Panic gripped Rajasthan's capital on Friday morning after two courts - the Family Court and District Court in Jaipur - received bomb threats via email.

The threats sent court staff, lawyers, and the general public into a state of alarm as police and emergency teams swiftly responded to the situation.

The threatening email was received around 8.30 a.m., just as legal proceedings and daily activities were beginning.

The message warned of an explosion scheduled for 2 p.m. at Court No. 4, prompting immediate action from authorities.

Upon notification, police teams, along with bomb disposal and dog squads, arrived at both court premises.

The buildings were promptly evacuated and locked from the outside. Employees and visitors were instructed to leave the area as a safety precaution. The premises are currently under a thorough search operation, and access has been strictly restricted.

In a major crackdown on illegal arms trafficking, the Delhi Police Crime Branch apprehended five men from a hotel in South Delhi’s Jangpura area, a statement said.

The arrests led to the recovery of a cache of weapons, ammunition, and electronic gadgets from the accused.

Acting on a specific input received by Head Constable Amit Tomar, the Crime Branch launched a coordinated operation after learning that a group from Madhya Pradesh suspected of trafficking illegal firearms had checked into a hotel in the Jangpura area.

A dedicated team was formed under Inspector Ashish Sharma's leadership and ACP Yashpal Singh's (ER-I) supervision.

In an unusual theft case involving the disappearance of dozens of mobile phones from a sealed courier van in transit, Delhi Police’s South West District unit arrested a 27-year-old man and recovered 31 stolen smartphones worth Rs 12 lakh, along with the vehicle used in the commission of the crime.

The accused, Jitender Kumar, a resident of Saidalampur village in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, was arrested following multiple raids across Faridabad, Aligarh, Rajasthan, and Raipur, the police said.

According to a press release issued by Deputy Commissioner of Police, South West District, Surendra Choudhary, the theft was first reported through an online FIR on April 22, after a shipment of 1,019 mobile phones was transported from Noida to a delivery point in Mahipalpur, Delhi. Upon unloading, it was discovered that 38 phones were missing, despite no signs of breakage or tampering with the cartons.

 In a swift operation, Delhi Police's West District team from Police Station Moti Nagar solved a major theft case involving Rs 35 lakh within just 48 hours of the crime being reported.

The accused, identified as Vivek Raj alias Sahil, a 23-year-old accountant employed at the victim company, was arrested from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, and Rs 34,98,550 in stolen cash was recovered from his possession.

According to an official press release issued by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Vichitra Veer, the incident occurred on May 24, when a call was received at the police station Moti Nagar reporting the theft of Rs 35 lakh from Dynamic Forge Company’s office at Magnum House-2, Karampura.

The complainant, a Field Officer at the company, informed the police that he had locked the cash in an almirah before leaving for another office branch. At the time of the incident, the only person present in the office was the accountant, later identified as the accused.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted three accused in a case relating to trafficking and supply of illegal arms, ammunition and explosives to insurgents in the northeastern state of Mizoram, sources said on Tuesday.

NIA sources said that all three accused, identified as Vanlaldailova, Lalmuanpuia and Lalrinchhunga alias Albert, hail from Mizoram, which shares unfenced borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh.

The trio were arrested on December 6 last year following the seizure of arms, ammunition and explosive materials during searches at their residences.

“Investigations revealed that all three had played significant roles in supporting terrorist activities and aggravating ethnic violence in Manipur through the distribution of arms to insurgent groups. They had also raised funds with the knowledge that the proceeds would be used for procuring weapons for terror activities, thereby threatening public order and national integrity,” an NIA statement said.

Azad Mullick, a Pakistani national arrested earlier this year by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata for his alleged involvement in a fake passport and hawala racket, initially secured Indian identity documents by using the parental address of his deceased Hindu wife, Late Suchandra Biswas.

Sources familiar with the investigation revealed that Azad used the address of his wife's family home in Naihati, North 24 Parganas, to obtain the forged documents.

Later, he changed the address in those documents to a residence in the northern outskirts of Kolkata, where he was ultimately arrested.

From that location, Azad is believed to have operated both his fake passport and hawala rackets.

The Kerala police have arrested a close male relative of a three-year-old girl who was thrown into the Chalakudy river by her mother earlier this week. The arrest follows a post-mortem report that confirmed the child had been sexually assaulted shortly before her death.

The incident came to light on Monday night when Sandhya, the child’s mother, returned home without her daughter, Kalyani, who was at the local Anganwadi around 3.30 p.m.

