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KOLKATA: Police are worried about crowds next week, especially on days ahead of puja, as office-returnees, shoppers and early pandal-hoppers will all hit the roads in the evening.Apprehensive of jams, cops have urged people to check police's social media pages for real-time traffic updates before setting out. "Keep enough time in hand while going out," said an officer. "There is a steady stream of...

NEW DELHI: Shahrukh Pathan, the man who gained notoriety for brandishing a pistol at a police officer and making threats during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, was granted bail on Saturday. However, Pathan will not be released from custody immediately as he is also facing charges in another rioting case.Additional sessions judge Amitabh Rawat delivered the bail order in response to a plea from Pathan....

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Traffic Police has received 16 online complaints about excess fees being charged by parking attendants from New Market, Gariahat, Kidderpore, Dalhousie and hospitals off EM Bypass. Lalbazar has also said a joint crackdown by local police and traffic guards will be carried out at these spots. “Since the KMC has a major role in keeping a check, we will be writing to them and seek...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi Police head constable has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman in the Mahendra Park area. The woman in her complaint alleged that the accused had lured her on the pretext of marriage but later refused to. According to the police, the accused cop has been identified as Balwinder. He is posted in the first Batallion. Police said the accused and the victim started speaking to each...

GURGAON: The Gurgaon Police has arrested five people including a lawyer and an assistant sub-inspector in connection with the grabbing of an NRI's land worth Rs 40 crore. The fraud was effected through fake General Power of Attorney, an officer said Wednesday.According to police, the accused got an NRI's land worth Rs 40 crore in their name forging papers, showing that they had bought it for Rs 6.6...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi Police head constable has been booked for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marriage in Laxmi Nagar area, police said on Thursday. "We got a complaint from the victim, a 22-year-old woman, against Head Constable Nafees Ahmed of Delhi Police, presently posted in PCR in the northeast district," a senior police official said. The complainant alleged that she came in contact...

NEW DELHI: The US has assured India of a quick investigation into the death of Andhra Pradesh student Jaahnavi Kandula, who was struck by a speeding police patrol car in Seattle in January this year.India had "strongly" taken up the case with the Biden administration after a recently released bodycam video showed an American cop "joking and laughing" about the Indian student's death.'She had limited...

NEW DELHI: An investigation has been launched against Seattle police union leaders following the emergence of troubling footage from an officer's body camera. NBC News has reported that this footage recorded an officer making inappropriate remarks while discussing the death of a Indian-origin woman, named Jaahnavi Kandula, who was struck and killed by a police cruiser while crossing a street.Daniel...

THANE: An alert constable caught a dummy candidate who was to appear for a police recruitment exam. He was padded up with gadgets, the police said. The accused has been arrested and a case has been registered against him at Rabodi police station.The exams were scheduled at the Saraswati school on Sunday. As the candidates were going inside the exam centre, a constable Ishwar Gholwad was frisking...

THANE: A constable attached to the special protection unit in Mumbai was found dead on the railway tracks between Taloja and Niljhe stations on Wednesday morning. Police suspect Vaibhav Kadam may have ended his life, however, no suicide note was found on him or near his body. An accidental death case has been registered with Thane railway police.Kadam was part of the police cover provided to former...