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Bihar withdraws suspension of woman IPS officer

Bihar withdraws suspension of woman IPS officer

Rediff.com19 Feb 2013

The Bihar government has withdrawn the suspension of Indian Police Service officer Ansuiya Rana Singh Sahu, who was accused of corruption, an official on Tuesday said.

Sedition charge slapped on suspended Chhattisgarh ADG

Sedition charge slapped on suspended Chhattisgarh ADG

Rediff.com9 Jul 2021

Singh was booked under IPC sections 124-A (sedition) and 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc) of the IPC at Raipur's City Kotwali police station late on Thursday night, Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Yadav said.

'As long as one is friendly with the BJP...'

'As long as one is friendly with the BJP...'

Rediff.com5 Apr 2024

'One is happy. The moment one starts criticising the BJP, ED, IT and CBI comes to one's house.'

DU women graduates secure top ranks in UPSC exam

DU women graduates secure top ranks in UPSC exam

Rediff.com30 May 2022

Shruti Sharma, a student of history, has topped the civil services examination 2021, with the first three rank holders being women in results announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday.

DU women graduates secure top ranks in UPSC exam

DU women graduates secure top ranks in UPSC exam

Rediff.com30 May 2022

Shruti Sharma, a student of history, has topped the civil services examination 2021, with the first three rank holders being women in results announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday.

'Free speech doesn't mean...': US lawmakers condemn attack on Indian embassy

'Free speech doesn't mean...': US lawmakers condemn attack on Indian embassy

Rediff.com7 Jul 2023

They also slammed the "violent rhetoric" against India's Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu and said free speech does not mean a license to incite violence or vandalise property.

US soil being used to spread terror in India: FBI told

US soil being used to spread terror in India: FBI told

Rediff.com14 Mar 2024

A group of eminent Indian Americans in Silicon Valley has held a special meeting with senior officials of the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and police and told that the United States soil is being used for terrorist activities against India.

Internet shut in Bihar town after religious clashes

Internet shut in Bihar town after religious clashes

Rediff.com27 Oct 2023

According to the police, the trouble erupted in the Bhagwan Bazar locality of Chhapra, which is the headquarters of Saran district, when a procession for immersion of Goddess Durga's idols was being taken out.

Revealed: How IFS officers are groomed

Revealed: How IFS officers are groomed

Rediff.com30 Aug 2011

Here's how an Indian Foreign Service officer climbs the career ladder.

4 AISATS staffers among 5 held at Delhi airport over trafficking link

4 AISATS staffers among 5 held at Delhi airport over trafficking link

Rediff.com28 Dec 2023

The company said it has suspended the staffers and that it was part of the operation to unearth this crime.

Oh, Kolkata!

Oh, Kolkata!

Rediff.com7 Oct 2024

5 Must Do Things in Kolkata.

10 Times Arvind Kejriwal Made Headlines

10 Times Arvind Kejriwal Made Headlines

Rediff.com18 Sep 2024

From the time he first rose to prominence during the movement against the then UPA government, Arvind Kejriwal has regularly grabbed headlines for his surprise moves and decisions. Here are 10 such instances.

Retd IAS officer to head NTRO as IPS loses race

Retd IAS officer to head NTRO as IPS loses race

Rediff.com10 Jun 2013

Indian Police Services lost the race for having one of its officers as the head of National Technical Research Organisation, the country's top intelligence and surveillance agency, with the government appointing a retired Indian Administrative Services officer to the post.

'We expect bigger crowd for Amarnath Yatra'

'We expect bigger crowd for Amarnath Yatra'

Rediff.com19 May 2022

'Definitely, crowd management will be a challenge, but we will ensure we have enough forces at hand to take care of any situation.'

NEET: Cure The Disease Not The Symptoms

NEET: Cure The Disease Not The Symptoms

Rediff.com17 Jul 2024

'The Indian private sector knows how to build and run educational organisations, what is needed is a large dose of removal of restrictions.' 'Government restrictions hold back universities in India from launching medical schools,' argue Ajay Shah and Vijay Kelkar.

Is Kargil 2.0 In the Offing?

