Raipur: Even as efforts are on for the release of the kidnapped Sukma district collector, four police personnel were injured on Wednesday when a group of Maoists allegedly opened fire at a police van in the neighbouring Dantewada district. One of the injured is reported to be critical. Chhattisgarh Additional Director General of Police (naxal operations) Ram Niwas told said that while the team of policemen was patrolling in the...
04:25 PM, May 02, 2012
Jodhpur: A top Rajasthan police official on Tuesday said it was not possible to put an end to use of mobile phones in prisons, but efforts were on to rope in service providers to curb their use by inmates. Reviewing the security arrangement in Jodhpur Central Jail in Jodhpur, Director General (Jail) Omendra Bhardwaj said curbing use of mobile phones in prisons remained a daunting task for officials and "it...
08:08 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Islamabad: A college girl attempted suicide after she was allegedly raped by five policemen when she was returning home from tuition in Pakistan's Punjab province, a media report said. The student was raped by five policemen in Sheikhupura last week and attempted to end her life Monday, reported Dawn. The five suspects are on the run. The policemen were on patrol duty Friday evening when they stopped the 16-year-old girl...
12:08 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Patna: Bihar has dismissed 26 police officials for corruption, officials said on Saturday. Bihar police chief Abhyanand said the sacking took place in the last two and a half years. "They have been dismissed after charges of corruption were upheld against them following departmental inquiry," Abhyanand told IANS. He said corruption will not be tolerated. "Action against corrupt police officials will continue in future also." He said that over four...
08:46 PM, Mar 17, 2012
Mumbai: In a twisted irony, the Maharashtra state's stringent de-addiction policy sprang brazenly back in its face when 14 Navi Mumbai policemen were caught smuggling 500 bottles of alcohol from Goa. The cops, including an assistant inspector and two assistant sub-inspectors, have been placed under suspension pending further inquiry. The incident happened on Wednesday night when the police team, on deputation with the Reserve Bank of India, were returning from...
12:59 PM, Mar 16, 2012
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh's liquor scandal claimed more casualties on Sunday with the arrests of top police officers in Warrangal, Khammam, Adeelabad and Kurnool districts. Sources say that around two additional SPs, two deputy SPs, four inspectors from Warrangal, Khammam, Adilabad, Kurnool districts were arrested for their alleged role in the illegal liquor syndicate. Earlier, some excise officials had come under scrutiny and had been arrested for their role in the...
01:29 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Bangalore: Police officials in Bangalore are likely to wear black badges on Friday in protest against the recent brawl between lawyers and mediapersons outside a court, in which, several policemen, including a DGP, were hurt. Last week, lawyers at the City's Civil court assaulted media persons and policemen. The bar council also went against a Supreme Court directive and boycotted court proceedings - demanding the release of 4 arrested lawyers...
09:13 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Hathras: Police personnel on election duty today went on a rampage damaging vehicles and blocking road traffic after one of their colleagues was allegedly manhandled by a senior officer. Agitated over the incident, the policemen pelted stones at vehicles, blocked Aligarh-Hathras road for several hours and damaged cameras of mediapersons, officials said here. The blockade was lifted after Additional Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Shukla who allegedly manhandled the jawan...
09:55 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Raipur: Two policemen were injured when Naxals opened fire in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district on Monday night, police said. The outlaws shot at two policemen who were on their way to guard a Salwa Judum (armed vigilante camp), injuring them critically, under Konta police station, Additional Director General (Naxal operation) Ram Nivas said. When other policemen came out of the police station after hearing the gun-shots, the Naxals opened fire at...
08:39 AM, Nov 01, 2011
Raipur: Two policemen were injured in a Naxal firing in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district tonight, police said. The outlaws shot two policemen who were on their way to guard a Salwa Judum camp, injuring them critically, under Konta police station, Additional Director General (Naxal operation) Ram Nivas said. When other policemen came out of the police station after hearing the gun-shots, the Naxals opened fire at the police station, to which...
10:59 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has urged people to act as policemen and suggested initiating an anti-terror training programme that would help them to fight terrorism and protect themselves. The actor said he would be the first one to join the anti-terror training programme. His comments come in the wake of the three serial blasts that killed 17 people and injured 131 in Mumbai on Wednesday. "Each one of us...
02:13 PM, Jul 15, 2011
New Delhi: In a shocking incident of disrespect to our martyrs, the bodies of three Chhattisgarh policemen were brought to Dantewada in a Municipal garbage truck. The policemen were killed in a Maoist attack and their bodies were brought to Dantewada amid shock and criticism by families and friends. Reports say that police defended the move saying that the weather was unsuitable for air travel and no ambulance was available...
09:02 AM, Jun 29, 2011
New Delhi: Suspected naxals targeted a police party near the Chhattisgarh-Orissa border late on Monday night, killing nine policemen, including the Additional Superintendent of Chhattisgarh's Gariabandh district. Their bodies have been recovered and a hunt is on for a missing policeman. The incident took place in Amamora village in Mahasamad district of Chattisgarh. The police were conducting a search operation in the village when they were ambushed. Senior police officials...
09:32 AM, May 24, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday was told that the right to love and marriage was a part of the fundamental right to live and Kolkata policemen who allegedly acted in its violation in the Rizwanur Rahman-Priyanka Todi inter-religious marriage case should be punished. Computer graphic teacher Rizwanur, who married businessman Ashok Todi's daughter Priyanka in August 2007, was found dead on the railway tracks between Dumdum and Bidan...
08:53 PM, Feb 22, 2011
Patna: Election-bound Bihar came under a Naxal attack on Friday night, when six policemen were killed in a landmine explosion in Sheohar district. The attack comes barely 48 hours ahead of the second phase of the Assembly elections. Sheohar district goes to the polls on October 24. This is the first such incident ahead of the second phase of elections in Bihar. Additional Director-General of Police PK Thakur, said the...
07:44 AM, Oct 23, 2010
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