In a horrific case, a 19-year-old boy in Tripura on Monday repeatedly stabbed a 16-year-old girl, with whom he had a relationship, and then used the same knife to slit his own throat, and both succumbed to their injuries, police said.

The incident was reported from Kanchanpur town in North Tripura district.

A police official said that the teenage boy, identified as Kartik Debnath, had a love affair with the slain girl, a class 10 student at a local school.

“When the girl was going to her school alone, Debnath attacked her with a knife and stabbed her repeatedly. Then, the boy cut his throat with the same knife,” the police official said, quoting local people.

Jordan's Anti-Narcotics Department has thwarted four drug smuggling attempts and arrested six suspects, the country's Public Security Directorate announced Saturday.

In the first case, an investigative team identified and arrested two individuals who hid 147,000 narcotic pills inside a shipment of building stones, said the directorate in a statement.

It added that the narcotic pills were about to be smuggled to a neighboring country, news agency reported.

In the second, a team intercepted a smuggling truck upon collected information and discovered 200,000 pills hidden in the vehicle's secret compartments, the statement said, noting that the smuggler, who arranged with drug dealers in a neighbouring country, was arrested.

Coimbatore City Cyber Crime Police on Saturday said that they have received 5,319 cyber fraud complaints and registered at least 217 FIRs regarding these cases.

“Fraudsters looted Rs 73 crores from January to August this year. We have received 5,319 complaints for fraud while we have also registered 217 FIRs,” an official of the Coimbatore City Cyber Crime Police told.

He informed that phishing and scamming are on the rise in the state and asked people not to share banking details with anyone.

“No government agency will call and ask for the bank details. People should immediately inform the police if they receive such fraudulent calls,” he said.

He also informed that the police have recovered Rs 8 crore and also froze several accounts of cyber fraudsters.

 A shocking video showing a youth being beaten up and then tied to the bonnet of a car and being driven around in Godhra's Kanku Thambhala area prompted police action after the clip went viral on social media.

The incident has led to the registration of cases against both the accused who carried out the assault and the youth who was tied to the car.

The video, which was circulated widely online, shows the young man tied to the bonnet of a car and being driven around after allegedly being caught attempting to steal pesticides and food from a local shop.

Enraged by the attempted theft, the shopkeeper, along with his associates, reportedly beat the youth before tying him to the car's bonnet.

Bystanders filmed the incident, and one of the videos eventually reached the police.

Godhra Taluka Police have taken cognisance of the matter, and cases have been registered against all parties involved.

Two hardcore Maoists, including a woman, with a cumulative bounty of Rs 7 lakh on their heads surrendered before the Odisha Police at Bargarh on Friday.

The Maoists surrendered before Himansu Kumar Lal, Inspector General of Police (Northern Range), and Prahalad Sahai Meena, Bargarh District Superintendent of Police.

The woman Maoist cadre has been identified as Puja Tati (35) from Parnal village in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district. She worked as the area committee member (ACM) and platoon commander of the Baragarh Local Organising Squad (LOS), operating in the Balangir-Bargarh-Mahasamund (BBM) division for the banned outfit CPI (Maoist).

“Puja Tati was active in the Gandhamardan reserve forest area since 2010. She was actively trying to expand Maoist activities in Bargarh and Balangir districts, and carried a cash reward of Rs 4 lakh,” said sources in Odisha Police.

A teenager died by suicide at a youth detention centre in Western Australia (WA), two days after being brought to the facility.

Roger Cook, the premier of WA, on Friday, confirmed that a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy was found unresponsive by staff in a cell at the Banksia Hill Youth Detention Centre in the southern suburbs of the state capital of Perth on Thursday night, news agency reported.

Paramedics were called to the facility at approximately 10 p.m. local time but were unable to revive the teenager, who had arrived at the centre two days earlier.

Cook described the teenager's death as distressing and a traumatic event.

"An internal investigation is now underway, and police are preparing a report for the coroner," he said at a press conference.

