Be sensitive to public concerns: President to police brass
September 8th, 2012 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Saying that the constable is the face of the government in rural India, President Pranab Mukherjee has urged police to be sensitive to public ... Read more...
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No cease fire during talks with FARC: Colombian president
September 8th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Sep 8 (IANS/EFE) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has rejected calls by the FARC guerrilla group for an immediate truce once peace talks begin next month."There won't be any ... Read more...
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Men in khaki leave UP government red-faced
July 14th, 2012 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 14 (IANS) Voted to power on promises of bringing Uttar Pradesh's crime graph under control, the Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) government now has a new headache ... Read more...
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Infant is Karnataka top cop (Lead)
March 31st, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 31 (IANS) The Karnataka government Saturday appointed Abdul Rehman Infant as the state's new police chief, shunting out incumbent Shankar Bidari to the Karnataka State Police Housing Board.The ... Read more...
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Election Commission in Kolkata to review poll preparedness
April 28th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) The full bench of the Election Commission arrived here Thursday for a daylong visit to oversee preparedness for the last three phases of the West Bengal ... Read more...
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Police interact with ’stone-pelters’ in Srinagar
February 9th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 9 (IANS) For a second day Wednesday, senior police officers interacted over lunch with nearly 150 young men who were involved in clashes with security forces here in Jammu and ... Read more...
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Goa chief minister’s criticism of cop flayed by BJP
January 17th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 17 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat's open criticism of an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who cracked the police-politician-drug mafia nexus has triggered an outburst from police ... Read more...
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Pak police operation to bust terror network targeting shrines ‘a complete failure’
October 26th, 2010 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Oct 26 (ANI): Pakistan police have badly failed to hunt the masterminds and terrorists behind brazen suicide attacks at Islamic shrines located in various districts of the country so far.A senior ... Read more...
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Karnataka on high alert; bans protests, demonstrations
September 29th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 29 (IANS) Karnataka has been put on high alert banning protests, demonstrations and victory processions across the state from Thursday ahead of the verdict by the Lucknow bench of the ... Read more...
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Gujarat remains on alert
September 23rd, 2010 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 23 (IANS) Gujarat Police will remain on alert despite the postponement of the Ayodhya verdict by Allahabad High Court till Sep 28, a top police official said Thursday.
The high ... Read more...
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Maharashtra to purchase bullet-proof equipment for police
May 18th, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Eighteen months after the 26/11 terror attacks, the Maharashtra government has initiated the process for procuring new bullet-proof jackets and helmets for police officers, an official said ... Read more...
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After bad publicity, government removes cops from Gateway of India
November 19th, 2009 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) Embarrassed after the criticism from various quarters, the Maharashtra government Thursday evening shifted a platoon of police - entrusted with guarding the Hotel Taj Mahal Palace & Tower ... Read more...
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Funeral of slain Jharkhand cop performed with full state honours
October 7th, 2009 - 8:35 pm ICT by ANI
Ranchi, Oct 7 (ANI): Scores of locals and admirers of late Francis Induwar, an Inspector of Jharkhand Police special branch, gathered in Ranchi city on Wednesday to pay their last respects ... Read more...
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Lathis against Ak-47s: Chhattisgarh cops are sitting ducks
August 4th, 2009 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
By Sujeet Kumar
Raipur, Aug 4 (IANS) It could well be dubbed the capital of India's Maoist country. But thousands of policemen in Chhattisgarh who take on the AK-47-carrying rebels are armed with ... Read more...
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Nitish orders police transfers after stripping of woman in public
July 25th, 2009 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 25 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday reshuffled the state's top police brass following an alleged assault and stripping of a woman by a group of men here. The ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh cops make ‘cosmetic changes’ to mollify Mayawati
May 30th, 2009 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
By Sharat Pradhan
Lucknow, May 30 (IANS) With the reality of the electoral losses setting in, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has got the whip cracking on government officials, including many ertswhile ... Read more...
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Maharashtra’s Force One to become operational in two months
January 19th, 2009 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) The proposed Force One, a crack commando unit of the Maharashtra police, would be operational within the next couple of months, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said here Monday.Force ... Read more...
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Raise level of vigilance, act swiftly against terror: Chidambaram
January 6th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday exhorted chief ministers and the country's top police brass to raise the level of preparedness to counter sophisticated terror attacks as well ... Read more...
