A North Carolina firefighter was shot while responding to a fire alarm in Ellerbe on Monday morning, according to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. One fire truck and a firefighter in a personal vehicle responded to the scene, where they were met with gunfire. The firefighter was…
NEW DELHI: Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s border district of Poonch arrested two terrorists and recovered weapons following raids on Sunday.The arrested men were identified as Tariq Sheikh of Azamabad and Riyaz Ahmad of Chamber village. Police said Sheikh was arrested along with Ahmad during a raid at his house in Azamabad.“Two assault rifles and…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrested Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha from his residence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district in connection with the alleged teachers’ recruitment scam. The dramatic arrest came after Saha allegedly attempted to flee by scaling the boundary wall of his house in Burwan and hurling his mobile…
BENGALURU: Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Sunday brought Congress MLA K C Veerendra to Bengaluru for further investigation into a money laundering case linked to illegal betting, with sources saying that he will be also questioned in matters related to casinos in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Georgia linked to the politicians.According to the sources, the…
Video credits: X/@officeofabhi NEW DELHI: A man, inspired by the Bollywood movie “Sholay,” tried to reminisce the iconic water tanker scene by climbing a mobile tower in a Bhadohi village on Sunday, threatening to jump unless his “girlfriend” was brought to him for marriage. The man, identified as Pawan Pandey, ran a paan shop on…
Dragged by hair, set on fire: Noida woman killed for Rs 36 lakh dowry, husband held NEW DELHI: In the Greater Noida dowry death case, police on Sunday arrested the victim’s mother-in-law, hours after her husband, Vipin Bhati, was shot in the leg during an attempted escape from custody. Confirming the arrest, the DCP, Greater…
Authorities in Southern California say a 7-month-old boy reported kidnapped last week is now believed dead, and his parents have been arrested in a murder investigation. “Based on the evidence, investigators determined a kidnapping in Yucaipa did not occur,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Friday. “The search to recover his remains is ongoing.”…
Former Sri Lanka president Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on Friday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) after being summoned to record a statement in connection with an investigation into the alleged misuse of government funds. The inquiry relates to a private overseas trip said to have taken place on September 22 and 23, 2023, which…
CHANDIGARH: In a major respite to suspended special CBI judge Sudhir Parmar, arrested by ED in connection with an alleged Rs 400-crore money-laundering scam involving real estate developers, a departmental committee has given him a clean chit. However, the inquiry officer’s report is yet to be accepted by HC administration. Parmar faced charges of misconduct…
Union home minister Amit Shah (File photo) NEW DELHI: The government will on Wednesday introduce three bills in Parliament to provide a legal framework for the removal of prime minister, a Union minister, chief minister, or a minister in a state/Union territory if they are arrested or detained on serious criminal charges.According to PTI, the…