Ahmedabad, July 5 (IANS) A man was arrested after Gujarat Police’s State Monitoring Cell seized 1.01kg of ambergris, commonly known as whale vomit, valued at about Rs 1.01 crore during a raid near Dholera in Ahmedabad district on Sunday. The operation was carried out by the State Monitoring Cell following directions from the Director General of Police (DGP) G.S. Malik to take action against illegal activities across the state.Police Inspector A.J. Chauhan and his team raided Raj Chamunda Hotel n…
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New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Noida-based Laxhar Evidence Labs Private Limited on Wednesday announced that it has received accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for forensic testing, claiming to be the first private forensic laboratory in India to secure accreditation across multiple forensic disciplines simultaneously.According to the company, the accreditation covers digital forensics, physical forensics and crime scene management, follo…
Hyderabad, June 7 (IANS) Over 700 people were caught driving vehicles under the influence of alcohol during the week-end special drunk driving enforcement drive in Hyderabad and Cyberabad Police Commissionerates. Hyderabad Traffic Police conducted a two-day special drive on June 5 and 6 against drunken driving to ensure road safety. During the special drive, total of 422 drivers were caught driving vehicles under the influence of alcohol. Similarly, Cyberabad Traffic Police (CTP) conducted a spe…
Hyderabad, May 24 (IANS) A police constable was injured as a car hit him when he tried to stop the vehicle during car racing by a group of youths in the Information Technology hub of Madhapur, past midnight. Police constable Ramesh suffered a fracture in his hand when he tried to stop a car as a group of youths created chaos with car racing and stunts near Niluofer Cafe.Three policemen armed with lathis tried to stop a car creating nuisance with modified silencer.In the video circulated on socia…
Surat, April 27 (IANS) A missing person complaint in Surat has led to the alleged murder of a woman by her husband, with police stating that the case involved concealment of the body inside a cement-filled wooden box at an abandoned house in the Salabatpura area. According to officials, the matter came to light on April 25 when the victim’s father lodged a complaint alleging that his daughter Shilpa (39) had been killed by her husband, Vishal Salvi (40), and that he had initially misled the…
Bhopal, April 16 (IANS) In a move aimed at strengthening safeguards for arrested individuals, the Madhya Pradesh Police have made it mandatory for police personnel to provide written grounds of arrest to every accused person.To implement this reform, the Madhya Pradesh Police Headquarters (PHQ) in Bhopal has issued directives to all Police Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and field units, in compliance with recent guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court.The Supreme Court, in its Novemb…
Guwahati, April 10 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered a fresh election at a polling station in Assam’s Karimganj North Assembly constituency after declaring the April 9 voting there void, officials said on Friday. While the ECI communication did not specify the exact reasons behind voiding the poll, such decisions are typically taken in cases involving disruptions, procedural violations, or complaints affecting the integrity of voting.According to an official communicati…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Delhi Police, the Union Health Ministry and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, seeking an Action Taken Report (ATR) within two weeks over allegations of harassment of whistleblowers in a case linked to an internal recruitment inquiry. Taking cognisance under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, a Bench presided over by NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo observed that the allegations prim…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) As the Centre reportedly prepares to introduce two key bills in Parliament to operationalise one-third reservation for women in legislative bodies, female MPs across party lines have welcomed the initiative, highlighting its significance for empowerment and inclusive development in the country. According to reports, in an effort to build a wider political consensus for amending the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, the government is seeking to delink the implementation of …
Seoul, March 6 (IANS) South Korea recorded its fifth-largest monthly current account surplus in January, driven by a semiconductor upcycle and strong exports, central bank data showed on Friday.The current account surplus totalled US$13.26 billion in January, down from $18.7 billion in December, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK).Compared with the same month a year earlier, however, the figure surged 397.4 percent, marking the fifth-largest monthly surplus on record, reports Yonhap news agency…