The Gujarat high court on Monday said it does not have faith in the state machinery which gets into action only after innocent lives are lost, as it pulled up the Rajkot civic body over the purported lapses in functioning of the game zone facility where a massive fire killed 27 persons.
Two officers of Deputy Commandant rank -- S Niwas and Prabhat Tripathi -- and three other men were injured in the blast suspected to be from an improvised explosive device hidden beneath the dirt track by the Naxals, officials said.
The star was convicted for poaching a chinkara in 1998 during the shooting of the film Hum Saath Saath Hain.
Jaiswal, whose blood test reports were negative for HIV, believed that Shrivastava was hiding facts so as to deny him treatment for AIDS, he said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday announced that Jalna district superintendent of police, Tushar Doshi, is sent on compulsory leave, two days after protesters demanding Maratha quota were baton-charged, triggering violence.
Hidma Madavi, who had a Rs 12 lakh reward on his head, was arrested without a single bullet being fired.
Four persons, including three of a family, were killed and five others injured in a clash between two groups in Krushnaprasad area, about 120 km from Puri, the police said.
'Parents don't realise that motivating your child or pushing them to do better is one thing and pushing them to the brink is another.'
At least 10 Hindu pilgrims killed and several others injured in a stampede during a holy bath in the Old Brahmaputra River outside Dhaka.
From mothers on sabbatical to grandparents and homemakers, many people are choosing to shift to the coaching hub Kota with their children to ensure they are not stressed while preparing for entrance exams and do not take any extreme step.
A body was found floating in the flooded Saunda colliery in Hazaribagh and efforts were on to bring it overground, a top police official said.
A CRPF jawan was killed and another injured in a gun-fight with Naxals on Tuesday in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bijapur district.
Salman was picked up from the airport by a police team headed by Additional Superintendent of Police Sawai Singh Godhara when he arrived by a Jet Airways flight accompanied by his brother Sohail and lawyer Dipesh Mehta.
Security forces fired several rounds in the air to disperse the mob, officials said.
Thirteen wagons of one of the trains and an engine jumped off the tracks following the collision.
A police jawan was killed in a gun-battle with Maoists in insurgency-hit Chhattisgarh's Kondagaon district today, the police said. "The encounter took place near a river in restive Hekli forests under Mardapal police station limits when security personnel were returning after a search operation in the evening," Kondagaon Additional Superintendent of Police Surjit Atri told PTI.
The accident occurred at around 02:20 am when the train on its way from Mathura to Chapra in Bihar rammed into the bus carrying a marriage party from Adupura village at the crossing in Dariyawganj area in this district.
The bus, carrying 60-70 people, was coming from Jaipur in Rajasthan and heading towards Farrukhabad.
An official said the SIT will examine if the money was used on any illegal activities, like terrorism or forcible religious conversion.
Shankast Lal, the driver, and Rakesh had also stolen the woman's mobile phone and cash, Additional Superintendent of Police Hemant Sharma said.
At least 12 people were killed and more than 150 others injured this evening as a tornado wrought havoc and left trails of devastation at villages in Rajkanika block of Orissa's Kendrapara district.
Security forces launched a massive assault with mortar shells to flush out terrorists responsible for the killing of four personnel from a hilly forest in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday, officials said.
'There is no concept of friendship here...there are only competitors.' 'Every student sitting next to you is seen as an additional burden to fight with.'
Legal experts and opposition parties in Assam have slammed the police for arresting the teacher and the judiciary for sending her to jail as consumption of beef, even in public places, is not illegal in the state.
Priyanka Gandhi asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remain silent on the matter.
Three people, including a child, were killed and seven others injured on Sunday in a blast in Rajasthan's Kota city, the police said.
According to the official, two Punjab residents were arrested following the recovery of one of the biggest narcotic haul this year from Banihal area along Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Praveen Sood took over as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director on Thursday and he will be in the post for two years, officials said.
All four blasts occurred in a span of 10 minutes -- between 8.15 and 8.25 am, a police officer said. There has been no report of any casualty, as Republic Day being a holiday, people were mostly indoors, he said.
The police sub-inspector accused of raping a minor girl in Rajasthan's Dausa district has been arrested and a case registered against him under relevant sections, including Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the SC/ST Act, officials said on Saturday.
Mohammad Sanaullah is serving as assistant sub-inspector (ASI) in border police.
Eleven people died on the spot, one on the way to hospital while two persons succumbed to their injuries in the hospital.
The government announced the decision apprehending spread of rumours through social media by anti-social elements ahead or during the rally called to be held on Monday.
Additional Superintendent of Police Shrikant Pathak said the decision to tighten security at the Sai Baba temple was taken following a threat perception.
Khargone Collector Anugraha P has been transferred as officer on special duty at the Madhya Pradesh Bhawan in New Delhi.
The Supreme Court on Friday restrained senior Indian Police Service officer Archana Ramasundaram from discharging her duty as the additional director in the Central Bureau of Investigation, saying that her appointment "prima facie" seems to be illegal and against the statute.
The SIT has been directed to take up the investigation of the case immediately and carry out a professional and impartial investigation to ensure transparency.
A curfew was imposed in Haldwani on Thursday after local residents set vehicles and a police station on fire and hurled stones, injuring more than 60 people, over the demolition of an 'illegally built' madrasa and an adjoining mosque, officials said.
The Dalits were accused of stealing a bike.
