New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has postponed the legislative party meeting which was supposed to be held on Monday by two days and, as per the fresh schedule, the meeting is likely to be held on February 19 and the swearing in ceremony will take place the next day on … Read more
Imphal, Feb 16 (IANS) Seizure of arms, ammunition, and explosives in Mizoram by the security forces continues unabated with 3,000 electric detonators, 700 metres cordtex, and war-like stores recovered on Sunday in the bordering state and two Myanmar nationals apprehended, officials said. A defence spokesman said that acting on specific intelligence of the presence of … Read more
Gurugram, Feb 16 (IANS) A Crime Branch team of the Gurugram police has arrested five thieves from different areas of the city, police said on Sunday. The accused were identified as Sajid, Zaheer Abbas, and Zakir, all residents of Gurugram’s Kiranki village; Rakesh Kumar of Bihar’s Khagaria; and Deepak, a resident of Haryana’s Palwal. Police … Read more
Agartala, Feb 14 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday detained six Bangladeshi nationals including three women and two children in Tripura, officials said. A BSF spokesman said that based on specific intelligence, the anti-human trafficking unit of the border guarding force detained the Bangladesh nationals and a suspected Indian tout at Teliamura railway … Read more
Agartala, Feb 14 (IANS) A group of thieves broke into the CBI camp office here and took away not just files and other valuables, but almirahs, chairs, electric appliances, doors, and even windows, an official said on Thursday. A police officer said that after receiving a complaint from the CBI, the police arrested six suspects … Read more
Agartala, Feb 12 (IANS) A retired Tripura government senior official was arrested for alleged land scam with a Noida-based educational institution, officials said on Wednesday. A senior police official said that Kaizar Debbarma (61), former additional director of Tripura’s Industries and Commerce Department was arrested from his home at Krishnanagar in Agartala. The police produced … Read more
Aizawl, Feb 12 (IANS) Mizoram Police seized a large cache of sophisticated arms, ammunition and other items from the state’s Lunglei district, which shares a border with unfenced Bangladesh, officials said. Three persons – two residents of Mizoram, and one inhabitant of neighbouring Tripura, who were carrying the arms and ammunition in the car, were … Read more
Jammu, Feb 12 (IANS) General Officer Commanding (GoC) of Nagrota headquartered White Knight Corps, Lt General, Navin Sachdeva on Wednesday led the wreath-laying ceremony of two soldiers, who were killed in an IED blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor sector. The solemn wreath-laying ceremony to pay homage to Captain Karamjit Singh Bakshi … Read more
Bhubaneswar, Feb 12 (IANS) An all-party meeting was held here on Wednesday ahead of the budget session which is scheduled to commence on Thursday. Leaders from different political parties attended the all-party meeting held under the chairmanship of Speaker Surama Padhy at her Chamber in Odisha Assembly here on Wednesday. Chef Ministers Mohan Charan Majhi, … Read more