In a series of joint operations in Manipur, the Army and other Central and state security forces have arrested ten hardcore militants of different outfits and recovered 35 different types of arms, 11 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), a large cache of ammunition and other war-like stores from five districts, officials said on Tuesday.

Manipur Police also arrested six more militants of different outfits during the past 24 hours from Bishnupur, Thoubal and Imphal West districts.

A Defence spokesman said that the intelligence-based, coordinated joint operations resulted in the arrest of ten militants of various hill and Valley-based banned extremist outfits.

He said joint operations were conducted during the past few days in the five valley and hill districts of Kangpokpi, Bishnupur, Tengnoupal, Imphal West and Imphal East. The majority of the arms -- 18 weapons comprising one 5.56 mm Insas Rifle, one .303 Rifle, five Bolt Action Rifles, three Single Barrel Rifles, two Pull Mech Rifles and six Improvised Mortars, ammunition and war-like stores -- were recovered from the mountainous Kangpokpi district.

The Cyber Police Station of North District has busted an inter-state cyber fraud gang that cheated a Delhi woman of Rs 11 lakh by luring her with fake online “paid tasks” on Telegram.

The operation led to the arrest of five accused from Meerut and Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

A second-year student of the iconic Indian Institute of Management –Calcutta (IIM-C) was allegedly raped in the boys' hostel of the educational facility.

The IIM student filed a rape complaint at Haridevpur Police Station on Friday night, stating that she was called to a boy's hostel for a discussion on the job counselling and offered pizza and cold drinks, after which she fell unconscious.

"After regaining consciousness, she had a feeling of being sexually assaulted. She immediately rushed out of the institute campus, contacted a friend, reached the local Haridevpur Police Station, and filed the complaint accusing a fellow student of raping her at the boys' hostel," according to the complaint.

The fearless rampage of criminals in Bihar continues, with the latest incident appearing in Vaishali district, where miscreants looted jewellery worth Rs 20 lakh from a shop in broad daylight on Friday afternoon, causing panic in the area.

The incident took place at Goraul market under Goraul police station, just a short distance from the police station, raising serious questions about the security arrangements in the area.

According to information received, shop owner Arun Kumar Shah was at his shop when around six armed robbers arrived on two motorcycles, threatened him and the customers while brandishing weapons.

The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has issued a bailable arrest warrant against senior IAS officer and Principal Secretary of the ST & SC Development department, Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra.

The arrest warrant was issued for failing to comply with its orders in connection with a case related to the death of a seven-year-old girl, a student of a government residential school at Budrukia under Baliguda Block of Kandhamal district, over negligence of the authorities of the school under the ST & SC Development department.

In a significant development, the city police on Friday busted an inter-state theft gang, named in over 100 cases of theft and robbery in the Delhi-NCR region, and recovered cash as well as jewellery from their possession. The gang used luxury and high-end cars to loot people in upscale and posh societies in Noida, Ghaziabad and adjoining areas.

Noida Police apprehended three members of the gang, including its kingpin, after an encounter in Sector-24 on Thursday night. Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, identified as the leader of the theft gang, was injured in a police encounter and is currently in the hospital for treatment. The other two accused are in police custody.

In a key development in the Rs 250 crore bank fraud case against an infrastructure company, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has restored properties – attached as Proceeds of Crime (POC) - valued at Rs 55.85 crore to rightful claimants, an official said on Friday.

The POC were restored to the successful resolution applicant, which took over the management of Era Infra Engineering Limited as part of the resolution process. The company, Hem Singh Bharana (an official) and others were booked for fraud in 2018

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has arrested the key accused Ravi Yallappa Kurbett in connection with double compensation scam at Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB), Dharwad, in the case of V.D. Sajjan and others under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the official statement said on Thursday.

In a sweeping crackdown on crime, the Delhi Police southern range has achieved major success in the first half of 2025, arresting over 4,300 criminals and dismantling key networks of robbers, drug traffickers, arms dealers, and illegal immigrants.

The relentless six-month operation - codenamed Operation Garuda, Vajra, Shastra, and Nischay - has led to a significant drop in street crime, robbery, and thefts across South and South-East Delhi.

As per data shared by the Joint Commissioner of Police (Southern Range), S.K. Jain, the operations were focused, intelligence-led, and targeted at the roots of organised criminal activity. The results speak for themselves: 4,300 plus arrests, including 430 robbers and snatchers, 455 illegal arms offenders, and 170 drug traffickers.

The security forces in Manipur have seized drugs worth Rs 18 crore, arrested a militant and recovered some arms and ammunition from different places during the past 24 hours, officials said here on Thursday.

A police official said that a joint team of Manipur Police and CRPF intercepted a car at Tupul bridge coming from Churachandpur towards Kangpokpi and seized 196 soap cases containing suspected heroin/ brown sugar weighing 2.193 kg, excluding the case, from the vehicle. The approximate value of the seized drugs is Rs 18 crore, the official said.

The two drug peddlers, who were travelling in the car, were also arrested. They were identified as Ginminlen Haokip (24) and Holminlen Khongsal (30). Haokip is a resident of Kangpokpi district, and Khongsal hails from Chandel district. Chandel district shares an unfenced border with Myanmar.