News for 'State Director General of Police'

Protests over Prophet remark in UP: 136 arrested for stone pelting

Protests over Prophet remark in UP: 136 arrested for stone pelting

Rediff.com10 Jun 2022

People pelted stones at police personnel in Prayagraj and Saharanpur and protests broke out after Friday prayers in at least four other cities in Uttar Pradesh over a non-suspended BJP leader's recent remarks on Prophet Muhammad.

Alert issued in Uttarakhand as hunt for Amritpal continues

Alert issued in Uttarakhand as hunt for Amritpal continues

Rediff.com24 Mar 2023

IGP Gill revealed that the Waris Punjab De chief's last location was in Haryana.

Indigo passenger hits pilot after over 10 hour delay

Indigo passenger hits pilot after over 10 hour delay

Rediff.com15 Jan 2024

In the short video clip, other crew members could be seen shouting at the passenger after he hit the pilot.

Union ministers to hold 4th round of talks with farmers today

Union ministers to hold 4th round of talks with farmers today

Rediff.com18 Feb 2024

A panel of Union ministers will hold a fourth round of talks with farmer leaders in Chandigarh on Sunday over their demands, including loan waiver and bringing an ordinance on giving legal guarantee to a minimum support price (MSP) for crops.

Major reshuffle in Kashmir police

Major reshuffle in Kashmir police

Rediff.com14 Jul 2009

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered a major police reshuffle involving 61 senior officers at various levels. The state cabinet met Srinagar for the first time after the cabinet expansion and recent agitation against the rape and murder of two young women in south Kashmir's Shopian town, which has kept the valley on the boil since May 30.

Maha Guv asks DGP to give protection to families of Shiv Sena rebels

Maha Guv asks DGP to give protection to families of Shiv Sena rebels

Rediff.com26 Jun 2022

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has asked state Director General of Police (DGP) Rajnish Seth to provide adequate police protection to the families and homes of rebel MLAs, a police official said on Sunday.

'Citizens must fight political class for police reforms'

'Citizens must fight political class for police reforms'

Rediff.com6 Feb 2013

In an interview with Rediff.com's Priyanka, former DGP Prakash Singh talks about the issues that thwart independent police functioning. "We are trying to bring about a systematic change in the functioning," he says.

NE police chiefs meet over coordination against insurgents

NE police chiefs meet over coordination against insurgents

Rediff.com19 Dec 2011

A two-day conference of state police chiefs of the northeastern region convened by the Intelligence Bureau has gone underway in Guwahati with an objective to have a coordinated strategy to tackle cross-border and inter-state movement of insurgents, Maoists threat and check fake currency and arms proliferation through borders in the region.

SC directs HC to appoint another judge for TN minister Balaji's trial

SC directs HC to appoint another judge for TN minister Balaji's trial

Rediff.com30 Sep 2024

The bench said the report submitted by the special judge indicates that he has 29 cases with him. In many cases, the trial has begun while in many others the trial is yet to begin.

Landslide, issues with drilling machine hit U'khand tunnel rescue ops

Landslide, issues with drilling machine hit U'khand tunnel rescue ops

Rediff.com16 Nov 2023

The labourers are safe, and oxygen, electricity, medicines, food items and water are being constantly supplied to them through pipes, they said.

Assam recruits former militants in police force

Assam recruits former militants in police force

Rediff.com5 Sep 2010

The Assam government has recently recruited 138 former militants in various police battalions. The former insurgents had to go through the requisite physical and medical examinations before the final recruitment.Additional Director General of Police Khagen Sarma has categorically stated that there would be no separate battalion for the surrendered militants, but they would be inducted in various police battalions to fill the existing vacancies.

Shiv Sena man shot by BJP MLA critical; Oppn guns for Shinde

Shiv Sena man shot by BJP MLA critical; Oppn guns for Shinde

Rediff.com3 Feb 2024

The BJP MLA alleged that Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is "trying to create a kingdom of criminals in Maharashtra".

Tamil Nadu film producer, who was expelled by DMK, held in drugs case

Tamil Nadu film producer, who was expelled by DMK, held in drugs case

Rediff.com9 Mar 2024

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.

Shooting escaping criminals should be the pattern: Assam CM

Shooting escaping criminals should be the pattern: Assam CM

Rediff.com6 Jul 2021

While interacting with all Officers-in-Charge (OCs) of the state's many police stations on 'Redefining Policing Standards in Assam', the Assam chief minister issued directions to police to strictly deal with crimes against women and show zero tolerance towards such crimes.

Now, Sanjiv Bhatt arrested in 2002 Gujarat riots case

Now, Sanjiv Bhatt arrested in 2002 Gujarat riots case

Rediff.com13 Jul 2022

Bhatt is the third accused arrested in the case after social activist Teesta Setalvad and former Director General of Police of Gujarat R B Sreekumar.

Thousands join Mukhtar Ansari's funeral in Ghazipur

Thousands join Mukhtar Ansari's funeral in Ghazipur

Rediff.com30 Mar 2024

The body was brought to the family's ancestral burial ground, about half a km from their residence, where a grave was dug on Friday near that of Mukhtar Ansari's parents.

