Asked what his top three priorities were, Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan declared, "Terrorism, terrorism and terrorism."
Nine years after seven RDX bombs kept in Mumbai suburban trains exploded killing 188 people, a Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court is likely to pronounce its verdict on Friday.
Police officers, criticising the recommendations of the sixth Pay Commission have told the government that the commission has overlooked the fact that the threats to internal security are perhaps more recurrent and damaging today than actual threats of aggression from external enemies. IPS officers have also criticised the commission for not only maintaining, but increase the edge that is given to IAS officers over them.
Andhra Pradesh government has ordered a high level probe in to the mysterious death of a State Armed Reserve force constable P Murlinath, who was sent to New Delhi at the behest of a senior Indian Police Service officer to work at the home of his daughter.
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.
'The goal is achievable. What is stopping us from getting there?' asks Aakar Patel.
West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan on Monday resigned, becoming the fourth person occupying the gubernatorial post to put in his papers since the National Democratic Alliance government prodded some of the Governors appointed during the United Progressive Alliance rule to quit.
Kiran Bedi talks to Rajul Hegde about her new TV show, and also tries to find solutions for the terror attack on Mumbai.
Shaurya Chakra is usually awarded to armed forces and para-military personnel for 'gallantry otherwise in the face of the enemy'.
Continuing its crackdown against the recruitment of police personnel during the Mulayam Singh Yadav regime, the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday sacked 7,400 more policemen and suspended seven senior Indian Police Service officers.
Punjab Director General of Police N P S Aulakh has been appointed as the new chief of the elite National Security Guards and will assume charge on March 1. Aulakh, a 1972-batch officer of the Indian Police Service, will replace J K Dutta who is retiring on Saturday, official sources said on Friday. He was appointed the Punjab DGP in March 2007 after the formation of Shiromani Akali Dal Bharatiya Janata Party combine government in the state. Aulakh is to retire in August 2010
Raju has vast experience of dealing both with routine crime investigations and terror related policing.
The narco-analysis test to be conducted on the accused in Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, including suspended IPS officer D G Vanzara, has been postponed due to some problem in the interpretation of legalities regarding the test.
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday requested the Bharatiya Janata Party's chief ministerial candidate for Delhi and former Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi to not saffronise freedom fighters, after Bedi put her party's scarf around the statue of Lala Lajpat Rai in Krishna Nagar.
Former Aam Aadmi Party leader Shazia Ilmi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, but said she is not keen on contesting the upcoming Delhi assembly elections.
The police officers who died in the gunfire unleashed by terrorists on the night of November 26-27 were wearing defective bullet-proof jackets, suspects a former IPS (Indian Police Service) officer.
The prosecution on Thursday demanded before a Delhi court that senior Indian Police Service Officer R K Sharma and hired killer Pradeep Sharma be awarded capital punishment in the sensational Shivani Bhatnagar murder case. "There are two categories of convicts in the case. Sharma and hired criminal Pradeep had played more active roles than the other two convicts," Special Public Prosecutor S K Saxena said, while seeking gallows for them.
He did not name the officer but it was Gujarat Indian Police Service officer Satish Verma who probed the case.
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.
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The former journalist claimed the National Investigation Agency had 'irrefutable evidence against senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar and it wanted to take him into custody for interrogation'.
Tina, 22, a graduate from Delhi's Lady Shri Ram College, topped the 2015 civil services exam securing 1,063 marks (52.49 per cent) out of a total of 2,025-comprising 1,750 of main and 275 of interview.
In a Valentine's Day gift to All India Services officers, the government on Tuesday amended rules to mandatorily allow married couples from the IAS and IPS get the same cadre state.
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In her application to the Union Home Ministry submitted a few weeks ago, the Director of Bureau of Police Research and Development has cited pursuant of "strong academic and social interest" as the reason for quitting the service.
The Union Public Service Commission will hold the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2007 on May 20, 2007.
In a statement, Anti-Corruption Bureau Director-General S S P Yadav said the Indian Police Service officer is being arrested and he would be produced before the special judge for ACB cases in Hyderabad.
The prosecution in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case on Monday told a Delhi sessions court that the victim had "confided" about her "intimate relationship" with key accused R K Sharma to a close friend.
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.
With the surrender of Gujarat police officer Dr N K Amin, state CID hopes that it could know exactly how Kauser Bi, wife of fake encounter victim Sohrabuddin, was killed in Ahmedabad in 2005.
The government decided to relieve Bedi, who was holding the post of the director-general of the bureau of police research and development, from her duties on Monday.
Fresh smoke was witnessed on Monday at the Deonar dumping ground, where the fire which has been raging for three days now intensified last evening even as people living in the vicinity complained of discomfort due to the fumes emanating from the site.
The 1986 batch Odisha cadre IPS officer has been described as a competent officer and is known for his acumen in handling disasters.
The Indian Police Service Association in Jharkhand wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to bring to his notice 'injustice' towards the IPS in the recommendations of the sixth Pay Commission. They feel the commission has not only maintained, but increased the IAS' 'edge' over the IPS.
'I do not need any rest. I enjoy my work and at work, I rest. I rest with my good work. My day begins early in the morning when I go for a morning walk and ends when I feel that I am tired. I love the day as it comes.'
Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service officers may lose their job if they overstay on foreign assignments for more than a month without permission, as per the new rules being finalised by the government.
The order has, however, not gone down well with the employees, with the president of the UP Secretariat Employees' Association, Yadavendra Mishra, saying that such attempts were aimed at harassing government servants.
Kiran Bedi, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, said she had tried several times to talk to Anna Hazare over the phone but was not able to do so as the anti- corruption crusader was either "sleeping or taking rest".
The arrests were made in connection with the death of one Soharrubudin Sheikh, who was allegedly killed in a gun battle on November 26, 2005 during a joint operation by Gujarat's Anti-Terrorist Squad and Rajasthan Police.
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph held that it was not appropriate for the apex court to interfere in the ongoing investigation.
On his PIL, the SC had in 2013 directed the Centre and the states to set up a Civil Services Board to decide on transfers of officers.
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