Last time a similar incident took place was in 1988 when then deputy commissioner of Delhi Police Kiran Bedi had staunchly defended police lathi-charge on lawyers.
Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi has nothing to do with the Delhi Police-versus-lawyers incident, but her face was used prominently in the protests by police personnel.
Delhi Police personnel on unprecedented protest Tuesday against incidents of assault by lawyers say “something must have gone extremely wrong” if the protectors want protection.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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