Twelve Naxals killed in gunfight with police in Maharashtra

Twelve Naxals killed in gunfight with police in Maharashtra

Google Maps identifies Wandoli village in Maharashtra, near the border with Chhattisgarh. Twelve Naxalites, including women, from the Tipagad and Chandgaon Kasansur Dalams were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Wednesday, police said. The operation, launched around 10am, continued past sunset, and involved seven units of C60, targeting a … Read more

Police, APPCB form teams to probe into destruction of government files

Police, APPCB form teams to probe into destruction of government files

The Krishna district police and Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) have formed special teams to probe into the destruction of government files by unidentified persons. Unidentified persons set some government files and CDs on fire on the banks of the Krishna River near Pedapulipaka village under Penamaluru police station limits late in the night … Read more

Blue spot: Mum held in police cell after birthmark mistake

Blue spot: Mum held in police cell after birthmark mistake

5 hours ago By Sophia Seth, BBC News BBC Laxmi Thapa was held in police custody before medical checks showed she had not harmed her baby The mother of a six-month-old baby said she was treated “like a criminal” after her son’s birthmarks were mistaken for bruising. Laxmi Thapa’s son was born with blue spot – blue-grey … Read more

Bengal Governor seeks report from CM on action against police officers

Bengal Governor seeks report from CM on action against police officers

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose sought a report from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on July 8 on whether she had taken any action on a report sent by the Raj Bhavan to the Government of India against the Kolkata Police Commissioner and … Read more

हालातों को परखने में फेल हुए अफसर, बदइंतजामी की वजह से मची भगदड़… हाथरस हादसे पर SIT की रिपोर्ट

हालातों को परखने में फेल हुए अफसर, बदइंतजामी की वजह से मची भगदड़… हाथरस हादसे पर SIT की रिपोर्ट

हाथरस हादसे को लेकर पुलिस कई पहलुओं पर जांच कर रही है. इस मामले में दाखिल की गई SIT रिपोर्ट में कहा गया है कि भोले बाबा के सत्संग में मची भगदड़ लापरवाही और बदइंतजामी का नतीजा था. साथ ही इस बात का भी जिक्र है कि कार्यक्रम की परमिशन लेने के दौरान आयोजन समिति … Read more

Delhi Police increases security outside Rahul Gandhi’s residence amid reports of disturbance by right-wing groups

Delhi Police increases security outside Rahul Gandhi’s residence amid reports of disturbance by right-wing groups

Members of United Hindu Front shouting slogans during a protest against the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the House during ongoing Parliament session in New Delhi | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Delhi Police has stepped up security outside Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s residence following an intelligence input … Read more

Nine held in Gauhati University marksheet scam: Police

Nine held in Gauhati University marksheet scam: Police

The alleged scam was first revealed by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at a press briefing during a visit to Barpeta on June 27. File | Photo Credit: ANI “Nine people including the prime accused have so far been arrested in the alleged marksheet scam in Assam’s Gauhati University,” police sources said on June 29. … Read more

Owaisi demands that duty-oriented police officers be posted after Medak riots

Owaisi demands that duty-oriented police officers be posted after Medak riots

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi speaking during an event in Hyderabad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Hyderabad parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi expressed concern over the law and order situation in Telangana, and demanded that the Congress government post duty-oriented officers to keep communal conflagrations at bay. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president, at a recent … Read more

Retired police officials to be roped in to curb drug use in schools, colleges  

Retired police officials to be roped in to curb drug use in schools, colleges  

In an effort to curb drug menace in schools and colleges of Telangana, officials of the Anti-narcotics Bureau in a meeting with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy decided to deploy a retired police officer in every school. The former police officials will help identify the suppliers and keep a check on students, starting from the ones … Read more

West Bengal government reinstates 4 police officers transferred during elections

West Bengal government reinstates 4 police officers transferred during elections

The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal has reinstated four police officers who were earlier transferred to non-electoral posts by the Election Commission of India during the Lok Sabha elections. The election commission had transferred several officials, including the Director General of Police (DGP), and relieved them from election duty. Among the officers, Aminul Islam … Read more