Her mother, Ally, questioned her about the child’s whereabouts, to which Sandhya initially responded vaguely, saying, “Kalyani has gone.”

Later, she claimed the child had gone missing from a bus.

Police launched an immediate search operation. CCTV footage from the area revealed Sandhya near the Chalakudy river, raising suspicions.

Foreign nationals, mainly Bangladeshis, enrolled in the voters' list in West Bengal with forged documents, are being tracked, police said on Wednesday.

Sources said the investigating officials have received some specific names of such foreign nationals whose fake Indian identity documents, including Electors Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) cards, AADHAAR cards, and even Indian passports, were arranged by Azad Mullick, a Pakistani citizen recently arrested by the officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata.

Azad, a Pakistani citizen, first arranged Bangladeshi citizenship for himself and subsequently Indian citizenship, using forged documents.

Investigation revealed that Mullick was enrolled as a voter of Dum Dum-Uttar Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district, which is again one of the seven Assembly constituencies under Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency.

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a suspect from Nadiad for alleged involvement in anti-national cyber activities.

The accused, identified as Jasim Ansari, has been taken into custody along with his associate, both suspected to be part of a broader cyber conspiracy.

According to ATS sources, the duo was allegedly involved in an attempt to target Indian government websites during 'Operation Sindoor'.

The suspects are accused of associating with anti-India groups with the intent to disrupt the official digital infrastructure.

Among the sites targeted was the Aadhaar card portal, which they allegedly attempted to hack. Investigators revealed that both accused are matriculation-level passouts who reportedly learned hacking through YouTube tutorials and other online platforms.

After a decade-long chase, police arrested Ravi Soni -- the last accused of theft of five massive industrial nuts, each weighing nearly 5,000 kilograms, from Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh.

Soni had been evading capture since his involvement in the case. His long period of hiding was finally cut short when police acted on fresh intelligence, tracked him to his hideout.

Soni, along with four accomplices, conspired in the theft of five massive industrial nuts from the plate mill’s spare yard, valued at an astonishing combined value of Rs 65 lakh.

While his associates had already been arrested, Soni had managed to stay hidden until now.

These stolen nuts were no ordinary hardware; each weighed a staggering 4,674 kilograms and was specifically designed for use in large-scale industrial operations. They had been procured for installation in the plate mill, making their disappearance a significant loss for the plant.

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Police have foiled an alleged terror plot with the arrest of two suspects, who were allegedly planning to carry out bomb blasts.

In a joint operation, police of the two Telugu states arrested Siraj-ur Rehman (29) of Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh and Sayeed Sameer (28), a resident of Bohiguda in Secunderabad.

According to police, Siraj is an engineering graduate who was looking for a job, while Sameer is a lift operator.

The accused were produced before a magistrate in Vizianagaram, who sent them to judicial custody for 14 days.

Siraj’s father is reported to be an Assistant Sub-Inspector of police, while his brother is a constable. Siraj’s father wanted him to become a police officer, but he allegedly became attracted to terror.

In a major crackdown on gold smuggling, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, arrested a Chadian national who arrived at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) from Addis Ababa, after seizing 4,015 grams of gold worth Rs 3.86 crore ingeniously concealed in the heels of his slippers.

Acting on specific Intelligence, DRI officers intercepted the male passenger shortly after his arrival in Mumbai. Upon conducting a personal search, the officers discovered multiple foreign-origin gold bars cleverly hidden inside the modified heels of the man’s slippers.

In his voluntary statement recorded by officials, the Chadian national admitted to concealing the gold in this unusual manner to bypass customs checks and evade legal detection. The gold was seized under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962, and the passenger was placed under arrest.

The Odisha Vigilance Department has arrested a senior government official, who was found possessing assets worth crores disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials said.

The accused official was identified as Asit Kumar Patra, posted as Additional Block Development Officer (ABDO) at Dharmasala block of Jajpur district.

"On May 16, Patra was arrested by Odisha Vigilance and handed over to the Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Cuttack, for possession of Disproportionate Assets (DA) to the tune of 205 per cent of his known sources of income, which he could not account for satisfactorily," said a senior official on Friday.

A case has been registered against Patra and his spouse under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018.

The vigilance officials earlier on Thursday unearthed huge movable and immovable assets belonging to Patra and his family members during house searches at different locations linked to the accused ABDO.

The West Bengal Police, investigating a multi-crore fake passport racket, have uncovered documents indicating that several passports were issued to individuals who do not exist at all.

