DIBRUGARH: A week-long agitation over allegedly delayed compensation to families affected by the Baghjan oil well blowout in Assam’s Tinsukia flared up on Saturday, leaving five civilians and four cops injured in a hail of rubber bullets, tear gas shells and retaliatory stone-pelting by the protesters. The police said they used tear gas and rubber … Read more
People blocked road, pelted stones in Jehanabad district of Bihar. (Image: Twitter/ANI) The busy Jehanabad-Arwal highway remained jammed for hours as trouble erupted in Parasbigha police station area of the district. PTI Jehanabad Last Updated:July 24, 2021, 22:00 IST FOLLOW US ON: A female constable died after being run over by a vehicle here while … Read more
Several people, including policemen, were injured when security personnel used force to disperse protestors who were allegedly preventing OIL authorities from clearing materials from its Baghjan oil well site, which was the spot of a major fire last year, in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Saturday, a senior police officer said. The Oil India Limited (OIL) … Read more
In yet another instance of lawlessness in the state capital Bhopal, nine goons surrounded and stabbed two policemen in the parking area of Hamidia hospital on Thursday. Following the incident, police arrested four of the miscreants while five others were at large. Taking strong exception to the incident, the administration razed down houses and shops … Read more
BENGALURU: In a big relief for Manish Maheshwari, managing director of Twitter India, the Karnataka high court on Friday quashed notice issued by the Uttar Pradesh police under section 41-A of criminal procedure code, vis-a-vis the ongoing probe into the circulation of a communally sensitive video clip of an elderly Muslim man being attacked. The … Read more
The couple was married for less than seven years, the police said (Representational) New Delhi: The Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) on Thursday said a woman living in outer Delhi’s Kirari area was allegedly forced to drink acid by her in-laws in January this year and the police failed to register a case in the … Read more
Mumbai police have registered an FIR against senior IPS officer Param Bir Singh, five other police personnel and two more persons for allegedly demanding Rs 15 crore from a builder to withdraw cases against him, an official said on Thursday. Based on the builder’s complaint, the case was registered at the Marine Drive police station … Read more
In a meeting with Delhi Police officials, famers’ bodies on Sunday sought permission to organize ‘kisan sansad’ or farmers’ parliament with 200 farmers outside the Parliament in New Delhi. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of over 40 farmers’ unions, has planned a protest comprising 200 farmers outside the Parliament every day. Delhi … Read more
At least 16 people have mysteriously died in the past two-three days at a village in Bihar’s West Champaran. Police have detained five people for questioning as angle of hooch tragedy is being probed. However, of these, family members of eight said that they had not consumed alcohol. “We have been told that around eight … Read more
Kochi: Two Maldivian nationals — Mariyam Rasheeda and Fouziyya Hassan — who were also arrested in the ISRO espionage case in 1994 along with scientist Nambi Narayanan, have moved the Kerala High Court opposing the anticipatory bail plea of two former Kerala police officers who were involved in their arrest and detention back then. The … Read more