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Haryana relieves Shatrujeet Singh Kapur as DGP amid shadow of IPS Puran Kumar suicide case

With Kapur’s two-month leave having ended Saturday, he is expected to join Monday as chairman of the Haryana Police Housing Corporation.

‘Leaked charge sheet’ in bribery case linked to Haryana IPS suicide goes viral before court submission

Purported Rohtak Police charge sheet against Sushil Kumar, whose arrest in bribery case was linked to Puran Kumar’s suicide case, was signed by investigating officer 22 November.

Haryana Police confronts caste beneath the khaki — divide out in the open for the first time

Retired bureaucrats from Dalit community say IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s experiences weren’t different from their own, whether it's untouchability, slurs, or humiliation over quota.

If my friend betrays someone, I feel ashamed—new DGP’s cryptic couplet for Haryana Police amid suicides

New DGP, who took charge after Shatrujeet Kapur was sent on leave following alleged suicide by IPS officer Puran Kumar, urges personnel to promote equality.

Haryana IPS officer’s case takes murky turn. ASI found dead, ‘final video’ alleges corruption

ASI Sandeep Kumar allegedly died by suicide Tuesday. In the ‘final video’, IPS officer Y Puran Kumar and his IAS officer wife have been implicated in a corruption case.

IPS officer Puran Kumar’s ‘suicide’: Haryana DGP sent on leave; no decision on postmortem yet

Kumar’s family has been demanding the arrest of DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and the now-transferred Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya.

6 days after Haryana IPS officer’s ‘suicide’, body still in mortuary. Family seeks accused DGP’s arrest

Family has rejected govt’s offer to send DGP Kapur, who the officer accused of harassing him, on short leave. They want his & now-transferred Rohtak SP Bijarniya’s arrest. 

Chandigarh Police amend FIR in IPS officer ‘suicide’ case, invoke SC/ST Act section carrying life term

IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s IAS wife Amneet P Kumar had given representation to Chandigarh SSP, flagging 2 ‘irregularities’ in FIR, including a milder SC/ST Act section.

Sonia Gandhi writes to IPS Y Puran Kumar’s wife as Opposition turns up the heat on BJP government

‘Y Puran Kumar’s passing reminds us that even today, officers committed to integrity and social justice face unjust challenges from those in power,’ Gandhi wrote in her letter.

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Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

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.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.