Chandigarh, June 27 (IANS) In a major development in the arrest of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on charges of laundering more than Rs 540 crore of drug money, the investigating agency on Friday said former Director General of Police (DGP) Siddharth Chattopadhyaya has agreed to join the investigation of the case.
Kohima, June 26 (IANS) A senior IPS officer said on Thursday that Nagaland has a 215 km long porous and unfenced border with Myanmar and is located very near to the infamous ‘Golden Triangle’, which has forced the state to become a transit point of various drugs going to other states.
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 39 containers carrying 1,115 metric tonnes of Pakistani-origin goods, valued at nearly Rs 9 crore, that were being illegally imported into India by sea via Dubai, officials said on Thursday.
Chandigarh, June 26 (IANAS) A day after the Vigilance Bureau arrested Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia on charges of laundering more than Rs 540-crore drug money, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday said after action against small-time drug smugglers, “it is now the turn of the big players to face consequences”.
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday called upon citizens to join efforts by the government, police and society to fight the drug menace and report sale or consumption of contraband in their neighbourhoods on helpline 1933.
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke has urged the Canadian Federal government to declare the Lawrence Bishnoi gang — and any other groups involved in extortion and violence targeting Canadians of South Asian descent — as terrorist organisations under Canadian law.
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) A clerk working at the Indian Navy's headquarters in New Delhi has been arrested on charges of espionage, accused of leaking sensitive military information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), including during the recently concluded Operation Sindoor, according to media reports.
Mexico City, June 26 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and nearly 20 others wounded in a brutal overnight attack in the Mexican city of Irapuato, located in the state of Guanajuato, after gunmen opened fire during a festive street celebration honouring St. John the Baptist, local authorities have confirmed.
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to release A.S. Ismail, one of the founding members of the banned outfit, the Popular Front of India (PFI), on bail on medical grounds.
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Tuesday, has taken cognisance of a shocking case reported from Uttar Pradesh's Etawah district, where a complaint has been lodged alleging that a religious storyteller was beaten up and humiliated for belonging to a backward caste.
