Haryana to recruit 11,000 constables
September 10th, 2012 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Sep 10 (IANS) Haryana has decided to expand its police force and has sanctioned 11,000 new posts of constables for the purpose, the state police chief said Monday.Applications for ... Read more...
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Taj city celebrates Independence Day
August 15th, 2012 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Aug 15 (IANS) The Taj Mahal city Wednesday celebrated Independence Day with visible enthusiasm but events organised by political parties drew poor crowds.Such passion and fervour had not been ... Read more...
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AK-47 missing from UP Police store
August 14th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 14 (IANS) Three policemen were suspended in Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday after it was found that an AK-47 assault rifle and 100 cartridges were missing from the ... Read more...
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300 obese Pakistani cops removed from field jobs
June 22nd, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 22 (IANS) A total of 324 policemen having a waistline of more than 38 inches will no longer be allowed to carry out field jobs in Pakistan's Punjab ... Read more...
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Delhi policeman killed in road accident
June 15th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) A Delhi Police constable was killed when he was knocked down by a speeding motorcyclist in the capital's Civil Lines area, police said Friday.Ram Kewal ... Read more...
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Ready to broker peace with Taliban: Sri Sri Ravi Shanker
March 19th, 2012 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 18 (IANS) Art of Living (AoL) founder and spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shanker has offered his "good intentions and services" to the Pakistan government and said ... Read more...
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Police officer’s murder: Inspector transferred
March 11th, 2012 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, March 11 (IANS) A police inspector was Sunday shifted out of Bamore police station in Morena district, three days after the brutal murder of sub-divisional police officer Narendra Kumar ... Read more...
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US donates vehicles, tents to Pakistan
February 15th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 15 (IANS) The US embassy Wednesday donated ambulances, vans, buses and motorbikes to the Islamabad Women's Police Station and 800 tents to the National Disaster Management Authority for ... Read more...
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Guerrilla outfit owns attack on Kashmir minister
December 12th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 12 (IANS) Separatist guerrilla outfit Jamait-ul-Mujahideen (JUM) Monday owned responsibility for Sunday's attack on Jammu and Kashmir Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar in summer capital Srinagar.In a statement faxed ... Read more...
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Hyderabad has done Delhi a good turn (Ferozeshsh Kotla diary)
October 17th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) heaved a sigh of relief after India's emphatic victory over England in the first One-day International (ODI) in ... Read more...
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Policemen removed for negligence in Rajasthan clash
September 23rd, 2011 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 22 (IANS) The entire staff of Gopalgarh police station in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district was removed Thursday after it was found negligent in handling a clash between two ... Read more...
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Disco-loving police officer suspended
September 22nd, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 22 (IANS) A disco-loving Chandigarh police officer who got embroiled in a row after misbehaving with two young women at a discotheque here has been suspended from his ... Read more...
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Policeman dies, 10 hospitalised after physical test
July 27th, 2011 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 27 (IANS) In a second incident of its kind in less than a week, a police constable died and 10 others were hospitalised Wednesday after falling unconscious during ... Read more...
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Cop dies, 20 colleagues faint during physical test
July 20th, 2011 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Meerut/Kanpur, July 20 (IANS) A constable died and 20 were hospitalised when they fainted while appearing for a physical fitness test for departmental promotion organised in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut and ... Read more...
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Another custodial death in Uttar Pradesh
July 8th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 8 (IANS) A young woman was found hanging in a lock-up within the heavily guarded district police lines in Kanpur Friday, days after the mysterious death of a ... Read more...
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Dinesh Reddy Andhra’s new police chief
June 30th, 2011 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 30 (IANS) Indian Police Service (IPS) officer V. Dinesh Reddy will be Andhra Pradesh's new director general of police, the state government announced Thursday.The 1977-batch officer succeeds K. ... Read more...
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Suspended for kidnapped kid’s killing, 3 cops reinstated
June 24th, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 24 (IANS) Chandigarh police have revoked the suspension orders of its three officers who were held guilty of negligence while handling the kidnapping and murder case of five-year-old ... Read more...
