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CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has suspended former IPS officer-turned-MLA from Amritsar (North), Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, from the party for five years for anti-party activities, following a string of public criticisms levelled by him against his own government. Kunwar had recently questioned the action taken by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau against senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, prompting the party to suspend him, citing his remarks as anti-party activities. H ...Read More >
Balasore: With an impending flood threat looming over the northern part of the state, Odisha government Sunday placed the Balasore district administration on high alert, as several major rivers in the region continue to swell, an official said. Rivers including Budhabalanga, Subarnarekha, Jalaka and Sono are witnessing rising water levels and may cause flooding by Monday, the official warned. To oversee the situation on the ground and assist in flood management, an engineer-in-chief and a chie ...Read More >
Chandigarh, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab ruling Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) political affairs committee has suspended its "vocal" legislator from Amritsar (North), Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, for five years for opposing the arrest of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on charges of laundering more than Rs 540 crore of drug money. Justifying the expulsion of the former Punjab Police Inspector-General, who joined AAP in 2021, ahead of the Assembly elections in 2022, party spokes ...Read More >
IMAGE: India were relying heavily on Bumrah for wickets and cutting the flow of runs in the first Test against England. Photograph: BCCI Former captain Mohammad Azharuddin said India should play left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the Edgbaston Test against England to add more experience to their bowling attack and reduce the burden on pace talisman Jasprit Bumrah. Across the first Test at Leeds, which India lost by five wickets, the visitors were relying heavily on Bumrah for wickets and ...Read More >
Shimla, June 29 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh government is considering amending the police manual to ensure greater accountability within the force amid reports of police personnel being involved in drug trafficking, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Sunday. Felicitating winners of the 12th half marathon organised by the state police on the theme "Together We Defeat Drugs", Sukhu expressed serious concern over the involvement of government employees, including police personnel, in dru ...Read More >
Shimla, June 29 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh government is considering amending the police manual to ensure greater accountability within the force amid reports of police personnel being involved in drug trafficking, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Sunday. Felicitating winners of the 12th half marathon organised by the state police on the theme "Together We Defeat Drugs", Sukhu expressed serious concern over the involvement of government employees, including police personnel, in dru ...Read More >
Agartala, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) On the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, the Tripura government has taken a zero-tolerance policy against the drug menace and its illegal trade, Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Sunday. Inaugurating and laying foundation stones of various projects worth Rs 42.46 crore in Dhalai district, the Chief Minister said that Tripura is being used as a corridor for the illegal drugs trade and the law enforcement agencies are always rem ...Read More >
Agartala, June 29: Amid rising concern over the situation in neighbouring Bangladesh, Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha today called upon security agencies to strengthen surveillance and enhance border security across the State. Tripura shares an 856-km border with Bangladesh on three sides. Speaking after inaugurating the State's first Cyber Police Station at AD Nagar here, the Chief Minister expressed apprehension over cross-border infiltration and the growing use of Tripura as a corridor ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, alleging that drug mafias are operating freely in the state while Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is preoccupied with the hospitality of party convenor Arvind Kejriwal. While speaking to ANI, Tarun Chugh said, 'AAP's governance is primarily for headlines, not for public interest. Drug mafias are roaming freel ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Gangster Kaushal Chaudhary, currently lodged in Bhondsi jail, has claimed responsibility for the murder of rival gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria's mother in Punjab's Batala. The attack, which occurred on Thursday night, also claimed the life of a key aide of Bhagwanpuria who handled operations for his gang.Harjit Kaur, Bhagwanpuria's mother, and Karanvir, son of an assistant sub-inspector, were returning from a court hearing in Tarn Taran when unidentified assailants on motorcycles pumped b ...Read More >
Those persons who are staying illegally in the US or have committed visa fraud will be held responsible, the country's embassy in India said on Saturday. The US Embassy in a brief statement on X also said if anyone breaks the US law, they will be punished with "significant criminal penalties". "Those who are in the United States illegally or commit visa fraud will be held responsible. If you break US law, you will be punished with significant criminal penalties," the embassy said in its post. ...Read More >
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia following raids at 25 locations, including his Amritsar residence. His wife claims a disproportionate assets case has been registered against him, though the Bureau hasn't confirmed details. Majithia, already facing a 2021 drugs case probe, alleges the AAP government is suppressing opposition voices, while Akali leaders condemn the raid.The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday arrested senior Akali leader Bikram Singh ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Oshiwara police busted an international drug smuggling racket and arrested two Indonesian nationals for allegedly trying to sell 21 kilos and 552 grams of hydro ganja worth ₹21.55 crore. The police raided a hotel in Jogeshwari West and seized all the ganja on Friday. Assistant Police Inspector Vikas Kadam of the Crime Branch of Oshiwara Police received information that two foreign nationals had come to a hotel in Jogeshwari West to sell drugs. After verifying this information, the p ...Read More >
