Arrests

Iran steps up arrests of activists, journalist in crackdown as Mahsa Amini protests rage

The arrests come on top of severe internet restrictions and blocking of sites, including Instagram and WhatsApp, which activists say is aimed at preventing details of the protests from reaching the outside world

31 killed, several arrested: How Iran's protests continue to spread a week after woman's death in hijab arrest

The protests over the death of an Iranian woman are the biggest in the Islamic Republic since the November 2019 unrest over fuel price rises, and are marked this time by the presence of large numbers of women

Agnipath protests: 46 arrested for arson at Secunderabad Railway station; role of army coaching centres suspected

It was reported that the academies instructed the Army aspirants that they would get a solution if they take the matter to the notice of Central government by indulging in violence (at railway stations) like in Bihar

Sri Lanka crisis: Police under pressure to arrest Rajapaksa loyalists involved in attacks on protesters

Police have arrested some 230 people on charges including violation of curfew, attacking the public and causing damages to public and private properties since 9 May

Birbhum killings: Four arrested from Mumbai brought to Kolkata by CBI

These were the first arrests made by the central agency after taking over the probe

Arrest of Floridian Christian Emmanuel Sanon in Haiti president's killing deepens mystery over assassination

The 62-year-old pastor, unknown in Haitian political circles, suggest he was duped by those responsible for the death of Jovenel Moïse

Reuters journalists jailed for seven years for violating Myanmar Official Secrets Act; activists condemn sentencing

The arrest of Myanmar Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo has sparked an outcry among the international community as an attempt to muzzle reporting on last year's crackdown by Myanmar's security forces on the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine state.

Mexico declares end of war on drugs; govt won't use army to capture cartel kingpins, says President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared Mexico's war on drugs over, saying his govt would not prioritise using the army to capture cartel kingpins

Ahead of Telangana polls, unaccounted cash worth Rs 10 crore seized at toll plaza; 2 held

Unaccounted cash to the tune of Rs 10 crore was seized and two persons arrested in this connection in Telangana's Adilabad district, police said Saturday. The incident occurred Friday evening at Pipparawada toll plaza bordering Maharashtra

Gutkha scam: CBI searches Chennai residences of top GST official and Central Excise personnel

Searches were also conducted at the residence of S Sridhar, former additional commissioner, System and Central Excise Intelligence, DGCEI, in Chennai. The premises of Valavaen, an Indian Revenue Service officer, in Chennai were searched in connection with the Gutkha scam, the officials said.