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Sarvesh Singh was an assistant teacher and was posted in a school in Bhagatpur Tanda village. He was assigned the duty of a BLO on October 7. It was his first time working as a BLO. A 46-year-old booth-level officer (BLO) hanged himself in the storage room of his home in Baheri village of UP's Mordabad because of work pressure, police said on Sunday. Sarvesh Singh was an assistant teacher and was posted in a school in Bhagatpur Tanda village. He was assigned the duty of a BLO on October 7. It ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI) The BJP on Monday accused the Congress government in Karnataka of providing VVIP facilities to an alleged ISIS recruiter and other inmates in state jails and demanded the immediate resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Home Minister G Parameshwara. This came after some undated videos surfaced on social media purportedly showing prison inmates using mobile phones, watching television and even partying inside the prisons. Addressing a press conference at the BJP ...Read More >
ADILABAD: Kerameri police raided an agricultural field on the outskirts of Kota, one of the disputed villages in Parandholi gram panchayat, Kerameri mandal, Komaram Bheem Asifabad district, and seized 28 ganja plants worth ₹2.80 lakh on Friday. The police found that farmer Shivaji Gaikwad, 50, had been cultivating ganja plants in his field. According to Kerameri SI Madhukar, a police team acting on specific information raided the field and discovered that the ganja plants were grown as an inter ...Read More >
Srinagar- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has directed officers to take strict action against fake journalists operating in Jammu and Kashmir and to ensure that only bona fide media professionals are recognised and engaged by government departments, official said. According to officials privy to the meeting, the issue of "fake journalists" was discussed during yesterday's high-level review meeting chaired by the Lieutenant Governor in Srinagar. The matter, which had also figured in the recently ...Read More >
Tirupati: Srikalahasti MLA Bojjala Sudhir Reddy on Saturday strongly condemned what he described as the 'petty and misleading politics' being carried out by the YSRCP over the spurious liquor issue. Speaking to the media in Srikalahasti on Saturday, Sudhir Reddy said the false allegations and propaganda being spread by the opposition reveal their lack of remorse for how they 'played with people's lives during the past five years'. He accused the previous YSRCP government of leaving behind 'a le ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 25: The Election Commission is likely to roll out the first of pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' list next week beginning with "10 to 15 states", including those going to polls next year, officials said Saturday. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and West Bengal will to polls in 2026 and they are amongst the States where the voters' list cleanup exercise will begin first. The poll authority is likely to anno ...Read More >
As part of its commitment to uphold democratic integrity, the Election Commission is set to launch an extensive revision of the national voter rolls. This initiative will analyze and synchronize current registrants with prior records, ensuring precision in the electoral process. Ramping up its preparations for special intensive revision of voter lists across India, the Election Commission top brass on Wednesday assessed the progress made on mapping the current electors with the voters as per th ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a major narcotics manufacturing and distribution network operating across the National Capital Region, arresting 26 foreign nationals and seizing large quantities of heroin, cocaine, and amphetamine valued at Rs 108.81 crore in the illicit international market, according to an official statement issued on Friday. In total, 16.27 kg of amphetamine, 7.9 kg of cocaine, 1.8 kg of heroin, 2.13 kg of ganja, an ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 23 (PTI) An interstate drug peddling racket involved in transporting ganja from Malkangiri of Odisha to Maharashtra via Hyderabad was busted here with the seizure of 908.41 kg of the contraband worth Rs 2.7 crore and three persons were arrested, police said on Thursday. Police teams intercepted a lorry at Bandlaguda here on October 22 and seized the ganja and three persons from the city, including the vehicle driver and his two friends, were taken into custody, a release from Hyd ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Rural police have arrested three youths in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a 27-year-old woman near Nelamangala Tuesday night. The survivor, originally from West Bengal, works as a beautician for weddings and other functions and lives with her husband and two sons. Another woman from her hometown and a man from Assam, a friend of her husband, also reside in the adjacent rented house. Her husband was at work when the incident occurred, according to sources.As per the ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In collaboration with the Bandlaguda police, the