Tanveer Ahmed

Authorities in Amravati have launched a crackdown, including bulldozer action, against the residence of a 19-year-old accused in a shocking cyber-enabled sexual exploitation and blackmail case involving minors. The accused allegedly lured girls via social media, recorded objectionable content without consent, and circulated it online. Police have arrested the suspect and are investigating a wider network.

In a bid to cut red tape, Congress leader and corporator Tanveer Ahmed has demanded that work should be decentralized by relocating junior offices from the divisional railway manager's (DRM) office to the fast developing Ajni railway station.

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) discovered a land scam running into crores of rupees and arrested seven persons in this connection.

A day after 60-year-old Raghuveer Singh, block president of Phagi from Congress, was shot at in Vidhyadhar Nagar area; police are probing the role of former minister Hamida Begum and her son Tanveer Ahmed in the case.

The department of horticulture has formed three mobile squads to check blackmarketing of manure and pesticides in the district.

Tainted police inspector facing criminal charges for allegedly favoring a house demolition and acting against court order, suspended and moved out of JC Nagar police station in 2011 is back to the department without completing the departmental enquiry.

Chief minister Siddaramaiah has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to make arrangements for food and water for hundreds of northeast and east-bound passengers who are stranded at Sir M Visvesvaraya terminal at Byappanahalli.

Goalkeeper Jaffar Khan was named Pakistan captain for this month's three-match football series against India.

The haj quota for Uttar Pradesh has been raised by 3,000.This is for the second time that UP's quota has been increased.

Anand police arrested four members of a gang, who allegedly blackmailed men after befriending them on a social networking app for gay, bisexual and transgender people by recording their objectionable videos and extorting money from them.

Corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar, known for his proximity to politicians, officials and journalists, is being investigated by the income tax department for undisclosed income amounting to Rs 1,000 crore.

Corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar, known for his proximity to politicians, officials and journalists, is being investigated by the income tax department for undisclosed income amounting to Rs 1,000 crore.

NEW DELHI: Tanveer Ahmed was on Thursday unanimously re-elected chairman of the Central Haj Committee while Syed Anwara Taimur and Mohd Suhail Lokhandwala will continue as vice chairpersons.

Senior officer Chetan Singh Rathor, hailed for defusing a tense situation on Thursday by getting anti-CAA protesters to sing the national anthem, said he simply wanted to win their trust and calm them down.

The electricity supply of the Shahi Idgah mosque of Mathura was disconnected on Sunday with an FIR lodged against it for having an illegal power connection. A fine was also recovered from Tanveer Ahmed, secretary of the Shahi Idgah Masjid Committee.

Delhi lawyer Tanveer Ahmed, arguing for bail to Indrani Mukerjea, accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, said her "deteriorating health issue is ground which enables her to ask for restoration of liberty".

A 22-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen overground worker was arrested, and a pistol and a wireless set were recovered from him in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Thursday, officials said. The arrest came after acting on information by 27-year-old terrorist Tanveer Ahmed, who was held at the Tantana village in Gundana area of Doda on Wednesday, the officials said.

Shailendra Singh was DSP, Special Task Force (STF), when he had recovered a light machine gun which was to be bought by jailed ganglord Mukhtar Ansari from an Army deserter in 2004. He recommended POTA to be imposed on the gangster-politician but was told by the higher-ups to drop it. Instead of following this order, he chose to leave the job and is now into organic farming. In an exclusive interaction with TOI's Shailvee Sharda, Singh recalls his agony when he was targeted for taking on the ganglord.

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has issued notice to the state government on a petition by IPS officer Pankaj Chaudhary over his premature transfer from the post of commandant, state disaster response force, to community policing at police headquarters, Jaipur, issued on June 30.

Uttar Pradesh state Haj Committee on Monday lodged an FIR with Hazratganj police station claiming that the data entry records of people shortlisted for haj and those in the waiting-list have either been tampered with or hacked.

Chasing a third successive Asian Games medal, Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) made a strong start, out-punching Pakistan's Tanveer Ahmed in his pre-quarterfinal bout on Monday.

Former Test pacer Tanveer Ahmed believes some of the former Pakistani cricketers would be willing to work even in toilets if they get a chance to work with the Pakistan Cricket Board.