Maiduguri [Nigeria], July 31 (Sputnik/ANI): Terrorists from the Boko Haram group, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, have opened mortar fire at the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, leaving two persons dead and 16 others injured.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 31 (ANI): The Prisons authority in Odisha has asked the police to conduct RT-PCR tests of the accused persons before sending them to Jail for judicial custody, to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus among the inmates.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 31 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday registered a case against a number of persons including two former officials, for allegedly causing loss to the India Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM).
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 30 (ANI): Prayers can be offered in mosques with a limited number of persons on the occasion of Eid al-Adha on August 1, said Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday.
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 30 (ANI): Two persons were arrested from Kanchikacherla village in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district for illegally transporting 175 tonnes of sand on Thursday, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Vakul Jindal of the Special Enforcement Bureau said
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): The North West District Cyber Cell arrested four persons on Thursday for running a fake call centre that used to scam people under the pretext of providing cheap loans, a statement from the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North West), Vijayanta Arya said.
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 30 (ANI): With four more arrests, Police have arrested ten persons in connection with the alleged gang rape of a minor girl on July 21 in Khowai district, said Soumitra Dhar, Deputy Inspector General of Police.
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 30 (ANI): A team of Bihar Police that arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday, recorded statements of two persons, including actor Sushant Singh Rajput's sister on Wednesday in connection with Rajput's death case.
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 29 (ANI): Four more persons were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a teenager boy in Gorakhpur.
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) seeking actions against the illegal slaughtering of big animals in the national capital committed by certain persons on the occasion of Eid ul-Adha every year was on Wednesday withdrawn from the Delhi High Court.
Godhra (Gujarat) [India], July 29 (ANI): Gujarat Police on Tuesday detained two persons and seized demonetised currency worth over Rs four crore from their possession in Godhra, Police said.