"A failure has occurred, but we'll continue to make sure we do everything we can to improve the lives of people, not only those who work at the facility but those who are at the facility," Cook said.

The 22-year-old man, who tried to sexually assault a woman software professional on a running train in the Udupi district of Karnataka, has been arrested, said officials here on Thursday.

The incident happened on an express train on Sunday as the woman was travelling from Bengaluru to Manipal town near Udupi City.

The arrested accused was identified as 22-year-old Mohammad Shuraim, a resident of Bhatkal town in Uttara Kannada district.

According to officials, the Manipal police received the complaint from the woman. The case was cracked and the accused was arrested within 24 hours of reporting the crime. The accused was later sent to judicial custody.

Police stated that the victim, a resident of Manipal town near Udupi city, worked in an IT company in Bengaluru. She boarded the train on Saturday night to take part in the Janmashtami celebrations at her residence.

A police officer and a suspect were killed in a fiery pursuit crash in San Diego, California.

Another police officer was seriously injured in the multi-vehicle crash that happened at around 11:30 p.m. on Monday local time at the intersection of Clairemont Mesa Boulevard and Doliva Drive in the Southern California coastal city, according to the San Diego Police Department, authorities said on Tuesday.

San Diego Police Department Chief Scott Wahl told the media during a news conference on Tuesday that police officers tried to initiate a traffic stop on a vehicle at a high rate of speed, but the driver refused to pull over, news agency reported.

The suspect vehicle later collided with the side of a police patrol car responding to the incident.

Cambodia has arrested a gang of six local persons for trafficking illicit drugs, seizing more than 389 kg of narcotics, the Anti-Drug Department (ADP) said in a news release on Tuesday.

The suspects were apprehended on August 24 at three locations in the capital Phnom Penh for possessing, transporting and trafficking illicit drugs.

"A total of 389.5 kg of crystal methamphetamine, ketamine, and heroin was seized from the suspects' possession during the raids," the ADP said, news agency reported.

The Southeast Asian country has no death sentence for a drug trafficker. Under its law, someone found guilty of trafficking more than 80 grams of illicit drugs could be imprisoned for life.

The Ahmedabad Crime Branch conducted a raid in Sarkhej village on Tuesday, arrested five people and seized cash and valuables amounting to over Rs 5.15 lakh.

Officials from the Crime Branch informed that the raid took place behind the Union Office in Sarkhej village, where the “accused were caught red-handed engaging in illegal gambling.

The five people arrested have been identified as Biren Kanu Parmar, Gulam Kader Rehman Mithani, Mahesh Suresh Thakor, Dhamendra Chandrakant Devalekar, and Suyashkant Ramesh Parmar.

During the raid, the Crime Branch recovered Rs 25,170 in cash, five mobile phones valued at Rs 50,000, nine vehicles worth Rs 4,40,000, and various gambling paraphernalia. The total value of the seized items amounts to Rs 5,15,170.

Biren Parmar, 30, is a resident of Gayatrinagar in Sarkhej village, Ahmedabad, and hails originally from Ghuma village in Ahmedabad District. Gulam Kader, 37, resides in Gebansha Society, near Geetanagar in Jasdan, Rajkot District. Mahesh Thakor, 29, lives near the Moti Water Tank in Redo Vas, Sarkhej, Ahmedabad. Dhamendra Chandrakant Devalekar, 45, resides near Datta Mandir in Sarkhej, Suyashkant Parmar, 33, is a resident of Gayatrinagar.

Eight fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested during the early hours of Tuesday by the Sri Lankan Navy.

The fishermen were arrested for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). The arrested fishermen were taken to the Mannar Naval camp in Sri Lanka along with their mechanised fishing boat.

All the eight arrested fishermen are from the Rameswaram area of the state.

Fishermen association leader R. Rajendran while speaking called upon the immediate intervention of the state and central governments for the arrested fishermen's release.

