Tag: Police

20 killed, many injured as KSRTC bus collides with container truck in Coimbatore

The police said the number of dead is likely to rise.

February 20, 2020

Investigators arrest man in Amritsar in 194-kg heroin smuggling case

On January 31, the Special Task Force of Punjab police had seized 194 kg heroin and other contraband from a rented house in Akash avenue in Sultanwind village of Amritsar district.

February 19, 2020

Religious preachers attacked, police assure strict action against miscreants

All three of them were taken to the hospital and given first aid but the incident evoked communal tension in the area followed by which a crowd of dissidents came out in protest.

February 18, 2020

Explosion at Lucknow court injures two lawyers, three more live bombs detected

The explosion took place at the Lucknow collectorate in Hazratganj, near the district magistrate's office.

February 13, 2020

Gauri Lankesh’s murder accused remanded by Maharashtra anti-terror squad in arms haul case

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of activist-journalist had arrested Devdikar last month from his hideout at Katras in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand.

February 7, 2020

Anti-CAA protest in Aligarh led by Mayor stopped by administration

The protesters, led by Aligarh mayor Mohammad Furqan, tried to take out a procession from Shamshad Market to the collectorate complex but police blocked their passage.

February 2, 2020

Deadlock continues as academic activity remains suspended at Aligarh Muslim University

The students are demanding the resignation of top university officials for “failing” to secure justice for those who were allegedly the victim of police excesses during anti-CAA protests.

January 30, 2020

Researchers mistaken for NRC surveyors held hostage in Bihar

The situation was defused at the police station where officials verified the identities of the researchers who were from a Lucknow-based research organization, engaged by a US-based Ph.D. scholar.

January 27, 2020

7 killed in dispute over ancient practice of ‘pathalgarhi’ in Jharkhand

Pathalgarhi is an ancient practice in the tribal communities of Jharkhand where stones signify self-rule by the local village panchayat, declaring the village as sovereign territory and prohibiting the entry of outsiders into the village.

January 23, 2020

20-year-old Indian-origin student killed in assault near pub in UK

Arjun Singh, a student at Nottingham Trent University, was assaulted near the Slug and Lettuce pub on Long Row in Nottingham on Saturday.

January 21, 2020

Tempo union head attempts self-immolation; kin, friends allege cops put him on fire

The tempo driver and head of the Tempo Driver Union Ashwani Lodhi was rushed to a nearby hospital from where he was referred to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi due to the critical burn injuries.

January 13, 2020

ISIS terrorists may have entered UP, alert along Nepal border: Cops

The alert was sounded in Maharajganj, Kushinagar and Siddharth Nagar districts along the border.

January 5, 2020

‘Repeat offenders’: UN envoy on Imran Khan sharing Bangladesh video for India

Syed Akbaruddin also tagged a 2017 photo of then Pakistani Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi displaying a picture of an injured Gaza girl and then portraying her as a Kashmiri pellet gun victim.

January 4, 2020

Police announces cash reward for identification of rioters seen firing in videos

Few days back, a video of December 20 protests was released by the police in which three men were seen using firearms during the protest.

December 31, 2019

Committed to keep Assam outside Citizenship Amendment Act: Asom Gana Parishad

AGP has been criticised across the state for its lone MP in the Rajya Sabha Birendra Prasad Baishya voting in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Bill after speaking against it in Parliament.

December 29, 2019

NIA raids Assam activist Akhil Gogoi’s residence in Guwahati

The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) leader has been protesting against the citizenship law since last year.

December 26, 2019

Hyderabad vet rape case: AIIMS forms team for second autopsy of 4 accused killed in encounter

The Telangana High Court had directed authorities to conduct a second postmortem on the bodies of the four accused.

December 22, 2019