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Photo: AI imageMethamphetamine Tablets Worth Rs 2 Crore Seized, Suspected Drug Peddler Held
Agartala: The Assam Rifles have seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets worth over Rs 2 crore and arrested a suspected drug peddler in Tripura, officials said on Monday. A defence spokesman said that the Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the Assam Rifles Field Intelligence Unit (ARFIU) and the Customs Department, Agartala, apprehended a suspected…
Photo: IANSINDIA Bloc Leaders Seek Legal Intervention Over Electoral Irregularities, March Towards Supreme Court
New Delhi: Amid heavy security arrangements and barricading by the Delhi Police, leaders of the INDIA bloc on Monday began a protest march towards the Supreme Court, announcing that they would seek legal intervention to safeguard democratic and constitutional rights. INDIA Bloc Demands CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s Resignation The opposition leaders also demanded the resignation of…
Photo: IANSKolkata: ED Intensifies Probe into Inter-State Chit Fund Scam
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was conducting simultaneous raids and search operations at eight locations in Kolkata on Monday in connection with a major chit fund scam in West Bengal. The ED teams were accompanied by Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel. Sources aware of the development said that a chit fund entity lured thousands…
Photo: AI ImageSUV Driver Flees After Fatal Head-On Crash Kills Two Bike Riders on NH-30 in MP
MP: Two men, including a microfinance branch manager and a colliery employee, were killed after their motorcycle collided head-on with a Scorpio SUV on the Tamas River bridge on National Highway-30 in Madhya Pradesh’s Maihar district, police said on Monday. According to police, the tragic accident occurred around 11.30 p.m. on Sunday on the Maihar-Rewa…
Photo: IANSUnderage Drinking and Vulgar Acts Under Scanner: Behind the Mega Midnight Operation in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh led a late-night crackdown on pubs and bars across the city, with around 1,500 police personnel conducting raids and inspections at 400 to 500 locations to check violations of operating hours, underage drinking, and other alleged irregularities, he said on Saturday. The raids, which continued until 2 a.m.…
Photo: AI imageHardware Merchant Shot Dead in Broad Daylight in Bihar’s Ara Minutes After Dropping Children to School
Patna: A 36-year-old hardware shop owner was shot dead by armed assailants in Bihar’s Bhojpur district on Saturday morning, officials said. The incident, which occurred near a bridge close to a temple on Godhna Road, within the Nawada police station area of Ara town, created panic in the area. The deceased has been identified as…
Photo: Kuki organisationWoman Shot Dead, Houses Set on Fire in Clashes Between Kuki and Naga Groups in Kamjong
Imphal: A woman was allegedly shot dead and several houses reportedly burnt during fresh clashes between Kuki and Naga groups in Manipur’s Kamjong district, prompting the authorities to impose prohibitory orders, officials said on Saturday. According to police, the incident occurred on Friday night in Kuki-majority Chassad village in the Naga-dominated district, where the woman,…
Photo: PTICeiling fan removal debate: How several foreign universities modified campuses to prevent suicides
Spring-loaded “antisuicide” fans, enclosing fans in mesh guards or replacing ceiling fans with wall-mounted units—the physical modifications by Indian educational institutions to prevent student suicides might be attracting criticism as “bandaid measures”, but the approach has been adopted previously by several foreign universities. University of Houston (UH) had in 2023 made changes in its infrastructure,…
Photo: Instagram/CJPCJP Activists, Including Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, Detained at IGI Airport Amid Heightened Security
New Delhi: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and other CJP members, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, were detained at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport as they arrived ahead of the announced protest at Jantar Mantar, police said on Saturday. CJP Leaders’ Airport Arrival Takes Turn Ahead of Jantar Mantar Protest Delhi Police…
Photo: PTI Photo/Shailendra BhojakDhruv Rathee Detained from Gurugram Residence Ahead of Jantar Mantar Protest; Severe Security Restrictions Hit Commuters
New Delhi: Social media influencer Dhruv Rathee was detained from his residence in Gurugram by Gurugram Police on Saturday, ahead of the protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Delhi Police on High Alert Ahead of CJP Protest at Jantar Mantar Rathee had attended a protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in…
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