He said, "The arrest of our fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy is highly deplorable and we strongly raise our protest against this inhuman treatment by the Sri Lankan Navy."

It may be recalled that the Sri Lankan Navy had arrested 11 Tamil fishermen from Nagapattinam and Rameswaram a day before.

The West Bengal Police, on Tuesday, arrested one person in connection with the rape threat against the minor daughter of Trinamool Congress’ general secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee.

The arrested person has been identified as Masadul Molla, a resident of Mothbari under Minakhan block in North 24 Paragans district of West Bengal. He was arrested early morning, said officials here.

A video had surfaced wherein a person was reportedly seen and heard threatening at a protest rally organised against the rape and murder of a woman doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata.

According to police sources, the arrested accused had given that threat while participating in the protest rally on August 25 afternoon organised by the All India Secular Front (AISF).

The AISF leadership had said that the comments were personal of the accused and the party leadership neither supports such comments nor will take responsibility for that.

Sad news has come out from Delhi. A truck crushed five people sleeping on the divider in Shastri Park area here. 5 people who were injured in this accident that happened at 5.30 am on Monday morning were admitted to Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, where the doctors declared three people dead. While two were referred to GTB in critical condition.

According to information, all five people were homeless. After the accident, the accused truck driver escaped from the spot. One of the deceased has been identified as Zakir. In this regard, the police said that in the morning in the Shastri Park area, the PCR was conducted. A call came from

A truck coming from Seelampur suddenly climbed the divider and crushed 5 people who were sleeping on the footpath. The driver left the vehicle and fled the scene. The injured were taken to JPC Hospital. Efforts are being made to arrest the accused driver. Further investigation is going on in the matter.

A fake call centre, which allegedly cheated US nationals on the pretext of providing technical support, was busted in Gurugram and 20 people have been arrested in this connection, police said on Saturday.

The fake call centre, operating from a flat in Flora Avenue Sector-33, was busted under 'Operation Endgame, the police said.

The fake call centre used to pose as companies providing technical support and take huge sums of money as service charges, the police said.

The accused included four women, police said, adding that Rs 50,000, 16 laptops and 25 mobile phones were seized from the spot.

"Mahender Bajrang Singh was the manager of the alleged fake call centre. He was running the call centre with the support of his aide since May," Assistant Commissioner of Police, Priyanshu Diwan said.

Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department on Saturday said that the Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 11 fishermen of the state.

“These arrested fishermen, hailing from Akkarapettai in Nagapattinam district, had set sail on Thursday into deep sea for routine fishing. They were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy at 41 nautical miles southeast of Kodiakarai,” said the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department in a statement.

It added that their mechanised fishing trawler was also been seized by the Sri Lankan Navy.

The department identified the fishermen as Nagarathinam (23); R. Prakash (35); K. Sundandira Sundar (32); S. Anandavel (32); R. Chandru (23); V. Ramesh (47); K. Sanjay (23) from Akkaraipettai; K. Sivaraj (45); M. Varshan (19); V. Suman (25) from Nambiyar Nagar; and M. Rajendran (45).

Head teachers in Fiji have been urged to step up efforts to effectively address cyberbullying incidents.

The guidance aims to ensure such matters are managed appropriately and comprehensively within educational institutions, said Josua Naisele, chief executive of the Education Ministry Substance Abuse Advisory Council, on Friday, during the 41st Fiji Head Teachers Association Annual Conference.

He said victims of cyberbullying will be provided with counselling services facilitated by their schools according to the guidelines, news agency reported quoting Fiji Broadcasting Corporation.

Parents have the option to report incidents to the police if necessary, Naisele said, adding that in such cases, the authorities will investigate and take further action as required.

He said the Online Safety Commission is available to assist in the removal of harmful posts from social media platforms, ensuring the digital environment remains safe for students.

Schools will be responsible for monitoring the situation and ensuring compliance with corrective measures, Naisele said.

Six policemen and excise officials were injured in an attack by a liquor mafia in Bihar’s West Champaran district on Thursday.

