Tag: Police

BJP bike rallies stopped by police in West Bengal

Launched by BJP president Amit Shah on Friday, the bike rallies are part of the party's nationwide outreach campaign, ahead of elections.

March 3, 2019

AMU sedition row: Police say charge might be dropped since there is no evidence

Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh said on Thursday that the sedition charges pressed on 14 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students might be dropped since there is no primary evidence against them.

February 14, 2019

Twenty injured in explosion at central Paris bakery, police suspect gas leak

The blast, which took place at 9.10 a.m. (local time), was preceded by a fire that was apparently caused by a gas leak.

January 12, 2019

Police arrest men accused of abducting, raping woman in UP’s Muzaffarnagar

A 23-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and raped by two men here last month, police said on Monday, adding that the accused had also recorded a video of their act and uploaded it on the social media.

January 7, 2019

Clash between BJP workers, police leave many injured in Basirhat

A major clash erupted between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and police personnel in West Bengal’s Basirhat on Monday when a "law-violation programme" of the party turned violent.

December 24, 2018

Facial Recognition Technology: Your face could make or break you, well almost

While the use of Automated Facial Recognition by the police raises legal and ethical issues, it is an important tool for nabbing criminals, say Bethan Davies, Andrew Dawson and Martin Innes.

December 6, 2018

Bulandshahar: Wanted criminal fires at police, arrested

Rafeeq, a resident of Rohinda village, was wanted in over half a dozen cases of loot and murder.

November 14, 2018

Four wanted criminals nabbed in Noida

Following a tip-off Noida police set up a trap in Sector 15 here to nab the gang that has been dodging arrests in Delhi, Ghaziabad and here for several months.

November 12, 2018

UK police officer jailed for killing Indian-origin shopkeeper

Balvinder Singh, 59, died in hospital from his injuries after the van he was driving was hit by off-duty Jason Bannister's vehicle in December 2016.

November 10, 2018

Nearly 1300 stranded people rescued by police in J-K

More than 1300 people, including some tourists from West Bengal, stranded due to heavy snowfall at the Jawahar Tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar highway were on Sunday rescued by the J-K Traffic Police and CRPF.

November 4, 2018

Complaint of firing on witnesses of Pehlu Khan lynching case fake: Police

Singh said the police will file a report in the court and legal action against the complainant will also be taken for filing a false complaint.

October 3, 2018

Police rescue 74 stranded persons from snow hit Kargil

The Kargil district administration and police on Sunday airlifted more than 74 tourists, including foreigners, who were stranded in snow for the past eight days while on their way towards Manali in Himachal Pradesh.

September 30, 2018

Police hold rats responsible for burglar alarm in bank branch

A burglar alarm at a branch of the Indian Bank went off in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district on Monday triggering panic among locals and bringing the cops in large numbers.

September 4, 2018

Shiv Sena targets police over arrests of ‘Urban Naxals’

The Shiv Sena on Monday targeted the Maharashtra Police for the arrest of five so-called "urban-Naxals" on charges that they were a plotting a Rajiv Gandhi-style assassination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi among others.

September 3, 2018

Police arrest main accused in Uttarkashi rape and murder case

Following a major protest against slow pace of investigation, the Uttarakhand Police on Tuesday managed to arrest the main accused in the rape and murder case of a minor in Uttarkashi.

August 21, 2018

Fire breaks out at AIIMS, no casualties

A nursing room at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here caught fire on Monday. There are no casualties.

August 20, 2018

Slain foreign militant was our missing son: Kashmir family

The Army said all the five militants killed in the gunfight in Dooniwari forest area of Rafiabad were foreigners belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

August 11, 2018