In a recent report submitted to the Calcutta High Court, investigators claimed that at least 37 such passports were found to have been issued to persons who could not be traced at the addresses mentioned in the documents.

During interrogation and field verification, officials could not find any evidence suggesting these individuals ever lived at the listed addresses.

Sources familiar with the investigation said the findings point to serious lapses in the physical verification process, which is mandatory for passport issuance.

In a shocking incident that took place late Wednesday night, a man was shot dead by unidentified assailants while returning home with his father in a car in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district, police officials said on Thursday.

The incident took place near the Baridih forest under the Nawadih police station limits.

The deceased has been identified as Hemlal Pandit, a resident of Sirai village in Vishnugarh block of Hazaribagh district.

Both Hemlal and his father, Tulsi Pandit, were known locally for practising exorcism.

According to police sources, the two were returning home after conducting a ritual at a house in Nawadih when the attack took place.

Around midnight, three men on a motorcycle overtook their car and stopped them near the forested stretch. They asked for directions to Vanshi village. When Hemlal rolled down the window to respond, one of the men shot him at point-blank range. He died on the spot.

Kolkata Police said on Wednesday that a cop attached to the Special Task Force (STF) has been arrested on charges of his involvement in a robbery where a hefty amount of a foreign exchange trading entity was looted in broad daylight and on the open roads in city earlier this month.

The arrested cop has been identified as Mintu Sarkar, who was attached to the STF of the city police. Sarkar, an original resident of South Dinajpur district in the northern sector of West Bengal, was arrested late Tuesday night by the sleuths of the Detective Department of the city police, which was carrying out an investigation in the matter, an insider from the city police said.

 Assam Police have foiled a drug peddling attempt and seized narcotics worth Rs two crore in the Sribhumi district, said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday.

The seizure of drugs happened in the Sadarashi locality of the district.

The police have arrested two persons on charges of drug peddling.

Taking to X handle, CM Sarma wrote, “YABA Tablets Worth ₹2 Crore Seized In an anti-narcotics operation, @sribhumipolice recovered 10,000 YABA tablets at Sadarashi. 2 peddlers have been arrested in this connection. Kudos to @assampolice.”

According to the police, legal actions were undertaken under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act 1985.

Earlier in the previous week, Assam Police seized drugs worth Rs 9.5 crore and arrested three peddlers, including a woman, in two separate operations.

The Cyber Crime wing of the Tamil Nadu Police has arrested four individuals, including a woman from Pollachi, for allegedly opening mule bank accounts to assist a cyber fraud network operating out of North India.

The arrests were made on Sunday following a detailed investigation into a digital arrest scam.

According to police, over 350 complaints related to digital arrest scams have been registered on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) in 2025 so far.

In the current case, a complaint from a resident of the Vellore district led to the breakthrough. The victim was conned into transferring Rs 81.7 lakh by fraudsters posing as officials from the Bengaluru police.

Amid heightened tensions along the India-Pakistan border, the police in Rajasthan's Churu district have arrested a 22-year-old youth for allegedly sharing provocative and anti-national posts on social media, an official said on Friday.

The arrested individual has been identified as Asif Khan, son of Umed Khan, a resident of Bajragsar under the jurisdiction of Sardarshahar Police Station.

He was detained for allegedly liking, sharing, and posting inflammatory content amid the ongoing tension on the India-Pakistan border.

Superintendent of Police Jai Yadav said that the district's Cyber Desk team is actively conducting technical monitoring of all major social media platforms in the light of the current India-Pakistan tension.

Two people have been arrested on the charges of killing a 33-year-old woman, stuffing her body into a suitcase and dumping it on the Gurugram-Faridabad road, police said on Thursday.

The accused were arrested on Wednesday.

The crime came to light after a passerby spotted the suitcase.

The police were informed, and an FIR was registered regarding murder at the Sushant Lok police station in Gurugram.

The deceased was identified as Praveen alias Riya (33), a resident of the village Parksarkas, District Tiljala (West Bengal).

The accused were identified as Dinesh Kumar (22), a resident of village Indri, district Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), and Viplav Vishwas (26), a resident of village Pratappur, district Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand).

Assam Police seized drugs worth Rs 9.5 crore and arrested three drug peddlers, including a woman, in two separate operations, officials said on Wednesday.

An Assam Police spokesman said that based on credible intelligence regarding the transportation of contraband from Silchar (southern Assam) to Guwahati via the Silchar--Coimbatore Express train, a team from Panbazar Police station was deployed at Guwahati railway station on Wednesday. A female suspect was identified and apprehended upon the train’s arrival, he said.

