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Ex-army man held for buying liquor from defence canteens, selling them at huge profit: Police

8:46 pm June 20, 2021

Jodhpur: A former Army man was arrested here on Sunday for allegedly buying expensive liquor from canteens from Defence service personnel and selling them at a huge profit in the open market. Police also seized 139 bottles of the liquor and Rs 4.10 lakh in cash as sale proceeds accrued from his illegal activity, Banar police station’s SHO […]

Maharashtra: Wanted man held with firearms and magazines

11:43 pm June 19, 2021

Mumbai: The Mumbai Police’s crime branch arrested a 21-year-old man from suburban Mulund and seized 10 firearms, two magazines and six live cartridges from him, an official said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Lakhan Singh, a resident of Barwani in Madhya Pradesh, was wanted in connection with a 2020 case and evading arrest for […]

Gang of burglars busted in Mathura

11:40 pm June 19, 2021

Mathura: The Kotwali police here claimed to have busted a gang of burglars with the arrest of four people. According to police, they recovered the items stolen from a house in the Ghiya Mandi area here. The accused used to sell the stolen items to scrap dealers and they were held on a tip-off on […]

10 deaths, 239 fresh virus cases in Himachal Pradesh

11:36 pm June 19, 2021

Shimla: Ten more people died from COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday as 239 fresh cases pushed the state’s infection count to 2,00,282, an official said. So far, the virus has killed 3,423 people in the state. According to the state Health Department, the number of active cases have now dipped to 2,990. The overall […]

AP all set to carry out huge vaccination drive on Sunday

11:28 pm June 19, 2021

Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh is all set to carry out a huge vaccination drive on June 20, targeting about eight to ten lakh people a day. Though officially no target has been announced, the top health authorities told all 13 District Collectors that the objective is to vaccinate 8-10 lakh people in a day. “We have […]