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Feb 08, 2021 08:31 AM IST A 2019 report by Common Cause found that a third of policemen had experienced political pressure while investigating a crime and two thirds felt that the cost of incurring the wrath of the political masters was transfer
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Nov 20, 2020 05:48 PM IST As a Delhi woman cop gets out-of-turn promotion for her heroics in tracing missing children, here’s what numbers at the national level reveal: More than 73,000 children were reported to be missing across India in 2019, or 200 every day on an average. Positively, more than 71,000 children (including those reported missing from the previous years) were traced/recovered in 2019.
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Oct 11, 2020 09:41 PM IST A Badin police spokesperson said that the suspect was arrested within a few hours of receiving the complaint
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Aug 01, 2020 09:50 AM IST Proceedings were launched against eight builders and their properties attached under Section 14 of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act
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Jun 07, 2020 10:29 AM IST A predominant part of Kerala’s revenue comes from the sale of alcohol, but the State and society have an uneasy relationship with its tipplers
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May 31, 2020 01:13 PM IST The protests, which began in Minneapolis following Floyd's death Monday after a police officer pressed a knee on his neck until he stopped breathing, have left parts of the city a grid of broken windows
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May 28, 2020 11:15 AM IST "A major incident of a vehicle borne #IED blast is averted by the timely input and action by Pulwama Police, CRPF and Army," the Kashmir zone police wrote on its Twitter handle.
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May 27, 2020 06:05 PM IST In addition to the 12 deaths, three people held on various charges lost their lives in police custody during the lockdown
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May 27, 2020 09:24 AM IST At least 12 police personnel and a journalist were injured when a mob indulged in stone-pelting in the steel city of Rourkela on Tuesday, demanding withdrawal of containment tag from some areas.
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May 07, 2020 07:49 AM IST Hundreds of Indian police have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent days, raising alarm among an over-stretched force as it attempts to enforce the world's largest lockdown to contain the pandemic.
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May 03, 2020 07:27 PM IST In a communication to all states and UTs, the MHA said the police chiefs may consider the option of 'work from home' for personnel not deployed on the frontline, and wherever feasible.
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Apr 27, 2020 06:43 AM IST Police said the officers were responding to a call about reports of gunfire when they were shot. At a news conference Sunday evening, the police chief said the slain officer was a 21-year law enforcement veteran and that the wounded colleague had seven years of police work, according to WBRZ-TV. The chief did not identify the officers.
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Apr 19, 2020 07:50 PM IST Himachal Pradesh police chief Sita Ram Mardi on Sunday said interstate and inter-district movement in the state during the lockdown will remain suspended after April 20.
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Mar 31, 2020 10:46 AM IST Fifteen years later, States have still not complied with the Supreme Court directions on police reforms. Consequently, accountability is a concept that is almost alien to law enforcement in India.
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Mar 30, 2020 06:22 PM IST The Rajgarh police lauded constable Digvijay Sharma's commitment towards work and advised him rest for a few days as his legs got sore muscles after travelling long hours on foot.
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Mar 30, 2020 04:18 PM IST When this pandemic has gone, this migrant crisis must be studied to understand the flaws, so that similar mistakes are never repeated, and the State is more sensitive towards problems the unorganised sector faces.
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Feb 20, 2020 08:18 AM IST Heavily armed police sealed off two streets in the city of Hanau where ambulances had rushed. A police helicopter hovered over the city, east of the financial hub Frankfurt.
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Feb 19, 2020 11:19 AM IST The notices were issued after reports from the police, UIDAI said.
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Feb 17, 2020 12:22 PM IST The announcement was made as part of the Governor Vajubhai Vala’s speech to the joint sitting of the Legislative Assembly and the Council
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Jan 31, 2020 08:10 AM IST Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi told reporters the children "the accused was killed and the 23 children were rescued safely"
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Jan 12, 2020 10:32 AM IST Officials said that the police officer is alleged to have been ferrying the militants from Shopian area, possibly out of the Valley
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Dec 16, 2019 04:55 PM IST An FIR is the written confirmation of police records on the basis of which the investigation and the arrests take place.
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Dec 15, 2019 10:11 AM IST The university administration said those who indulged in violence and clashed with police on December 13 were "outsiders" and not students.
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Dec 11, 2019 03:01 PM IST What the intense focus on a few cases out of the tens of thousands of rapes across India every year (32,599 reported cases in 2017) obscures is that sexual assault is a pervasive and persistent pandemic that is not going to disappear thanks to the death penalty or ‘encounters’.
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Nov 29, 2019 11:12 AM IST The burnt body of P Priyanka Reddy, working as an assistant veterinarian at a state-run hospital, was noticed by some passers-by who alerted police.