New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed charges against eight accused, including Pakistani gangster-turned-terrorist Shehzad Bhatti, in connection with the IED car bomb blast in the parking area of Ambala’s Baldev Nagar police station in January this year, an official said. Bhatti, wanted in other terrorist cases too, and seven arrested Indian nationals have been chargesheeted under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, BNS 202…
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Ambala, July 1 (IANS) A four-year-old boy, who fell into a 220-foot-deep open borewell in Haryana’s Ambala district, was declared dead after he was pulled out following an over 20-hour rescue operation early Wednesday, officials said. Nirbhay had slipped into a 220-foot-deep open borewell in Ambala’s Dhanaura village early on Tuesday.The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), district administration, and the Indian Army had initiated an extensive rescue op…
Ambala (Haryana), June 30 (IANS) A massive multi-agency rescue operation is underway in Haryana’s Ambala district after a four-year-old boy slipped into a 220-foot-deep open borewell on Tuesday morning. A race against time is underway by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), district administration, and the Indian Army to save the child.The child, identified as Nirbhay, fell into the approximately nine-inch-wide borewell in Dhanaura village under Bara…
Chandigarh, June 19 (IANS) In a major intelligence-led operation, Punjab Police, with the cooperation of Central agencies and the Royal Malaysia Police (RMP), have secured the deportation of two wanted operatives linked to the banned Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) from Malaysia, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Friday.The accused were apprehended by Punjab Police at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in New Delhi upon their arrival and brought to Punjab for further investig…
Chandigarh, June 11 (IANS) The Special Task Force (STF) of Haryana said on Thursday that the extradition of gangster Vainket Garg from Georgia was a landmark achievement as this was the first extradition from Georgia to India and the 10th deportation secured by it this year. The extradition was secured through cooperation between the governments of India and Georgia.Garg, who belongs to Naraingarh town in Ambala district, was the leader of the Vainket Garg Gang, comprising 53 members.”The gang h…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab and Haryana in connection with three terror-gangster network cases linked to Pakistan-based terrorist Shahzad Bhatti. NIA teams carried out coordinated searches at 18 locations across nine districts in the two states. Several individuals were examined to gather relevant information, while digital devices, documents, and data related to communication networks, financial t…
Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) In a strong administrative crackdown over deteriorating sex ratio concerns, the Haryana government on Tuesday said it has suspended four senior medical officers with immediate effect for alleged poor performance and failure in effective monitoring of measures related to improvement of the key demographic.The action, ordered by Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Dr Sumita Misra, signals the government’s tough stance against negligence in implementin…
Amritsar, May 14 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu on Thursday announced the redevelopment of the Amritsar railway station to a world-class station with an estimated cost of Rs 402 crore. It will transform the station into a modern, passenger-friendly, and future-ready transport hub. In addition, Rs 100 crore has been sanctioned for reconstruction and augmentation of additional five platforms. Thanking Prime minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Ashwani Vaishn…
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) In a straight contest between the ruling BJP and the principal Opposition Congress, counting of ballots for Haryana’s seven urban local bodies, besides 528 panchayats, began on Wednesday that saw a voter turnout of 54.5 per cent. The municipal corporations are of Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat, besides elections to the Rewari municipal council and municipal committees in Sampla, Dharuhera and Uklana.By-elections for one ward each were also held in Tohana, Jhajjar, Rajo…
Bengaluru, May 2 (IANS) A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has convicted and sentenced another key operative of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in connection with the 2023 Bengaluru prison radicalisation case, said the official statement released on Saturday. The NIA special court in Bengaluru sentenced Vikram Kumar, alias Chota Usman, to seven years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 30,000 under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Unlawful…