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TopicMaharashtra Police

Topic: Maharashtra Police

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’.

9 killed, 3 critically injured in blast at explosives factory in Nagpur

Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis tweeted about the accident and said the state government will provide an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the families of the deceased in the blast.

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’.

From Param Bir to Sanjay Pandey — the sorry story of the ‘rot’ in Maharashtra Police

2 outgoing Mumbai Police chiefs — Param Bir Singh & Sanjay Pandey — ADG-rank officer Rashmi Shukla & deputy commissioner Saurabh Tripathi, are among officers being probed for offences.

Maharashtra police summons Nupur Sharma on 22 June over derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad

An FIR has been registered against the former BJP spokesperson in the state following her controversial comments during a television debate.

Will not allow communal disharmony, says Maharashtra police on Raj Thackeray’s loudspeaker threat

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief has threatened to protest outside mosques from 4 May if loudspeakers were not taken down.

Anvay Naik case not ‘double suicide’, designer killed mother, then hanged self — Police

Raigad Police have said in their charge sheet in the Anvay Naik suicide case that he had 'signalled' to Arnab, 2 others about his suicide intention.

Maharashtra Police file charge sheet against Arnab Goswami in abetment to suicide case

The charge sheet was filed before a court in Alibaug in Raigad district, where the case for alleged abetment to suicide of Anvay Naik and his mother has been registered.

On Camera

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?