The Mangalhat Police have issued a formal notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Thakur Raja Singh, warning him against disregarding government-assigned security arrangements, especially while visiting areas deemed highly sensitive.
Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Sunday raised objections to Rajeev Krishna's appointment as the acting Director General of Police (DGP), questioning the state government's intent and the overall law and order situation.
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan slammed West Bengal Police over the arrest of social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli by the West Bengal police, saying that "secularism must be a two-way street".
Manan Kumar Mishra, Chairman of the Bar Council of India and Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, has strongly condemned the arrest of law student Sharmishtha Panoli.
Kolkata Police arrested Panoli from Haryana's Gurugram on Friday night. She is a law student in Pune, Maharashtra. On Saturday, Panoli was produced before the Alipore Court in Kolkata, which remanded her in judicial custody for 14 days.
According to police, the assault was recorded, and the video was subsequently used to threaten and blackmail the girl. Under pressure and fear, the victim was later gang-raped by three other accused at multiple locations.
Amritsar Rural Police dismantled a transnational criminal network and recovers eight foreign-made sophisticated pistols, a senior police officer said on Sunday.
According to officials, due to heavy outbursts of rainfall, six buildings and one Assam-type house in Chandmary and Bazar areas in Mizoram's Lawngtlai district were affected on Saturday evening. The district administration has rescued the people from the debris.
The unrest began on Friday following a dispute over the alleged illegal transportation of meat in a vehicle in Siliguri's Matigara locality. The vehicle was reportedly set on fire, sparking tension between two groups and leading to subsequent police action.
The STF, led by its Chief Dr Partha Sarathi Mahanta, launched the Operation Ghost SIM last month and earlier arrested 10 persons from various parts of the country.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday distanced itself from party leader Anubrata Mondal's alleged use of abusive language during a phone call with a police officer and condemned the remarks as 'unacceptable', directing him to issue an apology.