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Pro-democracy demonstrators planned on Sunday to choke travel routes to Hong Kong's international airport after a chaotic night of running battles between police and masked protesters, the latest wave of unrest to hit the Chinese-ruled city. (Photo: File)

Hong Kong protesters choke travel routes to airport after night of chaos

Police said they arrested 40 people inside Prince Edward metro station on suspicion of obstructing officers, and criminal damage.

01 Sep 2019 1:15 PM

A 32-year-old man was arrested on Friday by the Delhi Police Special Cell for allegedly murdering a sex worker after she rejected his marriage proposal. (Representational Image)

Delhi man kills sex worker after refusing proposal, chops body into 5 pieces; held

Police have also recovered a borrowed vehicle used by Ayub on which he took the victim to the place of crime.

01 Sep 2019 11:52 AM

Police spokesman Aric Mitchell said Friday that Reneau dispatched emergency personnel to find Stevens, 47, who'd driven into an apartment complex parking lot to try to avoid flooding. (Representational Image)

'Next time don't drive into water': 911 operator blasts US woman minutes before she drowned in floodwaters

According to the police timeline, emergency crews used life vests, ropes and a rescue boat trying to locate and save Stevens.

01 Sep 2019 11:29 AM

Besides unauthorised absenteeism, Inspector Prafulla Kumar Sahu was dismissed by Odisha Director General of Police BK Sharma on the grounds of gross misconduct, dereliction of duty and disobedience of orders. (Photo: File | Representational)

Odisha cop remains absent from duty for 5 years without notice, arrested

Sahu was removed from duty as per the provisions of Rule 72 (2) of Odisha Service Code, an official order said.

30 Aug 2019 6:36 PM

The police have registered a case and recovered pistols, phones and cash from the occupants of the car. (Photo: ANI)

Man opens fire after refusing to pay toll tax, 5 arrested in Tamil Nadu

One of the car's occupants, however, managed to flee.

30 Aug 2019 8:17 AM

A couple set themselves on fire inside Surir police station on Wednesday over the alleged inaction by cops in connection with a scuffle which took place between the couple and the neighbours. (Representational Image)

Cop's inaction; UP couple set themselves on fire in police station

According to DGP OP Singh, the husband and wife received 60 per cent burn injuries and have been shifted to Safdarjung Hospital.

29 Aug 2019 9:07 AM

The officers involved are from the Emergency Unit of New Territories South and were deployed to contain extremely violent protesters who had vandalised shops and entertainment venues in Yi Pei Square in Tsuen Wan at about 8 pm (local time). (Photo: ANI)

Hong Kong police blames protestors possession of weapons, assaulting officers for firing

Later, water cannons were used against a makeshift barricade, marking the first time water cannon vans had ever been used in the city.

27 Aug 2019 10:02 AM

The first woman Director General of Police (DGP), Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, passed away following an illness in Mumbai on Monday night. (Photo: ANI)

India’s first woman DGP Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya dies

Bhattachary, a 1973 batch IPS officer, made history when she was appointed the DGP of Uttarakhand in the year 2004.

27 Aug 2019 8:49 AM

Rajasthan Police on Sunday arrested a man from Ajmer district for allegedly raping and impregnating his daughter. (Representational Image)

Father arrested for raping, impregnating minor daughter in Rajasthan

The police revealed that the family often misled them during the investigation and at one point also fled the village.

26 Aug 2019 1:37 PM

The forensic report on the death of Cafe Coffee Day owner V G Siddhartha corroborates the suicide theory, Mangaluru Police Commissioner P S Harsha said on Monday. (Photo: File)

CCD owner's autopsy forensic report corroborates suicide theory: Police

A few days before his death, Siddhartha had visited his father, who was in coma, in the hospital.

26 Aug 2019 12:16 PM

A man who was taken into police custody over his suspected terror links was let off after a probe by various security agencies could not establish any such connection, sources said. (Representational Image)

Kerala man held for suspected terror links let off after 24 hours

The lawyer had said his client had told him that his ID proof was misused by someone and he was being framed in the case.

26 Aug 2019 11:13 AM

Officers pulled their guns after a group of remaining protesters chased them down a street with sticks and rods, calling them 'gangsters.' The officers held up their shields to defend themselves as they retreated. (Photo: AP)

Hong Kong police draw guns, arrest 36 as protest enters 12th week

Asked about the protests in Hong Kong, the 62-year-old Ho said they would end eventually, like a major typhoon.

26 Aug 2019 8:53 AM

In a freak stone-pelting incident, protesters on Sunday evening hurled stones at a civilian truck in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, killing the driver, police said. (Representational Image)

Kashmiri truck driver killed in stone-pelting; 2 arrested

The driver, who was hit on the head, was shifted to a hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, they said.

26 Aug 2019 8:12 AM

The city police arrested five men for stealing 80 beehive boxes from the Charra area in the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. (Photo: ANI)

5 arrested for stealing 80 beehive boxes in UP: Police

Further investigation is underway for the sixth member of the gang.

25 Aug 2019 4:31 PM

Four persons, including a woman, have been arrested by Mumbai Police for allegedly duping people by promising them jobs. (Photo: ANI)

4 arrested for duping people on pretext of providing jobs in Mumbai

The police began the investigation after one Yogesh Tukaran Rathore filed a complaint in this regard.

25 Aug 2019 1:54 PM

A Chennai-based software engineer has been arrested for allegedly luring several women with a front-office job at a five-star hotel in return for their nude photos, police said on Saturday. (Representational Image)

Chennai techie lured women with jobs for nude photos; arrested

A case was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on the woman's complaint.

25 Aug 2019 9:23 AM

Arsalan was arrested 10 hours after the crash. Police charged Arsalan under IPC sections 279 (rash driving), 304 part-II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) apart from destruction of public property. (Photo: ANI)

Biryani baron’s elder son arrested in Jaguar-Mercedes crash in Kolkata

Joint commissioner of police (crime) Murlidhar Sharma said Raghib Parvez, 24, escaped to Dubai after the accident and returned on Wednesday.

22 Aug 2019 3:19 PM

A 35-year-old man was injured after his throat was slit by glass-coated kite string in Paschim Vihar while he was returning home with his wife and daughter on a scooter, police said on Sunday. (Representational Image)

Delhi man injured by kite string in area where another got throat slit

According to police, the man was not wearing a helmet at the time of the incident.

19 Aug 2019 11:56 AM

An assistant professor at the National Institute of Technology and his wife committed suicide at their home in Odisha's Rourkela, the police said on Sunday. (Representational Image)

Upset over not having kids, NIT professor, wife commit suicide in Odisha

In a suicide note found by the police, the couple wrote that they were upset about not being able to have children.

18 Aug 2019 4:46 PM

Google Maps helped police reunite a father with his 12-year-old daughter who had gone missing over four months ago in Delhi, officials said. (Photo: Representational Image)

Father-daughter reunite after 4 months, police credits Google maps

The girl went missing on Holi from his sister's house at JJ colony in Kirti Nagar, but he did not file any missing complaint, police said.

18 Aug 2019 3:17 PM

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