Commissioner's task force (South East Zone) busted an interstate drug peddling racket and seized 908.41 kg of ganja worth 2.7 crore in Bandlaguda on Thursday, while it was being transported to Maharashtra. Three of the accused, including the truck driver, were arrested. Four others -- Rahman of Hyderabad, Jithu from Kalimela in Odisha, Suresh from Srikakulam, AP and Mahesh of Nashik, Maharashtra -- are still at large.Those arrested were ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad city police seized 908 kgs of ganja worth Rs 2.7 crore from three persons on Wednesday while it was being transported to Maharashtra to be handed over to a local trader there. On specific information, the Hyderabad Commissioner's Task Force, along with the Bandlaguda police, arrested three accused: Mohammed Kaleemuddin, 32, from Golconda, Shaik Sohail, 23, from Amberpet and Mohammed Afzal, 25, from Amberpet Patelnagar. Four others - Rahman of Hyderabad, Jithu of Odisha ...Read More >
The officials said that the seizures were made following the operations conducted on Monday and Tuesday. According to the Mumbai Customs officials, in one of the operation, a passenger, who had come from Bangkok, was apprehended with 11.922 kilograms of hydroponic marijuana, valued at about Rs 11.92 crore. In an another operation, Customs officials intercepted two passengers arriving from Hong Kong. During examination of their baggage, they recovered 7.864 kilograms of hydroponic weed, valued ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Madanayakanahalli police have arrested three men for allegedly breaking into a woman's house, robbing her, and then gang-raping her under the pretext of being police informers. Two other accused are on the run, and a search has been launched to trace them. According to police, the arrested men have been identified as Karthik, Glen, and Suyog. The incident took place on the evening of October 21 when the five accused arrived at the woman's rented home in Gangondanahalli on motorcy ...Read More >
Three men, Karthik, Glen, and Suyoga, were arrested for gang rape and dacoity in Bengaluru. Five men allegedly broke into a woman's flat, assaulted her, and stole cash and phones. The police are searching for the two remaining suspects. In a shocking incident of crime, three men have been arrested following a late-night invasion near Madanayakanahalli that resulted in a horrific gang rape and dacoity. The crime was perpetrated by a gang of five men who allegedly posed as police informants to ga ...Read More >
Around 896 kg of cannabis, 90,617 cough syrup bottles, 180 Yaba tablets, and 27.78 gram of heroin were also seized in a joint operation with intelligence agencies as the crackdown on the illegal drug trade across the state intensifies. Announcing this, chief minister Manik Saha said that huge quantities of contraband items comprising over 800kg of cannabis, 180 Yaba tablets and other substances were seized during an anti-drug operation conducted by the state police in cooperation with intellige ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 20 (PTI) The Mumbai Customs arrested two passengers for carrying 10.5 kg hydroponic weed with an estimated value of Rs 10.5 crore and 200 grams of gold in separate cases at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, officials said on Monday. The narcotic substance was concealed inside the trolley bag of a passenger who had arrived from Bangkok in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. He was arrested under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substa ...Read More >
Cuttack: The Odisha DGP, Yogesh Bahadur Khurania, on Thursday said maintaining communal harmony and ensuring the safety of women and children are the top priorities of the State police. Khurania said this while inaugurating the 70th State Police Duty Meet-2025 here at Reserve Police Ground. As many as 282 competitors, 43 K9 warriors (dogs), 43 handlers from 34 police districts of the State are participating in the professional competition to display excellence in policing skills. The meet will ...Read More >
Patna: Union home minister Amit Shah took sharp aim at Congress and RJD, challenging Rahul Gandhi to tell voters in Bihar that he wanted a CM to run govt from jail and warning that the state risked a return to the "jungle raj" of the 1990s if the opposition alliance took office."Rahul Gandhi, who had torn up an ordinance meant to help RJD chief Lalu Prasad during the Manmohan Singh govt, is now opposing the 130th Constitution amendment and supporting Lalu for power in Bihar," Shah said Saturday ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 18: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday claimed that while infiltration has stopped in BJP-ruled Assam, it was continuing in adjoining West Bengal because the government there was giving a "red carpet welcome" to illegal immigrants. Addressing a media conclave in Patna, he also mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for having given up the diatribe on "vote theft", reiterating that Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls would weed out "infiltrators". "It is baffling ...Read More >
