AP liquor scam: IPS officer goes on leave

AP liquor scam: IPS officer goes on leave HYDERABAD: Feeling humiliated by the state government deliberately posting an officer above him, senior IPS officer D Boobathi Babu, who is heading the liquor syndicate probe, has proceeded on a long leave.Top sources said that after the government posted B Prasada Rao as Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) chief on Saturday, Boobathi Babu, who had been heading the bureau till then, is understood to have submitted a letter to chief secretary Pankaj...
10:11 AM, May 21, 2012

CBI arrests a senior IPS officer in graft case

CBI arrests a senior IPS officer in graft case New Delhi: Senior IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, Pramod Kumar, was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly entering into a criminal conspiracy to get a bribe of nearly Rs 10 crore from a private firm accused of duping general public of of Rs 829 crore. 46-year-old Kumar, a 1989-batch IPS officer, was arrested by the CBI in national capital from his apartment in South Delhi and produced before a judge...
08:15 PM, May 02, 2012

Custodial torture: HC stays proceedings against Bhatt

Custodial torture: HC stays proceedings against Bhatt Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Wednesday stayed the proceedings against suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1990 custodial torture case. Justice AS Dave, who stayed the investigation against Bhatt, also issued notices to the state government and complainant Vijaysinh Bhatti. The next hearing will be on June 22. The IPS officer approached the High Court through his lawyer IH Syed after a case was registered against him on the...
07:44 PM, May 02, 2012

SC stays proceedings by Guj govt against IPS officer

SC stays proceedings by Guj govt against IPS officer New Delhi: There seems to be some relief for Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt. The Supreme Court has stayed all proceedings by the Gujarat government against Bhatt. The next date of hearing in the case is July 15. The Gujarat government had filed a case against Bhatt, alleging he coerced a constable to depose falsely before the Special investigating Team (SIT). Bhatt had petitioned the Supreme Court, saying the matter...
11:09 AM, Apr 20, 2012

Over 100 IPS officers transferred in UP

Over 100 IPS officers transferred in UP Lucknow: In yet another reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government has transferred more than 100 IPS officers including DGs and police chiefs of several districts. Director General, PAC, Dev Raj Nagar has been given additional charge of chairman, police recruitment and promotion board, whereas DG Human Rights BM Saraswat has been shifted to training headquarters, an official spokesman said in Lucknow on Tuesday. The transfers were issued late last night. DG,...
11:03 AM, Mar 27, 2012

IPS officer accused of sexual harassment sacked

IPS officer accused of sexual harassment sacked Ranchi: Indian Police Service (IPS) officer PS Natarajan, suspended from service on charges of sexually exploiting a tribal woman, has been dismissed from service, a senior Jharkhand official said on Saturday. "Natarajan has been dismissed," state Home Secretary JB Tubid told. Natrajan, then inspector general of police of Ranchi, remained suspended since August 2005 when a television news channel showed him in a compromising position with a tribal woman, Sushma...
07:35 PM, Mar 24, 2012

Bhatt gets relief from Guj HC in 1990 atrocity case

Bhatt gets relief from Guj HC in 1990 atrocity case Ahmedabad: Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Thursday got relief as the Gujarat High Court quashed a lower court's order in the 1990 case of alleged police atrocity, and directed that Bhatt's revision petition be decided in six weeks. Bhatt approached High Court last month against Jamnagar district court's order rejecting his plea for condonation of delay in filing revision petition in the two decades old case. Rejection of Bhatt's...
08:24 PM, Mar 22, 2012

US court rules in favour of Indian maid

US court rules in favour of Indian maid New York: An Indian maid, who had accused her former employer, an IFS officer, and her husband of harassment and "slavery", has received a favourable ruling from a US court, which approved her petition that she be awarded $ 1.5 million as compensation by the couple. In his order, US District Judge Victor Marrero "adopted in entirety" the report of US Magistrate Judge Frank Maas in which Maas had recommended...
06:03 PM, Mar 21, 2012

IPS officer's killing: CBI gets driver's custody

IPS officer's killing: CBI gets driver's custody Bhopal: A court in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Tuesday sent the tractor driver, who had crushed to death Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Narendra Kumar on Holi day, to three days' custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). IPS officer Narendra Kumar was killed when he was trying to stop the tractor loaded with illegally mined stones at Banmore on March 8 but instead of stopping, the driver...
06:20 PM, Mar 20, 2012

MP: Slain IPS officer's wife delivers baby boy

MP: Slain IPS officer's wife delivers baby boy New Delhi: The wife of IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh, who was killed for taking on illegal mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh early this month, today delivered a baby boy at a hospital in New Delhi. Kumar's wife Madhurani Tewatia, also an IAS officer of 2000 batch, was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Sunday. "Madhurani has delivered a baby boy at 10.30 AM. It was a cesarean delivery....
10:59 PM, Mar 19, 2012

MP IPS officer killing: CBI registers case

MP IPS officer killing: CBI registers case New Delhi: The CBI has registered a case against unknown persons in the alleged murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh who was mowed down by a tractor trolley purportedly owned by illegal sand mafia in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh on March 8. The case was registered by the CBI after Centre issued a notification for the probe by central agency on the request of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister...
03:46 PM, Mar 15, 2012

Anna Hazare to fast on March 25 in Delhi

Anna Hazare to fast on March 25 in Delhi New Delhi: Ahead of Anna Hazare's one-day fast in Delhi, which has now been rescheduled to March 25, to press for protection to whistleblowers, Team Anna on Tuesday accused the ruling Congress of "sabotaging" the Jan Lokpal Bill. "The country knows it well that the Congress sabotaged the Jan Lokpal bill meant to bring culprits to book in a speedy manner. If the Jan Lokpal would have been implemented justice...
06:01 PM, Mar 14, 2012

IPS officer killing: Anna to fast in Delhi

IPS officer killing: Anna to fast in Delhi New Delhi: After a gap of more than two months, Anna Hazare will return to the national capital to stage a hunger strike on Sunday, March 18, demanding justice for slain IPS office Narendra Kumar and a strong law to protect whistleblowers. This will be the first hunger strike undertaken by 74-year-old Hazare after he called off his three-day fast for a strong Lokpal Bill in Mumbai last December owing...
10:02 AM, Mar 14, 2012
Newsmaker of the Day: Shivraj Singh Chauhan

Newsmaker of the Day: Shivraj Singh Chauhan

Shivraj Singh Chauhan is forced to order a CBI enquiry into the murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar. ...
10:58 PM, Mar 13, 2012

CBI to probe IPS officer Narendra Kumar's murder

CBI to probe IPS officer Narendra Kumar's murder Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday accused the opposition of playing politics over the murder of young Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Narendra Kumar while announcing that the investigations into the case would be carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). "The opposition is trying to defame the state and ran away from discussion on the mining issue. The opposition is only playing politics,"...
12:54 PM, Mar 13, 2012
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