Three hurt in Kashmir grenade attack
May 19th, 2012 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 19 (IANS) Three people, including two policemen, were injured Saturday morning when militants hurled a grenade at a police station in north Kashmir's Sopore town, police said."Militants lobbed ... Read more...
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UP’s record: 20,000 constables transferred
May 15th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 15 (IANS) In the biggest reshuffle till date on a single day, the Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday transferred a whopping 20,324 constables.Officials said the transfers were ordered following ... Read more...
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CRPF woman constable shoots herself dead (Lead)
May 13th, 2012 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A 27-year-old Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) woman constable shot herself with her service gun in the wee hours Sunday in west Delhi, police said, ... Read more...
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Staged shootout: Charges framed against Rajasthan IPS officer
May 1st, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 1 (IANS) A court here Tuesday framed charges against suspended Indian Police Service (IPS) officer A.K. Jain in the case of killing of criminal Dara Singh in ... Read more...
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Court extends Rajasthan BJP leader’s judicial custody
April 16th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Monday extended till April 24 the judicial custody of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Rajendra Singh ... Read more...
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30,000 cops to ensure peaceful Delhi civic polls
April 12th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A total of 30,000 armed police personnel will be deployed during Sunday's civic polls across 11,572 polling booths in the capital.Besides, 60 companies of ... Read more...
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Speeding Mercedes kills constable, injures another in Delhi (Lead)
April 10th, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A police constable was killed and another injured here early Tuesday when a Mercedes car driven at high speed hit the motorcycle they were riding ... Read more...
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Speeding Mercedes kills a constable, injures another
April 10th, 2012 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) A police constable was killed and another critically injured here early Tuesday when a Mercedes driven at high speed hit the motorcycle they were riding ... Read more...
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Rajasthan legislator held for 2006 ’staged’ shootout
April 5th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 5 (IANS) Rajasthan legislator Rajendra Singh Rathore of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was arrested by the CBI here Thursday in connection with the allegedly staged killing ... Read more...
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Delhi cops pulled up for dacoity case flip-flop
April 1st, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A court here has acquited five men accused of dacoity and pulled up the Delhi Police for making contradictory statements in the case.Additional Sessions Judge ... Read more...
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All roads to UP Raj Bhavan barricaded
March 6th, 2012 - 9:40 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 6 (IANS) All roads leading to the residence of Uttar Pradesh Governor B.L. Joshi, who may take the centre-stage in the event of a hung assembly, have ... Read more...
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Hundreds of thousands vote in UP (Third Lead)
March 3rd, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands voted Saturday in 60 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh in the seventh and final phase of polling to pick a 403-seat assembly in ... Read more...
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Voting picks up in UP seventh phase poll (Second Lead)
March 3rd, 2012 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) Polling was underway at a brisk pace in the 60 assembly seats across 10 districts of Uttar Pradesh that went to polls Saturday. Around 25 ... Read more...
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Brisk ballotting in UP polls (Lead)
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:23 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) Brisk polling took place Saturday in the seventh and final phase of Uttar Pradesh's staggered elections in 60 assembly seats across 10 districts. Two polling ... Read more...
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17 hurt in Uttar Pradesh accident
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) As many as 17 women constables headed for polling duty were injured Saturday in Moradabad when a mini-bus carrying them overturned.The women, who are undergoing police ... Read more...
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Bail denied to suspended cop in Dara Singh killing
March 2nd, 2012 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 2 (IANS) A court here Friday rejected the interim bail application of suspended additional director general of police (ADGP) A.K. Jain, who surrendered three days ago in connection ... Read more...
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Pakistani constable kills two, kills self
March 1st, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) A Pakistani policeman Thursday committed suicide after killing a fellow constable and another man, police said.Shaikh Rasheed started firing at fellow constables at the Army Mur ... Read more...
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Suspended IPS officer’s judicial custody extended
February 29th, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 28 (IANS) A court here Tuesday extended by a day the judicial custody of suspended Indian Police Service (IPS) officer A.K. Jain, arrested for his alleged role in ... Read more...
