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Sikhs trained in kung fu — British India’s secret weapon to deal with Shanghai’s gangsters

+TFP Praveen Swami -
Hong Kong’s Sikh police 'acquired a reputation amongst the British officers for their loyalty and martial prowess in service to the Empire'. This led to Shanghai seeking them out.

Jaipur bombing acquittal shows chinks in India’s criminal justice system. It has consequences

Praveen Swami -
Comedic investigation in Jaipur blast case fuels conspiracy that law enforcement uses terrorism as a pretext to persecute innocent victims.

SHO Anita Chauhan’s 10-min call that stopped Ghaziabad man’s Facebook Live suicide

Sagrika Kissu -
The SHO office at Vijay Nagar police station turned into a therapist's office Thursday night.

For SMART police, India needs to train constables in law, forensics, tech. Not just their bodies

Sanjeev Chopra -
For long, ‘order’ took precedence over ‘law’ in India. It’s time to select the right constables.

‘My career will be finished’—The story of Bihar’s first IPS woman officer

Manjari Jaruhar -
In 'Madam Sir', Manjari Jaruhar writes about becoming the first woman from Bihar to join the country's elite police cadre.

In Modi-Shah’s push for ‘One India’ and CBI, ED—state police suffering

Julio Ribeiro -
It’s not just NCB, ED, CBI and NIA, the BJP even ropes in CRPF and CISF personnel when it feels threatened in Opposition-ruled states.

Himachal police is singing, recruiting, bringing revenue. It’s called Harmony of the Pines

+TFP Shubhangi Misra -
With lakhs of followers on social media, including the biggest names in Bollywood, the 17-member Himachal Pradesh Police Orchestra is on its way to becoming a global phenomenon.

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

+TFP Nidhima Taneja -
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.

Rags to riches — an IPS officer’s journey from police to youth icon

ThePrint Team -
Published by HarperCollins India, ‘Win All Your Battle’ by Vishwas Nangre Patil will be released on 14 July on ThePrint’s SoftCover.

Only 10.5% of cops in India are women & 1 in 3 police stations has CCTV, finds report

Bismee Taskin -
India Justice Report, compiled by groups working towards reform of the justice sector, says it will take 33 yrs for India’s police force to achieve 33% women representation.
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Opinion

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

Arvind Kumar -
With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

India is unprepared for its demographic shift — elderly outnumbering children

India can’t achieve strategic autonomy by chasing GDP stats. Break away from Western influence

Economy

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

Sampurna Panigrahi -
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

Defence

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

National Interest

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Shekhar Gupta -
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.

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