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Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday refused to hear the state’s urgent appeal to withdraw the interim protection granted to TMC’s Jahangir Khan, who withdrew his candidature from Falta repoll on Tuesday.The state’s counsel mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya that the HC had granted Khan the protection from police arrest in 5 FIRs when he was the candidate, but since he has withdrawn, the protection be removed. “Come after May 26,” the judge replied. Source link

RK News Service Srinagar, May 20: Continuing its relentless crackdown against drug trafficking under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan, Police Station Lal Bazar demolished an illegal two-storey structure along with an adjoining room and washroom constructed on State land at Haka Bazar, Lal Bazar. “The demolished property, spread over approximately nine marlas and worth around Rs 1.50 crore, was found to be linked with a wanted drug peddler identified as Arshid Ahmed Sheikh, son of Wali Mohammad Sheikh, a resident of Haka Bazar, Lal Bazar, who is involved in multiple cases under the NDPS Act, including FIR No. 31/2025 under Sections 8/21 and 22 of the NDPS…

The petition alleged that the film has compromised the safety of India’s on-field undercover agents. NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC on Wednesday remarked that the “censor board should have some guidelines” related to spy movies, after a PIL filed by a serving Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel flagged concerns over Ranveer Singh-starrer ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ revealing tactical and sensitive information on the country’s intelligence and defence operations, and sought framing of a ‘spy movies protocol’. “The concerns raised by the petitioner need to be considered and addressed appropriately,” a bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia…

Mumbai: A 25-year-old woman was booked by Worli police after her high-end car rammed into a sedan on Worli Sea Link at around 11.45 pm on Monday, police said. No injuries were reported in the incident.Police booked Zenia D’sa, a resident of Powai, who was allegedly driving in a reckless and negligent manner on the southbound lane of the Sea Link, approximately 200 metres from the Worli-side road. According to police, D’sa was driving in a manner likely to endanger her own life as well as the lives of others, and caused damage to both her car and the sedan…

New Delhi: The double life of Nandlal Verma, a seemingly humble spare auto parts businessman living with his family in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, came crashing down after police discovered that he was actually Rakesh Patel, a murder convict absconding for 24 years.Patel, originally from northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, had stabbed a neighbour to death along with two of his associates, Chander Prakash and Anil Kumar, over a trivial matter in 1990. He was arrested, and sentenced to life imprisonment five years later.He had gained the trust of authorities when he was first granted parole for his wedding in 1999. Three…

An illustration shows Railway Protection Force officers detaining three suspected women thieves at KR Puram railway station in Bengaluru, while a separate scene depicts the alleged modus operandi of quietly unzipping a female passenger’s handbag in a crowded train coach without her noticing. Bengaluru: Railway Protection Force (RPF) caught three women from Maharashtra at KR Pura railway station last week for robbing female passengers.According to RPF, the three were tracked based on analysis of ‘Rail Madad’ theft complaints from passengers. A dedicated Theft of Passenger Belongings (TOPB) team of Bengaluru Cantonment circle verified CCTV footage and found how the gang…

Hyderabad: In a major operation spanning 13 states, police officials from Hyderabad have arrested 66 persons involved in supplying ghost SIM cards to cybercriminals. Officials said the arrests were made as part of the ongoing Operation Octopus and that the SIMs were used in 76 fraud cases in which about Rs 101 crore was lost.The arrests were made across Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha besides Telangana. Officials told TOI that they cracked down on the suppliers after an analysis of various cybercrime cases revealed that 1,164 SIMs used…

Chennai: Calling the detention of a private builder under the Goondas Act ‘draconian’, the Madras high court has directed former Chennai city commissioner of police, A Arun, to appear in person next week during the hearing of a habeas corpus case challenging the detention. A division bench comprising Justices G R Swaminathan and V Lakshminarayanan on Wednesday issued the direction while hearing an interim plea moved by Kalpana Sharma, wife of detained builder Santosh Sharma. In her petition, Kalpana Sharma sought four weeks’ leave for her husband, stating that their daughter Varsha Sharma had been hospitalised and required parental care.…

People visit the Snow Park at Balvatika Fun Carnival to beat the heat during the summer season, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Ahmedabad: Planning to step out for errands, commute during the afternoon rush, or spend hours on field duty? Wear loose cottons, hydrate frequently, and avoid direct exposure as much as possible because the weather gods are showing little mercy. Ahmedabad remained Gujarat’s hottest on Wednesday, recording a blistering 43.7°C, which was 1.7 degrees above normal, according to the India meteorological department (IMD).The heatwave-like conditions are far from over. The weather office has forecast another punishing Thursday for the city, with…

Prayagraj: Pratapgarh police on Wednesday lodged an FIR under sections 190, 191(3), 131, 352, 351(3), 132, and 121(1) of the BNS against 10–12 unidentified men who had allegedly attacked a man identified as Gulzar Ahmed—an accused facing charges of kidnapping, rape, and offences under the POCSO Act — when police was taking him for medical examination on Tuesday.The accused was produced before the court and subsequently remanded in judicial custody. The police have decided to lodge an FIR against the miscreants who attempted to engage in unlawful conduct.A police officer said, “A group of 10–12 unidentified individuals tried to drag…