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Mumbai: The Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that its enquiry into alleged irregularities by its former zonal director, Sameer Wankhede, was based on "non-anonymous" complaints and not at the behest of NCP leader Nawab Malik. The NCB, in an affidavit filed by Vishal Sanap, Deputy Director General (South West Region), claimed that the enquiries against the 2008-batch IRS officer were based on two specific "non-anonymous" complaints. The agency denied any commun ...Read More >
Chennai: The Income Tax Department (IT) on Monday conducted searches at premises linked to former DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with a drug trafficking case in Tamil Nadu in 2024. According to officials, coordinated raids were carried out in over 10 locations across Chennai, including Anna Salai, Purasawalkam, Egmore and Pattinapakkam. The searches were undertaken jointly with election flying squads as part of intensified surv ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 5 (ANI): Customs officers on April 4 intercepted a male Indian national at Ahmedabad Airport after suspicions arose during hand baggage screening. The passenger had arrived from Bangkok (Don Mueang) on VietJet Airlines Flight VZ-750 at 22:55 hours. Also Read | Ravindra Erande Case: Extortion Complaint Backfires As 121 Obscene Videos Lead To Arrest Over S*x Exploitation. "Upon detailed examination of his hand baggage, four vacuum-sealed packets containing a g ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 5 (ANI): Customs officers on April 4 intercepted a male Indian national at Ahmedabad Airport after suspicions arose during hand baggage screening. The passenger had arrived from Bangkok (Don Mueang) on VietJet Airlines Flight VZ-750 at 22:55 hours. "Upon detailed examination of his hand baggage, four vacuum-sealed packets containing a greenish substance were recovered. The substance tested positive for hydroponic weed (marijuana), weighing 1.107 kg," a Custom ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Indian Army and Assam Rifles formations under Spear Corps, in close coordination with Manipur Police, conducted a series of precise, intelligence-based joint operations across Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Chandel, Kangpokpi, Churachandpur and Tengnoupal districts over the past week. The operations led to the apprehension of 17 cadres from hill and valley-based groups and the recovery of 17 weapons, along with explosives and other war-like stores, accor ...Read More >
The government announced that 1992-batch IPS officer OP Singh would continue as officiating DGP until further orders and posted Kapur as the Chairman of the Haryana Police Housing Corporation. The Haryana government late Sunday evening formally relieved Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur of his responsibility as the DGP, two months after he was sent on leave amid controversy surrounding the alleged suicide of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar. The government, however, announced that 19 ...Read More >
Silchar: A man was arrested and 9kg of suspected heroin worth ₹18 crore was seized on Wednesday from the Jalukbari area of Assam's Guwahati by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), police said. A joint operation by the NCB and the Border Security Force (BSF) was launched based on specific intelligence inputs. The heroin packets were found concealed inside a vehicle that was coming from Manipur through Meghalaya, according to the BSF. "During the operation, the team apprehended a suspected drug ...Read More >
Enforcement Directorate launched searches across Delhi-NCR and Jaipur Friday in a major money laundering probe linked to an over 80 kg cocaine seizure. The operation targets at least five locations as part of an investigation into a Rs 900 crore drug haul from last year. Hawala operators were previously arrested in connection with the party drug intended for Australia. The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted simultaneous searches in Delhi-NCR and Jaipur in a drug trafficking-linked mone ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed both sides to file written submissions in the defamation case filed by former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede against Netflix, Shah Rukh Khan, and the makers of the web series The Ba***ds Of Bollywood over his portrayal in the Aryan Khan drug case. Justice Pushpendra Kaurav has listed the next hearing for November 10, and both sides have been asked to submit written arguments by November 6. Wankhede is seeking Rs 2 crore in damages ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) India and Bhutan reviewed bilateral security cooperation, border management and issues like mobile signal spill over, future roadmap for integrated check posts, among others, at a high-level meeting held in Thimphu. The fourteenth India-Bhutan meeting on border management and security, held in Thimphu between October 16-17, also discussed issues related to capacity building for Bhutan's Police. Both sides reviewed bilateral security cooperation, border management, issue ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, 23 Oct: India and Bhutan reviewed bilateral security cooperation, border management and issues like mobile signal spillover, future roadmap for integrated check posts, among others, at a high-level meeting held in Thimphu. The 14th India-Bhutan meeting on border management and security, held in Thimphu between October 16 and 17, also discussed issues related to capacity building for the Bhutan Police. Both sides reviewed bilateral security cooperation, border management, issues rela ...Read More >
Jammu, Oct 21: National Police Day, popularly known as Police Commemoration Day, was observed with solemnity and reverence across all districts of Jammu Province. The day marks the remembrance of ten brave personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty on October 21, 1959, while defending the nation's frontiers at Hot Springs, Ladakh. According to a statement issued here, Commemorative functions were organized in all ten districts of Jamm ...Read More >
Patna: The Election Commission on Friday directed all enforcement agencies and security forces to take proactive and preventive measures to ensure that drugs, liquor and cash are not used to influence voters during the Bihar assembly elections.The directive followed a high-level meeting of the Multi-Departmental Committee on Election Intelligence (MDCEI) held at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi. The commission asked enforcement agencies to identify and map constituencies vulnerable to the transporta ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 19 (PTI) The Election Commission has reactivated its economic intelligence panel after a gap of six years to curb the use of money, liquor and drugs to influence voters ahead of the Bihar polls. The Multi-Departmental Committee on Election Intelligence (MDCEI) met here on Friday for the first time since 2019 to fine-tune the strategy of enforcement agencies and central police forces to prevent the use of money power and freebies to sway voters in poll-bound Bihar. The committee ...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 >
