New Delhi: The national capital is on a high alert and under a thick security blanket for the Independence Day function on Friday, with snipers at high-rise buildings, heightened camera surveillance, and more than 14,000 security and traffic police personnel...

New Delhi: Twenty-three personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the country’s largest paramilitary force, have been awarded with gallantry medals, including three military-issued Shaurya Chakras, on the eve of the 79th Independence Day. Constables Saddam Hussain, Feda Hussain...

Hyderabad: Nirmal Police has arrested an interstate gang that has been using anaesthesia to steal, kill, and supply cattle meat in Nirmal and surrounding districts for the past few months. According to Nirmal superintendinent of police (SP) Dr G Janaki...

New Delhi: Eighteen Border Security Force (BSF) troops have been awarded gallantry medals for displaying “conspicuous bravery” and “unmatched valour” during Operation Sindoor against Pakistan, including two personnel who were decorated with the Vir Chakra posthumously. The Vir Chakra, a...

Mumbai: Seven Maharashtra police personnel will be awarded gallantry medals, three will get the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and 39 the Medal for Meritorious Service on Independence Day, an official said on Thursday. The Centre announced service medals...

Port Blair: Andaman and Nicobar Director General of Police (DGP) Hargobinder Singh Dhaliwal has been selected for the President’s Medal for Distinguished Service while three other officers will be awarded with medals for meritorious services on the occasion of the...

Aligarh: The ongoing student protest at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) intensified on Thursday after a student leader started an indefinite hunger strike at the Babe Syed Gate. The protest at AMU entered its sixth day on Thursday, August 14, with...

Hyderabad: A chargesheet under the anti-money laundering law has been filed against a retired Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer in connection with an alleged Rs 23.46 crore fraud at the Andhra Pradesh Women’s Cooperative Finance Corporation (APWCFC), officials said. A...

Hyderabad: An inter-departmental coordination meeting was held at the TGICCC building on Thursday, August 14, to discuss preparations for the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in the city. Officials from GHMC, Water Board, Electricity Department, RTC, Cyberabad and Rachakonda Police, HYDRAA,...