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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicPolice brutality

Topic: Police brutality

Back-to-back RTI revelations expose ‘police brutality’, Kerala Congress sharpens attack on LDF govt

While CCTV visuals were secured through RTI by Congress in the first case, a hotel owner took the same route in the second case that involved his two employees.

VHP & Bajrang Dal accuse Mumbai Police of brutality, call to ‘protect Hindus’

2 separate incidents have sparked outrage among VHP and Bajrang Dal members, who also took to the streets demanding suspension of the officers who 'assaulted' their workers.

‘Fake case, beaten up by police’ — UP Dalit man’s custodial death sparks violence. 2 FIRs, 30 booked

Akash Singh, a father of 2, was arrested for alleged theft of a bike. Family claims he was booked in false case. SP says no external injuries were found in medical exams.

America’s out-of-control militarised police forces are a threat to democracy

The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.

Punjab Police SIT to probe cops accused of ‘forcing lawyer to engage in unnatural act with client’

Three of six policemen booked on order of chief judicial magistrate have been arrested. SAD demands CBI probe, while lawyers’ body announces will continue strike till Friday.

Over 45,000 cops, armoured vehicles deployed & 1,300 arrested as rioting in France enters day-4

Riots in France were sparked by killing of 17-yr-old Nahel by cops at traffic stop in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, in what is being termed 'worst domestic crisis' faced by Macron.

French police arrest almost 1,000 people in fourth night of unrest

By Tassilo Hummel and Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -Riots rocked French cities for a fourth night as the government deployed 45,000 police and several armoured vehicles to tackle unrest sparked by

150 arrested in France amid unrest following police shooting of 17-year-old boy

The victim, who was of North African origin, was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.