made the supreme sacrifice of their lives in the line of duty. tnnChandigarh Police also remembered its ten police personnel who sacrificed ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday appealed to active Maoists to surrender and join the mainstream, urging them to become partners in the nation's development and participate in the reconstruction of Telangana."Telangana had suffered from Maoist and terrorist activities in the past but the indomitable spirit displayed by (Telangana) police has led to decline in terror and naxal activities in the state in recent times. Many key Maoists have surrendered. I am appealing to all Mao ...Read More >
SHILLONG/NONGPOH, Oct 21: Meghalaya Police on Tuesday paid heartfelt tributes to brave police personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty during the observance of the 66th Police Commemoration Day in Shillong. During the programme, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Eastern Range, Davis NR Marak, informed that a total of 186 police personnel across India lost their lives in the line of duty between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025. Marak also read out the names of police and p ...Read More >
KHONSA, 21 Oct: Nine shops were reduced to ashes while 12 shops were partially damaged in a fire that broke out at the market here in Tirap district at around 11:30 pm on Monday. The fire was reportedly caused by bursting of firecrackers during the Diwali celebration. The blaze spread rapidly through several shops, triggering panic among residents and business owners. Tirap Deputy Commissioner Techu Aran, along with Khonsa ADC Namneet Singh immediately coordinated the response efforts with the ...Read More >
The video led to protest demonstrations on Sunday by BJP MP (RS) Medha Kulkarni and other members of city based right wing outfit. A case has been registered against three unidentified women after a video showing them offering namaz on the premises of Pune's historic Shaniwar wada went viral on social media, sparking protests by BJP MP Medha Kulkarni and members of other organisations. According to the Pune City Police, the FIR has been filed under provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archa ...Read More >
Pune: A 'purification' ritual carried out by BJP Rajya Sabha MP Medha Kulkarni at the historic Shaniwarwada monument after a video showing three Muslim women offering namaz inside the monument went viral on social media and draws criticism. The incident took place around 1:45 PM on Saturday, when three unidentified women were seen offering namaz within the premises of the protected heritage site. The video has sparked widespread debate online and a formal complaint filed by an officer of the A ...Read More >
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