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TopicJammu & Kashmir police

Topic: Jammu & Kashmir police

Constable’s custodial torture: How SC punctured J&K Police ‘cover-up’, pulled up HC for ‘grave error’

Ordering UT of J&K to pay Rs 50 lakh as compensation to constable Khursheed Ahmad Chohan, SC termed conduct of police dept as ‘institutional malice of the highest order’.

Indian govt doesn’t trust Jammu & Kashmir police—neither do Kashmiri Muslims

In 'Policing and Violence in India', editors Deana Heath and Jinee Lokaneeta explore police violence and the colonial interests that shaped modern law enforcement in the country.

Poonch killing of Indian soldiers shows jihad will increase India-Pakistan war risk

There have been dozens of terrorist attacks in Jammu & Kashmir's Pir Panjal since 2021. It shows how unstable the peace on the Line of Control is.

‘Bulletproof car, PMO visiting card, US PhD’: How Gujarat ‘conman’ duped J&K officials for 4 months

Claiming to be 'additional director' in PMO, Kiran Patel allegedly visited sensitive areas near LoC with Z-plus security. He was arrested in Srinagar while on his 4th visit since Nov 2022.

‘Won’t blame cops, govt’: Pandits say J&K Police ‘made them sign undertaking’ on lack of security

The undertaking says police will not be held responsible for security of Pandits. J&K Police deny that people are under pressure to sign it.

Kashmir journalist spends 80 days in jail, family alleges illegal detention

Police claim Aasif Sultan had helped militants involved in 12 August Batamaloo attack near Srinagar & chargesheet will be filed in 2 weeks.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

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.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

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.