Shanghai police rank beggars
August 19th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 19 (IANS) Police in Shanghai have publicised an online ranking list of beggars in an attempt to expose the most frequently caught beggars on the city's busy Metro ... Read more...
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Seven held in Ranvir Sena chief killing case (Lead)
June 4th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 4 (IANS) Seven people were arrested in Bihar's Bhojpur district Monday in connection with the June 1 killing of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh 'Mukhiya', police said.A special ... Read more...
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CBI submits report on missing Rajasthan nurse
November 11th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Nov 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday submitted its status report on the probe conducted so far into the case of missing nurse Bhanwari Devi before ... Read more...
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Two Jharkhand cops suspended for misusing position
September 20th, 2011 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 20 (IANS) Two Jharkhand Police officials, including a superintendent of police-rank officer, were Tuesday suspended on charges of misusing their positions and dereliction of duty, an official said.The ... Read more...
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Obama, Sonia, Rahul photos found at Maoist camp
September 6th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama, President Pratibha Patil, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul... amongst the several leaders whose photographs were found in a ... Read more...
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Himachal pulled up for inaction against corrupt officials
August 19th, 2011 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 18 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Thursday again pulled up the state government for its tardiness in granting sanction to prosecute corrupt officials.A division bench of Justice ... Read more...
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Himachal official convicted in graft case
June 28th, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 28 (IANS) A Himachal Pradesh official who was arrested by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau in 2008 was convicted by a court Tuesday for bribery, a police officer ... Read more...
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Himachal court concerned over tardy graft cases probe
June 17th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 17 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday took a serious view of tardy pace of corruption cases involving top government officials.A division bench of Chief Justice Kurian ... Read more...
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Bihar rights panel helps NRI abused by IPS
June 17th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, June 17 (IANS) The Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC) has rejected a police report filed in a case of alleged abuse of an NRI who overtook the vehicle of ... Read more...
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Chidambaram should quit over terror list errors: BJP (Second Lead)
May 20th, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Lucknow, May 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday demanded union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's resignation for putting out an erroneous terror list of India's 50 Most ... Read more...
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Gujarat cop seeks court protection against government action
May 12th, 2011 - 12:48 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, May 11 (IANS) Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Satish Verma, investigating a high-profile fake gunbattle case, Wednesday sought protection from the Gujarat High Court against any action likely to ... Read more...
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Tripura to attach properties of absconding offenders
March 14th, 2011 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 14 (IANS) The Tripura government will attach the properties of those who remain absconding for years together after committing crimes, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar announced here Monday."More than ... Read more...
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Jaipur shootout: Four cops sent to five days’ CBI custody
March 12th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, March 12 (IANS) A court here Saturday sent four policemen to five days' Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody in connection with the 2006 alleged staged shootout killing of ... Read more...
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Two Jodhpur hospital employees suspended for deaths
February 27th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Feb 27 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Sunday suspended two employees of the government-run Umaid Hospital in Jodhpur where 13 women have died of excessive bleeding during childbirth allegedly after ... Read more...
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Haryana sets up police stations to check power, water theft
February 5th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) In a unique move, the Haryana government Friday announced the setting up of police stations to check the theft of power and canal water in the state.Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Indo-US cops participate in Gujarat cycle rally to promote unity
January 9th, 2011 - 9:08 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, Jan 9 (ANI): Indian and American police officials took part in a cycle rally here on Sunday to promote unity amongst police officials.The Sardar Patel World Police Unity Tour, organised by ... Read more...
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Fresh violence erupts in Bengal, seven held
November 24th, 2010 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) At least seven activists of the Trinamool Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) were arrested in West Bengal's East Midnapore district for their alleged involvement in ... Read more...
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Murder convict inspector in Jharkhand not to be promoted (Lead)
October 20th, 2010 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Oct 20 (IANS) After media reports that a police inspector, convicted of murder, had been promoted to the rank of deputy superintendent of police, the Jharkhand police Wednesday said he would ... Read more...
