The incident took place when the policemen went to arrest some Nihangs (Sikhs armed with traditional weapons) in Sultanpur Lodhi in a case registered against them, said a senior police official over the phone.
'Operation all-out' is an offensive launched by the security forces to flush out terrorists.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the violence in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali village, saying the incidents cannot be compared to the savagery in Manipur.
Assam's Director-General of Police (DGP) Gyanendra Pratap Singh said the threat to Sarma by the pro-Khalistan group was being taken very seriously.
Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence is having close liaison with some pro-Naxal overground organisations through banned Students Islamic Movement of India in West Bengal and helping them to instigate people against the government, a top police officer of the state said on Thursday.
Sengathir said that during the interrogation Narendra Kumar said that about two years ago, he came in contact with an account running in the name of "Poonam Bajwa" on Facebook.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has asked state Director General of Police Ashok Prasad to conduct a detailed inquiry into the suicide attack on a Central Reserve Police Forcw camp and killing of a youth in alleged firing by security forces on Wednesday.
The Congress in Kerala on Friday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) against the decision of Doordarshan to telecast the controversial movie The Kerala Story, saying it was a 'tacit effort' to divide society on religious grounds to further the electoral prospects of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
The district-level standing committee on security met under the chairmanship of deputy commissioner, Jammu Sachin Kumar Vaishya, the spokesman said.
Accusing DGP Virk of "favouring" the ruling Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal had asked the EC to transfer him ahead of the February 13 Assembly polls.
Reacting to the court order, Mohanty said he did not want to comment on the plan of action of Rajasthan police but said any move to arrest him would be beyond its legitimate powers.
It, however, asked the Delhi police to file its response on action taken in the hate speeches made here within two weeks.
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will decide "once and for all" the legal issue of whether the earlier apex court judgment laying down procedures for the appointment of the director general of police (DGP) in states will also be applicable to Delhi and other cities.
Claiming that he does not know where his son is, Mohanty said, "If I had an answer to that question, I would not be going through this kind of trauma and out family would not be suffering to such an extent."
"We searched for Mohanti at a hospital in the Buxi Bazar area and also went to DGP's office for the second time on Tuesday expecting that he would be present there. But there was no trace of him."
One person was injured in a low-intensity explosion that took place on a heritage street near the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Monday morning, close to the spot where a blast was reported on May 6, the police said.
Andhra Pradesh director general of police R Girish Kumar has appealed to the political parties and the media, specially the television channels to exercise restrain in leveling allegations of "partiality and bias" against the police officials as it can de-motivate and discourage the police officers.
A senior official attached with the Tambaram police commissionerate has been transferred and put under compulsory wait, days after the AR Rahman concert row that among others witnessed traffic snarls which even affected the movement of the Chief Minister's convoy.
A video purportedly of the incident had gone viral on social media, they said, adding that the accused has been "terminated from the service".
A curfew was imposed in Haldwani on Thursday after local residents set vehicles and a police station on fire and hurled stones, injuring more than 60 people, over the demolition of an 'illegally built' madrasa and an adjoining mosque, officials said.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday said it has arrested Jaffer Sadiq, a Tamil Nadu-based alleged dealer of narcotics, in connection with an international drugs trafficking investigation case.
After hours of uncertainty, Central Bureau of Investigation, the country's top investigation agency, finally has a new director. Reports had earlier indicated that Special Director M L Sharma, to whom Shanker had handed over the charge, would be the next chief.
As per CAT's order, which came on October 8, within four weeks state government was supposed to appoint new state DGP from amongst the three IPS officers who are senior to Roy. This period lapses on November 6, but court on Thursday gave Roy a reprieve till November 11.
The police's Crime Branch wing registered a criminal case against Thomas for penning his bare-all autobiography Sravukalkkoppam Neenthumbol (Swimming With Sharks) without seeking prior permission from the higher-ups.
The committee will be headed by IGP (administration) K Jayanta, the order said, adding that it will "submit the report at the earliest."
The Madhya Pradesh Congress filed a police complaint on Sunday, claiming that a fake letter was made viral on social media to create the impression that its senior leader Digvijaya Singh resigned after the party released the first list of its candidates for the upcoming assembly polls.
The long-pending land dispute between Bahadur Gurjar and Atar Singh Gurjar, both residents of Adda village, was being investigated by Sadar police station, Director General of Police Umesh Mishra said.
The attack was carried out at the directions of an intelligence agency of the neighbouring country, director general of police Gaurav Yadav said pointing to Pakistan.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij Monday said the probe into the killing of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)'s state unit chief Nafe Singh Rathee will be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation even as 12 people including a former MLA were booked in connection with the murder.
The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday removed former Director General of Police (DGP) Swaraj Puri, who had played a key role in the release of the former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson, from the state-run Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA).
Gogamedi, the chief of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, was shot dead in Jaipur on Tuesday by unidentified bike-borne criminals.
Police said 34-year-old Rajesh's left hand was chopped off in the attack which took place around 9 pm on Saturday night.
This is perhaps for the first time the CBI raided a serving police chief of a state.
Khalistani separatist Lakhbir Singh alias 'Rode', a designated terrorist under the Indian law, has died recently in Pakistan, where he had taken refuge after his uncle Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale was killed in 1984 during an army action, officials said on Tuesday.
Among the distressed crowd at the venue were senior citizens, including women who had actively participated in the morning prayers.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said it would not allow the petitioners, who had referred to statements given by Gupta to the media for seeking his removal, to cast aspersions on the member of inquiry commission.
The picture of the woman home guard with amputated legs sent shock waves across the state with Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) taking suo motu cognisance of the matter and directing the Director General of Police (DGP) to inquire into the matter and submit a report by September 15.
Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy cleared SSP Yadav's name for the top post in the Andhra Pradesh Police a day before the superannuation of Basith. Yadav supersedes two of his own batch mates from the 1972 batch of the Indian Police Service -- P V Naidu and M L Kumawat.
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