HYDERABAD: The Banjara Hills police have booked an All India Services (AIS) officer on charges of sexual harassment after a woman AIS officer, living in his neighbourhood, accused him of using lewd language and gestures during a recent altercation. While the squabble, the complainant claimed, started over dog poop in the common area, it soon…
Police have busted a drug syndicate, arresting 11 individuals including a Nigerian national, a key supplier. MAHENDRAGARH: In a crackdown on the narcotics trade, Mahendragarh district police have dismantled a drug syndicate and arrested 11 accused, including a Nigerian national identified as a key supplier, during a special drive. The action, carried out under the…
KOLKATA: Scientists have rolled out an AI-powered forecasting system to help fishers locate hilsa shoals in the Bay of Bengal — a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at boosting catch, but already raising concerns among sections of the fishing community over sustainability and the risk of overfishing.Those involved with the project said some awareness camps have been…
Dhanauri wetland status stuck, 217 bird species at risk NOIDA: Dhanauri in Greater Noida is home to nearly 217 bird species, including the sarus crane, UP’s state bird. It also fulfils at least two criteria in order to be declared a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. Officially, however, it is not a…
Panaji: While there is no clarity whether the number of assembly seats in Goa will increase once 33% of the assembly seats are reserved for women, chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that he would not have any misgivings if his constituency of Sanquelim was reserved for women.Sawant said that clarity on the increase…
These women constables have completed training at the police lines at Varanasi RTC Varanasi: Following the Passing Out Parade on Apr 20, UP Police will receive 491 more women constables who have completed training at the police lines at Varanasi RTC. The women, selected through recruitment process, will now shoulder the responsibility of law, order…
Ahmedabad: A journalist has been arrested, and three others have been named, in an extortion case after a woman alleged repeated threats over a video recorded at her hut in a village near Kalol in Gandhinagar district.According to the complaint, three men came to her hut on Dec 10, 2025, claimed they were journalists, recorded…
Mohali: A police team that went to arrest a suspected drug trafficker was attacked by a group of youths in Harlalpur village on Wednesday afternoon in Kharar subdivision, leaving a sub-inspector injured. The incident also triggering tension in the village, prompting police to deploy force to maintain law and order.Kharar DSP Karan Singh Sandhu said,…
Pune: The Kalewadi police on Tuesday arrested a 47-year-old worker on the charge of sexually assaulting his neighbour’s two-and-a-half-year-old daughter by luring her with mangoes on Monday afternoon.Senior police inspector Rajendra Bahirat of the Kalewadi police said the accused lured the girl into his room by promising her mangoes and then sexually assaulted her.“The girl’s…
Lucknow: In the charred remains of shanties in Vikas Nagar, the fire did not just destroy homes — it erased lifetimes of effort, hopes and dreams.A twisted steel trunk lay half-buried in soot — it once held the wedding preparations of Saira Bano from Sitapur. Inside it were the sarees that she collected over the…
