Lucknow, June 26 (IANS) A Rs 50,000 reward-carrying accused was killed in a police encounter in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district early on Friday, while his accomplice escaped under cover of darkness. A police sub-inspector was also injured by a gunshot during the exchange of fire, officials said. According to the Uttar Pradesh Police, the encounter took place near a tubewell close to the Khandrawali Culvert under the jurisdiction of Kandhla Police Station during a joint operation carried out by t…
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Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (IANS) The first major reshuffle of the Kerala Police leadership after the Pinarayi Vijayan government was replaced by the V.D. Satheesan-led government has brought sweeping changes at the top, with several officers who had been kept away from crucial assignments during the previous regime returning to key positions. This reshuffle was expected after Satheesan and Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala had met the other day.In one of the biggest shake-ups in recent years, a…
Shillong, May 21 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday stressed the need for outcome-oriented, technology-driven and citizen-centric policing, saying that the real measure of success for the police force lies not in recruitment numbers or infrastructure expansion, but in improved public safety and reduction in crime. Addressing the Senior Superintendents of Police and Commandants of Police (SSP–COs) Conference 2026 at the Tree House in West Garo Hills district, Chief Min…
Jammu, May 21 (IANS) Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Rajouri-Poonch range in Jammu and Kashmir, Sandeep Wazir, on Thursday, chaired a high-level meeting to review security, cybercrime and modern policing.Police said a comprehensive DGP/IGP Conference was organised at the District Police Office, Poonch, under the chairmanship of Sandeep Wazir.The conference was attended by Shafket Hussain, SSP Poonch; Additional SP (ops) Poonch; all supervisory officers, Station House Officers and other…
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) A CBI team has raided the Punjab Vigilance Bureau office in Mohali, near here, and detained its Director S.S. Chauhan’s reader over bribery charges of Rs 25 lakh. The raid, which began late Monday evening, is still on, and the Vigilance office has been sealed.Sources said the CBI first raided a five-star hotel in Chandigarh where Inspector O.P. Rana, reader to the vigilance chief, along with “middleman” Raghav Goel, were striking a deal with a complainant. The Rs …
Bhopal, March 22 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Sunday removed Sidhi Collector Swarochit Somvanshi and Guna Superintendent of Police (SP) Ankit Soni with immediate effect in two separate cases, while ordering action against several other officials.Guna SP Ankit Soni was removed from his post following a hawala-related controversy. In the case, police had reportedly seized around Rs 1 crore from a trader’s vehicle but allegedly returned a portion of the money after acceptin…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) The West Bengal Government on Monday announced a massive reshuffle in the state police ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.According to a notification issued by the West Bengal Police Directorate, as many as 26 senior police officials, both of the Indian Police Service (IPS) and West Bengal Police Service (WBPS), have been shifted.However, the maximum of the transferred officials — 23 — are of the IPS, while the remaining are of the state police service.Three of the …
Gandhinagar, Dec 25 (IANS) Calling the fight against narcotics a long-term battle rather than a short-term drive, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said that seizing drugs in Gujarat is “not a campaign but a war” aimed at protecting not only the youth but also families from the menace of drugs in the future. Addressing the concluding ceremony of the two-day state-level Crime Conference in Gandhinagar, Sanghavi congratulated the Gujarat Police for their sustained and strict action against …