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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
TopicWomen police officers

Topic: Women police officers

From gym reels to selfies in uniform, India’s women cops are bringing khaki swag to social media

A glance at women police personnel's social media reveals a mix of content—humorous commentary, bike rides, and snippets from their personal lives.

Just 8% of country’s police officers are women, 12% in IPS, finds India Justice Report 2025

Breakdown of numbers show 52% are sub-inspector, 25% ASIs & 13% constables. Similiar scenario in judiciary as 38% of judges in the lower judiciary are women, 14% at HCs.

‘Felt like a spy’ — an undercover Indore policewoman busts ‘ragging gang’ at medical college

Constable Shalini Chauhan, 25, posed as a student at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College for 2 months to identify perpetrators & victims. Eleven arrests have been made.

A day out with tejaswinis — how Delhi’s all-women team of beat cops fights crime & misogyny

No longer stuck behind a desk, North-West Delhi’s female beat cops prove that field duty is not just a man’s job.

Women’s help desks boost cops’ response to gender violence, finds study of Indian police stations

Sensitisation of both male & female officers is vital to addressing gender-based violence, says study by researchers from Oxford & Virginia universities, published in Science.

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

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.

Modi’s Mann ki Baat spoke of more women in police. Challenge is to make them feel they belong

More women would mean a curb on malpractices such as third degree and custodial violence. Their sizeable numbers would go a long way towards improving police image in society.

Only 3-4% of Indian police personnel are Muslim, study finds

Indian police force doesn’t adequately represent either women or SC/ST/OBCs, a new study by Tata Trusts claims.

Media portrayal of women officers unrealistic, causes wrong perception: IPS Rema Rajeshwari

At ThePrint's Democracy Wall event in Hyderabad, Rema Rajeshwari stressed the need for states to provide affirmative action to encourage women to join IPS.

Young women police officers don’t want to be posted at Sabarimala and offend Ayyappa

Kerala is bracing for a showdown at Sabarimala Wednesday when several young women expected to visit the temple as many others get ready to resist the move.

On Camera

New Delhi prefers to look at Manipur as a horizontal problem, not vertical

‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.

RBI opens door to urban co-op bank licences after 2 decades. But high capital bar may shut most out

Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.