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KOLKATA/MALDA: The Bengal police on Friday arrested former AIMIM candidate and lawyer Mofakrul Islam from Bagdogra airport in Siliguri in connection with the violence and hostage situation occurred in Malda district.Mofakrul Islam was allegedly trying to board a flight and flee.Investigators have termed him a key conspirator in the Kaliachak gherao of judicial officers, as the case snowballed into a major law-and-order and political flashpoint ahead of the West Bengal elections. Islam, who conte ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The election commission on Thursday evening directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe the gherao of seven judicial officers assigned to hear appeals against deletions from West Bengal final rolls, by certain "anti-social elements" in Maldah district of the state.This came hours after the Supreme Court instructed EC to entrust the inquiry/ investigation into the incident to an independent agency, such as the Central Bureau of Investigation or the National Investigation ...Read More >
NASHIK: Self-styled godman Ashok Kharat, who is facing rape charges, allegedly opened more than 130 accounts in two cooperative credit societies in Maharashtra using different names and carried out transactions worth nearly Rs 63 crore over the past few years, a police official said.According to news agency PTI, one of the accounts was opened in the name of the sister of former Maharashtra State Women's Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar, who resigned last month after her alleged links with ...Read More >
Omar Abdullah took to X saying that the family should be heard. "I believe the claim of the family should not be dismissed out of hand. At the very least this encounter needs a transparent and time bound probe with the facts made public. Any attempt to obfuscate or delay the announcement of a probe will only damage credibility & that is not in anyone's interest," Omar said. Army on Wednesday said that a joint search operation was launched by security forces in Arahama area of Ganderbal in which ...Read More >
Yadgir: In a major anti-corruption crackdown, officials of the Karnataka Lokayukta have trapped multiple government officers across the state while allegedly accepting bribes. In Yadgir district, an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) and a Junior Engineer (JE) attached to the KBJNL Bhimarayanagudi division were caught red-handed while taking illegal gratification from a contractor. The accused officials have been identified as AEE Madhusudan and JE Manjunath. Acting on a complaint, a Lokayukta ...Read More >
The 54-year-old ASI allegedly asked a woman detainee to send her daughter to him, PTI news agency cited police as saying on Wednesday. The woman had allegedly been arrested in connection with a financial fraud case involving ₹80 lakh, and had been kept at the Civil Lines Police Station lockup. The assistant sub-inspector Rajesh Jadhav was on duty Tuesday when he allegedly misused his position to lure the woman with an offer of money. He further demanded that she send her daughter to him for s ...Read More >
New Delhi/Kolkata, April 2: The Supreme Court of India on Thursday sharply criticised the West Bengal administration, describing the state as the "most polarised" in the country, following a serious law-and-order lapse in Malda district. The apex court took suo motu cognisance of a letter from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court detailing an alarming incident during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters' lists, in which seven judicial officers -- including three women and a fi ...Read More >
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SHILLONG, April 2: A local court on Thursday evening remanded Kennedy Khongsit (32), the prime accused in the murder of a seven-year-old boy from Nongrah, to eight days of police custody. Police had sought 12 days' custody for further investigation, but the court granted only eight days. Earlier in the day, East Khasi Hills police produced Khongsit for a medical examination at Shillong Civil Hospital before presenting him in court. Khongsit, a resident of Lum Marboh, Nongrah, and a neighbour ...Read More >
Srinagar: The killing of a 29-year-old man in an alleged encounter with the Army in Ganderbal has led to concern in several quarters, including from Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who asked for a transparent and time-bound probe. A day after the Army claimed to have killed a "local terrorist" during an overnight operation in Arahama village on the outskirts of Srinagar, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti also backed the chief minister's scepticism on the official narrative. The family of the killed man, R ...Read More >
The encounter took place during a late-night operation based on specific intelligence inputs. Police said Gupta opened fire on the police team, prompting retaliatory action in which he sustained bullet injuries. He has been admitted to a hospital and remains under police custody. Addressing a press conference, Bokaro SP Havinder Singh said, "The operation was part of a broader strategy to dismantle organised extortion networks targeting traders and businessmen. During the Balidih operation, the ...Read More >
Shimla police arrested a Haryana man and seized a significant quantity of heroin, marking a major drug bust in the region and highlighting ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking. Photograph: ANI PhotoKey PointsA Haryana-based drug peddler was arrested in Shimla with 288 grams of adulterated heroin.The seizure is the largest heroin bust in Shimla district this year.The accused, identified as Shamshad Ahmed, is a resident of Ambala, Haryana.A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs ...Read More >
Srinagar- The killing of a 29-year-old man in an alleged encounter with the Army in Ganderbal has led to concern in several quarters, including from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who asked for a transparent and time-bound probe. A day after the Army claimed to have killed a local terrorist during an overnight operation in Arahama village on the outskirts of Srinagar, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti also backed the chief minister's scepticism on the official narrative. The family of ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday evening handed over the probe into the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in minority-dominated Malda district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Earlier in the day, a division bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Surya Kant, strongly denounced the incident, describing it as evidence of a complete law and order failure in West Bengal, and directed that the matter ...Read More >
Shimla, Apr 2 (PTI) Police have filed a case against Solan's Shoolini University in connection with the suicide of a 21-year-old ex-MBA student, who alleged harassment by his employer, authorities said on Thursday. The action came in the wake of a massive protest on the university campus by the students. As it happened, Nitin Chauhan, an MBA student of the varsity, was placed in a company in Dehradun. The Rohru native was promised a salary of Rs 50,000, but was paid only half, and forced to w ...Read More >
