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Panchkula (Haryana), Sep 7 (IANS) At least 500 cartons of smuggled Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs.375,000 have been seized from here and two people arrested here, police said Tuesday. According to the police officials, following a tip-off, they intercepted a truck carrying smuggled liquor here. Police said the seized liquor is worth Rs.375,000. [...]

Noida, Sep 7 (IANS) Three armed men robbed a senior BPO employee of his car outside a mall in Noida in Uttar Pradesh, police said Tuesday. The incident took place around 10 p.m. Monday when Ritesh Gupta, his wife and their two children came out of the Shopprix Mall in Sector 61 here. A police [...]

Ranchi, Sep 6 (IANS) Maoists Monday killed a man and his son over land dispute in Jharkhand’s Gumla district, police said. About 20 rebels of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) raided Agra village, around 130 km from Ranchi, and dragged Budhua Oraon and his son Anil Oraon out of their house. The Maoists [...]

Buenos Aires, Sep 1 (IANS/EFE) A 22-year-old Argentine man said he killed six people because he made a pact with ‘Saint Death’ in exchange for ‘protection and prosperity’, police said. Witnesses said the unidentified suspect became a serial killer to keep the promise he made to a popular pagan saint also known as ‘San La [...]

Raipur, Aug 27 (IANS) Unable to get money to treat her children, a poor woman in a Chhattisgarh village set herself and her two children on fire, police said Friday. The incident took place Thursday in Bhelwa Pataibahar village in Jashpur district, some 400 km north of capital Raipur, when 27-year-old Kamla Bai killed her [...]

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The national capital saw six robberies take place in one night. This includes a man being looted outside an ATM, a property dealer robbed of Rs.8.5 lakh and a few other cases of small thefts, police said Friday. ‘Six robbers on three bikes robbed a property dealer of Rs.8.5 lakh [...]

New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A 35-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide Sunday night as she was depressed over not getting married, police said Monday. According to police, Sunita was found hanging in her Bhajanpura (east Delhi), residence by her family members Monday. ‘A suicide note was recovered from her in which she claimed no one [...]

Guwahati, July 30 (IANS) At least four paramilitary troopers were killed and about 30 injured in a powerful landmine explosion in Assam Friday, police said. The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) claimed responsibility for the explosion in the restive northeastern state. A police spokesperson said militants triggered the remote-controlled landmine when Central Reserve [...]

Raipur, July 26 (IANS) At least six people have been killed in incessant rains in Chhattisgarh where road and rail services continue to be hit, officials said Monday. The state has been witnessing heavy rains since Saturday because of low pressure area over Orissa. Several key roads, including National Highway 221, have been blocked in [...]

Patiala, July 26 (IANS) A suspected Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) extremist was arrested from Punjab’s Patiala district Monday, police said. Pargat Singh is an associate of another KLF extremist Bakshish Singh, who was arrested in the state recently, a police official said. He said interrogation of Pargat was on. Pargat was staying as paying guest [...]

Guwahati, July 26 (IANS) Six people, including three schoolgirls and three of a family, drowned Monday in Assam’s rain-swollen rivers, police said. Three school girls drowned and two went missing while they were taking a dip at Mangaldoi river near Mangaldoi town (about 80 km from here), a police spokesperson said. ‘As part of the [...]

Srinagar, July 26 (IANS) Authorities imposed restrictions in many areas of Srinagar to prevent violence as a shutdown called by separatists crippled life here Monday. ‘Curfew has been imposed in Batmaloo locality of the city while restrictions are in place in uptown Maisuma and old city areas,’ a police officer said here. Hardline separatist Hurriyat [...]

Lalgarh (W. Bengal), July 20 (ANI): West Bengal Police came forth with the formula of ”Two Birds with One Stone” and organised a football tournament as a part of their public relations exercise and welfare programme for youth in Maoist infested areas. The aim to organise the match was to convince youngsters to consider the [...]

Lahore, July 13 (ANI): Pakistan law enforcement agencies have arrested over 90 terror suspects having links with various banned extremist groups in a crack down across different districts of Punjab Province, which has witnessed several deadly terror strikes in the recent past. According to reports, acting on directives of the Interior Ministry, the Punjab police [...]

Karachi, Jun.12 (ANI): The Karachi police has claimed arresting two Taliban extremists, who were said to be planning a major terror strike in the country’s financial capital. The arrests were made from a house in Baldia area of Karachi during a raid, a senior police official said. “The police are interrogating the two men, Inamullah [...]

Karachi, Jun.10 (ANI): At least one person was killed and three others, including a retired police official were injured in a bomb blast that ripped through the main gate of the Pakistan Navy’s staff colony in Baldia town here on Thursday. According to reports, the bomb was planted on a motorcycle parked under a bridge [...]

Quetta (Balochistan), Jun.9 (ANI): In yet another incident which showcases the plight of the minority Hindu community in Pakistan, a prominent trader was shot dead and his son kidnapped here by armed assailants. According to reports, Rajesh Kumar, a rice dealer, and his son Hamesh Kumar were near their shop situated on the Maddrasa Road [...]

Bhopal, May 29 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) Saturday sought a report from district authorities on the case of the two teenaged sisters who committed suicide after allegedly being harassed by police, officials said. MPHRC Chairman Justice D.M. Dharmadhikari issued separate notices to the Chhattarpur District Collector E.Ramesh Kumar and Superintendent of [...]

Jhargram (West Bengal), May 29 (IANS) The putrefying stench of decaying bodies filled the air here Saturday as the toll in Friday’s train accident rose to 98. The authorities said more casualties were expected as a very badly-mangled coach was yet to be prised open. More than 36 hours after the Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Super Deluxe [...]

Police began searching for Maoists rebels on Saturday believed responsible for sabotaging a crowded passenger train, as rescuers continued pulling bodies from the wreckage. The passenger train derailed and smashed into an oncoming goods train on Friday, killing 98 people and injuring at least 200. The death toll is expected to rise. “We have identified [...]