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Drunk CISF man opens fire, injures six (Lead)
May 25th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 25 (IANS) Six people were injured when a drunk Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) trooper opened random fire around Tuesday midnight, police said Wednesday.Balwinder Singh climbed atop a ... Read more...
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Drunk CISF jawan opens fire, injures six
May 25th, 2011 - 2:08 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 25, (IANS) Six people, including three women, were injured when a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) trooper started firing indiscriminately in an inebriated state at the Naroda Gam police ... Read more...
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PM announces aid, Pilot tries to enter Bhatta-Parsaul (Third Lead)
May 22nd, 2011 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday announced financial aid for victims of violence in Greater Noida, as Congress leader Sachin Pilot made an effort to ... Read more...
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Sachin Pilot held on way to Bhatta-Parsaul, released (Second Lead)
May 22nd, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot was released Sunday by Uttar Pradesh police after a brief arrest when the Congress leader ... Read more...
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Rajnath, Paswan held for joining farmers’ protest (Second Lead)
May 12th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad/New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajnath Singh, who began a day-long fast here Thursday in support of protesting farmers in Greater Noida, was arrested ... Read more...
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Rajnath Singh fasts for farmers, arrested (Lead, changing dateline)
May 12th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, May 12 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajnath Singh, who began a day-long fast here in support of protesting farmers in Greater Noida and to draw attention ... Read more...
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Honour killings deserve capital punishment: Supreme Court
May 9th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said that honour killings fell in the category of rarest of rare crimes and those committing them deserved capital punishment.Honour killings ... Read more...
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Haryana cop commits suicide
April 5th, 2011 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Rohtak, April 5 (IANS) A Haryana Police officer killed himself with his service revolver at his official residence here, police said Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Sub-Inspector Surat Singh. ... Read more...
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Six more Pak Taliban militants arrested in 2009 Sri Lanka team attack case
March 30th, 2011 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 30(ANI): Another six members of the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, including the mastermind of the March 3, 2009 deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, have been arrested, Lahore ... Read more...
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Museum an added attraction in Agra
March 13th, 2011 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, March 13 (IANS) Tourists visiting this Taj city will now get further insights into its history with a museum housing statues, murals and manuscripts that were hitherto lying scattered ... Read more...
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Suspected Maoists kill villager
January 31st, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Bankura (West Bengal), Jan 31 (IANS) Suspected Maoists shot dead one person while three rebels surrendered in West Bengal's Bankura district Monday, police said. "The body of a villager earlier abducted by ... Read more...
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Kashmir tricolour hosting: BJP leaders released in Kathua
January 26th, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Jan 26 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Part (BJP) leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar, who were arrested yesterday as they crossed into Jammu to carry on with the party's ... Read more...
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Top BJP leaders still lodged in hotel near Jammu
January 26th, 2011 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and Ananth Kumar, who were arrested a day ago to prevent them from hoisting the national flag in ... Read more...
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Delhi cop suspended after vigilance report
January 18th, 2011 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) A station house officer (SHO), who was Sunday transferred to the police lines for squabbling over the jurisdiction of a robbery case, was Tuesday suspended after the ... Read more...
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Delhi cop transferred for refusing to file complaint
January 16th, 2011 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Squabbling over the jurisdiction of a robbery case proved costly for a station house officer (SHO), who was Sunday transferred to the police lines.Kailash Kukreti, SHO of ... Read more...
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Pak investigators searching for cleric who motivated Qadri to kill Salman Taseer
January 9th, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 9 (ANI): Pakistani investigators are looking for a cleric who had motivated elite security force protector Malik Mumtaz Qadri to assassinate Punjab Governor Salman Taseer.Taseer's bodyguard Qadri had opened ... Read more...
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Body of kidnapped boy found, traffic blocked (Lead)
January 5th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 5 (IANS) The body of a five-year-old boy, kidnapped last month from here, was found stuffed in a bag on the outskirts of Chandigarh Wednesday evening, triggering street protests.Police said ... Read more...
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Kidnapping case: Two senior cops transferred
January 5th, 2011 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 5 (IANS) Failing to get any breakthrough even 15 after a five-year-old boy was kidnapped from here, police have transferred the two senior officers to police lines.The investigation has also ... Read more...
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