Is Kargil 2.0 In the Offing?

Rediff.com5 Aug 2024

Pakistan may want to undertake a 'false flag' operation in J&K to divert attention from the situation in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but infiltrating one SSG battalion into J&K and having two SSG battalions waiting to follow suit means war, which Pakistan cannot afford in its current economic crisis, notes Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd).

New UP police chief promises crackdown on 'gau rakshaks'

New UP police chief promises crackdown on 'gau rakshaks'

Rediff.com22 Apr 2017

Singh said his priority would be ensuring unbiased policing.

ATS DIG-led SIT to probe case against Setalvad, ex-IPS officers

ATS DIG-led SIT to probe case against Setalvad, ex-IPS officers

Rediff.com26 Jun 2022

A Special Investigation Team (SIT), to be headed by a deputy inspector general (DIG) of Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS), will probe the case against activist Teesta Setalvad and former Indian Police Service officers R B Sreekumar and Sanjiv Bhatt who have been accused of abusing the process of law by fabricating evidence to frame innocent people in connection with the 2002 Gujarat communal riots, a senior official said on Sunday.

'Udaykumar is hiding behind women and children'

'Udaykumar is hiding behind women and children'

Rediff.com22 Sep 2012

The Kudankulam agitation has been on for 400 days now, and Superintendent of police Vijayendra Bidari Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu has been tracking, controlling and following it closely.

Sidhu has his way as Punjab CM replaces DGP

Sidhu has his way as Punjab CM replaces DGP

Rediff.com18 Dec 2021

Last month, the Channi government replaced the state's advocate general A P S Deol after strong opposition from Sidhu.

Nitish puts up 80,000 babus' assets details online

Nitish puts up 80,000 babus' assets details online

Rediff.com10 Mar 2011

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's initiative against corruption seems to be going a long way. On Thursday, details of the assets of nearly 80,000 government officials was made public on the official website of the state government. He added that it would take over a month's time to upload all the details," It's a lot of data these are details of lakhs of officials."

50 IPS officers transferred in Gujarat

50 IPS officers transferred in Gujarat

Rediff.com8 Apr 2012

The Gujarat government has transferred 50 Indian Police Service officers, including Satish Verma, a member of special investigation team which probed Ishrat Jahan encounter case.

New York Labor Day Parade Was A Spectacle!

New York Labor Day Parade Was A Spectacle!

Rediff.com9 Sep 2024

Thousands of workers of every description -- from journalists to steel workers, from painters to New York cops, from auto to engineering workers -- marched for two hours down 5th Avenue one of Manhattan's most iconic thoroughfares, reports Jyoti Punwani.

Rawat outlines plan to merge 17 single service commands into 4

Rawat outlines plan to merge 17 single service commands into 4

Rediff.com16 Sep 2021

The first joint theatre command would be responsible for the border against Pakistan in what the military refers to as the "western theatre"; while a second command -- the northern theatre command -- would be responsible for the border with China. A third, navy-heavy theatre, called the "maritime command" will be responsible for the security of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR); and an island command, already functional and called the Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC), would project power into the eastern Indian Ocean.

No bail to Bibhav, court says Maliwal getting threats

No bail to Bibhav, court says Maliwal getting threats

Rediff.com7 Jun 2024

A court in New Delhi on Friday dismissed the bail plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar for allegedly assaulting Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, saying he was facing 'grave and serious' charges and that there was an apprehension that he could influence witnesses.

Posthumous Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra for J-K police bravehearts

Posthumous Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra for J-K police bravehearts

Rediff.com15 Aug 2021

Assistant Sub-Inspector Babu Ram and Constable Altaf Hussain Bhat of Jammu and Kashmir Police were on Saturday posthumously conferred with the Ashoka Chakra and the Kirti Chakra awards respectively on the eve of the 75th Independence Day. While the Ashoka Chakra is India's highest peacetime gallantry honour, Kirti Chakra is the second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards.

'Gandhiji Gave Me Contentment'

'Gandhiji Gave Me Contentment'

Rediff.com2 Oct 2024

Gandhiji asked me if I had sufficient warm clothes in view of the coming cold season. I said yes. But he verified my statement by asking Miraben to search my bag to make sure. Such was Gandhiji.

