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Sunday, October 12, 2025
TopicUttar Pradesh Police

Topic: Uttar Pradesh Police

Govt fence-sitting on CAA, UP Police gives orders and Akhilesh Yadav’s declaration

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Police brutality videos need verification’ — UP DGP says CAA protesters used illegal arms

In an interview to ThePrint, UP Police chief Om Prakash Singh says any illegal act by policemen is condemnable. He confirms one death due to police firing during CAA protests.

‘Kamlesh Tiwari killers planned it on social media, got cold feet & took anti-anxiety pills’

So far, six men have been arrested for Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder on 18 October — including prime suspects Ashfaq Hussain and Moinuddin Khurshid Pathan.

Day after murder of Kamlesh Tiwari, who wanted to build Godse temples, 3 held in Gujarat

2 murderers identified but are still at large. UP Police says arrested accused Maulana Sheikh Salim, Faizan, & Rashid Pathan were the masterminds.

CBI books BJP’s Kuldeep Sengar, 10 others under murder charges in Unnao accident case

The CBI took over the investigation from the Uttar Pradesh Police Tuesday with whom the Unnao rape survivor's family filed a complaint alleging conspiracy behind the accident.

Less than 10% of people in UP & Punjab are satisfied with their police force

According to a Common Cause-CSDS report, just 8% of people in UP and 9% in Punjab find performance and perception if police satisfactory. Himachal & Haryana top the list with 71%.

UP encounters: ‘Grabbed in front of dad’, killed & the ‘crime of being a low caste crook’

In notorious Azamgarh, the story is the same as the rest of UP. Only here, families allege that caste decides who dies, even if he is a petty criminal.

On Camera

Zubeen Garg saga is resembling Sushant Singh Rajput. Did we not learn our lesson?

Oceans sit between the Assamese singer and the Bollywood actor. But what their deaths reveal is a study in human behaviour as performed in the public sphere.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

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

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.