The incident occurred in ward number 8 of Shivrajpur Panchayat, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Nautan police station. The officers arrived in the village to conduct a raid however they were assaulted by the liquor mafia.

The injured officers were immediately taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital Bettiah, where their conditions were reported to be critical. The circumstances leading to the raid and the subsequent attack are being investigated by the authorities.

Manoj Kumar Singh, the Excise Superintendent of Bettiah said: “The raid was conducted in response to reports of liquor smuggling in the village. A combined team of police and excise department officers went to the village with the intent of arresting the suspects. However, as soon as the team arrived, they were attacked by the mafia.”

“Six officials of police and excise department have been assaulted in the attack,” he said.

The tension that surfaced in the airport here on Thursday morning ended after a thorough search on the Mumbai-Thiruvananthapuram Air India flight found nothing dangerous, except a note written on a tissue paper in a toilet of the plane, which said 'bomb'.

Earlier, an Air India flight from Mumbai made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The incident took place around 7.30 a.m. when the pilot of the Air India flight informed the airport authorities about the threat. As soon as the message of the threat was received, the airport went into full alert mode. The bomb squad and all other emergency services were quickly positioned.

After the plane made a touchdown around 8 a.m., it was moved to an isolated area of the airport and all the 136 passengers, including the crew on board, were evacuated safely. Bomb experts entered the plane and carried out a thorough check.

Initially, the authorities were perplexed about how the bomb threat was known to the pilot.

Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested a head constable of the Customs Department at the Kandla Special Economic Zone for allegedly accepting a bribe.

An official identified the accused as Ishaq Abdulkarim Sama, adding that he was arrested red-handed while accepting a complainant's illegal Rs 3,000 bribe.

“The complainant, a vigilant citizen working in the labour management for a private company in Kandla, reported that Sama demanded the bribe to allow the company's workers to enter and exit through the Kandla Special Economic Zone gate without any harassment,” the official said.

He said that the complainant, unwilling to pay the bribe, reached out to the ACB in Gandhidham.

“Acting on the complaint, ACB officials set up a trap at the Old Gate entrance of the Kandla Special Economic Zone. During the operation, Sama was caught accepting the bribe and misusing his official position as a public servant,” the official said.

Amid the raging controversy over the sexual abuse of two girls in Badlapur’s reputed school, a 42-year-old schoolteacher was arrested in Maharashtra's Akola district for repeatedly molesting six Class 8 girl students for the last four months and forcing them to watch adult films.

According to the police, the accused, identified as Pramod Sardar, showed obscene videos on his mobile phone before inappropriately touching the students. This took place in the Zilla Parishad school premises of Kazikheda village, 40 km from the city.

The incident came to light after one of the victims dared to call the 1098 child helpline. The complaint led to an inquiry by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC).

On Tuesday, the CWC members visited the school on the pretext of conducting an hour-long session with the students and requested to speak to the Class 8 girls in person. On this occasion, the victim girls gave information about the trauma they had endured for the last four months.

Special POCSO Court on Tuesday sentenced life imprisonment to six accused in the Ajmer blackmail case which is also called as Ajmer sex scandal.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on each of them.

On June 23, 2001, a charge sheet was presented against these six accused, while the hearing in the case was completed in July this year.

All six of these accused were present in the court at the time of the announcement of the sentence.

The Ajmer blackmail case of 1992 rocked the nation around 32 years back when stunning facts were disclosed leaving residents of Ajmer city shocked and surprised.

Around 100 girls were blackmailed after their obscene pictures surfaced in the market after their molestation. Around six girls had committed suicide following the harassment and torture due to blackmailing.

Recreational drug Methamphetamines are increasing hospitalisations, according to a US-based study.

Methamphetamine is a central nervous system stimulant drug that is strong and extremely addictive. It is available as a crystalline powder that is white, odourless, and bitter in flavour. It dissolves readily in alcohol or water.

