Kiran Bedi said that drinking in public places by girls and boys is unlawful after a policeman and a local woman were caught on camera slapping a young girl at Ghaziabad police station. The girl had been detained by the police after locals complained that she was found drinking with a man in a car. ...
07:10 PM, May 14, 2013
Mangalore: Was the recent homestay attack a result of the turf war between self-proclaimed protectors of Hindu culture in Mangalore? Investigating officers think so after learning from reliable sources that Sharan Pumpwell of Bajarang Dal and Subash Padeel of Hindu Jagaran Vedike had developed hostility towards each other after an argument. Sources close to Padeel confirmed that Pumpwell had objected to Subash Padeel setting up a unit in Pumpwell and...
01:47 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Bangalore: The State Womens Commission has castigated Mangalore district police for failing to contain self-proclaimed moral police in its report on the recent Mangalore homestay attack case. Chairperson of the commission Manjula, who had visited Mangalore recently, would submit her report to Home Minister R Ashok on Wednesday. In the report, the commission has highlighted police inaction besides seeking a thorough inquiry into the incident, Manjula told reporters here on...
01:39 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Mangalore: A victim of the Padil homestay attack, who was barred from taking exams by her college, did not appear for both the papers, sources told Express. With Thursday being a holiday on account of Raksha Bhandan, the internal examinations are likely to end on Friday or Saturday, sources informed on condition of anonymity. Meanwhile, police have sought information from colleges on private paying guest hostels for men and women...
01:23 PM, Aug 02, 2012
Bangalore: The incident was aired on national television and written about extensively in newspapers; there were dharnas, protests by citizens, there was turmoil everywhere but in the journey to contradict an incident that hit our society, did we forget about the victims? Did the effect of the entire shameful episode on the teenagers was lost somewhere? Such events have a traumatic effect on the young minds. Media has done its...
02:04 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Mangalore: Victims of Saturday's homestay attack seem to be feeling the after-effects of the incident. A management college in Mangalore merely gave a verbal communication to a victim of the homestay attack that she will be barred from the internal third semester examinations slated to begin on Wednesday. Attempts by Express to get a response from the college on why she was barred from the exams, were unsuccessful. Another student...
12:41 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Mangalore: I would think twice about enrolling my children in some of the colleges in Mangalore, Commissioner of Police and father of two children Seemant Kumar Singh said on Monday. Making this admission two days after vigilantes attacked young revellers at a birthday party, the Commissioner highlighted what he described as petty politicking and a heavily polarised environment. This is conducive for lumpen elements to repeatedly attack youth and besmirch...
12:26 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Mangalore: Colleges in the city on Monday remained closed in response to a bandh call given by students to protest against the attack on girls and boys at a homestay in Mangalore on July 28, allegedly by activists of a Hindu outfit. Students of St Aloysius college staged a demonstration in front of their institution, demanding action against the culprits responsible for the attack. Police said no untoward incident was...
03:33 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Mangalore: Eight people have been arrested in the attack on a group of youngsters partying at a private resort in Mangalore. The members, reportedly owing allegiance to a pro-Hiindu group, called 'Hindu Jagran Vedike' allegedly beat up and harassed young women and men at a resort on Saturday evening. Reportedly, more than 50 men attacked the private party. However, Karnataka ADGP Law and Order Bipin Gopalakrishna said that no drugs...
01:31 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Bangalore: Taking a serious view of the moral policing act in which activists of a Hindu outfit assaulted girls and boys at a private home-stay in Mangalore, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on Sunday rushed a top police official to probe the incident, which has triggered protests. As the attack in which about a dozen girls and boys were targeted by a 50-member group, suspected to be members of...
12:18 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Mangalore: About a dozen girls and boys bore the brunt of moral policing when a pro-Hindu organisation on Saturday allegedly raided a local private home-stay and attacked them, triggering off protests from public and opposition parties alike. According to police, a 50-member group, suspected to be members of 'Hindu Jagaran Vedike', raided the home-stay at Padieelu alleging that a rave party was being held there and assaulted girls and boys...
11:14 PM, Jul 28, 2012
Mumbai remains split wide open after a video of Vasant Dhoble shows him trying to detain four German tourists at a pub. ...
10:45 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Mumbai: It is the stuff of films, an angry cop, ever controversial, hated and loved in equal measure. ACP Vasant Dhoble is back in the headlines with a controversial crackdown on a Mumbai pub, trying to detain German girls without allegedly giving them an explanation. Is this policing or harassment? A video from March 2012 shows Dhoble and his men raiding the Voodoo Pub in Colaba, and herding girls into...
09:40 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai's controversial top policeman ACP Vasant Dhoble raided a massage parlour in the eastern suburb of Powai. Seven girls were rescued and sent for medical examinations. The parlour owner was arrested for allegedly running a prostitution racket. For months, Dhoble has been on the warpath, making headlines for raiding and assaulting restaurant staff across the city, be it at hip restaurants, small eateries, private parties, or dance bars. At...
08:53 AM, Jun 26, 2012
On first sight, ACP Vasant Dhoble looks like that observant uncle from your colony who always seems to know anything and everything about the people ...
04:33 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Madurai: A cross-section of hostellers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has locked horns with wardens and administrators over restrictions imposed on 'Hostel Night' celebrations. While upset students have dubbed the move 'moral policing', faculty members claim they are only imposing reasonable restrictions. The Hostel Night celebrations are an annual ritual towards the end of academic year when hostellers invite friends to their rooms for an unwinding session that...
09:59 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Policemen in Ghaziabad were seen catching couples and handing them punishment on the spot. 'Operation Majnu' is being led by Station Officer Alka Agarwal of the Ghaziabad police. ...
09:18 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Ghaziabad: Humiliating lovers in public, policemen in Ghaziabad have started a moral policing act to discourage couples from sitting in public places. Policemen have resumed the drive called 'Operation Majnu' to crack down on couples, which they claim will curb sexual harassment. On Tuesday, policemen were seen harassing couples in a park in Sahibabad and forcing men to do sit-ups. They have also been picking up couples from other parks...
08:30 AM, Nov 30, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: An IT professional was allegedly abused by a group of men in Kochi for being out with a male friend late at night. Tasnibanu, the 32-year-old IT professional, was angry after the initial shock over the Sunday night's attack on her and her male friend. The group of men allegedly hurled abuses at the duo, and when Tasni reacted, they did not spare her and slapped her on the...
09:00 AM, Jun 22, 2011
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A classic story of how the ruling mafia (read government) creates propaganda tools in the form of media houses that run news papers and cable ...
03:03 PM, May 23, 2011
