Chennai, May 28 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Police’s newly constituted Singappen Special Task Force, launched by the TVK government as a dedicated women’s safety wing, is set to receive a distinctive identity with a specially designed uniform and exclusive regimental insignia. Police sources said the personnel attached to the elite unit are likely to wear navy blue shirts paired with khaki trousers, setting them apart from regular police units across the state.The uniform will also feature a newly…
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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…
Chennai, May 21 (IANS) Inspector General of Police (IGP) K. Bhavaneeswari has been appointed to head the newly created ‘Singappen’ Special Task Force (STF), as the Tamil Nadu government moves to strengthen women’s safety and enhance public security infrastructure across the state.The establishment of the specialised force forms part of the government’s broader strategy to improve women’s safety through preventive policing, enhanced surveillance and rapid response mechanisms.The initiat…
Agartala, May 18 (IANS) Fifteen people, including several police personnel and a Health Department employee, have been detained after a viral video showed a woman displaying a huge amount of cash at her residence in Tripura’s Dhalai district, officials said. A major sensation erupted in the state on Sunday after the video surfaced on social media, showing bundles of cash suspected to be worth several crores of rupees at a house in Bhatkhowri area under Salema police station in Dhalai district.Po…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a fresh probe into the alleged rape and murder of a four-year-old child in Uttar Pradesh, observing that the “diabolical nature of the offence” and the apprehensions expressed by the victim’s family warranted intervention by senior authorities.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant directed the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) to cons…
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) With just five days remaining for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the state government to transfer senior IPS officer K.A. Senthil Velan from his post as Inspector General of Police (Intelligence) and appoint Avinash Kumar in his place with immediate effect.In an order issued on Sunday, the ECI instructed that Avinash Kumar, a 2004-batch IPS officer, be posted as the new IG (Intelligence), underscoring the need for a…
Dublin, April 2 (IANS) Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, expressed grave concerns over the relentless harassment and criminalisation of women’s rights activists and Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Sabiha Baloch and her family by the Pakistani authorities, alongside the ongoing targeting of the other BYC members.Calling for an immediate end to such measures, she stressed that the actions appear to be linked to the human rights organisation’s peac…
Quetta, March 19 (IANS) The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Thursday strongly condemned what it described as the “baseless, politically motivated allegations” against the organisation and its central leader, Sabiha Baloch, asserting it has always been a peaceful movement, consistently advocating for human rights in Balochistan.The BYC said that Balochistan’s Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti and the Inspector General of Police, during a press conference on Wednesday, presented Farzana Zehri…
Colombo, March 6 (IANS) The appointment of a junior police officer from Pakistan’s Punjab province as Inspector General of Police (IGP) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has triggered unrest within the local police force, with six senior officers questioning the decision on grounds of seniority, merit, and institutional morale, a report said on Friday. It added that Liaqat Ali Malik was serving as a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Establishment in the Punjab Police and was “a Basic Pay Scale (…
Raipur/Bijapur, Feb 7 (IANS) In a major boost to Chhattisgarh’s ongoing anti-Naxal operations, 30 Maoist cadres from the South Sub-Zone surrendered before security forces in Bijapur on Saturday, coinciding with President Draupadi Murmu’s visit to Bastar. The event marks a significant milestone in the state’s rehabilitation and surrender policy, symbolising a shift from violence to peace and mainstream integration.The surrendered cadres, comprising 20 women and 10 men, laid down their armed str…