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TopicMaharashtra Police

Topic: Maharashtra Police

SC gives states a deadline to frame media briefing policy for police. It all started with a 1999 plea

Expressing its dissatisfaction with the slow progress made, the SC has set the standard for framing the policy—a 61-page manual prepared by Amicus Curiae Gopal Sankaranarayanan.

Appealed to 3 CMs, then laid down arms. Maoists’ zonal committee member surrenders in Maharashtra

Vikas Nagpure alias Anant was a special zonal committee member of Maharashtra–Madhya Pradesh–Chhattisgarh zone & its spokesperson for the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).

Aadhaar card in name of Donald Trump—Rohit Pawar terms sections invoked in FIR ‘laughable’

Pawar, the NCP (SP) MLA from Karjat-Jamkhed constituency, termed sections invoked in FIR lodged by Maharashtra Cyber Police ‘laughable’.

Educated, tech savvy & in running to lead Maoists. Why Mallojula Venugopal Rao surrender matters

Belonging to Telangana's Karimnagar district, he is one of most educated & technologically competent among contenders for top post. Maoist leader faces 26 cases in three states.

Maharashtra Police places order for US-made sniper rifles even as MHA recommends ‘Make in India’

New Delhi: The Maharashtra Police placed an order last week for 15 US-made Barrett Multi-role Adaptive Design (MRAD) sniper rifles and related accessories worth...

SC slams Maharashtra cops, orders SIT in Akola riots witness assault. What it said on ‘bias in uniform’

SIT to comprise policemen from both Hindu & Muslim communities, rules top court. Order came on plea of 17-yr-old, who witnessed a murder & was assaulted, said police didn’t register FIR.

What Panvel court said while handing life sentence to decorated cop for murder of lady cop

Abhay Kurundkar received the President’s medal for meritorious service on Republic Day, 2017, after the murder of woman inspector Ashwini Bidre-Gore.

Woman with US passport found chained to tree in Maharashtra jungle, shifted to Goa for treatment

A shepherd heard the woman's cries & alerted police. Aadhaar card with Tamil Nadu address & note mentioning 'former husband' also found in her possession.

‘Upright’, 26/11 hero & expert from terror to financial fraud: Who is Sadanand Date, new chief of NIA

From battling terrorists in Mumbai to cracking high-profile cases like Telgi scam and the Shakti Mills gangrape, IPS officer Date is known among his colleagues as an ‘all-rounder’.

Clicking photos of police station doesn’t violate Official Secrets Act: Bombay High Court

Solapur man was booked under Official Secrets Act for clicking photo of police station. HC said cops invoking section 3 of OSA without ‘application of mind’ is a ‘serious concern’.

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Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

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.

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

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.