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New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to interfere with the bail granted to former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan in a case linked to the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Dismissing an appeal filed by the Delhi Police seeking cancellation of bail, a Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja observed that more than four years have elapsed since Jahan was granted relief, and there were no allegations of breach of con…

Noida, April 16 (IANS) The Noida Police have claimed a major breakthrough in the recent violence involving labourers in Gautam Buddh Nagar, stating that the unrest was the result of a well-orchestrated conspiracy. Police Commissioner Laxmi Singh on Thursday said three key conspirators who fomented trouble have been identified.Of the three, two accused — Rupesh Roy and Manisha Chauhan — have been arrested, while the third, Adiya Anand, is absconding.According to investigators, all three were pr…

New Delhi/Imphal, March 18 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against three cadres of the banned People’s Liberation Army (PLA) terrorist outfit in connection with last year’s ambush on an Assam Rifles vehicle in Manipur, in which two paramilitary personnel were killed, the probe agency said. The charge sheet, filed before the NIA Special Court in Imphal, names the three accused under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the A…

Hyderabad, Jan 29 (IANS) In a significant development in the phone tapping case in Telangana, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has summoned Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.The SIT has issued notice to K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), directing him to make himself available for questioning at 3 p.m. on Friday (January 30).The SIT officials served the notice at KCR’s resident at Nandinagar in Banjara Hills on Thursday.Considering KCR’s age, …

Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) Former MP of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Joginipally Santosh Rao on Tuesday appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the phone tapping case.Santosh Rao, a former member of Rajya Sabha, reached the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Police at 3 p.m. as directed by the Investigation Officer.Santosh Rao, who is the nephew of BRS President and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), visited KCR’s house at Nandi Nagar in Hyderabad bef…

Hyderabad, Jan 22 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing phone tapping case has summoned Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao for questioning on Friday.The SIT on Thursday issued notice to KTR, directing him to appear before Assistant Commissioner of Police P. Venkatagiri at the Office of the Assistant Commissioner of Police at 11 a.m.The notice, issued under section 160 of Criminal Procedure Code, states that during the course of investigation, it came the …

Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Two persons were arrested on Wednesday after an irate mob, led by Trinamool Congress MLA from Farakka, Monirul Islam, vandalised the Farakka Block Development Office (BDO) in Murshidabad district and ransacked the chamber of the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO).The vandalism by ruling party workers resulted in the suspension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing of the voter list, which was underway at the BDO office.Following the incident, the BDO, Farakka f…

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Delhi Police on Thursday arrested six more people in connection with the violence that erupted during the municipal corporation’s demolition drive near the Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque in the Turkman Gate area. With these latest arrests, the total number of people held in the case has increased to 11.On Wednesday, Delhi Police arrested five people in connection with the stone pelting incident during the demolition drive near the mosque.Earlier in the day, Delhi Police said they …

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Delhi Police on Thursday said they have identified 30 people involved in the violence that erupted during the municipal corporation’s demolition drive near the Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque in the Turkman Gate area. The identification was made on the basis of CCTV footage, body-worn camera recordings of police personnel, and several viral videos from the area. Police officials said a summons will soon be sent to Samajwadi Party MP Mohibbullah Nadvi to join the investigation, as h…

New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The violence that occurred during Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s demolition drive near the Faiz-e-Ilahi mosque in Turkman Gate broke out in the early hours of Wednesday, after a group of protestors assembled at the spot, defied police instructions and engaged in stone-pelting at them, according to the FIR lodged by a police constable stationed in the area. The copy of FIR, accessed by IANS, documents the sequence of events, right from police barricading of the encroache…