Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) Actress Kavita Kaushik has spoken about the perception of female officers being sidelined in cop dramas, stating that she has not faced such an experience, particularly given that she herself portrayed a female cop in the show FIR. The actress speaking about being sidelined in cop dramas, stressed that performance matters more than screen time for her.In an exclusive conversation with IANS, she addressed the perception that female officers are often pushed to the backgroun…
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New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) In a major enforcement action under the Essential Commodities Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Thursday unearthed an illegal operation involving the hoarding and misuse of LPG cylinders in the Ranhola area of Outer Delhi. A total of 459 empty gas cylinders, including 175 Bharat Petroleum and 284 Indane cylinders, were seized during the raid. According to officials, the operation was carried out by the Western Range-I (WR-I) un…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and member of Parliament Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to order a CBI probe into the death of Warehousing Corporation district manager Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, who was forced to take the extreme step of ending his life following physical and mental harassment at the hands of AAP leader Laljit Bhullar. Reacting to a statement by the Home Minister in the Parliament in which he asserted that the Centre…
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW), on Tuesday, took suo motu cognisance of the alleged sexual harassment of a woman civic volunteer by a Officer-in-Charge of the Kolkata police station and asked the West Bengal Director General of Police (DGP), Peeyush Pandey, to file an action taken report regarding the incident within five days. In an X post, the NCW said, “National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of a grave and disturbing news report… p…
Patna, Feb 26 (IANS) Tension prevailed in the Kudra Police Station area of Kaimur district after people allegedly attacked police personnel who had reached a village to act on information about an illegal liquor party that was in violation of Bihar’s prohibition law.Several police personnel were injured, and police resorted to firing in what they termed as self-defence.According to police officials, a liquor party was organized late on Wednesday night in Kajhar Ghat village to celebrate the re…
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Actor Aditya Pancholi attended the hearing at the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. The court heard the petition for the 28th time filed by the actor to quash the FIR filed against him in the alleged rape case. The case was filed by a female actor in 2019. The actor said that he cannot say anything more on the legal procedure, and the outcome of the case will be on March 4. His lawyer Prashant Patil said that the FIR of rape (IPC 376 among other sections) registered at Versova …
Amaravati, Feb 23 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday arrested IPS officer Sunil Nayak in Bihar in connection with the alleged custodial torture of current Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly, K Raghurama Krishna Raju, in 2021 when YSRCP was in power.Nayak, who had then served as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Andhra Pradesh, was arrested by a police team from Andhra Pradesh. Guntur district police confirmed the arrest.He is being b…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) IPO-bound Skyways Air Services Ltd, a Delhi-based air freight forwarding and logistics company, is facing an FIR — filed with the Delhi Wing of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) by UK-based PG Paper Company Limited – over an alleged “large-scale fraud” to the tune of Rs 480 crore involving nine firms/persons (including Skyways Air Services Ltd).The FIR with EOW Delhi, a copy of which was accessed by IANS, states that the UK-based firm filed the complaint against nine a…
Mangaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) Karnataka Police registered an FIR in connection with the case of elopement of a college girl with a Muslim man in the communally sensitive Mangaluru district of the state on Tuesday. The police have filed the FIR following the complaint by the parents of the girl. The parents have claimed that their daughter is missing and they are not able to contact her, and sought police assistance to track her. According to police, the woman, identified as 23-year-old Vaishali, is a…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Congress leader Udit Raj on Sunday reacted sharply to the Janakpuri biker death case, calling it a reflection of administrative failure and questioning the accountability of the BJP-led Delhi government. Referring to the tragic incident, Udit Raj said, “It’s an accident and chaos erupted after it… But like always…after some time, it settles down without any action being taken, and people forget. It’s been a year since the BJP government was formed. Potholes were…