Crime
Eight Right-Wing Activists Charged in Assault Over Girl’s Shorts at Pune’s Sinhagad Fort
Police have filed a case against eight members of a right‑wing outfit after they allegedly assaulted a family at Sinhagad Fort in Pune over a dispute about a girl’s shorts.
20 Aug 2026
ED Seizes Handwritten Notes Detailing Dubai Fund Transfer Linked to Veena
The Enforcement Directorate recovered handwritten records naming individuals, amounts handled and spent, along with details of a fund transferred to Dubai, during a May 27 search of premises linked to Veena and CMRL promoters.
20 Aug 2026
Kolkata Hotel Fire Claims Nine Lives; Lease‑holder Arrested, Owner Still Missing
A blaze at a Kolkata hotel killed nine people, including five Bangladeshis, and police have arrested the lease‑holder while the owner remains at large.
20 Aug 2026
Assam CM reports 17 illegal infiltrators stopped at state border
The Chief Minister of Assam announced that security forces intercepted seventeen individuals attempting illegal entry into India.
20 Aug 2026
Assam Police Intercept 17 Suspected Bangladeshi Infiltrators at State Border
Assam police reported that they intercepted seventeen individuals they identified as Bangladeshi infiltrators attempting to enter the state.
20 Aug 2026
Assam Stops 17 Bangladeshi Infiltrators at Border, Says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that security forces intercepted 17 suspected Bangladeshi infiltrators trying to enter Assam.
20 Aug 2026
Video Shows Narcotic Capsule Sale via Petrol Pump QR Scanner in Jalandhar, Two Arrested
A video circulating online shows narcotic capsules being sold at a Jalandhar petrol pump, allegedly paid through the station’s QR code scanner. Punjab police have detained two suspects in connection with the incident.
20 Aug 2026
Bihar EOUs raid BBOSE Deputy Director Ajay Kumar Singh's ancestral home and brother's businesses
The Bihar Economic Offences Unit carried out simultaneous raids on Thursday morning at the ancestral residence of BBOSE Deputy Director Ajay Kumar Singh and at his brother's commercial establishments.
20 Aug 2026
Two women attacked with sharp weapon near Bihar‑West Bengal border, one dead
In Baharsal Diyar of Katihar's Ahmedabad police area, unknown assailants assaulted two women with a sharp weapon, killing one and critically injuring the other, who is now receiving treatment in Malda.
20 Aug 2026
हत्याके आरोपी जेल से रिहा होने पर परिजनों को जान मारने कि दे रहे धमकी
नौबतपुर थाना क्षेत्र के घनश्यामपुर गांव में में पिछले साल हुए हत्या में शामिल आरोपी जेल से रिहा होने पर मृतक के परिजनों को जान मारने कि दे रहे हैं धमकी
20 Aug 2026
Manoj Verma poses as CID DSP, dupes dozens in Bhagalpur of millions
A man calling himself CID DSP Manoj Verma is accused of swindling over a million rupees from more than ten people in Bhagalpur, including a cancer patient, and is currently on the run.
20 Aug 2026
Police Arrest Fugitive Lawyer Subodh Das Near Bhagalpur Court, Bar Body Decries Dragging
Police from Tatarpur police station arrested 13-year fugitive lawyer Subodh Krishna Das near the main gate of Bhagalpur district court, prompting the district bar association to protest alleged police dragging.
20 Aug 2026