Rakesh Asthana takes charge as new BSF DG

Rakesh Asthana takes charge as new BSF DG

Rediff.com18 Aug 2020

Asthana is the 27th chief of the force and is expected to hold office till July next year, his scheduled date for retirement from service.

Pakistan restores Samjhauta Express services to Delhi

Pakistan restores Samjhauta Express services to Delhi

Rediff.com4 Mar 2019

The Samjhauta Express carrying some 150 passengers left Lahore railway station for India, Radio Pakistan reported.

Bihar IPS officer accused of extortion, threat

Bihar IPS officer accused of extortion, threat

Rediff.com20 Jan 2013

The Bihar government has filed a First Information Report against Alok Kumar, a senior Indian Police Service officer, who is the deputy inspector general of Saran in Bihar, for allegedly demanding Rs 10 crore from a liquor mafia and threatening him with dire consequences, a police official on Sunday said.

Former Bihar minister's father found murdered at home

Former Bihar minister's father found murdered at home

Rediff.com16 Jul 2024

In a ghastly incident that has sent shock waves across Bihar, former state minister Mukesh Sahni's 70-year-old father was found stabbed to death at his native home in Darbhanga district, a top police officer said.

Toolkit row: Twitter calls out intimidation by police

Toolkit row: Twitter calls out intimidation by police

Rediff.com27 May 2021

Twitter said it will continue to be strictly guided by principles of transparency, a commitment to empowering every voice on the service, and protecting freedom of expression and privacy under the rule of law.

Special central law must to curb attacks on medical staff: IMA

Special central law must to curb attacks on medical staff: IMA

Rediff.com13 Aug 2024

The association said that 25 states have laws on attacks on doctors and hospitals but these are mostly ineffective on the ground and do not serve the purpose of deterrence.

DCP of East Delhi, where 5-year-old was raped, transferred

DCP of East Delhi, where 5-year-old was raped, transferred

Rediff.com29 Apr 2013

The deputy commissioner of police of East Delhi, where the rape of a five-year-old girl had taken place, was shifted in a reshuffle of middle-level officers of the Delhi police.

Veteran cop Mahendra Kumawat on the Naxal problem

Veteran cop Mahendra Kumawat on the Naxal problem

Rediff.com19 Nov 2009

Mahendra Kumawat has a lifetime experience of dealing with Maoists, terrorists and other militancy. He explains why the fight against the Maoists will be a long and arduous one.

2008 Malegaon blast was caused to create communal rift: NIA

2008 Malegaon blast was caused to create communal rift: NIA

Rediff.com25 Jul 2024

On September 29, 2008, a bomb explosion at 9:35pm opposite Shakil Goods Transport Company situated between Anjuman Chowk and Bhiku Chowk in Malegaon killed six persons and injured 101.

Indian jailed for 40 years for murdering wife, 2 kids in UK

Indian jailed for 40 years for murdering wife, 2 kids in UK

Rediff.com4 Jul 2023

"While you were squeezing the life out of your wife, your children can be heard crying in the background for their mummy. It is clear that they heard what was going on and knew that she was being hurt by you," the judge noted in his sentencing remarks.

RAW officer V K Johri appointed as new BSF DG

RAW officer V K Johri appointed as new BSF DG

Rediff.com28 Jul 2019

The order has been issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet that is headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has home minister Amit Shah as its member.

UP DGP, SSB DG and MHA Special Sec short-listed for CBI chief post

UP DGP, SSB DG and MHA Special Sec short-listed for CBI chief post

Rediff.com24 May 2021

Uttar Pradesh director general of police HC Awasthy, Sashastra Seema Bal DG Kumar Rajesh Chandra and Special Secretary Home Ministry VSK Kaumudi were short-listed for the post of Central Bureau of Investigation director.

ED grills ex-Mumbai CP Sanjay Pandey in NSE co-location case

ED grills ex-Mumbai CP Sanjay Pandey in NSE co-location case

Rediff.com6 Jul 2022

The agency recorded his statement under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials said.