Plea in SC seeks probe into killings of Atiq, his brother

Plea in SC seeks probe into killings of Atiq, his brother

Rediff.com17 Apr 2023

The plea sought the creation of an independent expert committee to probe the killings of Atiq and Ashraf.

Centre summons top cops of Naxal-hit states

Centre summons top cops of Naxal-hit states

Rediff.com5 Feb 2009

In the wake of the recent killing of 15 police personnel by Naxals in Maharashtra, the Union Home Ministry has convened a high-level meeting on Thursday to discuss the internal security in that state as well in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa.The director generals of police of the four Naxal-hit states have been summoned by the ministry for a thorough review of the prevailing situation there.

SC to hear appeal against acquittals in Jaipur blast case

SC to hear appeal against acquittals in Jaipur blast case

Rediff.com14 May 2023

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on May 17 an appeal by some of the family members of those killed in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts challenging the Rajasthan high court verdict acquitting four men, who were handed down death penalty by a trial court in the case.

Bihar police inquiring into Pritam's death: Nitish

Bihar police inquiring into Pritam's death: Nitish

Rediff.com24 Jul 2012

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said the state police was conducting an in-depth inquiry into the death of an Assam-based student Pritam Bhattacharya whose body was found near Katoriya station in Barauni-Katihar rail section on July 17.

UP policeman arrested for raping gang-rape survivor in police station

UP policeman arrested for raping gang-rape survivor in police station

Rediff.com4 May 2022

A station house officer was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl who was left outside his police station in Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur by four men after they raped her for three days, officials said on Wednesday.

Kishenji's death: Centre asks states to exercise maximum vigil

Kishenji's death: Centre asks states to exercise maximum vigil

Rediff.com24 Nov 2011

The Centre has alerted governments of nine naxal affected states in view of the death reports of top Maoist commander Kishenji and asked them to exercise maximum vigil.

Haryana police 'stop' Rajasthan cops from entering Gurgaon hotel

Haryana police 'stop' Rajasthan cops from entering Gurgaon hotel

Rediff.com17 Jul 2020

The refusal to allow the team, at least initially, to enter the hotel, prompted senior Congress leaders to charge that the BJP was part of the plan to 'topple' their government in Rajasthan.

DGCA seeks report from Air India over 2nd urination incident

DGCA seeks report from Air India over 2nd urination incident

Rediff.com6 Jan 2023

This incident was also not reported to the DGCA, for which the regulator pulled up the full-service carrier, stating its conduct was unprofessional and issued show cause notices to the airline, its director of flight safety and the crew that operated the New York-Delhi flight, asking them to explain within two weeks why action should not be taken against them.

SC to hear plea on probe into Atiq killing on April 24

SC to hear plea on probe into Atiq killing on April 24

Rediff.com18 Apr 2023

The plea sought the setting up of an independent expert committee to probe the killing of Atiq and Ashraf.

Bangalore police bust LeT module, arrest 11

Bangalore police bust LeT module, arrest 11

Rediff.com31 Aug 2012

The Bangalore police on Thursday claimed that they have busted a major module of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the Harkat-ul-Jihadi- Islami. Eleven suspects, five from Bangalore and six from Hubli, have been detained and one of them is a journalist with a leading daily in Karnataka, said the police.Director General of Police Lalrokhuma Pachau told the media that the suspects had planned a state-wide operation in which they were going to target Members of Parliament.

Suspected Islamic State terrorist arrested by UP ATS

Suspected Islamic State terrorist arrested by UP ATS

Rediff.com5 Nov 2017

Abu Zaid, suspected IS terrorist was arrested by the ATS team from Mumbai Airport.

NHRC notices to Centre, 4 states over farmers' protest

NHRC notices to Centre, 4 states over farmers' protest

Rediff.com14 Sep 2021

The NHRC said that it has received several complaints regarding the ongoing farmers' protest.

Veerappan killer Vijay Kumar resigns as advisor of MHA citing personal reasons

Veerappan killer Vijay Kumar resigns as advisor of MHA citing personal reasons

Rediff.com15 Oct 2022

Kumar, who put in his papers sometimes ago due to personal reasons, has vacated his accommodation in Delhi and relocated to Chennai.

Bengal CID refuses to give Shajahan Sheikh's custody to CBI

Bengal CID refuses to give Shajahan Sheikh's custody to CBI

Rediff.com5 Mar 2024

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is likely to move the Calcutta high court on Wednesday against the West Bengal government for not handing over suspended Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh's custody to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a highly placed source said.

Trainer aircraft crashes in MP, pilot killed

Trainer aircraft crashes in MP, pilot killed

Rediff.com6 Jan 2023

The aircraft crashed 3 km away from Chorhatta airstrip after hitting the dome of a temple and a tree while on a training sortie, said Chorhatta police station in-charge J P Patel.

Radicalisation of Muslim youth key challenge for national security: DGPs

Radicalisation of Muslim youth key challenge for national security: DGPs

Rediff.com23 Jan 2023

Apart from the prime minister, the three-day annual conference was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, national security adviser Ajit Doval and about 350 top police officers of the country.

BJP claims Coimbatore car blast a suicide attack, seeks NIA probe

BJP claims Coimbatore car blast a suicide attack, seeks NIA probe

Rediff.com25 Oct 2022

He said the Tamil Nadu BJP has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a transfer of the case to the National Investigation Agency.

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