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Chandigarh: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) late on Friday night received yet another threatening email - seventh such threat mail since July 14 last - to blow up the Golden Temple. On Friday only, the Punjab police had detained a software engineer from Haryana's Faridabad city for his alleged involvement in such threat emails sent earlier. However, stating that security has been beefed up, the police said that several personnel in plainclothes have also been deployed outsid ...Read More >
Jaipur: Rajasthan Police Friday released a fresh list of 25 most wanted fugitives in the state, with 12 new names added and rewards running into lakhs announced for their capture.ADG (Crime) Dinesh MN said the arrests of these suspects are now a top priority, with clear instructions sent to police commissioners in Jaipur and Jodhpur, range IGs, district SPs, and units of GRP, ATS, and SOG. The updated list features criminals wanted for serious crimes ranging from murder and dacoity to arms traff ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The "who is responsible for the stadium stampede" debate took an interesting turn in the Karnataka high court Thursday with the state govt alleging the police officers handling the situation on the fateful day had acted like servants of RCB management. However, a suspended IPS officer countered it, saying he was made a scapegoat by the govt.Vikash Kumar Vikash, had challenged the govt's decision to suspend him in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT-Bengaluru branch), which recent ...Read More >
The NHRC has notified Delhi's police commissioner over allegations of a man's suicide following alleged physical torture in custody. Injury marks and electric shocks were reported. The deceased was involved in a theft complaint investigation, and the incident raises serious human rights concerns. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) addressed a serious issue on Friday, asking for a report from Delhi's police after allegations emerged that a man committed suicide as a result of being tort ...Read More >
Bihar ADG (Headquarters and STF), Kundan Krishnan.Source : वीडियो ग्रैब Tejashwi Yadav, the Bihar Leader of the Opposition, launched a scathing attack on the state police ADG (Headquarters and STF), Kundan Krishnan, for his remark linking the rise in murders to the period when farmers are idle before the monsoon. "If the ADG had told this earlier, people would have fled Bihar to save their lives," Tejashwi said, questioning the logic behind attributing murders to farmers' free time during Apri ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Thursday justified the suspension of IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash before the High Court, arguing that the police officer and his colleagues acted as though they were "servants of RCB" during preparations for the IPL victory celebration, leading to a stampede that claimed 11 lives and injured 33 others. Senior Counsel P S Rajagopal, appearing for the state, told the court that even before the final IPL match was played, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Several leaders of opposition parties, including Congress in-charge for Odisha Ajay Kumar Lallu, were detained by the police in Bhubaneswar during the statewide shutdown called by them. Congress, along with seven other political parties, observed a statewide dawn-to-dusk bandh to protest the death of a 20-year-old female student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College by self-immolation due to alleged sexual harassment by a professor and subsequent institutional neglect. During the ba ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Karnataka Minister for Medical Education and Skill Development Sharan Prakash Patil reacting to the status report filed by the government regarding the June 4 stampede tragedy which claimed 11 lives, stated that lapses occurred and action has been initiated to prevent tragedies in future. Speaking to the media in Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, on Thursday, he stated, while answering a question on the status report, "We have taken action and that will be followed, ...Read More >
BENGALURU: In a major reshuffle in the police department, 35 IPS officers were transferred on Monday. As proposed earlier, Bengaluru has got three new divisions (Law & Order) -- Electronics City, South West and North West Divisions. Uttara Kannada SP Narayana M has been appointed as DCP, Electronics City, while Anita Bhimappa Haddannavar and Nagesh DL have been posted as DCPs of South West and North West Divisions, respectively. DCPs of eight other divisions in Bengaluru city have also been cha ...Read More >
Kolkata: A young woman, who was allegedly raped at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta boys' hostel on Friday, reportedly did not appear to record her confidential statement on Monday in front of the judicial magistrate. Police sources said that the victim and her family members are allegedly not cooperating with the investigation. The victim did not undergo a medical test earlier on Saturday, police sources said. A nine-member SIT has been formed by Kolkata Police on Sunday to p ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 13. /TASS/. Nina Kutina, a 40-year-old Russian woman discovered in a remote cave in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, has lived there with her two children aged four and six for two months, the Indian Express newspaper quoted the police as saying. "During the rainy season, they lived with minimal clothing. Kutina had stockpiled enough groceries in the cave for their survival, and despite having candles, they rarely used artificial light, instead living by natural light," i ...Read More >
New Delhi/Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) An alleged synthetic narcotics producer facing an Interpol Red Notice was deported to India from the UAE on Friday, in an operation coordinated by the CBI through Interpol and Mumbai police, officials said. Kubbawala Mustafa, the wanted drugs manufacturer, was brought from the UAE to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, escorted by a four-member team of state police, around 1 am, an official said. He was taken into custody by the crime bra ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: An alleged synthetic narcotics producer facing an Interpol Red Notice was deported to India from the UAE on Friday, in an operation coordinated by the CBI through Interpol and Mumbai police, officials said. Kubbawala Mustafa, the wanted drugs manufacturer, was brought from the UAE to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, escorted by a four-member team of state police. "The International Police Cooperation Unit (IPCU) of CBI in collaboration with NCB-Abu Dhabi ...Read More >
