The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested former DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq in Delhi on Saturday, in connection with a ₹2,000 crore international drugs trafficking case. The central agency has termed Sadiq the “mastermind and kingpin” of the illicit network spread across India, Australia and New Zealand. Sadiq, a producer of Tamil films, was recently expelled … Read more
A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, Calif., on four counts of federal trade secret theft, each punishable by up to … Read more
Two men were convicted of murder Tuesday in the death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, a brazen 2002 shooting in the rap legend’s studio. An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury delivered the verdict in the trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington. Jam Master Jay, born Jason Mizell, worked the turntables in Run-DMC as … Read more
An Alberta RCMP officer is accused of leaking protected policing information to the Rwandan government. Const. Eli Ndatuje, 36, faces two criminal charges — breach of trust and unauthorized use of a computer — and a third charge of breach of trust in respect to safeguarded information under the Security of Information Act. RCMP say Ndatuje “accessed … Read more
The Sri Lankan Navy released the 18 fishermen arrested from Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram for allegedly crossing the border. The fishermen reached Chennai on Tuesday and were welcomed at the airport. The fishermen were apprehended while they were fishing near Delft Island in Palk Bay Sea on February 8.As per the fishermen’s association, two fishing boats … Read more
Carl Weathers, a former NFL and CFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star — playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and teaching golf in Happy Gilmore — has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday. His family issued a statement … Read more
MURSHIDABAD: After Hemant Soren was arrested by the enforcement directorate on Wednesday night in a money laundering case, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah believe in exercising politics of vendetta adding that their goal is to politically harass the opposition leaders.“Hemant Soren … Read more
Representative Image Chennai: The principal of a private CBSE school in Tamil Nadu’s Villupuram was arrested on Thursday in a case of sexual abuse of two girl students, police said. The Villupuram all women police arrested Karthikeyan of the school in Rettanai under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Police said that … Read more
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NEWS IN A MINUTE: Listen or watch the full versions of the “11 arrested in crackdown on fake certificates” article in a minute. In the past half-year, police arrested 11 individuals involved in the illicit trade of fake certificates. This revelation came from Mafu Rakometsi, Umalusi CEO, during a recent press briefing. Rakometsi, addressing a … Read more
In a concerted effort to enhance safety and combat the illicit spread of firearms, police and law enforcement in Jouberton and Potchefstroom have apprehended four suspects for illegal possession of weapons and ammunition in separate incidents. In the first incident, on Wednesday afternoon, 27 December 2023, police in Jouberton arrested 32-year-old Ditaba Matjobe for unlawful … Read more
