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In a dramatic turn of events in Delhi, police engaged and fatally shot four notorious members of the 'Sigma Gang'. Known for their involvement in a series of murders and extortion schemes in Bihar, these criminals were reportedly gearing up for more illicit activities as the Bihar assembly elections approached. Just weeks ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, police on Thursday gunned down four wanted criminals allegedly involved in multiple cases of murder in Bihar. The operation was carried ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A violent crime trail that stretched from Bihar's Sitamarhi to the national capital ended early on Thursday morning in Delhi's biggest encounter since 2019, when a joint operation by the Delhi and Bihar Police killed four wanted gangsters. The slain men, part of Bihar's Sigma & Company extortion gang, were allegedly planning violent strikes ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. The encounter, conducted jointly by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police and the Bihar Police, took p ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) Four wanted criminals, allegedly involved in multiple cases of extortion-cum-murder in Bihar and planning a major operation ahead of the assembly elections there, were killed in a shootout with police in Delhi's Rohini in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. The operation was carried out jointly by Delhi Police and Bihar Police. Those killed were identified as Ranjan Pathak (25), Bimlesh Mahto alias Bimlesh Sahni (25), Manish Pathak (33) and Aman Thakur (21), al ...Read More >
Berhampur: In a major breakthrough in the sensational murder of senior lawyer and BJP leader Pitabas Panda, the Berhampur police apprehended the alleged sharpshooter and his aide from Bihar, marking a crucial turn to the high-profile case that had shaken entire Odisha. According to sources, the operation was carried out after meticulous technical tracking and inter-state coordination with Bihar police. The accused, believed to have fired the fatal shots at close range, was traced to a hideout ...Read More >
Uttam Gogoi was allegedly murdered by his wife, Boby Gogoi. A woman in Assam was arrested and her class 9 daughter was detained along with two boys on charges of murdering her husband and trying to pass it off as a stroke, before hinting at a dacoity to mislead investigators. According to police sources, Uttam Gogoi was found dead at his residence in Borbaruah area at Lahon Gaon in Jamira on July 25. The motive behind the crime could not be immediately ascertained. Uttam's wife, Boby Sonowal ...Read More >
Tauseef Badshah's YouTube channel features 129 short videos. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Tauseef Badshah led five men into Paras Hospital and killed gangster Chandan Mishra in ICU * Tauseef's social media shows gangster-style videos and captions claiming dominance in Patna * Chandan Mishra had 24 criminal cases and was on medical parole at the time of his killing Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Patna: The man identified as the principal killer in th ...Read More >
Jhargram, Jul 18 (PTI) Three elephants, including two calves, were run over by an express train near Banstala railway station in West Bengal's Paschim Midnapore district, police said on Friday. The incident, which took place on Thursday night, occurred when an elephant herd that probably came from Jharkhand's Dalma forest was traversing, they said. The three pachyderms were mowed on the tracks by a speeding Janshatabdi Express on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar section, a police officer said. It was ...Read More >
Bihar Hospital Shooting: In one of the most chilling displays of gang violence, five armed people entered the Paras hospital in Bihar and shot dead a gangster, who was undergoing treatment and was released on parole. Tauseef Badshah, a rival gangster, led the shootout. The target was Chandan Mishra, a resident of Buxar who was named in at least 24 criminal cases, including murder. A now-viral video from the hospital shows the attackers entering the lobby with guns before fleeing moments later a ...Read More >
"Bihar has only two major crop seasons. Since there is no crop season between April and July, most farmhands remain unemployed during this period. Consequently, land-related clashes escalate. Some of them, especially the youth, even take up contract killings for quick money," Krishnan said. Murder cases increase mainly between May and July, he added. The comment triggered outrage on social media, with many people accusing the officer of trying to come up with an excuse for failure to control l ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) The Congress on Thursday slammed the remarks by a senior police officer in Bihar who blamed the recent spurt in crime in the state on seasonal unemployment among agricultural labourers, and said this reflects the mindset of the NDA government. ADG (Headquarters) Kundan Krishnan made the remarks during an interaction with journalists on Wednesday evening. "Bihar has only two major crop seasons. Since there is no crop season between April and July, most farmhands remain u ...Read More >
