Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) A first information report (FIR) has been lodged against Trinamool Congress MLA Ratna Chatterjee, who is the party's candidate this time as well, over an incident of vandalism at a local office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Behala (Paschim) Assembly constituency in the southern outskirts of Kolkata.
Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) The Anti-Extortion Cell of the Mumbai Police has arrested two individuals for allegedly attempting to extort Rs 4 lakh from a complainant by using a letter purportedly carrying the forged signature of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said on Monday.
New Delhi, April 5: Picture the forests of Bastar in 2013. No roads. No mobile signals. No banks. No schools worth the name. A parallel government, complete with its own courts, its own tax collectors and its own executioners, ruled these jungles by absolute terror. Tribal families buried their dead in silence, fearing that grief itself might draw suspicion. Security forces moved in convoys because moving alone meant dying.
Quetta, April 5 (IANS) Four more civilians have been forcibly disappeared in Pakistan's Balochistan province, raising fresh concerns over enforced disappearances in the region, media reported on Sunday.
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Delhi Police has busted an organised racket involved in the illegal diversion and sale of government-supplied medicines meant for free distribution in public hospitals, officials said on Sunday.
Santiago, April 4 (IANS) Chile's El Barrio Meiggs region has emerged as an operational hub for the 'Bang Clan', a Chinese organised crime group with roots in the Fujian province on China's southeastern coast. The organisation is involved in a range of criminal activities, including "intensive cannabis cultivation; human trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation; as well as the trafficking of synthetic drugs such as methamphetamine and ecstasy", a recent report has detailed.
Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has confirmed the arrest of a most wanted human trafficker on FIA red book who was involved in the June 2023 Greece boat capsize, local media reported on Friday. The accused was earlier serving as a constable in Pakistan's Elite Force.
New Delhi/Punjab, April 3 (IANS) The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Friday, expressed concern about the current law and order situation in Punjab, saying that the state is again under "narco-militancy". Additionally, the BJP held the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led state government responsible for "increased terrorism" in the state.
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) With the National Investigation Agency (NIA) starting a probe into the case of harassment of judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda on the night of April 1, the total arrests in the case made by the state police till Friday afternoon have increased to 33.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) In a major crackdown on the illegal storage, transportation, and suspected black marketing of LPG cylinders, police in north Delhi recovered a large quantity of illegally stored gas cylinders and arrested one man, police said on Friday.