Patna: Union home minister Amit Shah took sharp aim at Congress and RJD, challenging Rahul Gandhi to tell voters in Bihar that he wanted a CM to run govt from jail and warning that the state risked a return to the "jungle raj" of the 1990s if the opposition alliance took office."Rahul Gandhi, who had torn up an ordinance meant to help RJD chief Lalu Prasad during the Manmohan Singh govt, is now opposing the 130th Constitution amendment and supporting Lalu for power in Bihar," Shah said Saturday ...Read More >
Amit Shah NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that while infiltration has stopped in BJP-ruled Assam, it continues in neighbouring West Bengal, claiming that the state government is giving a "red carpet welcome" to illegal immigrants.Addressing a media conclave in Patna, Shah also mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for dropping the allegation of "vote theft," and said the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls would remove "infiltrators.""It is baffling that t ...Read More >
Agartala, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tripura Police, in coordination with intelligence agencies, have intensified their anti-narcotics operations over the past 10 days, leading to significant seizures of contraband substances across the state, Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Saturday. Taking to various social media platforms, the Chief Minister Saha informed that during the past 10 days, the police recovered 896 kg of ganja (cannabis), 90,617 bottles of cough syrup, 180 highly addictive meth ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 18 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday claimed that while infiltration has stopped in BJP-ruled Assam, it was continuing in adjoining West Bengal because the government there was giving a "red carpet welcome" to illegal immigrants. Addressing a media conclave in Patna, he also mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for having given up the diatribe on "vote theft", reiterating that Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls would weed out "infiltrators". "It is baff ...Read More >
Chennai: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested two men and seized ganja worth 2 crore, smuggled into Tamil Nadu from Andhra Pradesh on a mini truck. A team from the Chennai zonal unit of the NCB intercepted the vehicle, which had an an unusually thick cargo bed, at the Karanodai toll plaza in Tiruvallur. During a search, officials found 150 packets of dry ganja leaves in a hidden compartment built on the floor of the bus. The seized contraband weighed about 320kg, which NCB officers valued ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Customs officials seized hydroponic ganja worth 9.5 crores in the Chennai airport and arrested three passengers in two seperate incidents on Thursday. The customs received a tip-off that ganja is being smuggled into the country from Thailand at midnight. Following that, the officers were monitoring the passengers closely and, on suspicion, intercepted a male passenger, native of a north Indian state, who had visited Thailand on a tourist visa. The officers found the passenger was evasi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a significant move to curb illegal activities and protect national security, the Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) has apprehended and deported Onuorah Solomon Chibueze, a 46-year-old Nigerian national, back to his home country. The operation was carried out following credible intelligence about Chibueze's suspicious activities in the city. According to officials, Chibueze had been residing in the Attapur area of Hyderabad since September 2024. Originally from Anambra S ...Read More >
Thirumangalam Police in Chennai, on Monday (October 6, 2025), arrested two men in connection with a drug case near Padi Kuppam Main Road. One of the accused Abdul is the son of Syed Ibrahim, BJP Minority Morcha national secretary, police said. Following a tip-off received by the Inspector of Police, Thirumangalam, a police team conducted a search on Monday morning near the junction of Kamarajar Street and Padi Kuppam Main Road. When the police approached a group of youth who were seated suspici ...Read More >
Kozhikode: Police arrested a private bus driver after ganja was found in his possession during a surprise inspection inside the vehicle. The accused, identified as Shamil Lal, was the driver of Chaithram, a private bus operating on the Kozhikode-Tiruvambadi route. Officers seized 2 grams of ganja from him during the inspection. The bus was intercepted at Kunnamangalam following a tip-off from a woman passenger who had alighted at Karanthoor. As soon as she got off, the woman contacted the poli ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Three persons of an inter state drug peddling gang were arrested for drug peddling in Hyderabad on September 29, 401 kg of ganja concealed in coconuts was seized from them. The accused were identified as Chotu Narayana Lal Naik, 34; Pushkar Raj Naik, an RTO agent, 24 and Kishan Lal Nayak, 35, all natives of Rajasthan. According to a press release from Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE), the Rachakonda Narcotics Police Station and the Regional Narcotics Control Cell, ...Read More >
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