The gangster Suresh Pujari was deported from Philippines to India. Pujari was on run from past 15 years and is currently under the custody of Maharashtra ATS.
The accused have been identified as Abid (30), a resident of Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh, Sagolsem Johnson Singh (27), a resident of Imphal in Manipur, Mohammad Asif (33), a resident of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, and Salman (30), a resident of Indore in Madhya Pradesh, they added.
A total of 25 mafias have been identified across the state since January 2020 till April 2021
According to reports, legendary wrestler and two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar has been part of gangs at war over real estate
Punjab's home department in a letter had asked the Uttar Pradesh government to take custody of Mukhtar Ansari from the Rupnagar jail on or before April 8.
The police commissionerate has so far attached properties worth approximately Rs 69 crore belonging to various mafia and gangsters
'On the night of the ambush, Dubey was aware that a police team was coming to Bikru,' a senior officer said.
Chennai Super Kings team sources say all efforts to keep Suresh Raina in Dubai failed. He was too scared with COVID-19 cases
When media persons asked Vikas Dubey's wife, Richa, what she thought of the events that led to her husband's death, she agitatedly said, 'Yes...Vikas did wrong and he deserved this fate.'
According to sources, Vikas reached the temple around 8.a.m and then informed the security men about his identity and asked them to inform the police.
Prabhat, killed on Thursday, was arrested in Faridabad after gangster Vikas Dubey was spotted at a hotel there.
While the encounter of criminals may be a knee-jerk response, we need to go for cultural overhaul of the police, bureaucracy and politicians as a long term solution to this deeper malaise.
CCTV footage showed a man resembling Vikas Dubey at a Faridabad hotel. The police have raided the hotel.
The Special Task Force of the UP Police traced Amar Dubey, close aide of gangster Vikas Dubey, in Himachal Pradesh and closed in on him.
The purported letter, if found true, could be damning evidence that a tip-off to Vikas Dubey about the raid was the handiwork of a senior police officer.
They have been suspended for laxity in duty in connection with the death of eight police personnel in Kanpur, a police PRO said.
Media has been barred from the area during the demolition drive at the house, which has not only 30- to 40-feet-high thick walls on the perimeter, but is also secured by concertina wire and 50 CCTVs.
It is true that criminals are used by intelligence and crime agencies all over the world to collect information. However, checking them not to exceed their brief is the most difficult responsibility, writes Vappala Balachandran.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.