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Topic: UP Police

Sambhal violence case: Allahabad HC stays CJM’s order for FIR against UP police officers

Court also ordered Yameen, the father who had accused the ASP Anuj Chaudhary and other police personnel of firing at his son, 14 days to file his counter to the policemen’s plea.

Sambhal violence: UP govt challenges CJM order for FIR against cops, says he ‘ignored BNSS procedure’

The CJM, who was transferred in January—his 3rd transfer in less than a year—had directed an FIR against policemen after one of them allegedly fired at stall-owner during Sambhal violence.

Why UP top cop Prashant Kumar didn’t live in his 7-acre DGP house. ‘Aadat bigad jaati hai’

In 'The Enforcer', Anirudhya Mitra traces former UP DGP Prashant Kumar's journey through shifting governments, countless operations, and public scrutiny.

In police net after 8-month hunt, UP postmaster who ’embezzled’ Rs 2.7 crore for fantasy cricket

Department says the 'embezzled' money involved government funds and it will not impact the deposits of ordinary customers.

Landmark HC order barring public caste identifiers & how UP will implement it, from FIRs to signboards

A UP govt notification, in response to an Allahabad HC order to end caste discrimination, sought the removal of caste identifiers from police records & vehicles.

Driven by ‘domestic stress’ over birth of 3rd daughter, UP woman ‘kills’ newborn with sedatives, held

According to police, the woman was suffering from mental stress over the fact that she already had two daughters. She ‘confessed’ about murder to husband.

UP woman constable accuses sub-inspector of rape, blackmail, assault over last 2 years, FIR lodged

Constable has alleged that in first instance, Ravikant Goswami raped her at a farmhouse after giving her intoxicants, while he & his friend later assaulted her together in Moradabad.

UP’s Chhangur Baba: How ‘healer’ with 6 toes became conversion syndicate ‘kingpin’ with Rs 60 cr in banks

Balrampur/Lucknow: The sight of a man, riding a bicycle, carrying rings and other religious paraphernalia, was not unusual 15 years ago. But the fact...

SP MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq among 23 named in over 1,000-page chargesheet in Sambhal violence case

Zafar Ali, head of the Shahi Jama Masjid committee, also named in the chargesheet. He was arrested in March. Suhail Iqbal, son of SP MLA, has not been named as SIT concludes its probe.

Outgoing DGP Prashant Kumar credits Yogi for ‘free hand’ to deal with mafias, says ‘Op Conviction now on’

In an interview with ThePrint, the UP CM's ‘favourite’ cop—retiring on 31 May—talks about organising Maha Kumbh, UP’s anti-conversion law, Triple Talaq Bill, encounters & bulldozer action.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

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.