The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam police has summoned Congress MLA Jakir Hussain Sikdar and another Assam Pradesh Congress leader for questioning in connection with a clash that took place during Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Guwahati, officials said.
Assam Rifles and officials of the Customs Preventive Force of Champhai district in Mizoram recovered a consignment of foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 22,78,400 during a search operation in the general area of Zokhawthar, officials said on Monday.
Border Security Force recovered one packet of suspected heroin during an extensive search operation near village Roranwala Khurd in Punjab's Amritsar district, officials said on Monday.
West Bengal officials including senior police officials on Monday did not appear before the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee over the complaint of BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar. The Supreme Court had earlier in the day stayed the Privileges Committee proceedings against West Bengal senior officials
According to a press release, accompanying them are officials from the Government of India, including the Joint Secretary of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Sanjiv, and Deputy Director General Rakesh Kumar.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to concerned respondents and also stayed the Parliament Ethics Committee proceedings against West Bengal senior officials in the matter relating to the Sandeshkhali protest.
The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab Police shot dead a wanted gangster and two Punjab Police personnel were injured in an encounter in the Punjab's Barnala district on Sunday, officials said.