Can electoral and police reforms bring about change in state of women's safety in India? Dr Kiran Bedi, former IPS officer and now a prominent social activist, shared her perspective in an interaction with IBNLive readers.
Q. Just a few days ago when a conference on police reforms and public order was called by Union Home Minister, only 7 Chief Ministers chose to attend with the big names of Narendra Modi, Jayalalitha, Mamata Banerjee, Omar Abdullah, Prithviraj Chavan, and Sheila Dikshit giving it a miss. How genuine is the interest and concern of politicians in bringing out electoral or police reforms? Asked by: Sudeep
A. Obviously poor and indifferent....
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07:13 PM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: Police need to be provided a better working environment that is "insulated from pulls and pressures", Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Monday as he pitched for police reforms. Addressing a chief minister's conference to discuss a report on public order of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission here, Shinde said: "Public order and police today in India are facing challenges; with the ever changing social landscape and the...
12:35 PM, Apr 15, 2013
CNN-IBN's special investigation has exposed the shocking attitudes of police towards women and crimes against them. Police officials claim there is political interference in rape cases and that the force is underpaid, overworked and frustrated at work. ...
10:04 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Demands for death penalty to rapists and sweeping police reforms, including fifty per cent all-women police stations, reverberated during the discussions at Congress Chintan Shivir coming in the backdrop of the barbaric Delhi gangrape incident. ...
05:34 PM, Jan 19, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all state governments and union territories to apprise it about the compliance of its directions passed six years ago for revamping the police machinery in the country. A bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and justices SS Nijjar and J Chelameswar asked them to file affidavits stating to what extent the apex court's September 22, 2006 judgement, directing a slew of measures...
07:59 PM, Oct 16, 2012
Many top cops have been accused of being involved in nefarious activities. ...
07:45 AM, Jan 06, 2010
It's tempting for any political party to have a man at the top whom they can trust. ...
12:23 AM, Feb 06, 2009
It's tempting for any political party to have a man at the top whom they can trust. ...
12:23 AM, Feb 06, 2009
In the past few years, police brutality has been on the rise in India. ...
12:00 AM, Feb 04, 2009
Sub-inspector Ranjeet Singh helps complainants to file reports. ...
04:52 PM, Jan 22, 2009
Reforms recommended by SC have not been adopted by any state. ...
07:59 AM, Dec 18, 2008
Gujarat has been at the forefront opposing police reforms that insulate personnel from political interference. ...
10:22 PM, May 01, 2007
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The Supreme Court on Thursday set in motion a series of police reforms. ...
06:04 PM, Jan 11, 2007
The Apex court says it's time states let go of their grip over the police force operating within their boundaries. ...
03:37 PM, Jan 03, 2007
