NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on the West Bengal government’s writ petition filed against withholding of assent by the Governor on eight key bills passed by the state legislature.

KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has identified 1,814 illegal recruitments in 15 different municipalities in West Bengal, sources have said.

KOCHI: A woman, working as a manager with a leading non-banking finance company attached to its Thrissur branch, is presently reported missing and has been booked for swindling Rs 20 crore.

NEW YORK: An Indian-origin man has been charged with stealing a $1 million-winning lottery ticket from the buyer at the petrol bunk he was working in, according to local officials.

JAIPUR: Congress leader and former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, while targeting the Centre over the irregularities in the NEET exam, has called paper leak the "most heinous crime" and said that those in power who are turning a blind eye to the paper leaks are equally responsible for the crime.

PATNA: The police in Bihar's Gopalganj on Thursday arrested an active member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang from Ajmer, Rajasthan, an official said.

BHUBANESWAR: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch has arrested a fraudster involved in the illegal withdrawal of over Rs 9 crore from the account of District Mineral Foundation Trust of Zilla Parishad in Mayurbhanj through clone cheque fraud.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, who is accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal, has petitioned the Supreme Court seeking bail.

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has established money laundering links in the Rajasthan Paper Leak case related to the recruitment of teachers and apprehended a person named Anita Meena.

KOLKATA: At least four policemen were severely injured after they were stabbed with sharp-edged weapons and beaten up at Chopra in the North Dinajpur district of West Bengal on Thursday.

ROME: Italian financial police announced that they have seized 121 million euros ($131.1 million) from the Italian operations of retail giant Amazon for alleged tax evasion and worker exploitation.

KINSHASA: A military court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) opened the trial against Corneille Nangaa, political leader of the Congo River Alliance (AFC), a politico-military group allied to the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group.

UNITED NATIONS: Humanitarians said they are concerned about armed groups in Colombia displacing or restricting the movement of civilians.

BOGOTA: Ten people, including a minor, were killed in a drone attack on a soccer field in southwest Colombia's Cauca department, military officials said.

KOCHI: A 65-year-old Catholic priest was found hanging in the church compound on Thursday, said police here.

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has decided to form a special body to address complaints against police.

BENGALURU: Karnataka BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra has said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is not in a position to defend himself in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam.

KOLKATA: Two women were apprehended by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) from the busy Howrah station with 65 kg ganja (marijuana).

PATNA: The Darbhanga police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday recovered the weapon allegedly used in the murder of Jitan Sahani, the father of VIP chief and former Bihar minister Mukesh Sahani, officials said.

HYDERABAD: Prohibitory orders have been imposed for a week in Moinabad on the outskirts of Hyderabad given the tension after a centuries-old Qutb Shahi-era mosque was demolished, the police said.

JAIPUR: A special court in Jodhpur said on Wednesday that seven Rajasthan Police personnel who were involved in the 'encounter' of gangster Anandpal will be probed for murder, as it rejected the closure report in the case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2020.

MOHALI: Required in the Indian Army in Nov 2022, Ishmeet Singh seemed to have run out of reasons on why he should continue as an Agniveer. During his leave period, he found his calling in the world of crime. He procured illegal weapons and fromed a gang, which was later involved in highway robberies and vehicle thefts.

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court order of July 16 putting an interim stay on any derogatory comments against Governor C.V. Ananda Bose till August 14 violated the provisions of Freedom of Speech, the counsel for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee argued in the court on Wednesday.

SEOUL: The Defence Ministry of South Korea said on Wednesday that it has summoned a defence attache stationed at the South Korean Embassy in the United States for questioning over alleged "inappropriate" behaviour.

AGARTALA: With six more Bangladesh nationals arrested by the security forces, the infiltration from the neighbouring country into Tripura continues unabated.

BENGALURU: Jailed Kannada superstar Darshan’s wife, Vijayalaxmi, met Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday at his residence here.

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned the personal presence of Uttarakhand’s Principal Secretary of the Environment and Forest Department, Member Secretary of the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board and Divisional Commissioner for "lack of sincerity" in a case involving the illegal cutting of trees in Nainital.

ITANAGAR: The Arunachal Pradesh Assembly has passed a Bill to curb irregularities and unfair means in various public examinations held in the state.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Tuesday has arrested Vikas Verma, son of Girish Verma, a sacked Executive Officer (EO), of Local Bodies department Punjab, who was absconding in a disproportionate assets case registered against him, his father and others. The Mohali court has granted his police remand for 3 days to the VB.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has arrested Savtej Singh, Sub Divisional Engineer (SDE), of Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation (PSIEC), an accused wanted in connection with committing irregularities in allotment of industrial plots.

KABUL: The counter-narcotics police have destroyed 251 acres of poppy plantation in north Afghanistan's Baghlan province, a statement by the provincial police office said on Tuesday.

SURAT: Customs authorities at Surat airport in Gujarat intercepted a youth attempting to smuggle gold by concealing it in his belt buckle.

MUMBAI: On the final day of a notice by the elite Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) to Maharashtra 2023 cadre IAS Probationary Officer Puja Khedkar, the Mussoorie-based institution had no information on her whereabouts, on Tuesday.

BENGALURU: In a major development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) approached the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday questioning the filing of an FIR against its officials by the state police in connection with the alleged multi-crore tribal welfare board scam.

SEOUL: The founder of South Korean tech giant Kakao, Kim Beom-su, has been arrested on charges of stock price manipulation related to the firm's takeover of K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment last year, prosecutors said.