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Sunday, February 22, 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Outdated hierarchy, horse & saddlery allowance — SC pulls up Haryana, Punjab police for British-era rules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.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.