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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Topic: Police officers

Manipur police officer ambushed, shot dead by suspected Kuki insurgents in Moreh

Chingtham Anand Kumar was shot on the back by a sniper, police fired back at the attackers and a combing operation has been launched, it is learnt.

In Bengal, cops & central agencies play chor-police, trade FIRs — ‘pawns in politics’

State police and central agencies have traded FIRs on murder, criminal conspiracy, and more in last few weeks. Experts blame ‘political control’, warn it’s weakening the steel frame.

Rajender Singh, Delhi supercop who caught ‘superthief’ Bunty, on his greatest hits & a few misses

Known for work on high-profile cases including 2012 Delhi gang-rape, former ACP opens up on his career, what it takes to crack a case — and what he thinks of Shraddha Walkar probe.

28 posts, 78 DGs & ADGs in UP — why experts are calling top-heavy IPS ‘worst-managed cadre’

Both central and state police agencies suffer from acute crunch of mid-level officers like IGs, DIGs, and SPs. But states, especially UP, have more top-ranked officers than they need.

How Congress is trying to get Himachal DGP who’s ‘close to CM’ transferred before polls

Himachal DGP Sanjay Kundu has come under fire from Congress over 'lack of neutrality' & a police recruitment paper leak 'scam'. EC has asked state govt for report, it is learnt.

An Unlikely Police Chief—Ex-DGP BL Vohra’s new book raises key questions on policing in India

Journalist Vijay Kranti, who grew up with Vohra in refugee camps, summed up the latter’s journey: ’He grew up from the son of Bharatnagar to the son of Bharat’.

Gone are Singham & Chulbul Pandey – On Netflix, Amazon, cops are less masala, more material

From She to Paatal Lok and Delhi Crime, police officers on OTT are much more than their uniform. They are ordinary people, who just happen to be cops.

Viral video of Muslim man and woman beating police officer with slippers is from 2018

A 25-second video has been doing the rounds on social media with the claim that a Muslim man and woman beat a police officer in Bareilly for issuing them a fine.

Former IPS officer’s tell-all memoir unveils ‘real-life Singham’ behind the khaki uniform

Published by Bloomsbury, 'Stepping Beyond Khaki : Revelations of a Real-Life Singham' by K. Annamalai is due to be released on 25 January on ThePrint's SoftCover.

Covid lockdown shows Indian police isn’t all brutal. Some officers can sing for us, feed poor

India’s police officers are more feared and hardly trusted by common citizens. But coronavirus lockdown has brought out a less seen, compassionate side of them.

On Camera

A Donald Trump presidency threatens Indian economy. Just see his record

The chances of a trade war that raise inflation and reduce India’s economic growth are much higher under a Trump presidency.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.