Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) Kolkata Police Commissioner Ajay Nand on Wednesday said that JCBs cannot be used for victory processions and legal action will be taken against owners who rent them out.The city police commissioner held a press conference in Lalbazar (city police headquarters) in central Kolkata in the afternoon after receiving reports of post-poll violence across the city.He said that about 80 people have been arrested in connection with several incidents of post-poll violence, asserting t…
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Dhaka, April 25 (IANS) As many as 97 shrines across Bangladesh have come under attack since the 2024 July protests and through the final phase of the previous Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, with incidents including vandalism, arson, looting, and coordinated assaults.According to a report in Dhaka Tribune, in the latest case, a spiritual leader, Shamim Reza, was beaten and hacked to death at his shrine in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia district on April 18, following an attack sparked by ru…
Srinagar, April 21 (IANS) Police in J&K’s Sopore town said on Tuesday that an FIR has been registered against miscreants for chopping down apple trees in an orchard.Officials said that the FIR was registered after unidentified persons chopped down dozens of apple trees in an orchard at the Bohripora area in the Sopore area of Baramulla district, causing significant loss to the owner.The family owning the apple orchard said the incident took place during the night when miscreants entered th…
Ahmedabad, April 19 (IANS) A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been set up to probe the killing of a 30-year-old man in Dhandhuka town of Ahmedabad district, as police widened their investigation and intensified action following unrest triggered by the incident.Confirming to IANS, Ahmedabad Rural Superintendent of Police (SP) Om Prakash Jat said the SIT has been constituted under a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) to ensure a thorough and impartial probe.The team comprises DySP Prakash …
Noida, April 18 (IANS) The investigation into the vandalism and arson that occurred during the recent violent workers’ protests in Noida has taken a new turn. Following preliminary enquiries that revealed a suspected foreign connection, specifically a possible Pakistani link behind the sequence of events, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has now joined the probe. Taking the matter with utmost seriousness, the ATS has expanded the scope of its investigation, and every aspect of the incident is bein…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police have registered an FIR against 300 people in the case of violence that erupted in Mathura after the death of a cow vigilante, Baba Chandrashekhar, also known as ‘Farsa Wale Baba’.According to reports, the incident occurred on the NH-19 when Chandrashekhar died after being run over by a truck in the early hours of Saturday. Police have maintained that it was a road accident caused amid low visibility due to dense fog, while supporters have alleg…
Hyderabad, Jan 16 (IANS) All flyovers in Hyderabad will remain closed on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday in view of ‘Shab-e-Meraj’.Traffic police announced that Necklace Road around Hussain Sagar lake and all flyovers will be closed after 10 p.m. to regulate traffic and to ensure road safety.D. Joel Davis, Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic said Greenland’s Flyover, PVNR Expressway and Langar House flyovers will not be shut.Further, Telangana Talli, Shaikpet, Manmohan Singh…
Islamabad, Jan 12 (IANS) A leading minority rights group has condemned the vandalism of a church in Pakistan’s Punjab province, where a cross was broken and a Bible desecrated, describing the act as a deliberate attempt to humiliate the Christian community amid a growing pattern of attacks on religious minorities across the country.The Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM) mentioned that on Sunday, Tak Memorial Church, in the village of Preme Nagar in Lahore district of Punjab, was vandalised, cal…