The study led by the University of Colorado investigated psychiatric hospitalisations from 2015 to 2019 and found that hospitalisations due to methamphetamine use rose significantly -- a concern for health authorities.

Methamphetamine-related hospitalisations increased by 68 per cent, while those related to opioids dropped by 22 per cent.

Karnataka Police arrested the accused who sexually assaulted a young woman from Nagaland, in Bengaluru, on the pretext of offering her lift, sources confirmed on Monday.

The incident took place under the HSR Layout police station on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday when the student was returning after partying at a pub in Koramangala. The police picked up the accused from his residence at Adugodi in Bengaluru. The preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused is a choreographer.

The victim, a final year BCA graduate, is being treated at a hospital. The woman had resisted the attempt of sexual assault by the accused leaving scratches all over his face. The police arrested the accused after conducting an investigation based on the CCTV footage.

A Police officer has been killed during a clash between police forces and gunmen in southeastern Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province, the official news agency IRNA reported.

The clash occurred on Friday between the forces from a police station in Zahedan County and "armed thugs," IRNA quoted a statement by the provincial police as saying, news agency reported.

The gunmen, "who had received blows from the police forces during the clash, fled the scene, and a manhunt has been launched for them," said the report, adding that the victim was identified as Ali Raoufian.

Bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, Sistan and Baluchestan province has witnessed several terrorist attacks on both civilians and security forces over the past years.

As communal tension prevailed in Rajasthan's Udaipur after a Class 10 student stabbed a minor boy at a government school, a man was murdered in Jaipur on Friday night.

Additional DCP West, Bajrang Singh, said that a collision between an e-rickshaw and scooty led to a clash between the two groups. One Dinesh and his friend Jitendra on Scooty were beaten brutally by those sitting in the e-rickshaw after their vehicles collided.

They somehow reached their house but fell unconscious. Their family members rushed them to a hospital where Dinesh was declared brought dead.

Police were informed of who had taken statements from Jitendra after he returned to his senses.

Police have registered a case against unidentified criminals and started investigating the matter.

Kolkata Police, so far, have arrested a total of 19 people in connection with the ransacking of the emergency department of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital here.

According to a statement released by the city police on Friday, of the 19 arrested people, five have been identified through social media feedback.

In the statement, the city police have also requested the public to update police on other suspects behind the vandalism whose photos were released by Kolkata Police on Thursday.

“19 arrests so far in RG Kar hospital vandalism. Five of them were identified by social media feedback. If you recognise any of the suspects from our earlier posts, kindly inform us. Thank you for your support & trust,” the statement by the city police read.

A 45-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh was detained on Thursday by the Chennai airport authorities after three used bullets were obtained from his hand baggage.

The passenger was detained when he reached the airport to travel to Delhi on an Indigo flight.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officers, during the screening of his bag, found three used 8mm bullets in it.

He was immediately detained and on questioning, he said that he was a teacher in Uttar Pradesh and that he had reached the city to visit his son who was a student in a private college in Chennai.

The body of a young woman with her throat slit was recovered on Thursday in Shaktigarh in West Bengal's East Burdwan district following which tension erupted in the area.

The victim was identified as Priyanka Hansda (22).

The police started an investigation by registering a case of unnatural death. Her body has been sent for post-mortem purposes.

The family members of the victim informed the police that the deceased woman used to work at a shopping mall in Bengaluru and had come home on vacation on August 12.

They also informed the police that she left her residence late Wednesday evening while speaking on her mobile phone with someone. Since then she was missing and finally, her body with her throat being slit was recovered from a secluded place within a kilometre from her residence.

Myanmar authorities have seized over 7,00,000 stimulant tablets in Myanmar's Sagaing and Magway regions, the state-run media reported on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotics police searched a vehicle in Yinmabin township of Sagaing region on August 8 and confiscated 2,00,000 stimulant tablets, reports news agency, quoting state-run daily Myanma Alinn.

