Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday described the three new criminal laws that came into force on July 1, 2024, as a landmark in India's legal history, calling them the "biggest reform of the 21st century."
The Canadian federal government earlier this week listed the Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity under its Criminal Code giving authorities the power to freeze assets, block funding, and prosecute members under "anti-terrorism" laws.
Additional CP of the Special Cell, Pramod Singh Kushwaha, said, "The arrested criminals are Akash Rajput, a resident of Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, and Mahipal, a resident of Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Akash Rajput was involved in a ransom shooting outside a hospital in Assandh, Karnal, in July
In a joint operation, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police successfully apprehended two criminals and recovered two pistols along with magazines from the backyard of a house in Gendhu Kilcha village, Ferozepur district, on Thursday.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary and said that he saw a "ray of hope in Kashmir" but under the current dispensation, it is being viewed through the "lens of criminals".
India witnessed a sharp rise in criminal activity in 2023, with a total of 62,41,569 cognizable cases registered during the year, reflecting a 7.2 per cent increase over 2022, as per the latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The Delhi High Court has taken a stern view of repeated contemptuous allegations made against the judiciary and has directed that criminal contempt proceedings be initiated against a litigant.
The Karnataka police have arrested eight individuals, including three juveniles in conflict with the law, for a spree of criminal activities, including damaging vehicles with lethal weapons and multiple robberies across Bengaluru city and other parts of the Bangalore Rural district.
As per the information, Parminder Singh alias Pindi, a resident of Harsha in Batala, is not a mere criminal but a key operative of a dangerous terror-criminal syndicate. The latter has been brought back to India by the team of Batala Police.
The Faridabad Police's Crime Branch team has apprehended four notorious criminals, including Kamal Bhadana, a wanted and rewarded criminal, in a dramatic encounter on Saturday.