Kolkata, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police have secured specific information on how Mukesh Rajak and Rakesh Kumar Gupta, the two suspected ISI linkmen arrested in the state earlier this week, used to help their handlers in Pakistan to get Indian mobile numbers for WhatsApp messaging purposes. In the face of interrogation, the duo who are in police custody now have admitted that they used to procure prepaid mobile cards from the market usi ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jul 9 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Wednesday secured a week-long custody of Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba, the alleged mastermind of a religious conversion racket, who was arrested last week. Besides him, the ATS has taken another accused, Neetu alias Nasreen, into their custody for a week. Four people had been arrested in connection with the case. The police have alleged that the accused acted in an organised manner to convert individuals from Hindu and othe ...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 >
Hyderabad: The legacy of Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, who once stopped the Afghan forces at the Khyber Pass, is not merely history but a living inheritance, said Dr A. Tajinder Pal Singh Nalwa, his descendant. "If we could protect India from invasions then, we must now protect our children's minds from disintegration." Dr Nalwa was speaking to Sikh educators, community members, students, and lawyers at a seminar hosted by the Sikh Education Society at Guru Nanak High School Lecture Hall. Presided ...Read More >
Gurgaon: In Haryana, 90% of summons are now issued electronically, and 100% of searches and seizures by police during investigations are recorded digitally. Around 68% of witness and complainant statements are being captured using the eSakshya mobile application, standardising evidence collection and improving transparency across investigations. Under the new criminal laws, witness examination has now extended beyond traditional courtrooms, as witnesses can now be examined at "designated places" ...Read More >
Shillong: The Meghalaya State Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has directed the state police to submit a detailed report on the alleged custodial torture of a 19-year-old at the Sohra police station. MHRC Chairperson Justice (Retd) T Vaiphei stated that the commission has taken cognisance of the incident and instructed the Superintendent of Police (SP), East Khasi Hills district, Vivek Syiem, to submit an action-taken report by July 31. The commission will decide on further action based on the co ...Read More >
Lucknow: Director general of police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna met with Lieutenant General Anindya Sengupta, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Indian Army's Central Command, at the Command headquarters in Lucknow on Wednesday.The high-level meeting focused on enhancing inter-agency coordination between the Army and state police, particularly in areas of real-time intelligence sharing, joint response protocols, and disaster management. During the discussion, both leaders reiterated ...Read More >
Kannur (Kerala), Jul 2 (PTI) Senior CPI(M) leader P Jayarajan on Wednesday clarified that he had neither criticised nor objected to the LDF government's decision to appoint senior IPS officer Ravada A Chandrasekhar as the new state police chief. Jayarajan claimed he fully supported the appointment and alleged that a section of the media had distorted his remarks to suggest otherwise. Also Read | Is Central Government Offering Free Tablets to Students Under 'Free Smart Tablet Scheme 2024-25'? P ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The appointment of Ravada A Chandrasekhar as the new state police chief was on expected lines, to put it bluntly. Unlike the previous two instances -- in 2021, when Anil Kant, and in 2023, when Shaik Darvesh Saheb were selected -- the government this time round was short of options and the writing on the wall was clear. In 2021, the selection boiled down to Anil Kant or B Sandhya, while in 2023 it was Shaik Darvesh vs K Padmakumar. There were frenetic lobbying and umpteen la ...Read More >
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Ravindra Chavan is all set to become the next Maharashtra BJP chief as he filed his nomination for the post of party's state president on Monday. Mr. Chavan presented the nomination forms to Union Minister Kiran Rijiju, who has been appointed as a central observer for the elections by the BJP. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and outgoing party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule were present on this occasion. With no other nomination being filed for the post, M ...Read More >
Gandhinagar: Director General of Police (DGP) Vikas Sahay was granted an extension of six months on Monday. He was scheduled to retire from service on Monday, June 30.The appointments committee of the Union cabinet approved a proposal from the Union home ministry on Monday to extend Sahay's service for six months beyond his retirement date. Sahay will continue as DGP until Dec 31 this year. Subsequently, the Gujarat govt also issued an appropriate order later in the evening.The 1989-batch Gujara ...Read More >
Kullu: All eyes will be on the Dalai Lama when he turns 90 on July 6, as he may announce his successor that day. The year-long birthday celebration of the Tibetan spiritual leader will kick off on July 6 in Mcleodganj near Dharamshala, the headquarters of the Tibetan govt-in-exile, and conclude on July 5 next year.Many ministers in the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), including Penpa Tsering, Sikyong or the elected head of CTA, and deputy speaker Dolma Tsering, have said the Dalai Lama may ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal) [India], June 30 (ANI): In a bid to raise awareness against drug abuse, the Himachal Pradesh Police Department organised the 12th State Police Half Marathon in Shimla, an official statement said. Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday felicitated the winners of the marathon, which featured participation in men's, women's, and senior citizens' categories. Also Read | 'Misrepresented': Indian Mission in Indonesia Clarifies Defence Attache's Remarks on 'Loss of R ...Read More >
Srinagar- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said foreign countries were told clearly during the post-Operation Sindoor diplomatic outreach that in case of a fresh provocation, India would repeat its action. Speaking at a discussion at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor said Indian delegations which visited foreign countries in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor managed to convey that India acted with restraint and responsibility. "In other places, we actually were able to get s ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal) [India], June 30 (ANI): In a bid to raise awareness against drug abuse, the Himachal Pradesh Police Department organised the 12th State Police Half Marathon in Shimla, an official statement said. Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday felicitated the winners of the marathon, which featured participation in men's, women's, and senior citizens' categories. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, the Chief Minister expressed serious concern over the involvement ...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 >
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