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TopicHaryana Police

Topic: Haryana Police

Haryana Police uses ‘leg shots’ to nab criminals in encounters, taking a leaf out of UP’s playbook

Since January last year, 18 suspects have been killed and 221 others injured in 162 encounters, a Haryana Police spokesperson said.

NIA drops human trafficking charge in US deportation case, 2 Karnal ‘agents’ get bail

Ravi Kumar and Gopal Singh were arrested in August last year by NIA, which took over the case from the Haryana Police on the order of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Haryana Police’s crackdown on ‘anti-national, anti-religion’ online content, over 1,000 posts flagged

Police have pulled down 583 social media posts, profiles in month-long drive in collaboration with MeitY. 'Objectionable' content also includes obscene content & fraudulent investment apps.

Gangsters, murders & gun culture—67 songs glorifying crime taken down in Haryana STF crackdown

Notices have been issued to the digital intermediaries hosting the songs in question. Some of the flagged songs have since been removed or geo-blocked in India.

Haryana DGP OP Singh invokes Tennyson in farewell letter to force; warns of ‘crime spike in 2026’

Unlike his predecessors who stuck to official channels, Singh, during his tenure, chose to address his force, and often the public, through letters shared on social media.

Haryana relieves Shatrujeet Singh Kapur as DGP amid shadow of IPS Puran Kumar suicide case

With Kapur’s two-month leave having ended Saturday, he is expected to join Monday as chairman of the Haryana Police Housing Corporation.

HC’s equal treatment lesson to Haryana police housing body for denying retirees medical benefits

HC ruled, ‘If financial difficulties were accepted as valid grounds to deny service benefits, it would open floodgates for organisations to escape obligations whenever convenient.’

‘PVR’ of fighting cyber crime: Haryana DGP bats for Pause, Verify, Report model to check online fraud

Three-step 'simple, musical' strategy linked with Bollywood songs is designed to prompt people to take two crucial seconds to think when a suspicious message or call hits phone.

‘Leaked charge sheet’ in bribery case linked to Haryana IPS suicide goes viral before court submission

Purported Rohtak Police charge sheet against Sushil Kumar, whose arrest in bribery case was linked to Puran Kumar’s suicide case, was signed by investigating officer 22 November.

Haryana begins process to pick new DGP. Named in IPS suicide FIR, ex-top cop on shortlist

Haryana has sent 5 senior IPS officers’ names to UPSC for consideration; Commission will assess records, seniority and professional records before finalising three candidates.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.