Tag Archives: Detained

Washington: Security guards opened fire on a woman who drove toward the gates of the CIA’s headquarters near Washington, DC on Thursday, ignoring orders to stop, and she was then taken into custody, according to a person familiar with the matter. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a …

Washington: A US judge ordered the release from custody on Wednesday of an Indian researcher at a top American university who is facing possible deportation for alleged Hamas ties. Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University in the US capital, was arrested by federal agents two months ago …

Quick Reads Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. BSF personnel Purnam Kumar Shaw, detained by Pakistan Rangers after he crossed the border by mistake on April 23, was handed over to Indian authorities at Attari today. His return was delayed due to tensions following Pahalgam terror attack. New Delhi: Purnam …

Bengaluru: The Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA), has been invoked against arrested Kannada actress Ranya Rao in connection with a gold smuggling case, sources confirmed on Friday. The Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB), a nodal agency under the Ministry of Finance has invoked …

New Delhi: EV cab service BluSmart co-founder Puneet Jaggi has been detained from a hotel in Delhi by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a case linked to Gensol Group, another company that he co-founded. The ED also searched properties of Gensol in Delhi, Gurugram, and Ahmedabad, sources said. The action …

Hyderabad: A 25-year-old German tourist was allegedly raped by a cab driver in Hyderabad on Monday, the police have said.  The accused has been taken into custody and is being interrogated, the officials added. The incident took place near Mamidipally area in Pahadi Shareef region, when the survivor was travelling …

Bangkok: Police in Thailand detained four Chinese nationals on Sunday for unlawfully entering the site of an under-construction building that collapsed after a powerful earthquake in Chatuchak District last week. The police said these men were trying to retrieve documents from the building site.  A Chinese-backed construction firm is being …

Washington: Federal authorities have detained an international student studying at Tufts University near Boston and have revoked their visa, the university said in a statement Tuesday night. Tufts said the graduate student was taken into US custody from an off-campus apartment building in Somerville, Massachusetts and that it had no …

New Delhi: IT services firm Tech Mahindra on Sunday said it was in “close contact” with the family of its employee who has been allegedly detained in Qatar in connection with an ongoing investigation. Amit Gupta, a senior employee at the firm, was detained by authorities in Doha on January …

Chandigarh: A group of farmer leaders were detained by the Punjab police when they were on their way to join the ongoing farmers’ protest at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders. Those detained included Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallewal. The farmers were detained from Mohali after a clash with …