Implementing a promise made in its election manifesto, Madhya Pradesh’s Congress government granted compulsory weekly offs to all policemen on Thursday, January 3. It was a first weekly off for hundreds of policemen who up until now, used to work seven days a week, all year round. The police personnel were earlier[Read More…]
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UP to begin process to recruit 56,808 policemen on Nov 1
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government will start on November 1 the process to recruit 56,808 people in the state police, officials said on Thursday. The government will announce the results of the three-phase recruitment process in June 2019, Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar and Director General of Police O.P. Singh[Read More…]
Haryana CM Khattar urges new police recruits to watch Newton
Haryana chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, has reportedly urged nearly 5,000 newly-recruited policemen of the state to watch ‘Newton’, that has recently been nominated for the Oscars. The reason behind the move is to motivate the policemen to perform their duties honestly. ‘Newton’ is a story of a government clerk,[Read More…]
Bhopal: Bajrang Dal cadre invades police station, frees leader from police custody
A shocking incident took place on Saturday in Bhopal, when scores of Bajrang Dal workers forcibly made their way into a police station and freed their leader who had been in the custody of police for misbehaving with a local police officer. Despite heavy police presence, the staff at the[Read More…]
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha activists throw bombs agitating against Bengali imposition
On Thursday, in Darjeeling, agitated Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists burned at least four police vehicles and threw stones at policemen who heaved tear-gas shells to disperse them. Notably, there will be 12-hour bandh observed in the district tomorrow. Soon as CM Mamata Banerjee came out of the Raj Bhawan,[Read More…]
Death of Dalit in police custody sparks protests in Uttar Pradesh
15 police officers have been suspended after a 25-year-old Dalit man was found dead under suspicious circumstances while in police custody. One of the officers is facing murder charges. The incident sparked violent protests in the Chakeri area, Uttar Pradesh, after his family alleged he was tortured to death. “A[Read More…]