According to the investigation, another 2,70,000 stimulant tablets in Gangaw Township of Magway region and 2,45,000 stimulant tablets in Kale Township of Sagaing region were apprehended on August 9, it added.

The seized drugs had a street value of 1.43 billion kyats (about US$0.68 million), it said.

The suspects who were involved in the case were charged under the country's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law, it added.

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead in Bihar's capital city by two bike-borne assailants, said the police.

Ajay Shah, the BJP general secretary of Patna district, was shot dead late on Tuesday night.

Shah was reportedly attacked while he was in his shop, located near Bajrangpuri Canal under the Alamganj police station's jurisdiction.

The attackers, who remain unidentified, fled the scene after committing the crime.

According to the victim's nephew, Roshan Gupta, the assailants entered the shop and carried out the attack.

Sharath R.S., the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) for Patna City, mentioned that the case is currently under investigation. Authorities are reviewing CCTV footage in search of clues and have called the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) officials to gather evidence from the crime scene.

At least five people were killed and three others injured in an armed assault at a mine in Camilo Ponce Enriquez in southern Ecuador's Azuay province, said the police.

"This morning an attack was reported between members of organised armed groups that caused the death of five people and the injury of three others," the police force said on social media X.

Authorities investigating the incident in the region of the Andean province, where both legal and illegal mining activities are expanding, news agency reported.

The region is under a "state of exception" and a curfew has been imposed to allow security forces "to neutralise organised crime" and combat violence.

According to official statistics, the area has seen an 82 per cent increase in murders so far this year.

Telangana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught Rangareddy district joint collector and a senior assistant red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 8 lakh.

ACB Director C.V. Anand said on Tuesday that the ACB trapped and arrested Joint Collector M.V. Bhoopal Reddy and Senior Assistant Y. Madan Mohan Reddy of the district collectorate who colluded and abused their official positions.

The official said they were caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 8,00,000 from the complainant for removing 14 guntha land from the prohibited list in the Dharani portal. “The duo took many precautions to receive the money without getting exposed. But our teams remained one step ahead and spontaneously strategized throughout the night and trapped them,” he said.

The incident also highlights the problems arising out of the Dharani portal launched by the previous BRS government for land registration. There have been allegations that records relating to ownership of lands were manipulated.

The Congress party, in its election manifesto, had promised to scrap Dharani and replace it with the ‘Bhumata’ portal by amending the Record of Rights (ROR) Act.

BSF border post BOP under Khalra sector. There is news that a Pakistani infiltrator was killed on the intervening night of August 12 and 13 by the jawans posted at the Khalra Barrier. According to the collected details, on the intervening night of August 12 and 13, the soldiers stationed at the barrier saw an intruder coming from Pakistan in front of International Burj No. 135/18, who did not stop even after challenging him, so he was shot and killed. .

Local police said that three gunmen opened fire at a village hall in Pampanga province, north of Manila, killing a village leader.

Police said the shooting occurred around 8:30 p.m. local time on Sunday in Arayat town in front of the village hall, an office where the village leader conducts his administrative business.

A surveillance video clip showed a dark-color car stopped in the middle of the narrow street in front of the hall where the victim was meeting with a group of people, news agency reported.

The attackers jumped out of the car. One of them, armed with an M16 rifle, peppered the hall with bullets, hitting the village official six times in the body. Two other men fired shots in the air. The gunmen immediately fled the scene after the shooting.

Myanmar authorities have seized 19.8 kg of heroin and 600,000 stimulant tablets in western Myanmar's Sagaing region, the state-run media reported on Monday.

According to the report, acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotic police intercepted a vehicle in the Kale township of Sagaing region on Wednesday and confiscated the drugs, reports news agency, quoting The Mirror.

The confiscated drugs are approximately worth 2.19 billion kyats (about $0.67 million), the report said.

Investigation showed that the drugs were being transported to the Kale township of Sagaing region from Shan state and two suspects were arrested for the case, it added.

The suspects were charged in accordance with the country's laws, investigations are ongoing, the report said.