Lucknow/Muzaffarnagar, Jul 14 (PTI) A gangster with a trail of crimes in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, including murder of a man in police custody, jail break, contract killings and threats to witnesses, was shot dead after an encounter with the UP STF in Muzaffarnagar early Monday, police said. Identified as Shahrukh Pathan, a close aide of slain mafia Sanjeev Jiva, the 34-year-old shooter had been out on bail and was absconding in a fresh criminal case filed in Sambhal. The Meerut unit of t ...Read More >
Muzaffarnagar: Special Task Force (STF) killed notorious gangster Shahrukh Pathan, a member of the Mukhtar Ansari and Sanjeev Jiva gang, in an encounter on Monday morning, police said. Police officials said that the encounter took place near Rohana road in the Chhapar police station area limits of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. Officials said that STF acted on a tip-off about Shahrukh's presence in the area. "Shahrukh opened fire on police from a car as a team of officers closed in on him. STF ...Read More >
Patna: Bihar police on Tuesday made a major breakthrough in the high profile Gopal Khemka murder case by arresting the mastermind of the crime, and also the contract killer, who opened fire on the prominent businessman of the state. In another important development in the case, a dreaded criminal, Raja alias Vikas, who is facing accusation of supplying the arm to the contract killer in the murder was shot dead in a police encounter under Malsalmi police station limits in the state capital late ...Read More >
Patna, Jul 8 (PTI) A key suspect in the murder of industrialist Gopal Khemka was killed in a gunfight with the police in Patna's Damaria Ghat area in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said. Vikas alias Raja (29), the suspect, was wanted in several other criminal cases as well, they said. Acting on a tip-off, the team of officers probing the murder case reached Damaria Ghat around 2.25 am in search of Vikas, an official said. "On spotting the police personnel, he tried to escape and also o ...Read More >
Patna: A key suspect in the murder of industrialist Gopal Khemka was killed in a gunfight with the police in Patna's Damaria Ghat area in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said. Vikas alias Raja (29), the suspect, was wanted in several other criminal cases as well, they said. Acting on a tip-off, the team of officers probing the murder case reached Damaria Ghat around 2.25 am in search of Vikas, an official said. "On spotting the police personnel, he tried to escape and also opened fire. Th ...Read More >
Patna: A key suspect in the murder of industrialist Gopal Khemka was killed in a gunfight with the police in Patna's Damaria Ghat area in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said. Vikas alias Raja (29), the suspect, was wanted in several other criminal cases as well, they said. Acting on a tip-off, the team of officers probing the murder case reached Damaria Ghat around 2.25 am in search of Vikas, an official said. "On spotting the police personnel, he tried to escape and also opened fire. ...Read More >
Police say the woman orchestrated a contract killing to eliminate her husband and continue her illicit relationship. In a case bearing eerie similarities to the recent Meghalaya honeymoon murder, a 25-year-old man in Bihar's Aurangabad district was allegedly killed by his wife and her maternal uncle barely 45 days after their wedding. Police say the woman orchestrated a contract killing to eliminate her husband and continue her illicit relationship. The victim, Priyanshu Kumar Singh, was shot ...Read More >
Raja Raghuvanshi married Sonam on May 11 (File) Shillong: A Meghalaya court on Wednesday remanded three persons to judicial custody in connection with the murder case of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi in the northeastern state in May. The three were arrested from Madhya Pradesh on the charge of concealing evidence in the murder. On June 26, they had been remanded to police custody for six days. On Wednesday, property dealer Silome James was granted 14 days of judicial custody while flat ...Read More >
Aurangabad, Bihar (July 3, 2025): A newlywed woman allegedly plotted and executed her husband's murder with the help of her aunt's husband, with whom she had been in a relationship for 15 years. The incident took place in Bihar's Aurangabad district. The woman, identified as Gunja Singh, was married just over a month ago to 25-year-old Priyanshu Kumar Singh, a resident of Barwan village under Nabinagar block. According to the reports, Gunja and her aunt's husband, Jeevan Singh, 52, were in a lo ...Read More >
EV Market: India's electric vehicle market is undergoing a dramatic shift. Previously in Tata Motors' control, the segment is now experiencing intense competition following the tie-up of Mahindra and MG to corner a massive 53% share. Fresh sales figures from June 2025 reveal how competitors are reconfiguring the electric vehicle battle, forcing Tata to reevaluate its steps. 13,033 electric vehicles were registered in June 2025 in India. This is a whopping 78% rise over June 2024, though EVs sti ...Read More >