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): A two-day conference on 'fugitives-challenges-and-strategies">Extradition of Fugitives-Challenges and Strategies' was organised by CBI on October 16 and 17, 2025, at Bharat Mandapam. The conference was inaugurated by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on October 16, 2025, said CBI sources. Union Home Minister emphasised the need for concerted effort of all the agencies to bring the wanted fugitives from abroad to face justice in India. He specific ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said a "ruthless approach" must be adopted to bring every fugitive before the Indian justice system in a time-bound manner. He also underlined that India cannot be truly secure until those residing abroad and harming the country's economy, sovereignty, and security begin to fear the Indian laws. Addressing a conference on 'Extradition of Fugitives - Challenges and Strategies' organised by the CBI here, Shah asked all the states ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) The processing time for requests from the country's law enforcement agencies to Interpol to issue a Red Notice for the detention of a fugitive has drastically decreased, on average, from 14 months to three months now, CBI Director Praveen Sood said on Thursday. In his welcome address at a conference on 'Extradition of Fugitives: Challenges and Strategies' organised by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and inaugurated by Home Minister Amit Shah, Sood said only eig ...Read More >
The Election Commission said on Wednesday that since polls were announced on October 6, a total seizure of Rs 33.97 crore worth of cash, liquor, drugs and freebies has been made by different enforcement agencies. Enforcement agencies have seized cash, drugs, liquor and freebies worth Rs 33.97 crore from poll-bound Bihar as part of efforts to prevent inducement of voters by political parties. The state goes to polls in two phases on November 6 and 11. Votes will be counted on November 14. The ...Read More >
OP Singh is brother-in-law of the late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. He is married to Sushant's elder sister, Ritu Singh. The Haryana government on Tuesday, October 14, appointed Om Prakash (O P) Singh, a 1991-batch IPS officer, as the new DGP. This came hours after Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Singh Kapur was sent on leave following controversy over the suicide of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar. The appointment order, issued by Additional Chief Secretary (Home) ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Oct 14 (PTI) The 1992-batch IPS officer O P Singh, who on Tuesday assumed charge as Haryana's new DGP, holding the position as additional charge after government sent state DGP Shatrujeet Kapur on leave, is a multi-faceted personality. The IPS officer of Haryana cadre, Singh is an author, a podcaster too, all while serving in a senior role where he led critical efforts in law enforcement modernisation, community resilience, and national capacity building. The Haryana government on ...Read More >
Agartala: Border Security Force (BSF) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) jointly seized Yaba tablets worth approximately Rs 16 crore during a late-night operation in Tripura's Sepahijala district, officials said on Monday. Acting on specific intelligence regarding the illegal stockpiling of drugs, BSF personnel from the Tripura Frontier and NCB officials from Agartala conducted a coordinated raid at the residence of a suspected trafficker in Madhya Boxanagar, under Kalamchoura police statio ...Read More >
The case is about self-respect, personal dignity, and honour, and highlighted that satire or parody targeting him insults not just him, but also those working against drug abuse, said former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Wankhede Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) zonal director Sameer Wankhede on Saturday claimed that his family has been receiving hate messages from Pakistan, the UAE, and Bangladesh after he filed a defamation case against Red Chillies Entertainment and Netf ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi HC on Wednesday issued summons to Shah Rukh Khan-owned Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix on a defamation suit filed by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede for allegedly maligning his reputation in their series "The Ba***ds of Bollywood".Wankhede has sought Rs 2 crore in damages, which he wants donated to Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav also issued notice to other defendants, including X, Google LLC, Meta Platforms and RPSG Lifestyle Media, seekin ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted search operations at eight locations across Mumbai, including Dongri, Mazgaon, Worli and other and adjoining areas linked premises, in connection with a money laundering probe against a suspected drug trafficking network allegedly operated by Faisal Javed Shaikh and his wife, Alfiya Faisal Shaikh. According to officials, the searches are being carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 3 (ANI): Actor Rhea Chakraborty shared an emotional note after finally receiving her passport back on Friday, nearly five years later. The Bombay High Court recently ruled in her favour, allowing the return of the document in connection with the Sushant Singh Rajput case. Taking to Instagram, Rhea reflected on the difficult years and "countless battles" she faced, saying that "patience" was her only passport during this time. Along with her message, she al ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 30 (ANI): A devastating accident occurred at the Ennore Thermal Power construction site in Tamil Nadu, where a steel arch collapsed, resulting in the deaths of nine workers on Tuesday. According to Dr J Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO), these workers were from Assam and the surrounding areas. The BHEL official has arrived at the spot. Also Read | MHADA Lottery 2025 Konkan Board Schedule Revised; ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday released a Consultation Paper on the auction of radio frequency spectrum in the frequency bands identified for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), a release said. The telecom regulator stated in a press note that the move follows a reference from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), dated May 15, seeking TRAI's recommendations under Section 11(1)(a) of the TRAI Act, 1997. Also R ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): India's thrust is for Self-Reliance (Atmanirbhar) to secure our supply chains; Self-Confidence (Atmavishwas) to aim for big goals; and Self-Protection (Atmaraksha) to protect the interests of India, said Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Tuesday. According to an official release from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, delivering the address at the Curtain Raiser event for the 30th CII Partnership Summit in New Delhi, the Minister ...Read More >
Mumbai, September 30: Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty has received major relief from the Bombay High Court in the Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case. The HC has directed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to return the actress's passport. Refreshing your memory, Rhea was arrested in the drug case back in 2020 after the sudden demise of her then-boyfriend, Sushant. However, she was granted bail the following month with the condition that she submit her passport to the NCB. Rhea recently filed a ...Read More >
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