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Chennai, August 1: Actor, music director and producer G V Prakash Kumar, who has won the National Award for Best Music Direction (Songs) for the Tamil, Telugu bilingual film Vaathi, has called the honour "a blessing for the second time". Taking to his X timeline soon after the 71st National Awards were announced, G V Prakash expressed his gratitude to the jury and the selection committee of the National Awards and the entire team of Vaathi. G V Prakash wrote, "A blessing for the second time. I' ...Read More >
Thane: Crime Branch's Anti-Narcotics Cell busted an inter-state drug trafficking network after arresting a 42-year-old Uttar Pradesh-based peddler and recovering 3.3 kg charas valued at Rs 3.39 crore during a meticulously planned operation on Wednesday night.Acting on specific intelligence inputs, police laid a trap near a society at Uthalsar Naka around 10:30 PM on Thursday, leading to the arrest of Mohammad Maqsood Mohammad Ahmed, native to Phoolpur, district Prayagraj. "The accused was allege ...Read More >
The suspect woman was later arrested, was intercepted in Pune district while travelling on a bus between Delhi and Bangalore, in a joint operation with Pune Customs. IN A major seizure of synthetic drugs, the Pune Regional Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized over 3.8 kgs of Crystal Meth worth Rs 7.6 crore from a Nigerian woman. Crystal Meth is very powerful and highly addictive central nervous system stimulant, valued at Rs 7.6 crore in illicit markets, from a Nige ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 19 (ANI): Acting on specific intelligence, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Bengaluru Zonal Unit intercepted an Indian male passenger with over 4 kg of cocaine worth Rs 40 crore. The accused, who arrived from Doha, was intercepted at Bengaluru International Airport in the early hours of Friday, according to a release from Ministry of Finance. Upon careful examination of his baggage, it was observed that the passenger was carrying two ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): A team of Nand Nagri Police Station launched a special drive against individuals involved in the sale of banned 'Chinese Manjha', amid rising incidents of injuries and nabbed two siblings with 325 rolls on Friday. With Independence Day (15th August) and Raksha Bandhan approaching, the Delhi Police has launched a special drive to curb the sale and use of hazardous Chinese Manjha -- a nylon-based kite string that has caused numerous injuries and fatalities involv ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (UNI) The continuous awareness programmes have caused a significant decrease in the digital arrest cases in Telangana in the first half of 2025, the cybercrime police said in a release here today. While 34 cases have been recorded till June this year in the state, the number was 140 in the corresponding period of the previous year. During this year so far, the digital arrest cases have declined by over 75 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, the ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): In a significant drug bust, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Pune, has arrested a foreign national woman for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine worth 7.63 crore. The seizure was made following a meticulously planned operation based on specific intelligence inputs, said the DRI. According to a press release by the agency, DRI Pune received a tip-off that a female foreign national would be travelling from Delhi to Bengaluru by bus, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court has said money cannot be recovered by filing an FIR and seeking help of police as it quashed a cheating case against the producer of Bollywood movie "Tanu Weds Manu". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan expressed displeasure over the approach of the Allahabad High Court in dealing with the petition of producer Shailesh R Singh for quashing of the FIR against him by complainant Kunal Jain. "Money cannot be recovered, more particularly, in ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): In a significant drug bust, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Pune, has arrested a foreign national woman for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine worth ₹7.63 crore. The seizure was made following a meticulously planned operation based on specific intelligence inputs, said the DRI. According to a press release by the agency, DRI Pune received a tip-off that a female foreign national would be travelling from Delhi to Bengaluru by bus ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The central drugs laboratories have found 55 samples manufactured by various firms in June to be "not of standard quality", health ministry officials said on Friday. Further, state drugs testing laboratories have identified 130 drugs samples as 'not of standard quality', they said. Also Read | Chhattisgarh: 6 Bodies of Naxals Recovered in Ongoing Encounter With Security Forces in Narayanpur. According to routine regulatory surveillance activity, the list of 'not of sta ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): In