Lucknow, June 11 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel has directed all medical and dental colleges across the state to establish Religious Conversion Prevention Cells (Dharmantaran Roktham Cells), according to an official statement.This comes after the cases of religious conversion involving a resident doctor at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) and the reported disappearance of the daughter of an employee of Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences.Following the o…
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Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jahangir Khan was arrested by Bengal police near the India-Nepal border on Monday, in connection with an extortion case, officials said. The arrest brings to an end days of police chase as the Falta candidate had been on the run and was evading law enforcement agencies despite multiple criminal investigations against him. Jahangir Khan, who attained popularity as ‘Pushpa’ during Bengal Assembly elections was arrested by the Special Task …
Lucknow, June 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police and the Special Task Force (STF) have intensified their ongoing crackdown on criminal networks across the state, carrying out a series of encounters and coordinated operations over the past 36 hours. From Ayodhya and Jhansi to Lucknow, Hapur, Chandauli, Saharanpur and Shravasti, law enforcement agencies launched multiple actions against wanted criminals, leading to the arrest of several accused persons and the neutralisation of one notorious offend…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) A huge cache of firearms and cartridges hidden in a pond belonging to a Trinamool Congress leader was recovered by the Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on Saturday morning, officials said.Based on a tip-off from a secret source, the STF investigators raided the area and searched on Saturday morning. The officers, during the search, uncovered a cache of weapons in the pond. However, the owner of the pond, Trina…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Amid several negativities tagged with them during the 15 years of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress regime in West Bengal from 2011 to 2026, Kolkata Police have started undergoing a series of reforms under the new Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP rule in the state, distinctively to revive the force’s past glory as the “Scotland Yard of the East”. During the last 15 years, there have been several instances where the image of Kolkata Police (previously Calcutta Police…
Bhopal, May 29 (IANS) The Special Task Force (STF) of the Madhya Pradesh Police on Friday claimed to have uncovered a well-organised illegal narcotic cough syrup network operating from a residential colony in Bhopal after a three-hour overnight raid led to the seizure of nearly 75,000 bottles of banned syrup worth around Rs 1.5 crore.The operation was carried out at Dobra Patel City Colony in the Gandhi Nagar area from Thursday midnight until early Friday morning.Officials said the accused were …
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Dilip Mondal, the Trinamool Congress legislator from the Bishnupur (SC) Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, who was first detained and later arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police from a hotel in neighbouring Odisha’s Puri on Wednesday, was remanded to 10 days of police custody by a lower court in Kolkata on Thursday.After being detained and subsequently arrested from the hotel in Puri, Mondal was brought to Kolkata…
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) The West Bengal Police on Wednesday detained the absconding Trinamool Congress MLA Dilip Mondal from Puri in Odisha.Dilip Mondal is an MLA from Bishnupur constituency in South 24 Parganas district. The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police detained him from a hotel in Puri.According to the police, at present Mondal is being brought to Kolkata on a transit remand.Recently, a video of the Bishnupur MLA went viral on social media, the authenticity of which could not …
Gurugram, May 22 (IANS) The Haryana Special Task Force on Friday recovered 8.940 kilograms of heroin, with a market value of nearly Rs 36 crore, in Gurugram during a major anti-narcotics operation, police officials said. According to officials, the heroin consignment was allegedly transported from Punjab to Haryana for distribution across different regions of the state.Acting on a tip-off from an informant, the Gurugram STF launched a special operation against narcotics trafficking and conducted…
Patna, May 20 (IANS) The Home Department of the Bihar government has carried out another major administrative reshuffle in the police department, transferring eight senior officers of the Bihar Police Service. The transfers were announced through a notification issued by the Home Department on May 20, 2026.The reshuffle primarily affects officers serving in the ranks of Sub-Divisional Police Officer and Deputy Superintendent of Police.According to an official notification, the move is aimed at s…