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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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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.