New Delhi | 2 hours ago
No arrogance while discharging duty, advises apex court
New Delhi, Feb 19 - The Supreme Court has advised those in power to ensure that there should be no trace of arrogance and vanity while discharging their official duty.A bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice A.K. Patnaik gave this counsel to the Central Reserve Police Force -, while also rebuking it for dismissing one of its head constables Angad Das arbitrarily. 'People in power and author ... read more

Lucknow | 4 hours ago
Unstable shooter anaesthesised, brought out of room
Lucknow, Feb 19 - After battling with the police for over 35 hours, a mentally unstable youth was finally brought out of the room where he had locked himself in Wednesday and resorted to firing. The suicidal 27-year-old was administered some anaesthetic in a gaseous form and then taken out in an unconscious state.Shamim alias Raju, son of a doctor in Bakshi-ka-Talab area on the outskirts of Luckno ... read more

2 days ago
Home ministry team visits Maoist attack site in West Bengal
Shilda -, Feb 17 - A two-member union home ministry team Wednesday visited the security force camp at Shilda in West Bengal, where an audacious attack by Maoist guerrillas Monday left 24 paramilitary troopers and a civilian dead.'The union home ministry team has visited Shilda Eastern Frontier Rifles - camp this - evening,' an official source said. State Inspector General of Police - Kuldip Singh ... read more

Gandhinagar | 2 days ago
Many links between Ahmedabad, Pune blasts
Gandhinagar, Feb 17 - There are many reasons to suspect a link between the 2008 serial blasts in Ahmedabad and the Feb 13 bombing in Pune, including the prime suspects - Akbar Chaudhary and his brother Mohsin Chaudhary - police sources said here.Akbar Chaudhary, arrested for his involvement in the Ahmedabad blasts and also a prime suspect in planting explosives in Surat, is the brother of Mohsin C ... read more

Pune | 3 days ago
Pune toll is 10, police divided over alleged arrests
Pune, Feb 16 - The death toll in the Pune terror attack rose to 10 Tuesday as a college student succumbed to his burn injuries while a police officer denied a colleague's claim that two suspects had been arrested.Four teams of the Anti-Terrorism Squad - of the Maharashtra Police continued their investigation into the deadly bombing at the iconic German Bakery Saturday evening that also left 60 peo ... read more

Panaji | 3 days ago
Goa politician booked in Russian rape case
Panaji, Feb 16 - The Crime Branch Tuesday formally charged Goa politician John Fernandes with raping and assaulting a 25-year-old Russian woman in December last year, police said.Speaking to IANS, Deputy Inspector General of Police Ravindra Singh Yadav said the chargesheet was filed Tuesday before a local judicial magistrate, but would be admitted to the sessions court Feb 23. FOrty-year-old Fer ... read more

Mumbai | 3 days ago
Every aspect of Pune bombing being probed: police
Mumbai, Feb 16 - The police are investigating 'each and every aspect' of the Pune bombing that killed 10 people, a senior police officer said Tuesday.'We are open to everything. We are not ruling out any possibility. We are investigating each and every aspect -,' Inspector General of Police Rashmi Shukla told reporters. She said the explosive used to detonate the bomb concealed in a backpack in th ... read more

Panaji | 3 days ago
Goa police beef up security at sites visited by Headley
Panaji, Feb 16 - The police have beefed up security at places reportedly frequented by US terror suspect David Coleman Headley during his week-long Goa visit last year.Central intelligence agencies have forwarded to the Goa police a list of places which Headley is reported to have reconnoitred during his visit to the coastal tourism-oriented villages of Anjuna and Arambol, a senior police official ... read more

Kolkata | 4 days ago
24 security men killed in West Bengal Maoist attack
Kolkata, Feb 16 - A daring attack by Maoists on a police camp in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Monday has left 24 security personnel dead, an official said.The incident took place at Shilda locality in the district when a group of Maoists opened fire at the camp of the joint security forces deployed to combat the Maoists. 'According to latest information 24 security personnel were killed i ... read more

Kolkata | 4 days ago
20 killed in West Bengal Maoist attack
Kolkata, Feb 15 - At least 20 security personnel were killed and many went missing when Maoists launched an audacious attack on a police camp in West Midnapore district of West Bengal Monday evening to protest a proposed security operation against the guerrillas, police said.The incident took place at Shilda locality in the district when a group of Maoists opened fire at central paramilitary force ... read more