Police in Chandigarh on Tuesday detained Haryana Congress president Rao Narender Singh, state in-charge Sanjay Dutt and 18 Congress legislators after they attempted to march towards the Haryana Raj Bhavan in protest against the detention of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi.
Uttarakhand police arrested the son of a former chief secretary of the state for fraud and cheating by impersonating himself as a senior army officer or a higher official from the Union Home and Defence Ministries.
Police on Sunday conducted simultaneous raids at the residences of all eight accused arrested in connection with the alleged theft of donation money from the Ram Temple.
A police spokesperson, quoting Hanumangarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Narendra Meena, identified the accused as Krish Rai alias Shaan.
Police have seized the two-wheeler allegedly used by the assailants in the murder of Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to Suvendu Adhikari.
According to the police, the owner, Virender Gambhir, operates a dry-fruit shop nearby. Due to the festival season, he had temporarily stored dry fruits and packaging materials at home.
An elderly man was beaten to death last night at Halishahar in North 24-Parganas. No one was arrested in this connection.
A police spokesperson said that senior police officers, along with bomb disposal teams and dog squads, were dispatched from the divisional headquarters to Phalodi, a district headquarters, located around 140 km from Jodhpur.
The Siliguri Metropolitan Police has suspended assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Tania Roy following allegations of negligence and misconduct.
A civilian porter was killed and five soldiers injured when an Army convoy was reportedly attacked by terrorists near the Nagin area of Botapathari in North Kashmir's Gulmarg.
