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
For both the compulsive trader and careful investor: 25 stocks to watch if risk appetite returns; some with upside potential, some notIf the price of crude oil softens, Indian equities may again see a risk-on phase. Tariff concerns are no longer the central issue; the larg...
24 May, 2026, 04.23 PM IST
Businessman spent 57 days in jail over aamchur & garam masala in airport luggage. Here’s what went horribly wrongA businessman was wrongly jailed for 57 days after airport security mistook aamchur and garam masala for narcotics. The Madhya Pradesh High...
21 May, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
Two held in Mumbai for hurling crude bombs outside West Bengal ashramMumbai police apprehended two individuals at Borivali railway station. They were wanted in connection with a bomb hurling incident in Mursh...
18 May, 2026, 04.36 PM IST
Red Fort area blast case: NIA files 7,500-page chargesheet against 10 accusedThe National Investigation Agency has filed a massive 7,500-page chargesheet in the Red Fort car bomb explosion case. Eleven people were ki...
14 May, 2026, 01.55 PM IST
NIA takes over Bengal crude bomb recovery case, begins probe on terror angleThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over a case involving the recovery of 79 crude bombs in West Bengal, initiating an invest...
27 Apr, 2026, 07.27 AM 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
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