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Monday, August 11, 2025
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Topic: UP Police

Can’t use RTI to know the reason you were rejected, UP Police tells constable aspirants

Over 15 lakh candidates had applied for the 28,915 vacancies announced by the UP Police Recruitment and Promotion Board in 2015.

NHRC issues notice to UP chief secretary, DGP over encounter killings

NHRC orders the constitution of an investigating team of five members comprising one SSP, two deputy SPs and two inspectors

After Unnao teen’s father was thrashed, doctor discharged him, said he was fit for custody

Doctor did not do a full check-up, discharged him with minor first aid. DM calls it lapse and admits he could’ve been saved, family says it’s a conspiracy.

UP encounters: Killed at 11 pm but watch shows 7; another shot dead after 7 years in jail

Since Yogi govt began its 'encounter drive', the district has seen 7 killings. In every case, accomplices of the gangster escaped through sugarcane fields.

Encounters in UP: Man who went to ‘surrender’ killed, mother who heard cops ‘finish’ son

Four of the six encounters in Shamli district since July 2017 feature discrepancies, unexplained injuries, and allegations of torture and political vendetta.

In Yogi’s ‘encounter Pradesh’ dead gangsters tell tales of torture and fishy bullet wounds

Since the BJP government took over in March last year, 39 alleged gangsters have been killed in encounters. None of them was on the ‘most wanted’ list.

Not encounters, Yogi Adityanath needs to fix the rotten core of the UP police system

By adhering to rules written in 1861, Uttar Pradesh is trying to handle cities through old school rural policing deployments. It just won’t work.

UP IPS officer draws flak for Ram mandir pledge, claims ‘misinterpretation’

Viral video shows Home Guards DG Surya Kumar taking a pledge to build the Ram temple, top cops criticise him for making and defending ‘political’ statement.

On Camera

Rahul’s ‘vote chori’ attack on EC is a political dead-end. He still has a point

The ECI needs to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s accusations professionally and transparently. Else, it will end up giving him the ammunition he is desperately seeking.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.