Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who headed the bench which heard Kejriwal's petition against his arrest in the case, said, "We will pronounce the interim order (on interim bail) on Friday. The main matter related to the challenge to arrest will also be taken on the same day."
The VHP president said that it is beyond understanding that the administration is denying permission for a peaceful Yatra.
Two men, suspected to have helped an alleged Pakistani spy in procuring passport and driving licence using forged documents, were arrested on Tuesday by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh police in Lucknow.
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said preliminary investigation suggests it to be 'an act of terrorists but we are investigating the case'.
Additionally, the Haryana police and home guard personnel will be deployed for security during the elections, he said.
The security forces unearthed this information while interrogating the members of the twin modules busted by the police in Rajouri recently.
Five persons were injured when three blasts rocked the temple city of Gorakhpur on Tuesday evening in the busy Golghar area.
1980-batch IPS officer Sulkan Singh, who was DG-Training, will replace Ahmed, a 1984-batch IPS officer, who has been shifted as the DG of Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary, a senior home department official said.
A group of Shiv Sena activists on Thursday claimed to have performed a puja at the Taj Mahal, the 17th century monument of love, creating a commotion but authorities denied that any worship took place.
The alleged shooter was gunned down after a four-hour drama by other CRPF personnel last night, preventing any further casualties. According to sources in the force, an altercation broke out between Singh and other CRPF men over the quantity of food being wasted in the company mess.
Maoists on Thursday opened indiscriminate fire near a camp of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force in Naraynpur district, killing four jawans and leaving another injured. Some jawans of the force were involved in their regular chores near the camp of the 16th battalion of the Force in Bharaghati village when the Maoists started firing at them, killing four jawans and leaving another injured, Additional Director General of Police Ram Niwas said.
Rabri Devi is contesting from Raghopur.
They have also released three sketches of those suspected to have killed Manish Mishra.
Additional security personnel have been deployed on the ground and drones are being used for aerial surveillance, they said.
Absconding Additional Director General of Rajasthan Police A K Jain, wanted by the Central Bureau of Investigation for his alleged role in the fake encounter death of a local liquor smuggler, on Monday surrendered before a special court in jaipur.
According to the police, a Special Task Force team retaliated when the gangster, recently released from prison on bail, opened fire at them after being cornered. His car had crashed into a pole.
Some of these clippings were from places like Bengaluru, Syria and Karachi in Pakistan, he said.
Government Railway Police personnel arrested Mirthala station master Ram Lal from his native village in Himachal Pradesh.
In the continuing controversy over the dates of Indian Premier League matches next month, the Andhra Pradesh police have made it clear that they can have the matches in the state only after the completion of polling on April 23.
Maoists have planned to unleash an intense Tactical Counter Offensive Campaign across the country starting from February and Sunday's ambush of 15 policemen in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district may be just the first of a wave of devastating attacks, highly placed police officials in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh said.
While government officials were busy passing the buck to one another for Tuesday's train rooftop travel tragedy at Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, three of the 14 critically injured died in the hospital, taking the toll to 18 on Wednesday morning.
In a broad daylight shooting, two undertrials were killed by three unidentified armed men in the district court premises in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, sparking a gun battle with the police, which shot dead the trio. The duo was brought to the district court for recording of evidence. "At around 12.15 pm, when the undertrials were being taken back to the jail from the court, they were attacked by three unidentified gunmen who opened indiscriminate fire."
In the backdrop of threats by the Sri Ram Sene to disrupt Valentine's day celebrations and marry off couples dating on the day, police have beefed up security in Bangalore and kept leaders of the outfit under the scanner. Leaders of outfits like Sri Ram Sene and Rashtriya Hindu Sene are under the scanner. "We are keeping a close watch on their activities,' the additional director general of police-law and order, R Infant told PTI in Bangalore.
An accused in the 2008 serial blasts in the national capital was on Monday arrested by the Anti-Terror Squad of the Uttar Pradesh Police from Azamgarh district, a senior officer said.
Abdul Jabbar alias Sikandar, a resident of Pakistani port city of Karachi, was arrested on Tuesday night by the Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad, Additional Director, General (Law and Order) Brijlal told media-persons in Lucknow. "Maps of restricted cantonment areas in Lucknow and secret information regarding Central command were recovered from Sikandar," he said.
A halogen light at the pandal overheated, causing an electric wire to catch fire at multiple points simultaneously. Soon the fire engulfed the wooden scaffolding and the tent, Rathi said.
Prasad, a 1981 batch IPS officer who is at present posted as Additional Director General of Police (Sports) in AP, has however no previous experience in the SPG, a force which was primarily created to guard the Prime Minister of the country and their immediate family members.
Himmatnagar town witnessed communal clashes and arson during Ram Navami celebrations.
K Premkumar, heading the investigation into the Sankararaman murder case in which Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswathi has been arrested, has been brough back as the SP, Kanchipuram.
After gunning down sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, the Special Task Force has decided against returning to M M Hills in Karnataka to unearth arms, ammunition and money hidden by the brigand, a top STF official said in Bangalore on Wednesday.
A girl who was set on fire by a person after she did not reciprocate his proposal in Jharkhand's Dumka district succumbed to her burn injuries on Sunday.
This was the first such attack in the past many years in the otherwise peaceful Jammu region and coincided with the first day of the New Year.
Two persons, including a woman, were killed and 18 others were injured on Thursday in clashes between rival groups during the second phase of three-tier panchayat elections across Uttar Pradesh, which recorded 75 per cent polling.
The ultras for the first time this season put up pamphlets, banners and flags on Thursday, appealing to people to observe Maoist week -- from July 28 to August 3.
He will succeed Subhash Malhotra, who retires on June 30.
In the months immediately following the 2024 tragedy, reporting on the landslide per se had been a straightforward affair. On one side was death and destruction. On the other side, survivors and the business of survival. It was black and white. What direction to take was clear. Rehabilitation in comparison, felt like a complex situation. One that is fraught with shades of grey. As grey as human life, explains Shyam G Menon.
Here is an explainer on the functioning of the seven-year-old body.
Andhra Pradesh government has ordered a high level probe in to the mysterious death of a State Armed Reserve force constable P Murlinath, who was sent to New Delhi at the behest of a senior Indian Police Service officer to work at the home of his daughter.
In what could be a setback to the probe into the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, Maharashtra Additional Director General of Police Satyapal Singh, asked to head the Special Investigation Team formed by Gujarat high court, has requested that he be exempted from the responsibility.
Additional Director General of Police (Training) S S Khandwawala was sentenced to five years imprisonment for beating up a detenu in police custody.
