Police instructor suspended for forcing constables to drink urine (Second lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 11 (IANS) The Meghalaya government Saturday suspended police training instructor Pradip Borah after he made two constable recruits drink the urine of fellow trainees, police said.Borah is posted ... Read more...
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Two constables forced to drink urine in Meghalaya (Lead)
August 11th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 11 (IANS) A Meghalaya Police battalion instructor was removed from duty after he made two recruit constables drink the urine of fellow trainees, police here said. The state ... Read more...
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Two constables forced to drink urine in Meghalaya
August 11th, 2012 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Aug 11 (IANS) A Meghalaya Police battalion instructor has been removed from duty after he made two recruit constables drink the urine of fellow trainees, police here said.The incident ... Read more...
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Remove black films from cars or face action, SC warns police
August 3rd, 2012 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday directed police chiefs in all states and union territories to ensure compliance of its direction that no material, including films of ... Read more...
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Archery spectators turned away from Lord’s
July 28th, 2012 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) Hundreds of spectators for the archery event at the London 2012 Olympics Games were turned away from the Lord's cricket ground on the opening day, Friday, ... Read more...
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Time to frame rules to protect our fisherfolk (Comment)
July 23rd, 2012 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
The near-simultaneous emergence of maritime terrorism and the revival of piracy have added a new dimension to the existing hazards that have traditionally confronted those who choose a seafaring life, and ... Read more...
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Bodies of two mountain climbers found
July 16th, 2012 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Rome, July 16 (IANS/EFE) Two mountain climbers, one Spanish and the other Polish, were found frozen to death on the Dome du Gouter mountain at an altitude of 4,400 meters ... Read more...
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25 cops, prisoners injured in Chhattisgarh blast (Lead)
June 2nd, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 2 (IANS) Six policemen and 19 prisoners were injured Saturday when a blast triggered by Maoists ripped through their vehicle in the insurgency-hit Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, police ... Read more...
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NHRC pulls up Assam over witch hunting, custodial deaths
May 28th, 2012 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 28 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday pulled up the Assam government for the delay in dispensing justice to victims of human rights violations in the ... Read more...
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Maharashtra Police officer gets bail in rape case
April 23rd, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Anil Mahabole, a Maharashtra Police officer accused of rape, Monday secured interim bail from the Bombay High Court, which observed that prima facie, a case of ... Read more...
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Albanian fugitive held after 15 years in London
April 12th, 2012 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
London, April 11 (IANS) An Albanian accused of multiple murders in his native country and on the run for 15 years, has been finally arrested in north London.Ndrieim Sadushi, 41, ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh legislators advised to be alert while on tour
March 26th, 2012 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 26 (IANS) Police in Chhattisgarh have urged the state's legislators to be on high alert while trekking through Maoist jungle strongholds in the wake of the abduction of ... Read more...
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Chinese province school buses to have GPS
February 24th, 2012 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 24 (IANS) All school buses in China's Gansu province will have satellite-based tracking system installed in them by the end of this year, authorities said.The move comes following ... Read more...
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Kashmir police withdraw order on prepaid mobile recharges
February 17th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 17 (IANS) Responding to growing public indignation and vendor protests against its directive to furnish details of every recharge made on prepaid cell phones, the local police Friday ... 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 (Lead)
February 1st, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Feb 1 (IANS) Pune police Wednesday registered a complaint against over 30 army personnel for assaulting a traffic police constable here. The army has ordered an inquiry into the ... Read more...
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‘Chief ministers should ensure high vigil till Jan 2012′
October 20th, 2011 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Concerned over recent incidents of communal violence, union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday asked chief ministers to maintain high vigil till January 2012 to ... Read more...
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Mob protests woman’s rescue, three killed
October 19th, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 19 (IANS) Three villagers in Bihar were killed in a clash with police as they were protesting the rescue of a suspected woman thief by the police, authorities ... Read more...
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Car, motorbike thefts rampant in Mizoram, Tripura
October 15th, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl/Agartala, Oct 15 (IANS) Vehicle thefts are rampant in two northeastern states of Mizoram and Tripura, bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, though some of the stolen cars and two-wheelers have been ... Read more...
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Rights panel handled over 10 lakh cases since 1993
October 12th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has registered over 10 lakh cases since its inception in 1993, an official said Wednesday.A total of 1,094,113 cases ... Read more...
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Railways, police warn Telangana protesters against blockade
October 10th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 10 (IANS) Ignoring the "rail blockade" call by Telangana groups for Oct 12-14, the railways Monday decided to operate all trains in Telangana with police security and ... Read more...
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Seventy injured in annual bloody sport in Andhra
October 7th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 7 (IANS) At least 70 persons were injured in an annual bloody fight with sticks and fire by hundreds of devotees in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district.Despite attempts by ... Read more...
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Lawyers’ strike in Delhi district courts
September 29th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) A daylong lawyers' strike to protest a complaint lodged by a policeman, allegedly assaulted by bar association members of Rohini, Thursday affected work in all ... Read more...
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Media-police ties key for better policing: Expert
September 28th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, Sep 28 (IANS) Close media-police relations are vital for better policing, a communications expert said here Wednesday."Media today cannot be 'managed' and that is why it has become even ... Read more...
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Maoists blast rail tracks in Chhattisgarh
September 27th, 2011 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 27 (IANS) Maoist rebels blew up a portion of rail tracks Tuesday in Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Dantewada district, police said.The damage to the tracks near Bhansi railway station, halted ... Read more...
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Cracker blast at Gorakhnath temple raises security concerns
September 26th, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 26 (IANS) An explosion Sunday night on the premises of the ancient Gorakhnath temple in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district has raised security concerns.According to the police, a ... Read more...
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Police checks delay new passports in Karnataka
September 14th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 14 (IANS) Inordinate delay in police verification has been holding up issue of new passports in Karnataka, especially for applicants of this tech hub, an official said ... Read more...
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Hazare’s indefinite fast unconstitutional: Pranab
August 14th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday termed as unconstitutional Anna Hazare's demand for a strong anti-graft law and said the social activist cannot go on ... Read more...
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Nepal police comes to Indian’s aid
August 13th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 13 (IANS) An Indian working in Saudi Arabia, who was defrauded of his money and threatened with being slapped with a criminal case as well by the ... Read more...
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Hackers say they obtained US police information
August 8th, 2011 - 11:54 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 8 (IANS/EFE) A group of hackers said that it had obtained access to "a massive amount of confidential information that is sure to (embarrass), discredit and incriminate police ... Read more...
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Nepal police arrest Mumbai blast suspect: Report
July 26th, 2011 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 26 (IANS) A Nepali man, believed to be in his early 40s, has been arrested from capital city Kathmandu on the suspicion that he had links to this ... Read more...
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‘Singham’ screening resumes in Karnataka
July 23rd, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 23 (IANS) The screening of the Kannada remake of Bollywood film "Singham" commenced in Karnataka Saturday after the removal of some "objectionable" dialogues, a day after disruptions in ... Read more...
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Court asks CBI to probe another Gujarat shootout (Second Lead)
June 17th, 2011 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 16 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the 2003 killing of Sadiq Jamal Mehtar, an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ... Read more...
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Rajasthan top cop evading arrest, removed from post
June 2nd, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, June 2 (IANS) A senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, who is evading arrest in a fake gun battle case, was removed from his post by the Rajasthan government, ... Read more...
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32 killed in Assam accidents (Roundup)
May 31st, 2011 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 31 (IANS) At least 32 people were killed in Assam when a bus plunged into a gorge and petrol tanker turned turtle and exploded, officials said Tuesday.Twenty-eight people ... Read more...
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