Ambala: When Jashandeep Singh Randhawa IPS took charge as SP Sonipat, illegal liquor business including manufacturing, smuggling and sale was flourishing in the district but the same was completely wiped out from the district after sometime, perhaps this was the reason state government Haryana transferred Randhawa at Ambala known as hub for smuggling and supply of liquor in the state.  However, large number of people involved in illegal manufacture and sale of liquor said good bye to such illegal practices. Not only this, a special campaign against smuggling and sale of drugs was launched by SP Ambala sometime ago.

In a recent case, during checking at Udham Singh Chowk between Barara and Adhoya in Ambala district  CIA Staff  along with Shahzadpur police led by Inspector Varinder Kumar arrested a suspected youth identified as   Sukhdev Singh alias Sikha a resident of village  Sardehri in Ambala district and recovered from him 263 gm heroine of value worth Rs 1.25 crore and a case was registered against him under sections 21/61/55 of NDPS Act.

While talking to media persons, Randhawa told that Ambala police has registered 100 cases under NDPS Act in which 119 persons were arrested in past eight months during this year in which police recovered drugs of value worth Rs 16 crore. He said, Ambala police recovered over 9 kg 99 gm opium, 3.12 quintal poppy husk, 7 kg 91 gm ganja, 238 gm charas, 64669 intoxicated tablets, 9824 intoxicated capsules, 1750 intoxicated  injection and 95 bottles intoxicated syrup. Randhawa told that property of five accused of value worth Rs 4 crore was also seized by the government.

Talking to media persons SP Ambala told that during special campaign   police arrested 124 accused in past eight months involved in serious crimes, of them police had announced prize for giving information of 12 most wanted criminals. Randhawa told that Ambala police arrested 242 proclaimed offenders, 124 bale jumpers and six persons absconding during parole in past eight months this year.  

Amritsar: Border Security Force ( BSF) have seized three packets of contrabands ( suspected to be heroin) 2.570 kgs and one automatic imported pistol which was smuggled to India from Pakistan through drone.

In an official statement here today, official stated that on the night intervening 18th / 19th Sept’ 2022, BSF troops deployed on border and depth areas heard a buzzing sound of suspected flying object coming from Pakistan to India side and after a while returning to Pakistan side. Depth deployed troops also observed suspected light (radium type) and heard the sound of dropping something inside a farming field near village Dhanoe Kalan in Amritsar district.

He further informed that during the course of action, BSF troops fired towards the sound of suspected flying object during its incoming and outgoing.

Further, during search, BSF troops recovered 03 packets of narcotics (gross wt – 2.570 kgs) alongwith one Pistol, one magazine and eight rounds from the farming field at village – Dhanoe Kalan.

BSF troops, once again foiled the nefarious attempt of anti – national elements to smuggle contrabands using drones, said official.

Stones were pelted Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi during the shoot of his new film Ground Zero in Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir Police have identified the miscreant and arrested him

.”One miscreant pelted stones at the crew members. He has been identified and arrested,” Anantnag police said in a statement.

Hashmi is currently shooting in Pahalgam for the Tejas Deuskar directorial Ground Zero. The movie also stars Sai Tamhankar. The movie marks the first on-screen pairing between the duo. Sai is playing Hashmi’s wife in the film. The film is backed by Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment.

According to reports, the incident happened during the evening when the actor went out after wrapping the day’s shoot.

An FIR was registered at Police Station Pahalgam.  under Sections 77/22 U/S 147, 148, 370, 336, 323.

However, Hashmi denied the reports that he was injured in the stone pelting.

“The people of Kashmir have been very warm and welcoming, it has been an absolute joy shooting in Srinagar  and Pahalgam. The news of me being injured in a stone pelting incident is inaccurate,” Hashmi tweeted.

The Chimes of the Big Ben fell silent and hymns rang out as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II was carried into Westminster Abbey here on Monday for the state funeral of Britain’s longest-serving monarch, in the presence of thousands of guests and millions watching on screens worldwide.

In the congregation of around 2,000 made up of world leaders, royalty from the UK and overseas and community leaders, India was represented by President Droupadi Murmu and Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra.

The Big Ben, the iconic London landmark housed in the Elizabeth Tower named after the late Queen, tolled every minute 96 times to mark each year of the late sovereign’s life as a procession led by King Charles III entered the historic 11th century Abbey.

Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav on Monday constituted a three-member all-women Special Investigating Team (SIT), under the supervision of Additional DGP Gurpreet Deo, to investigate allegations by Chandigarh University hostellers over their alleged ‘leaked objectionable videos’.

The DGP said one student and two others were arrested. He thanked his counterparts in Himachal Police for excellent cooperation. “Electronic devices seized and sent for forensic examination. The SIT will go to the bottom of the conspiracy. No person to be spared, if found involved, ” said Yadav in a video message.

He appealed to everyone to maintain peace and harmony. “Don’t fall to unverified rumours. Let’s work together for peace in society, ” he added.

Responding immediately, Himachal DGP Sanjay Kundu said the police reacted to the request of Punjab Police with sensitivity and professionalism.

“We nabbed the accused. Congrats to Dr Monika, Superintendent of Police, Shimla, and her team for great professional work, ” Kundu tweeted.

Huge protests broke out on the university campus in Mohali district after a girl allegedly leaked private videos of her hostel mates online.

A day after daylong protest, silence returned to the campus on Monday as the local administration and the university agreed to investigate the demand of the students over objectionable videos of several girl students that were recorded by a hosteller and shared with her friend in Shimla.

The police arrested an MBA first-year student of the university, while her friend and another person were held in Shimla.

As the matter drew angry political reactions, the university authorities clarified that “no videos were found of any student which are objectionable, except a personal video shot by a girl which she shared with her boyfriend”.

Also dismissing reports of suicide attempt by some students who were allegedly filmed, the authorities said “there are rumours that seven girls have committed suicide whereas the fact is that no girl has taken any such step”.

Senior Superintendent of Police Vivek Soni, who is leading the investigation team, categorically told the media on Sunday that no attempt to suicide was reported after the incident came to light. Also, he said, so far there is no evidence of the video going viral.

“As per the investigation, the accused made her own video and shared it with her boyfriend. There is no video of other students made by her. There is no evidence of that so far. A lot of misinformation and rumours are doing the rounds. We should respect the modesty of the accused student as we are investigating the matter, ” he said.

As per reports, the accused hosteller sent nude images and videos to her male friend in Shimla, resulting in the footage being circulated online.

As the news spread, a massive protest was staged on the university campus on Saturday night with scores of hostellers raising the ‘we want justice’ slogan.

Meanwhile, terming the incident as unfortunate, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann ordered a high-level probe into the matter.

The Chief Minister said that “daughters are our dignity and pride”, adding that any such incident is highly condemnable.

He categorically said that anyone found guilty will not be spared and severe action will be taken against the perpetrators of this crime.

In the last 24 hours, India logged 4, 858 new Covid-19 cases and 18 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The new fatalities have pushed the nationwide death toll to 5,28,355.

The active caseload rose to 48,027, accounting for 0.11 % of the country’s total positive cases.

The recovery of 4,735 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,39,62, 664. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.71 %.

Meanwhile, the daily and weekly positivity rates stood at 2.76 % and 1.78 % respectively.

Also in the same period, a total of 1,75,935 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall tally to over 89.17 crore.

As of Monday morning, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 216.70 crore.

Over 4.08 crore adolescents have been administered with a first dose of Covid-19 jab since the beginning of vaccination drive for this age bracket.