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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicPolice rules

Topic: police rules

How HC cracked down on Haryana Police’s ‘habit of backdoor mercy’ for convicted personnel

Punjab & Haryana HC junked a constable’s plea to convert dismissal to retirement, and in another case, held that state home department and secretary enjoyed overriding powers over DGP.

SC urges states & UTs to ensure history sheets don’t name innocents, directs periodic audits

SC bench was hearing an appeal filed by AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan challenging the history sheet opened by Delhi Police against him that contains details of his minor children & wife.

Outdated hierarchy, horse & saddlery allowance — SC pulls up Haryana, Punjab police for British-era rules

The Punjab Police Rules, 1934 — in two volumes, the first of 362 pages and the second of 191 pages — are still followed in both Punjab and Haryana, with some amendments.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

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.