Following due legal procedures and in the presence of independent witnesses, the search led to the recovery of 20,000 highly addictive methamphetamine tablets, valued at Rs 5 crore, one mobile handset and Rs 1,000 in cash. The accused, identified as Parvina Khatun Bibi (31), has been taken into custody. The detainee is a resident of Sadialer Khuti village in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district.

 In a daring daylight robbery, eight armed robbers stormed a Bank of Maharashtra branch in Kashipur locality of Samastipur on Wednesday, looting jewellery worth Rs 4.5 crore and Rs 15 lakh cash, an official said.

The bank, situated in one of the busiest areas of the city, witnessed the crime unfold in broad daylight, leaving the residents in shock.

According to Superintendent of Police Ashok Mishra, the incident was carried out by a gang of eight, of which three posed as customers intending to open accounts. Soon after, five more individuals entered, taking bank employees and customers hostage at gunpoint.

They locked the employees and customers in one room, broke the lockers and took away the jewellery.

"The miscreants looted valuables from both the bank counters and the lockers. They also snatched mobile phones from the staff and customers to prevent any alarms or communication," Mishra said.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Nagpur unit, under the Mumbai Zonal jurisdiction, successfully apprehended two individuals engaged in illegal trade and possession of leopard skins.

Following the seizure, the confiscated wildlife articles and the detained individuals were handed over to the District Forest Division of Ujjain for further investigation in accordance with the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

The operation, conducted in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, resulted in the seizure of two leopard skins with heads, along with an ivory (wild boar horn), from the suspects.

Acting on specific Intelligence regarding attempts to sell these prohibited wildlife items, the DRI team intervened at a hotel in Ujjain on the morning of May 4 leading to the suspects’ capture.

Security forces have arrested 12 more militants, including a woman cadre, of different outfits and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.

A police spokesman said that of the 12 militants apprehended, 11 belong to the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) outfit and one to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) group.

The militants, including a woman cadre, were arrested from four districts -- eight from Imphal East, one from Imphal West, two from Thoubal, and one from Kakching.

A large cache of arms and ammunition, including AK series/A1/M4/self-loading rifles, .303 rifles, pistols, camouflage uniforms, mobile phones, various electronic devices, incriminating documents and various other materials were recovered from the militants.

In a series of joint operations, the Army, Assam Rifles and other security forces have recovered 31 weapons, huge quantities of ammunition and explosives and arrested 17 militants from different districts of Manipur, officials said on Monday.

Defence spokesman Lt Col Amit Shukla said the Army, Assam Rifles, CRPF, BSF, ITBP and Manipur Police in a joint operation during the past few days have recovered 31 Arms, including sophisticated weapons, 14 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), several grenades, ammunition and war-like stores.

These arms and ammunition were recovered from four Manipur districts -- Kakching, Tengnoupal, Bishnupur and Kangpokpi -- comprising the valley region and mountainous areas.

The arms and ammunition recovered included, Self Loading Rifle (SLR), two single-barrel guns, one bolt action rifle, improvised launchers (pompi), a pistol, carbine, an INSAS rifle, Pt .22 rifle and improvised mortars (pompi).

A woman employee at an Akshaya Centre in Kerala has been taken into custody for allegedly preparing a fake admit card for the NEET examination held on Sunday.

The employee, identified as Greeshma, was picked up by the Pathanamthitta police on Monday morning from Neyyattinkara, a suburb of the state capital, after a male candidate appearing for the NEET exam in Pathanamthitta was found with a suspicious admit card.

The impersonation came to light when an invigilator at the Pathanamthitta exam centre noticed discrepancies in the male candidate’s admit card.

Although the candidate was allowed to write the exam, the invigilator alerted the examination centre in Thiruvananthapuram for verification.

A quick cross-check revealed that another candidate with the same registration number was appearing for the exam in Thiruvananthapuram.

In a major crackdown, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has busted a gang accused of rigging the NEET UG and other competitive examinations, and arrested three individuals from Gautam Buddha Nagar district's Noida.

The accused have been identified as Vikram Kumar Shah, Dharampal Singh, and Aniket Kumar. The arrests took place in Sector 3, under the Phase-1 police station limits of Gautam Buddha Nagar district.

The accused are now booked under FIR No. 182/2025 at Phase-1 police station in Gautam Buddha Nagar, under sections 318, 319, 336, 337, 338, 340, and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Local police have initiated further legal proceedings.

