New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Saturday took suo-motu cognizance of the January 11 Alwar rape case and sought a report from the Rajasthan Chief Secretary by January 24.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 16 (ANI): Flying squad team of Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday evening seized cash worth Rs 50 lakh from a car in Kanpur during checking in view of Assembly polls in the state, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) East, Pramod Kumar Singh.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 16 (ANI): As many as 81 Mumbai policemen tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, informed police on Saturday.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], January 16 (ANI): Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the Jharkhand government on Saturday decided to extend the present COVID-19 related restrictions in the state till January 31.
Texas [US], January 16 (ANI): A Police SWAT team in the southern US state of Texas is negotiating with a man who appears to have taken hostages at a synagogue in the town of Colleyville, Dallas.
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 16 (ANI): A leopard was found dead in a forest area in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, said officials of the Wildlife Department.
Tokyo [Japan], January 16 (ANI): In the first intrusion of 2022, four Chinese coast guard ships sailed in Japanese waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for more than an hour on Saturday.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 16 (ANI): Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, former State Cabinet Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA Ramveer Upadhyay on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Agra.
Chandigarh [India], January 16 (ANI): Ever since the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force in Punjab for the Assembly elections, various enforcement teams have seized valuables worth Rs 40.31 crores in violation of the code till January 14, 2022, said Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CE
Kairana (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 16 (ANI): Ahead of Assembly elections, the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate from Kairana seat Nahid Hasan was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police under the Gangsters Act and was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Kairana court.
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Transport and logistics giant FedEx has sought Federal Aviation Administration's permission to add an anti-missile system to cargo planes to protect them against heat-seeking missiles.