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Rajasthan IPS officer surrenders in Dara Singh case
February 28th, 2012 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 27 (IANS) Suspended Indian Police Service (IPS) officer A.K. Jain surrendered before a court in Rajasthan Monday, nine months after he disappeared fearing arrest for his alleged role ... Read more...
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Three Rajasthan cops booked for ‘custody death’
February 22nd, 2012 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 21 (IANS) Three policemen in Rajasthan's Bikaner city were Tuesday booked for the death of a Dalit youth after he was detained and allegedly tortured at a ... Read more...
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Peaceful start to Maharashtra civic corporation polls
February 16th, 2012 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) Polling started on a peaceful note here and nine other municipal corporations around the state Thursday.Over 25,000 security personnel have been deployed in Mumbai, the biggest ... Read more...
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Maharashtra readies for civic corporation polls
February 15th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) As the curtains came down on the no-holds-barred campaign for elections to the 10 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, police and security forces readied to ensure ... Read more...
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Hello! Delhi Police women’s helpline gets lewd, abusive calls
February 13th, 2012 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) "Are you single or married?", "What's your phone number, sweetie", "Main tumse shadi karna chahta hoon"... are some of the pesky calls that female cops ... Read more...
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CRPF sets up Intelligence School (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Feb 8 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday inaugurated a dedicated intelligence cell of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a development expected to boost its intelligence gathering ... Read more...
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CRPF gets its own intelligence wing
February 8th, 2012 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Feb 8 (IANS) Intelligence gathering is vital for the paramilitary CRPF, whose role has significantly changed from maintaining law and order to conducting counter-insurgency operations, Home Minister P. ... Read more...
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Police, army trade charges over Pune fracas (Lead)
February 1st, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Pune/New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Indian Army and Pune police Wednesday blamed each other for the Tuesday clash between a traffic constable and two officers from the College of ... Read more...
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Army personnel booked for assaulting traffic constable
February 1st, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 1 (IANS) Pune police have registered a complaint against over 30 army personnel Wednesday, a day after they assaulted a traffic police constable here, an official said."Initially two ... Read more...
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Bihar gets its first all-women police station
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 23 (IANS) Bihar's first all-women police station was opened in Nalanda district Monday. The station will deal exclusively with crimes against women, officials said.The police station was inaugurated ... Read more...
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BSF troopers suspended for torture, inquiry on
January 19th, 2012 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) In the wake of a video showing a man being stripped and beaten along the India-Bangladesh border, the government Thursday said the Border Security Force ... Read more...
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Drug peddling cases on rise in Delhi
January 6th, 2012 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The capital witnessed 1,127 cases of drug pedalling in 2011 -- an increase of five percent over last year, police said Friday."While 1,127 cases were ... Read more...
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Chandigarh’s elderly bank on 100 in times of trouble
January 6th, 2012 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 6 (IANS) When in trouble, dial 100. That's how it has been for Chandigarh's elderly and that's clearly how they want it to be with police saying their ... Read more...
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Three cops killed in Maoist blast (Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 (IANS) At least three policemen were killed and three others critically injured when Maoists blew up their vehicle in Odisha's Kandhamal district Thursday, police said.A concealed land-mine ... Read more...
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Maoists blast police vehicle, three die
January 5th, 2012 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 5 (IANS) At least three policemen were killed and three critically injured when Maoists blew up their vehicle Thursday in Odisha's Kandhamal district, police said.A concealed land mine ... Read more...
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All set for Hazare’s fast in Mumbai (Lead)
December 26th, 2011 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Hundreds of Team Anna volunteers gathered at the sprawling MMRDA grounds here Monday to oversee preparations a day ahead of the three-day "peaceful agitation" by ... Read more...
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Police made a mistake by firing: Mamata
December 2nd, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IANS) A day after two people were killed in police firing in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said the officials ... Read more...
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