Eleven Bangladeshi nationals, including nine women, were arrested from Agartala railway station for entering India without any valid travel document, police said on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off, the Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel arrested the Bangladeshi nationals, aged between 13 to 36 years, from the railway station on Tuesday night just before they boarded a Guwahati-bound train.

Out of nine women detainees, three kids accompanied their three mothers.

Cybersecurity researchers have revealed the alarming rise of investment scams in India peddled through social media messaging platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, X, and others, in which fraudsters convince users to invest in crypto, stocks by promising assured returns, a new report showed on Tuesday.

Since the beginning of 2024, the threat intelligence firm CloudSEK has identified a massive volume of malicious content on social media and messaging platforms.

A dreaded criminal was gunned down in a joint operation carried out by the STF and police in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur district, early on Tuesday.

Sumit Singh a.k.a. 'Chavanni' was shot dead during an encounter at Badlapur.

Jaunpur SP Ajay Pal Sharma said that police had launched a manhunt to nab Sumit after he issued threats to some traders for extortion.

After getting inputs about his presence in Badlapur, a joint team of STF and district police cordoned off the area.

Six people including a six-year-old child were injured in a shooting at the residence of Samajwadi Party leader and former corporator Vijay Yadav in Varanasi.

The incident took place in the Dashashavmedh area on Sunday, the police said.

The police stated that the SP leader claimed in his complaint that the attack was intended to murder his entire family.

A daring heist took place at an Axis Bank branch at Sri Krishna Chowk in Sheikhpura District of Bihar on Monday, where the robbers made off with Rs 50 lakh.

According to police reports, around 12 criminals assembled outside the bank before it opened for the day.

As soon as the bank opened, the criminals entered the premises, held the bank employees at gunpoint, and proceeded to execute the robbery.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the multi-crore Tribal Welfare Board case has recovered Rs 10 crore from the accounts of gold shops, bars, and other commercial establishments that had allegedly been transferred from the Board's account, sources said on Saturday.

Police sources said Rs 10 crore was seized from 193 bank accounts and the SIT arrested one Srinivas on Saturday.

The funds were transferred into bank accounts of gold shop owners and bar owners, from where they were withdrawn after giving small commissions, sources said.

Demonetised Rs 500 and 1,000 notes with a face value of Rs 75 lakh were seized from Surat in Gujarat, and four people were arrested in this connection.

Acting on intelligence input, Surat Police raided a residence in Bhimpore village and the arrests were made. Of the four people arrested in connection with the case, three hail from Surat while one resides in Navsari.

"The suspects - identified as Naresh Ranchhod Patel, Vineet Rajinikanth Desai, Mohammad Shadiq Mohammad Safi Sheikh, and Manish Rajput - are linked to the real estate sector, specifically engaged in land brokerage. This connection has raised suspicions about the potential misuse of the seized currency within the real estate domain," sources said.

Five policemen were injured in a mob violence on Saturday during an anti-encroachment drive in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kathua district.

Officials said that the anti-encroachment drive was launched in Nagri area of Hiranagar in Kathua to demolish an illegal place of worship, which was resisted by a group of locals.

“The mob turned violent and attacked the police party, injuring five policemen including a Deputy Superintendent," officials said.