A Meghalaya court on Wednesday (July 2, 2025) remanded three persons to judicial custody in connection with the murder case of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi in the northeastern State in May. The three were arrested from Madhya Pradesh on the charge of concealing evidence in the murder. On June 26, they had been remanded to police custody for six days. Raja Raghuvanshi murder case: Meghalaya Police seize gun, ₹50,000 from accused, further interrogation to follow On Wednesday, property de ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann is set to expand his cabinet on Thursday, inducting AAP's Ludhiana West MLA, Sanjeev Arora.The last cabinet expansion took place in Sep last year.Arora's induction is likely to involve a reshuffling of portfolios, even though there is no clarity yet on the department to be allocated to him. The induction seems certain as Mann confirmed last week that the party would honour the promise made to the voters of Ludhiana West during campaigning -- of mak ...Read More >
SHILLONG, July 2: A local court in Shillong on Wednesday remanded property dealer and co-accused Silome James in 14-day judicial custody. According to Assistant Public Prosecutor, Tushar Chanda, two others -- Lokendra Singh Tomar and Balbir Ahirwar -- were sent to judicial custody for 7 days. The SIT had arrested the three individuals from different parts of Madhya Pradesh on charges of aiding in the concealment of evidence related to the murder of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi in ...Read More >
Shillong, Jul 2 (PTI) A Meghalaya court on Wednesday remanded three persons to judicial custody in connection with the murder case of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi in the northeastern state in May. The three were arrested from Madhya Pradesh on the charge of concealing evidence in the murder. On June 26, they had been remanded to police custody for six days. On Wednesday, property dealer Silome James was granted 14 days of judicial custody while flat owner Lokendra Tomar and guard Balla ...Read More >
Digha/Kolkata: Why were those speaking Bengali "being tortured across the country every day", CM Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. Speaking in Digha, where she has gone to attend the first Rath Yatra of the newly inaugurated Jagannath temple, the CM spoke of Bengali-speaking migrant workers being detained at two places in Odisha.Asking Odisha "not to be jealous", Banerjee said while she respected the Puri Jagannath temple, she expected the same respect for the Digha Jagannath temple."I learnt th ...Read More >
Gadwal: A sensational murder case that shook both Telugu states has been cracked within a short period by the Jogulamba Gadwal district police. The investigation revealed that a wife and her paramour conspired to murder her husband, who was allegedly obstructing their illicit relationship. They hired a supari gang (contract killers) to carry out the murder. District Superintendent of Police (SP) T. Srinivasa Rao, IPS, conducted a press meet today revealing crucial details of the case. Case Bac ...Read More >
Kolkata, May 23 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed protesting teachers and other staff of West Bengal government-run and -aided schools, who lost their jobs due to a Supreme Court ruling, to shift their protest venue in the interest of public convenience. The court also limited the number of participants to 200 at any given time. Hearing petitions filed by the Deserving Teachers Rights Forum, under whose banner the protest is being organised, and the state government, Justice Tir ...Read More >
Dehradun, December 4: A Dehradun-based property dealer was killed by a man he had hired to eliminate his business partner, police said. Four people have been arrested in connection with the incident. Manjesh Kumar (42) hired Arjun Kumar (30) to kill his business partner Sanjay Singh alias Fauji, however, the hitman later disclosed the plot to him, Dehradun SSP Ajai Singh said. Sanjay Singh then offered the hitman Rs 10 crore to kill Kumar instead, the SSP added. Lured by the money, the contract ...Read More >
Dehradun, Dec 4 (PTI) A Dehradun-based property dealer was killed by a man he had hired to eliminate his business partner, police said. Four people have been arrested in connection with the incident. Manjesh Kumar (42) hired Arjun Kumar (30) to kill his business partner Sanjay Singh alias Fauji, however, the hitman later disclosed the plot to him, Dehradun SSP Ajai Singh said. Sanjay Singh then offered the hitman Rs 10 crore to kill Kumar instead, the SSP added. Lured by the money, the contra ...Read More >
The victim, identified as Badaji Chamnaji Modi, was sitting at his shop when he was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants on Saturday, said the police. The Ahmedabad Police's Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) unit Monday arrested three people in connection with a 41-year-old trader's murder in Ahmedabad's Nehrunagar area while a manhunt has been launched for the fourth accused. The victim, identified as Badaji Chamnaji Modi, was sitting at his shop when he was shot dead by two bike-borne assail ...Read More >
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