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Five Jharkhand police officials sacked
August 11th, 2010 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Jharkhand government has terminated the services of five police officers appointed through illegal means by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) in 2007, says an official statement.
All ... Read more...
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Jharkhand sacks nine officials appointed illegally
August 4th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 4 (IANS) The services of nine administrative officers, appointed illegally in Jharkhand through the state public service commission in 2007-08, were terminated Wednesday.
"Jharkhand Governor M.O.H Farook has terminated the services ... Read more...
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UK mayor’s report favors minority recruits joining Met at a higher rank
July 8th, 2010 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 8 (ANI): A new report commissioned by London Mayor, Boris Johnson, has said the Metropolitan Police is not doing enough to retain and promote black, minority and ethnic officers, and ... Read more...
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Gujarat BJP legislator’s land-grab cases given to CID
April 14th, 2010 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 13 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Tuesday transferred the investigation into three alleged land grabbing cases against BJP legislator Babubhai Jamnadas Patel and his son to the state police's criminal ... Read more...
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40 years on, cops face heat for killing Maoist
April 13th, 2010 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 13 (IANS) Forty years after a Maoist leader was shot dead in an alleged shootout, a Kerala court is examining witnesses to ascertain the truth. At the centre of it ... Read more...
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Inquiry ordered into Kerala cop’s foreign trip
April 11th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has ordered an inquiry into an alleged foreign trip without permission by state police's Inspector General Tomin J. Thachenkery, who is considered close ... Read more...
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Top cop’s B’Day on April 1, trips officers
April 2nd, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 2 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's police chief Vishwa Ranjan had his birthday Thursday, but not every officer in the department rushed to greet him. Many feared it was an April Fool's Day ... Read more...
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Court reserves judgment on POTA evidence
March 23rd, 2010 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, March 23 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Tuesday reserved decision on whether to preserve confessional statements of the accused in POTA cases and consider them as evidence.
Counsel ... Read more...
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Policemen honoured in Uttar Pradesh on R-Day
January 26th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 26 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh marked the nation's 61st Republic Day Tuesday with an impressive march past in front of the state assembly and saw a number of police personnel being ... Read more...
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Harbhajan served court summons in Chandigarh
November 2nd, 2009 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) A city-based voluntary organisation Monday handed over court summons to cricketer Harbhajan Singh at his hotel room here, for a civil case it had filed against him ... Read more...
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Mayawati tells police to pull up their socks
August 13th, 2009 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 12 (IANS) Concerned over the unabated rise in crime across Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday asked senior police officers to bring the law and order situation under control or ... Read more...
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Haryana to insure a million solar eclipse pilgrims
July 18th, 2009 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Kurukshetra (Haryana), July 18 (IANS) As the country prepares to watch the July 22 solar eclipse, the Kurukshetra district administration in Haryana has announced that nearly one million pilgrims who come to ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh on high alert, more Maoist attacks feared
July 13th, 2009 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 13 (IANS) A day after Maoists struck in Chhattisgarh thrice and killed at least 29 policemen including a district police chief, the state which has been battling Maoist ... Read more...
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Maoists kill district police chief, 24 policemen (Third Lead)
July 12th, 2009 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 12 (IANS) Maoists Sunday made one of their deadliest strikes in Chhattisgarh, killing at least 25 policemen, including a district superintendent of police, in an ambush in a forested stretch.
The ... Read more...
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Maoists kill 23 policemen in Chhattisgarh (Second Lead)
July 12th, 2009 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 12 (IANS) In one of their deadliest attacks since the government named CPI-Maoist as a terror outfit last month, Leftwing ultras killed at least 23 policemen in an ambush in ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh to have special tiger protection force soon
May 29th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, May 29 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government will soon set up a special force to protect the tiger reserves in the state, a forest department official said Friday.
"The Special Tiger Protection ... Read more...
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Winning over jungle residents: Chhattisgarh police try a new tack
February 11th, 2009 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
That wasn't all. The Gond tribal, a resident of the thickly forested Pushwara village in the restive Bastar region, was then told that another cop would knock on a co-villager's door the ... Read more...
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