IMPHAL: Former Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh said on Friday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is doing everything it can to restore peace and bring back a "popular government" in the northeastern state. "We are not fighting any political party. Our only aim is to end the crisis and bring peace to the state," he told the media after attending a BJP meeting at Thambal Sanglen in Imphal, chaired by state BJP president A. Sarda Devi. He said the law and order situation has improved and ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Former Punjab director general of police (DGP) Sidharth Chattopadhyaya said on Friday there was evidence showing that SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia was working in "connivance" with drug smugglers and making "financial gain". The former officer, who had come to meet the vigilance bureau (VB) team which is probing the latest case against the SAD leader, said there was "much evidence" against Majithia in 2012 itself. "In 2012, it was Bikram Majithia and Sukhbir Badal's govt. I am not ...Read More >
Srinagar, June 28 (UNI) The police in Srinagar district today attached a residential property, comprising a two-storeyed house along with land, worth approximately Re 50 lakhs of an alleged drug peddler. Police said property of notorious drug peddler Bilal Ahmad Wani of Sirgufwara, Anantnag, was attached under the provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances ( NDPS ) Act. The accused person is involved in case FIR No. 05/2025 under sections 8/20, 29 of the NDPS Act, registered at P ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 28 (ANI): In yet another decisive action against the menace of drugs in society and to dismantle the infrastructure supporting illegal narcotics network, Srinagar Police attached a residential property--comprising a two-storeyed house along with land--worth approximately Rs 50 lakhs belonging to a notorious drug peddler namely Bilal Ahmad Wani, under the provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS ) Act, as per a release. The accused ...Read More >
Chandigarh, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major action against corruption and drug networks in prisons, the Punjab government on Saturday said it has suspended 25 officials, including three Deputy Superintendents and two Assistant Superintendents. The government said the action is part of the drive to root out corruption and dismantle drug networks operating inside prisons. "Following reports of irregularities and drug-related activities within jails, the government said the action was to end ...Read More >
Former Punjab director general of police (DGP) Siddharth Chattopadhyay on Friday met the vigilance bureau (VB) team investigating the disproportionate assets case against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia. During the meeting, Chattopadhyay claimed that Majithia had "100% links with drug smugglers" and stressed that there was ample evidence against him. Chattopadhyay, who served as acting DGP in December 2021 under the Charanjit Singh Channi-led government, stated that he ha ...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 ...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 ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria's mother and his cousin were shot dead in Batala town of Punjab's Gurdaspur district Thursday night. The sensational incident took place at around 9.30 pm on busy Qadian road in Batala when unidentified assailants opened fire at gangster's mother Harjit Kaur, a former sarpanch of village Bhagwanpur, and another person, identified as Karanvir Singh, said to be a her nephew, accompanying her in a car. Police said that the assailants fired multiple r ...Read More >
New Delhi: Harjit Kaur, mother of notorious jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants in Batala town, Punjab, on Thursday night. Bhagwanpuria is also an accused in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. According to police, Kaur was traveling in an SUV when the assailants opened fire near her house in the Urban Estate area, also killing her driver, Karanvir Singh. She was rushed to a hospital in Amritsar but succumbed to her injuries. The Bambiha gang ...Read More >
Chandigarh, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Notorious jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria's mother Harjit Kaur was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants in Punjab's Batala town, police said on Friday. Bhagwanpuria is also an accused in the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. Kaur was going somewhere in an SUV when the goons came on a bike and opened fire on Thursday night near her house in the Urban Estate area, killing her and her driver Karanvir Singh. She was referred to a hospital in Amrit ...Read More >
BENGALURU: To tackle the drug menace in Karnataka, Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara launched the Raksha QR code on Thursday, enabling citizens to anonymously report instances of drug trafficking and usage. The initiative was launched as part of the 66th International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, held at Kanteerava Stadium. Parameshwara also virtually gave permission to destroy 143.774 kg of various types of drugs valued at Rs 45 crore, seized by the Bengaluru City Police. The ...Read More >
Tamil actor Srikanth has been arrested by Chennai police in connection with a drug case linked to a former AIADMK functionary. The investigation began after Prashanth, an expelled party member, claimed during interrogation that he had supplied cocaine to the actor, allegedly for Rs 12,000 during a film shoot. Srikanth was summoned for questioning, and blood samples were taken to verify drug use. Police say further action will depend on medical test results.Tamil actor Srikanth, also known as Sri ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) The Delhi government plans to honour the legacy of Guru Tegh Bahadur with series of cultural and educational initiatives, which will include a daily light and sound show and the renovation of his memorial near the Singhu Border here. The announcement was made following a consultative meeting chaired by Art and Culture Minister Kapil Mishra and Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa with prominent community leaders and members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Com ...Read More >
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh govt is set to include a chapter on the ills of drug use in the school curriculum. The announcement was made by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Thursday. Presiding over a function here to mark the day, Sukhu urged every section of society to join the drive against drugs to make Himachal a drug-free state. He said, "The vision of a prosperous country can only be realised by channelling the energy of the ...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 >
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 cocai ...Read More >
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