Chandigarh [India], April 2 (ANI): A day after a blast outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Chandigarh, a political row erupted with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Minister on Thursday accusing the BJP of an intelligence failure in the Union Territory, while the ruling party hit back, terming such incidents "condemnable" and warned of strict action against the perpetrators. An explosion took place outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Punjab's Chandigarh Sector 37 on Wedne ...Read More >
New Delhi/Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) Observing that West Bengal was the "most polarised state", the Supreme Court on Thursday delivered a stinging indictment of the state administration after seven judicial officers engaged in SIR exercise were held hostage by protesters in Malda district and directed a CBI or NIA probe into the incident. Slamming the administration for its "complete failure" and inaction over the "deplorable" gherao and attack on the officers during the Special Intensive Revision(SI ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday took serious exception to an incident in West Bengal's Malda district where judicial officers deputed for work relating to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls were allegedly gheraoed and attacked, observing that it was a "brazen attempt" to browbeat the judiciary and a direct challenge to the authority of the apex court. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Panchol ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 2: Panic gripped the Punjab and Haryana High Court premises, which was subsequently evacuated after a bomb threat email was received here on Thursday. Threat email triggers evacuation According to information, the email was sent to the Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) office stating that a bomb had been planted inside the High Court. On Wednesday only, a low-intensity blast had taken place outside the BJP office in Sector 37 here in the city. Search operation ...Read More >
Srinagar, Apr 2 (PTI) The killing of a 29-year-old man in an alleged encounter with the Army in Ganderbal has led to concern in several quarters, including from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who asked for a transparent and time bound probe. A day after the Army claimed to have killed a local terrorist during an overnight operation in Arahama village on the outskirts of Srinagar, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti also backed the chief minister's scepticism on the official narrative. The ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 2: Punjab Police on Thursday claimed to have busted an inter-state illegal arms supply module with the arrest of four accused persons and recovered 10 sophisticated self-loading firearms from their possession in Patiala. Four accused arrested in arms supply module bust The accused were identified as Saurabh Kumar, a resident of Bihar, Sajan of Mohali, Abhishek and Inderjit Singh, both residents of Patiala. Weapons sourced from Bihar, linked to criminal activities Director G ...Read More >
Bokaro: In a major crackdown on organized crime, Jharkhand Police arrested seven operatives linked to the notorious interstate gangs of Aman Sahu and Prince Khan on Thursday. The crackdown effectively dismantled a local extortion ring that had been terrorizing businessmen, contractors, and real estate dealers across the industrial city. The operation took a dramatic turn in the early hours of Thursday. Acting on a disclosure from the gang's mastermind, Prince Kumar Gupta (alias 'Bhatia'), a pol ...Read More >
Malda: Protests against the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) process of electoral rolls intensified sharply across Malda district for the second day today, spreading from Sujapur and Mothabari to Old Malda and English Bazar. Demonstrators demanding inclusion of 'valid voters' in the electoral list clashed with the police, leaving a police vehicle driver seriously injured. Law enforcement resorted to lobbing tear gas shells to bring the situation under control. The unrest follows a dramatic esca ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 2 (PTI) The Punjab Police said on Thursday that it has busted an inter-state illegal arms-supply module with the arrest of four men. Ten sophisticated self-loading firearms have also been recovered in Patiala, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said. The arrested accused have been identified as Saurabh Kumar, a resident of Jarang Deeh village in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, Sajan, a resident of Sohana in Punjab's SAS Nagar, Abhishek alias Kaka, a resident of Gurdeep Colony A ...Read More >
Bokaro (Jharkhand): In a major crackdown on organised crime in Jharkhand's Bokaro, police have arrested seven operatives linked to the interstate gangs of Aman Sahu and Prince Khan, officials said on Thursday. These gangs are accused of running an extortion network and spreading fear among businessmen, police said. During the operation, the mastermind, Prince Kumar Gupta alias 'Bhatia', sustained a bullet injury in an encounter with the police and has been admitted to Bokaro General Hospital f ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Terming West Bengal as the "most polarised state", the Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the administration for its "complete failure" and inaction over the "deplorable" gherao and attack on seven judicial officers in Malda district during the electoral rolls revision drive and directed a CBI or NIA probe besides deployment of central forces in the poll-bound state. In a scathing indictment, the top court said the incident "also exposes complete failure of the state admin ...Read More >
Pantnagar (Udham Singh Nagar), Apr 2 (PTI) A 40-year-old Delhi woman has died under suspicious circumstances at a five-star hotel here, police said on Thursday. The deceased, Jyoti Sharma, a resident of Lodhi Road in Delhi, was staying at the Radisson Blu hotel with her business associate, Amit Chaudhary, when she allegedly fell ill late Tuesday night, they added. Chaudhary approached the hotel reception to request medical assistance, following which Sharma was taken to a hospital where she wa ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, April 2, took suo motu cognisance of the gheraoing of seven judicial officers, including three women, by a mob in West Bengal's Malda district during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, terming it a "calculated and deliberate" attempt to demoralise the officers and obstruct the electoral process, and slamming the state administration's inaction as a "criminal failure." A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Just ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from the West Bengal Police Director General of Police (DGP) for more than 10 hours, till they were rescued at midnight by CAPF, in connection with the incident in Malda's Kaliachak incident after seven judicial officers, including three women, were gheraoed by a huge number of voters whose names had been deleted in the Adjudication process, in Malda district's Kaliachak, for more than ten hours. Meanwhile, Supreme Court has sho ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the West Bengal administration for their alleged inaction over the "deplorable" gherao and attack on seven judicial officers in Malda district during the SIR drive and ordered an independent probe by the CBI or NIA. In a scathing indictment of the state administration, the top court said the incident "also exposes complete failure of the state administration" and observed that West Bengal is the "most polarised state". T ...Read More >
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