In a daring midnight heist, unidentified thieves broke into the Manappuram Gold Loan Bank branch located at Parshuram Chowk in Charkhi Dadri on Thursday night and decamped with nearly 7 kg of gold and Rs 14 lakh in cash, officials said on Friday.

The theft came to light early Friday morning when the bank’s security guard, Shiva, reported for duty and found the shutter lock of the bank broken.

He immediately alerted the branch's senior manager, Prayas Khatri, who then informed the police.

Soon after, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Dheeraj Kumar, along with officials from the City Police Station, CIA (Crime Investigation Agency), and the FSL (Forensic Science Laboratory) team, arrived at the scene to begin the investigation.

Pakistani hackers targeted three Rajasthan government websites and defaced them with anti-India messages.

The Pakistani cybercriminals targeted multiple government websites in Rajasthan, with the latest being the Education Department's official portal.

On Tuesday, Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar took cognisance of the incident and activated the Department's Information Technology wing.

The "compromised" website has since been temporarily shut down while recovery operations are underway.

Cybersecurity agencies have also been notified, and an investigation has been launched to identify the hacking group responsible and assess the extent of any potential data breach.

In a shocking incident, a 20-year-old youth named Sameer was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Seelampur area of North East Delhi.

The incident took place just a few steps away from his grandmother’s house, where he was headed after leaving his home around 8.30 p.m. on Sunday.

According to police sources, Sameer, a resident of the Jogis’ colony in Seelampur, was attacked by unknown bike-borne shooters who fled the scene immediately after firing at him.

The gunshots were heard by the residents who rushed to the spot and took the severely injured youth to Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital.

However, doctors at the hospital declared him dead on arrival.

The police on Saturday arrested a man in Bihar's Vaishali district for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl, officials said.

The accused has been identified as Lalbabu Ram (40), a neighbour of the victim.

Confirming the development, Kumari Durga Shakti, State Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Mahua range, said: "We are taking legal action against the accused. An FIR under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and POCSO (kidnapping and rape) acts have been registered at Baligaon police station. The accused was arrested within 24 hours after committing the crime."

"We have investigated the crime scene and our Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team collected the samples. We have also conducted the medical examination of the victim which confirmed sexual assault," SDPO Shakti added.

Tahawwur Rana, the Pakistani-Canadian national accused of involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, has denied any role in the conspiracy during his interrogation by the Mumbai Crime Branch.

According to senior officials, Rana, who is currently in the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Delhi, was questioned for over eight hours by a team of Mumbai Police officers.

During the interrogation, Rana distanced himself from the attacks that claimed over 166 lives and injured hundreds on November 26, 2008.

Three Sri Lankan nationals, including a woman who was abducted for ransom in Bangladesh, were rescued by the police. According to local media reports, the trio had travelled to Bangladesh at the invitation of a friend they had met on social media.

The police have detained three local people, including the person who sent them the invitation, in connection with the abduction, confirmed Bangladeshi Deputy Inspector General of Police (Khulna range) Mohammad Rezaul Haque while speaking to local journalists on Thursday.

The four arrested Bangladeshi Kazi Emdad Hossain, Shahidul Sheikh, Jony Sheikh, and SM Shamsul Alam contacted the families of the Sri Lankan nationals from a local phone number, and demanded ransom, Bangladesh’s newspaper, The Daily Star reported.

Tension erupted in Salanpur in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal after the body of a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan was found in suspicious circumstances.

The jawan, identified as Sunil Kumar Paswan, was shot dead on Wednesday night.

A resident of Mihijam in neighbouring Jharkhand, Paswan was posted at Bokaro. He owned land at Salanpur, and recently, some construction work started there.

The body of the jawan was recovered late Wednesday night from the land owned by him. The police recovered several liquor bottles and glasses at the spot where the body was found.

Four Indian nationals were repatriated via Yangon after India coordinated with Myanmar authorities to facilitate their exit permits from the Myawaddy compound, the Embassy of India in Yangon informed on Friday.

The four Indian nationals were trapped in cyber-scam networks in the Myawaddy region of the Myanmar-Thailand border and were recently released and brought from Hpa-An to Yangon by the Myanmar authorities.

“We facilitated exit permit by Myanmar authorities for these four Indian nationals from Myawaddy compounds and repatriation through Yangon yesterday. We strongly advise against such job offers and entry/exit without border immigration in Myanmar/Thailand, which can restrict future entry,” the Embassy of India in Yangon stated on Friday.