a significant drug bust, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Pune, has arrested a foreign national woman for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine worth ₹7.63 crore. The seizure was made following a meticulously planned operation based on specific intelligence inputs, said the DRI. According to a press release by the agency, DRI Pune received a tip-off that a female foreign national would be travelling from Delhi to Bengaluru by bus ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Pune, has arrested a foreign national woman for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine worth Rs 7.63 crore, officials said. The seizure was made following a meticulously planned operation based on specific intelligence inputs, they added. According to a release, DRI Pune received a tip-off that a female foreign national would be travelling from Delhi to Bengaluru by bus, carrying psychotropic substan ...Read More >
Dimapur, Jul 18 (PTI) Two persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in Nagaland, a health department official said on Friday. Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur, Dr Yartenla Jamir, said that of the seven JE cases detected in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, and Niuland districts, two persons have died so far. She expressed concern over the rise in Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases in the three districts, especially during the monsoon season, which increases the risk of transmission. The Health departm ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 18 (ANI): The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Pune, has arrested a foreign national woman for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine worth Rs 7.63 crore, officials said. The seizure was made following a meticulously planned operation based on specific intelligence inputs, they added. Also Read | US Designates Lashkar Proxy TRF As 'Foreign Terrorist Organisation': A Glance at How Terror Outfit Operates With Pakistan Army. According to a release, ...Read More >
Agartala: Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel recovered 9.5 kg of dry ganja from Platform No. 1 of Agartala Railway Station in Tripura on Thursday during a routine security check ahead of the departure of the Kanchenjunga Express. The contraband, packed in seven packets and stored in two unclaimed bags near the Jirania end of the platform, was seized after all legal formalities were completed. According to officials, the estimated market value of the recovered narcotics is approximately R ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 18 (ANI): Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel at Agartala Railway Station recovered and seized 9.5 kg of dry ganja from the platform just before the departure of the Kanchenjunga Express during a routine security check conducted on Thursday. The ganja was seized from platform No. 1 towards the Jirania end. Also Read | Patna Voter List Controversy: Election Commission, District Administration Reject Claims in Viral Clip Shared by YouTuber Ajit Anjum, Calls ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 18 (ANI): Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel at Agartala Railway Station recovered and seized 9.5 kg of dry ganja from the platform just before the departure of the Kanchenjunga Express during a routine security check conducted on Thursday. The ganja was seized from platform No. 1 towards the Jirania end. The contraband was discovered inside seven packets stored inside two bags, left unclaimed on the platform. Following all legal formalities, the ganja w ...Read More >
The cocaine was seized from Indian woman passanger, an official said. (Representational) Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, has seized cocaine worth Rs 62.6 crore from an Indian woman at Mumbai International Airport, an official said on Monday. Specific intelligence developed by officers of DRI Mumbai indicated that one female Indian national, coming from Doha to Mumbai on July 14, would be smuggling narcotics into India. Acting on the intelligence, DRI Mumbai off ...Read More >
Shivamogga: A shocking case has emerged from the Shivamogga Central Prison, where an inmate swallowed a mobile phone, endangering his life. The incident has once again raised serious concerns about the security and contraband flow inside Karnataka's jails. The inmate, identified as Daulat, is undergoing a 10-year sentence in connection with a 2021 narcotics case involving the transportation of large quantities of ganja. He had been convicted and sentenced in 2024 by a Shivamogga court and lodge ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A coded WhatsApp message, "Bhai, baccha aa gaya", was all it took to alert consumers to collect ganja at the HDFC Bank branch in Gachibowli from a Maharashtra-based supplier. Acting on a tip-off, the EAGLE narcotics wing conducted a decoy operation on Saturday and caught 14 people red-handed as they tried to purchase the contraband. The accused include Naveen (31), an online trader; Ayush (22), a student; Nikhil (29), a racing engineer; Sindura (26), an architect; Hasan (34), a prope ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Sneha Debnath, a 19-year-old girl from Sabroom in South Tripura district, reportedly went missing in the national capital. Following this, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha gave necessary instructions to the police to take immediate and appropriate action on the matter. Also Read | Trump Announces 30% Tariffs on EU Goods as Trade Talks Stall. In a statement posted on its official social media account, the Tripura Chief Minister's Office stated, "The report of ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 13 (ANI): In a joint operation, the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Agartala Railway Station apprehended two female drug peddlers and seized a significant quantity of dry ganja. According to officials, the two women were caught carrying 23 kg-- 660 grams of dry ganja, concealed in eight packets inside two trolley bags. Preliminary interrogation revealed that they were en-route to Chennai via Deoghar with the narcotics co ...Read More >
Srinagar- To the world, he may be seen as extraordinarily lucky. But to 40-year-old Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of the Air India crash on June 12, survival has come at an unbearable cost. Vishwas, an Indian-origin British national, was the only person to walk away alive after Flight AI171, a London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner, crashed seconds after taking off from Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The crash claimed the lives of 241 passengers and crew membe ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 13 (ANI): In a joint operation, the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Agartala Railway Station apprehended two female drug peddlers and seized a significant quantity of dry ganja. According to officials, the two women were caught carrying 23 kg-- 660 grams of dry ganja, concealed in eight packets inside two trolley bags. Preliminary interrogation revealed that they were en-route to Chennai via Deoghar with the narcotics co ...Read More >
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh IT and Human Resources Development Minister Nara Lokesh on Friday hailed the successful implementation of the state-wide 'Mega Parent-Teacher Meeting (PTM) 2.0' programme. Expressing gratitude to all stakeholders, he credited the collective efforts of government and private schools, colleges, education officials, staff, headmasters, teachers, students, parents, donors, alumni, public representatives, and officers from various departments for making the event a success. ...Read More >
Kolkata: A BSF soldier was critically injured in a violent confrontation with suspected Bangladeshi smugglers at the Tarali-1 border outpost in Swarupnagar, North 24 Parganas between late Thursday and early on Friday. The confrontation happened after BSF personnel spotted five or six people gathered on both sides of the border. When the BSF patrol team approached the scene, it was met with a barrage of weapons, including rods and stones.BSF retaliated, causing injuries to some attackers. Two sus ...Read More >
The mother of the accused was previously arrested by Punjab Police in June in a separate narcotics case. In a drug bust on the outskirts of Jammu city, police on Thursday arrested a brother-sister duo and seized 550 grams of heroin valued at ₹70 lakh in the international market. The accused have been identified as Gurjeet Singh and his sister Navneet Kour, both residents of Tanda village in R S Pura. The arrests were made during routine checking at the Balol checkpost in the Miran Sahib area, ...Read More >
Coimbatore: Two ganja peddlers were arrested and 235kg of ganja worth 70 lakh was seized from them on Wednesday. Police have also seized a car which was used to transport the contraband.Sulur police have identified the arrested peddlers as S Sathishkumar, 36, from Thoothukudi district, and K Vethamani, 27, from Nagapattinam district.They were apprehended when a police team conducted a vehicle check at Rayapuram Pirivu near the Sulur air base following a tip-off. Police recovered the ganja packed ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Two persons, including a restaurant owner, were caught by anti-drug enforcement wing EAGLE at Kompally on Monday night. The restaurant owner was placed under arrest after a search of his vehicle yielded the possession of cocaine and other narcotic substances. Police said he was both a consumer and supplier, abusing drugs at prominent pubs in the city, and supplying the contraband to fitness enthusiasts, IT professionals and doctors among other high-profile clients.EAGLE officials said ...Read More >
Patna, July 6 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that Muharram symbolises sacrifice for justice and truth against injustice and arrogance. Kumar said here that on the occasion of Muharram tribute is paid to the martyrs of Karbala and the sacrifices of Hazrat Imam Hussain. He said that the sacrifices made by Hazrat Imam Hussain and his 72 companions in the Maidan-e-Karbala for justice and truth against injustice, oppression and arrogance was immortal. Kumar appealed to the peopl ...Read More >
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