Special court sentences 44 Somalian pirates to life imprisonment; praises Navy for prompt actionA Mumbai court has sentenced forty-four Somalian nationals to life imprisonment for piracy. These individuals were convicted in two separat...
20 Jul, 2026, 09.28 PM IST
NIA names doctor as key conspirator in Red Fort blastNIA has identified paediatrician Muzafar Ahmed as the mastermind behind the 2025 Red Fort blast, a deadly Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosiv...
27 Jun, 2026, 11.54 PM IST
NIA chargesheets three more accused in Red Fort blast case; total count rises to 13The NIA has filed a supplementary chargesheet against three more individuals, including an absconding doctor, in the deadly November 2025 R...
27 Jun, 2026, 03.03 PM IST
NIA raids nine places in Bengal in Bhangar blast caseIn pursuance of the MHA order, the NIA had taken over and registered the case related to the recovery of 79 crude bombs and other incrimina...
04 Jun, 2026, 09.47 AM IST
In 1846, a chemist wiped up spilled acids with an apron and found a dangerous new cottonA German-Swiss scientist, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, stumbled upon a powerful new substance in 1846. An accidental spill of strong acid...
03 Jun, 2026, 05.08 PM IST
Police busts terrorists' hideout in Jammu and Kashmir's Chandoosa; huge cache of explosives recoveredActing on a specific intelligence generated by J&K Police, an operation was launched by police with 52 RR, CRPF 53 Bn and SSB 2 Bn, accordi...
24 May, 2026, 08.03 PM IST
Rameshwaram Cafe blast: Case registered under UAPA and Explosive Substances ActBengaluru Police register case under Unlawful Activities & Explosive Substances Act for explosion at Rameshwaram Cafe. 10 people injured, n...
01 Mar, 2024, 09.41 PM IST
Ban on firecrackers in Gurugram from Nov; green crackers allowed on DiwaliThe Gurugram district administration has banned the storage, sale, and use of firecrackers due to pollution concerns. E-commerce companies ...
28 Sep, 2023, 11.13 PM IST
8,300 kg banned firecrackers, worth Rs 80 lakh, seized in GurugramThe godown has six rooms and one of these was used to keep the banned firecrackers weighing 8,343 kg. Some of the other rooms had green cra...
15 Oct, 2022, 08.40 PM IST
Calcutta HC orders transfer of probe into Birbhum explosions to NIAVacating an earlier stay by a single bench of the HC in the NIA probe, a division bench comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Bivas Patta...
21 Apr, 2022, 05.24 PM IST
ED files chargesheet against resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district in terror funding caseIn 2006, Khawaja was apprehended with a bag containing 2.05 kg RDX and Rs 49 lakh in cash by the special cell of Delhi Police. He was sente...
01 Apr, 2021, 07.25 PM IST
Antilia scare: Sachin Waze remanded to NIA custody till Mar 25The NIA arrested Waze on Saturday night for his alleged involvement in placing the explosives-laden vehicle on Carmichael Road near billion...
15 Mar, 2021, 12.06 AM IST
NIA arrests 2006 Kozhikode blasts accused from Delhi airportAshar will be produced before a special court in Delhi to obtain transit remand to take him to Kochi and produce him before the jurisdictio...
24 Jan, 2019, 04.19 PM IST
292 crude bombs seized in Thane; one heldThe Shil Daighar police has booked the accused under Indian Penal Code section 286 and relevant provisions of the Explosive Substances Act,...
27 Mar, 2018, 01.33 PM IST
Charges under TADA may not be framed against Tunda, says CourtThe court, however, said there is a prima facie case made out under the Explosive Substance Act against Tunda who has been chargesheeted in...
15 May, 2014, 07.08 PM IST
- Bringing Ammonium Nitrate under Explosives Substance Act may not help: Experts
"Would the government decision really be able to curb terrorist activities? Unfortunately the answer is in the negative," Satish Kate said.
11 Oct, 2011, 11.01 AM IST
- Govt to regulate free movement of ammonium nitrate
The government has decided to control free movement of ammonium nitrate in order to restrict its use as explosives by terrorists.
17 Jul, 2011, 11.35 AM IST