Nine candidates, including three women, from Jammu and Kashmir have qualified the prestigious UPSC Civil Service examination, the results of which were declared on Saturday.
The special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Monday gave bail to suspended Indian Police Service officer G L Singhal and three other Gujarat police officers arrested by the CBI in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. Bail was granted as CBI failed to file a chargesheet against them within the mandatory 90 days from arrest.
The CBI recently filed an FIR against Wankhede for allegedly seeking Rs 25 crore bribe for not framing the SRK's son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case.
The New Year in Uttar Pradesh dawns the advent of the state's first Muslim director general of police, with chief minister Akhilesh Yadav naming 1978 batch Indian Police Service officer Rizwan Ahmed as the new police chief.
Senior Indian Police Service officer Ranjit Sinha on Monday took over as the new Central Bureau of Investigation director and said he would lay special emphasis on addressing delays in execution of Letters Rogatory and improving forensic capabilities of the agency.
The orders suspending DIG (Border Range) Vanzara and Superintendent of Police Rajkumar Pandiyan of the state intelligence wing were issued on Saturday, sources in the state home department said in Ahmedabad.
A total of 244 women officers are being considered for promotion against 108 vacancies, in various arms and services of the Indian Army, by a selection board, sources said on Thursday.
The Bihar government will soon form special courts for hearing corruption cases against government officials.
We can learn much from China with regards to making civil service recruitment more efficient, says former diplomat Kishan S Rana.
The Gujarat government on Wednesday transferred Indian Police Service officers P P Pande, G L Singhal and Assistant Commissioner of Police Tarun Barot following a suggestion by the high court bench hearing the 2004 police encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others.
In a surprise move by the Chief Vigilance Commission panel, an Indian Police Service officer of the 1976 batch from Uttar Pradesh, Atul has been short-listed to become the Central Bureau of Investigation director on December 1.
Haryana Police have arrested a woman who allegedly harboured Amritpal Singh and his associate Papalpreet Singh at her home in Kurukshetra district, an indication that the pro-Khalistan preacher might have fled Punjab.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to former Bihar governor Buta Singh, ex-Delhi Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal along with many other serving and retired bureaucrats and Indian Police Service officers for unauthorised occupation of government bungalows in the national capital.
The bills that repeal and replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act will usher in a new era in the criminal justice system, Home Minister Amit Shah said
Legal experts have been advocating for years the need to criminalise match-fixing in India, the lack of which has meant that the hands of authorities have been tied when it comes to investigating corruption in the popular sport.
Suspended Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Wednesday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Gujarat government to desist from "vindictiveness" and revoke a "half-baked" suspension order issued against him.
In the poll bound Tamil Nadu..the Election Commission went on a transfer overdrive on Saturday, shifting 4 collectors and 7 senior Indian Police Service officers.
Adding more mystery to the sensational death case, another video clip of a different person also went viral, claiming that the deceased police officer's vehicle was stationary and a speeding truck had hit it.
Eight police officials accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, including D G Vanzara, have objected to another accused police officer N K Amin turning approver in the case. The eight accused in the case, including three suspended Indian Police Service officers -- Vanzara, Dinesh M N and Rajkumar Pandian -- have informed the court through their lawyer Prayesh Limbachia that they have objections to Amin's application to turn approver.
27-year-old Raju is a bachelor. While his IPS batch-mates and friends in the city greeted Raju, his family was elated over the distinction he achieved in the Civil Services exam.
The Indian embassy in Kathmandu has requested the government agencies to arrest Singh if he tries to flee from Nepal, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported.
The jawans reportedly had a brawl before the fatal incident took place.
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, upheld the conviction of former Punjab Director General of Police K P S Gill and the president of the Indian Hockey Federation on the charge of outraging the modesty of senior women IAS officer Rupan Deol Bajaj.
Atul, a 1976 batch Indian Police Service officer, on Sunday took over as Uttar Pradesh the director general of police replacing Brij Lal who was transferred on the directions of the Election Commission. Soon after assuming charge, Atul said the most important task before the police department was to ensure free and fair election in the state.
Suspended Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Thursday sought his joint examination with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and ex-Director General of Police R B Sreekumar before the Nanavati Commission in connection with the alleged undermining of judicial proceedings related to 2002 riots.
Around twenty-one Indian Police Service probationers are taking tips from police officers in Bihar on how the rule of law was enforced in the state, which was seven years ago infamous for its lawlessness.
Dr Satyapal Singh has been named as the chief of the Special Investigation Team that will probe the alleged encounter of Ishrat Jahan by the Gujarat police.Ishrat Jahan, a college girl from Mumbra near Mumbai, was allegedly killed by the Gujarat police near Ahmedabad on June 2004.An Indian Police Service officer of the 1980 batch assigned to Maharashtra state, Singh has earlier publicly advocated state violence in the larger interest of society.
'Politicians want pliable policemen who would carry out their orders, right or wrong, lawful or illegal.'
A complaint was on Friday filed against suspended Gujarat Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a court in Ahmedabad for allegedly furnishing false information to skip appearance in response to summons issued to him.
This is not the first time when she has been assigned such a tough task, earlier also, she had worked as IG, the Bihar sector in CRPF and has dealt with Naxals.
Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images captures glimpses of the dress rehearsal in Bengaluru, January 24, 2023, for the parade to celebrate Republic Day.
Citing "manifold" rise in security threats to him and family members, suspended Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Tuesday sought "foolproof" security for himself and his family members from the Gujarat government.
The new machine, that landed at the Chinyalisaur helipad, over 30 kilometres from the tunnel on the Chardham route, is being put into service, amid apprehension by workers at the site on the progress of the multi-agency rescue operations.
Rubabuddin Shaikh, brother of slain gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh, has demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation investigate phone call records of the office of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and senior Indian Police Service officers in connection with the Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case.
Tired with the numerous allegations of cash-for-votes emerging from Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission has decided to blacklist 25 officials of the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service.The blacklisted officials, who have violated their poll duties earlier, will not be enlisted for the ensuing Tamil Nadu assembly elections.A decision will be taken on these 25 officers by the end of July when the state election commissioner sends a report.
The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday shifted a senior officer of the Indian Police Service in Hyderabad after the police conducted lathi-charge against students, who were holding a demonstration to demand a separate Telangana state, at the Osmania University campus. The police's use of violence against the students has been condemned by the Opposition as well as the media and the state human rights commission.
Suspended Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Thursday got relief as the Gujarat high court quashed a lower court's order in the 1990 case of alleged police atrocity, and directed that Bhatt's revision petition be decided in six weeks.
A young police officer heading the Agra police has come up with a novel idea to curb corruption among cops, with whom bribery is the order of the day.
'I would not say I am 100 per cent sure. But I would also not rule out the possibility. This is an alternative theory which must be probed into,' says former Maharashtra Inspector General of Police S M Mushrif.
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