Court sends cop to jail, says men in uniform flouting law
February 9th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A Delhi court has awarded two years' rigorous imprisonment to a traffic police constable for assaulting and illegally detaining a woman, observing that everyday newspapers ... Read more...
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CCTV police officer ‘chased himself’ after being mistaken for burglar
February 9th, 2012 - 12:34 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The latest edition of the Police magazine has given a hilarious account of a burglar chase in England. The report said a junior officer chased his shadow ... 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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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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Cop killed by catering staff at New Delhi railway station
January 23rd, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) A Delhi Police constable was beaten to death by a catering in-charge early Monday at New Delhi Railway Station when he objected to caterers taking ... Read more...
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Bangalore lawyers face criminal cases for traffic chaos
January 18th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 18 (IANS) A large number of Bangalore lawyers will face criminal cases for the massive traffic gridlock their protest created in the city, Karnataka police chief Shankar Bidari ... Read more...
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Lawyers’ protest clogs central Bangalore
January 17th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 17 (IANS) Hundreds of lawyers protesting police assault on one of their colleagues caused massive traffic jams in the heart of the city for over six hours Tuesday, ... Read more...
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Pakistani booked for twin government job
January 11th, 2012 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 11 (IANS) A Pakistani who simultaneously worked as a police constable and at the ministry of religious affairs has been booked on charges of cheating and causing losses ... Read more...
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Delhi eatery owner fired upon by cop, escapes unhurt
January 10th, 2012 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) A roadside eatery shop owner in Delhi was shot at by a police constable Monday night but escaped unhurt, police said.Arjun Prasad Gupta, the eatery ... Read more...
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Railway police constable dies in freak accident
January 4th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Vashi (Navi Mumbai), Jan 4 (IANS) A railway police constable died Wednesday after he was hit on the head by a stone while standing near the door of a coach ... Read more...
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Four of family burnt to death in Pakistan
December 31st, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 31 (IANS) Four members of a family, including two minor boys, were burnt to death in a fire that broke out in their house in Lahore, a media ... Read more...
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Women entrepreneurs shine at Dalit trade fair
December 18th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 18 (IANS) Kalpana Saroj, 50, is the daughter of a Dalit police constable in Akola district of Maharashtra. Today she heads a Rs.3,000 crore business enterprise.Saroj was one ... Read more...
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Security heightened after bid on Kashmir minister’s life
December 12th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 12 (IANS) Security was beefed up in Srinagar Monday, a day after a Jammu and Kashmir minister escaped a bid on his life -- an incident he described ... Read more...
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AMRI directors grilled, toll now 93 (Roundup)
December 12th, 2011 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 11 (IANS) Police Sunday grilled the six arrested AMRI hospital directors as the death toll in Friday's fire at the high-cost medical facility in south Kolkata went ... Read more...
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Karnataka is political theatre for the Reddy brothers (News Analysis)
December 10th, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 10 (IANS) Karnataka, reeling under corruption scandals and political instability, seems destined to remain a misgoverned state, hostage to the powerplay of the notoriously rich Reddy brothers ... Read more...
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Congress wins two bypolls, BJP drubbed in Karnataka (Roundup)
December 4th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) The Congress Sunday won two seats in assembly bypolls in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, while Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a setback ... Read more...
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BJP gets a drubbing from Reddy brothers in Bellary
December 4th, 2011 - 1:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bellary (Karnataka), Dec 4 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka Sunday suffered a severe drubbing at the hands of party rebels, mining barons Reddy brothers, in ... Read more...
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Bypoll forces BJP to regret bowing to Reddys (Karnataka Newsletter)
December 3rd, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 3 (IANS) An unwanted bypoll engineered by the billionaire Reddy brothers in their stronghold Bellary has forced the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka to learn ... Read more...
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Policeman and daughter shot at
December 3rd, 2011 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 2 (IANS) A police constable and his daughter in Meghalaya sustained bullet injuries after suspected rebels of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) opened indiscriminate fire, police said ... Read more...
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Delhi Police constable suspended for molestation
November 26th, 2011 - 12:17 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) A Delhi Police constable was suspended Friday for molesting a 40-year-old woman in a drunken state after he failed to extort money from her husband ... Read more...
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Shoes thrown at others, Pawar first to be assaulted (Timeline)
November 24th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Hitherto, prominent personalities have had footwear thrown at them but without contact being made. Union Agriculture Minister is the first dignitory to be assaulted. ... Read more...
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British police: The tall and the short
November 18th, 2011 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 18 (IANS) Teased as the "Big Friendly Giant" -- based on a character in a children's book -- a seven-feet-two-inches tall policeman is the tallest in Britain, while ... Read more...
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Cop, accomplice booked for raping minors
November 16th, 2011 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 16 (IANS) A constable and his civilian accomplice have been booked for allegedly raping two minor girls at gunpoint in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district, police said Wednesday.While constable ... Read more...
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Hunt on for Meghalaya rebels behind police killing
November 1st, 2011 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 1 (IANS) Security forces in Meghalaya launched search operations Tuesday to nab Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels who gunned down five people, including four police personnel, in ... Read more...
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Two held for Uttar Pradesh cop’s killing
October 27th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Two people were arrested in south Delhi in connection with the killing of an Uttar Pradesh police constable in Ghaziabad last week, police said Thursday."Amir, ... Read more...
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Four attacks injure four in Kashmir
October 25th, 2011 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 25 (IANS) Four security personnel were injured Tuesday in four attacks by separatist guerrillas in a sudden spurt in violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
Militants targeted the state ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad constable found stabbed to death
October 24th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Oct 23 (IANS) A constable was found stabbed to death in Ghaziabad early Sunday morning, police said.Passersby spotted the body in the Shalimar Garden area of Ghaziabad and reported ... Read more...
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Three held for killing policeman
October 20th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Three men in their 20s were arrested here on charges of killing a Delhi Police constable who resisted their robbery attempt, police said Thursday.Rudra Mani, ... Read more...
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Throwing footwear: A trend to showcase anger
October 18th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Throwing footwear on famous personalities by sullen people is becoming increasingly common as a gesture of protest. The latest to be targeted was Arvind ... Read more...
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Gujarat cop Sanjiv Bhatt out on bail
October 17th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad/New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) In a setback for the Gujarat government, a special court granted bail to suspended police officer Sanjiv Bhatt who has accused Chief Minister Narendra ... Read more...
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Policeman, home guard fired upon, weapons looted
October 15th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 15 (IANS) In the second such incident in the last three days in western Uttar Pradesh, unidentified assailants fired at a policeman and a home guard, and ... Read more...
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Police officer shot dead in Islamabad
October 15th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 15 (IANS) A police officer was shot dead when he tried to protect a woman from her ex-husband in Islamabad, the Dawn newspaper reported Saturday.Police officer Riaz Nadeem ... Read more...
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Constable injured in terrorist attack dead
October 15th, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Oct 15 (IANS) A police constable critically injured Friday in a guerrilla hit-and-run attack here in Jammu and Kashmir died Saturday in hospital.Muzaffar Ahmad Dar, constable in the 19th ... Read more...
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Gujarat police officers back Sanjiv Bhatt
October 9th, 2011 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Oct 9 (IANS) The Gujarat unit of the Indian Police Service (IPS) Association has supported arrested police officer Sanjiv Bhatt who has accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra ... Read more...
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