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Terror e-mails to IT firms may be ploy to mislead: police
January 5th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 5 (IANS) A flurry of e-mails threatening to blow up glitzy buildings of IT bellwethers like Infosys and Wipro in this tech hub of India may be a ploy to ... Read more...
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Can India tame the terror beast? (Comment)
January 4th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
The sun has set on a year that exposed the utter unpreparedness of the security establishment to tackle the wave of terror bombings. And, as 2009 dawns with three powerful blasts rocking ... Read more...
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Goa is safe for tourists, says minister
December 24th, 2008 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 24 (IANS) Goa is safe for tourists and there was no specific intelligence input about any possible terrorist strike, Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said here Wednesday. ... Read more...
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Sack top cops, demands Maharashtra opposition
December 16th, 2008 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Dec 16 (IANS) A tough talking opposition in the Maharashtra assembly, joined by suspended Congress rebel Narayan Rane, Tuesday issued a virtual ultimatum to the government to sack state Director General ... Read more...
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Terrorist remanded to Mumbai Police custody till Dec 24 (Lead)
December 11th, 2008 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab, the lone terrorist captured after the Nov 26 attacks of Mumbai, was remanded to police custody till Dec 24 by a court here ... Read more...
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Taj hotel was told in September to step up security: official
December 3rd, 2008 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 3 (IANS) Three police officials spent at least five hours with the security staff at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai Sep 30 and gave them 22 instructions to ensure ... Read more...
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Karnataka on high alert, tight security in Bangalore
November 27th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 27 (IANS) Karnataka has been put on high alert Thursday and security has been beefed up in India's IT hub in the wake of terror attacks in Mumbai that began ... Read more...
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Country cannot afford more terror attacks: PM (Lead)
November 23rd, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the country could not afford to have a “repetition of the kind of terrorist attacks” as witnessed recently and it was ... Read more...
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Globalisation has produced new interactive threats: PM
November 23rd, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Globalisation had produced a whole new range of interactive risks, especially in the sphere of security, that had led to the distinction between external and internal threats ... Read more...
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Hopes dim for child trapped in borewell, mother alleges lax rescue work (Second Lead)
October 10th, 2008 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Oct 10 (IANS) More than 30 hours after he fell into a 150 feet deep borewell, two-and-a-half year old Sonu was Friday evening still trapped inside with hopes of his survival ... Read more...
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30 hours on, life slips away for toddler trapped in borewell (Lead)
October 10th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Oct 10 (IANS) More than 30 hours after he fell into a 150 ft deep borewell, two-and-a-half year old Sonu was Friday evening still trapped inside with hopes of his survival ... Read more...
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Six paramilitary personnel killed in Chhattisgarh landmine blast
August 29th, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh), Aug 29 (ANI): Six personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), including an inspector, were killed in a landmine blast in Chhattisgarh''s Narayanpur District on Friday.
According to CPRF ... Read more...
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COBRA force to combat Maoist menace
August 28th, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 28 (ANI): The Union Government has given the green signal to raise a 10,000-strong special anti-Naxal force COBRA to combat the growing Left-wing extremism in the country.The ... Read more...
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Assamese in mourning as Independence Day approaches
August 14th, 2008 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Dhemaji (Assam), Aug 14 (IANS) The police brass band relentlessly rehearsed the national anthem for Friday's Independence Day celebrations despite the steady drizzle, but locals in Assam's Dhemaji district ... Read more...
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A day after Bangalore, 29 killed in Ahmedabad serial blasts (Intro Roundup, updating casualties, adding quotes)
July 27th, 2008 - 1:46 am ICT by IANS
By V.N. Balakrishna in Ahmedabad and Murali Krishnan in New Delhi
July 27 (IANS) A series of 16 synchronised bombings ripped through Gujarat's main city of Ahmedabad Saturday evening, a day after terror ... Read more...
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Delhi Police to keep check on cycle sellers (Lead)
July 27th, 2008 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) With bicycles emerging as the inconspicuous carriers of the deadly explosives in the serial bombings that rocked Ahmedabad Saturday and Jaipur in May, the Delhi Police Saturday ... Read more...
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Delhi Police chief reviews security measures, high alert sounded
July 26th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) In the wake of eight serial bomb blasts across Gujarat's principal city of Ahmedabad Saturday, Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal convened an emergency meeting of the top ... Read more...
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