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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
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Topic: UP STF

Ghaziabad’s ‘Westarctica envoy’ was planning Dubai polo league, with sports, film stars as ‘patrons’

UP STF found brochure of proposed league from a laptop recovered during raid against Harsh Vardhan. STF will contact celebrities to ask if their photos were used with their consent.

Micronation drama unfolds, Westarctica’s ‘grand duke’ suspends Ghaziabad man as ‘representative’

Ghaziabad man Harsh Vardhan was arrested by the UP STF earlier this week for running a fake embassy of unrecognised micronations including Westarctica.

‘Westarctica envoy’ running Ghaziabad ‘embassy’ made 100 foreign trips in last 20 yrs—UP STF

He frequently visited the UAE and UK. He also made at least 6 trips to Seborga, an unrecognised principality in Italy’s Liguria province, of which he claimed to be ambassador.

A digital arrest kingpin tells all: Chinese syndicates, Cambodian scam farms & the perfect trap

In Part 1 of this two-part series, ThePrint looks at an Alwar man who got involved with Chinese-run ‘digital arrest’ scam farms in Cambodia and ended up recruiting for them in India.

60-yr-old Imrana held for ‘dealing bombs’ in Muzaffarnagar, family refutes cops’ 2013 riots theory

Imrana was arrested on basis of statement by man who claimed he was on his way to her house to deliver IEDs. Her family says rioters burnt down their house in 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.

Student leader to Purvanchal bahubali — who was Vinod Upadhyay, killed in encounter with UP STF

Vinod Kumar Upadhyay enjoyed patronage of Hari Shankar Tiwari & had at least 35 criminal cases lodged against him in police stations across UP between 1999 and November 2023.

Pics with Modi & Yogi, his own OSD & gunner — how ‘rail panel member conned public of crores’

Anoop Chaudhary appointed an OSD and managed to get a gunner from Ghaziabad Police. He has 9 cases against him in UP, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan. Also claimed to be a BJP member.

On Camera

Pakistan’s civil-military partnership is a myth now. Imaan Mazari-Hazir case proves it

Imaan Mazari getting 17 years in jail for X posts shows the fear behind Pakistan’s hard state. It’s now a criminalised authoritarian regime.

Most EU firms eye India expansion post-trade deal, 90% say profitability to go up—FEBI survey

FEBI survey reveals Europe’s big bet on manufacturing, innovation hub amid ‘mother of all trade deals’, but flags regulatory concerns.

India, EU sign security & defence pact. How it links Indian firms to ‘ReArm Europe’ network 

The agreement comes despite differences between India and the EU on issues such as Russia-Ukraine war, showcasing the intent to deepen strategic ties. 

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.