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Srinagar | 9 days ago
Ten from Kashmir crack civil services exam
Srinagar, May 5 - With 10 from Jammu and Kashmir clearing this year's all-India civil services exams, the state is only next to UP and Bihar in sending maximum number of people for top government jobs.While Syed Abid Shah, already in the Indian Police Service -, is ranked 23. Sehrish Asgar, who topped the Jammu and Kashmir combined services exam in 2010, has secured the 118th rank.Others who have ... read more

Panaji | 10 days ago
Goa needs balanced growth: Governor
Panaji, May 4 - Goa's progress needs to be in harmony with its environment, new Governor Bharat Vir Wanchoo said after taking oath of office Friday.The state is witnessing progress and growth needs to be balanced, considering the environment of this most beautiful land of yours, he said. The state's ecology has been hit by largescale illegal mining. The governor also said that there was no sign of ... read more

Patna | 11 days ago
A Tamil Nadu-born police officer acts in Bhojpuri film
Patna, May 3 - A top Bihar Police officer, who is a Tamilian by birth, has fulfilled his acting dream. He debuts as a boatman with Bhojpuri film Devra Pe Manwa Dole which is set for release May 10.I am happy to be an actor in a Bhojpuri movie. It was my dream to act in a movie and I have fulfilled it. I play a common fisherman in Bihar, said Raveendran Sankaran, 43, an Indian Police Service - offi ... read more

Jaipur | 12 days ago
Staged shootout: Charges framed against Rajasthan IPS officer
Jaipur, May 1 - A court here Tuesday framed charges against suspended Indian Police Service - officer A.K. Jain in the case of killing of criminal Dara Singh in a staged shoot-out, a lawyer said.Jain had surrendered before a court in Jaipur on Feb 27, nine months after he disappeared fearing arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation -.After the cognizance of his chargesheet was taken, the dist ... read more

New Delhi | 12 days ago
Subhash Joshi appointed NSG chief
New Delhi, May 1 - Indian Police Service - officer Subhash Joshi has been appointed director general of the National Security Guard -, an official statement said Tuesday.Presently special director general in the Central Reserve Police Force -, Joshi is a 1976 batch IPS officer.'The appointment will be effective from the date of his taking over the charge of the post and until his superannuation Fe ... read more

Jaipur | 14 days ago
Rajasthan again transfers 26 police officers
Jaipur, April 30 - In a major reshuffle in the state police organisation, the Rajasthan government Monday transferred 26 Indian Police Service - officers, 14 of them for the second time within eight days, officials said.This was the second major reshuffle in the state police force within just eight days. Earlier, 48 IPS officers were transferred and reshuffled April 21. Of the 26 officers who we ... read more

New Delhi | 19 days ago
Plea against special exam to recruit cops dismissed
New Delhi, April 25 - The Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed an NGO's petition challenging the government's decision to recruit an additional 1,400 Indian Police Service - officers through a special examination.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw dismissed the petition filed by NGO Zakat Foundation of India.The petition alleged that despite objectio ... read more

Jaipur | 19 days ago
Rajasthan BJP legislator to be tried for staged shootout
Jaipur, April 24 - A special Central Bureau of Investigation - court Tuesday committed for trial the case against senior Bharatiya Janata Party - legislator Rajendra Singh Rathore, who has been arrested for his involvement in the Dara Singh staged shootout, a lawyer said.Taking cognizance of the chargesheet filed against Rathore by the CBI, the court prima-facie found the charges against him true ... read more

New Delhi | 19 days ago
Apex court sets aside Karnataka high court order indicting Bidari
New Delhi, April 24 - The Supreme Court Tuesday set aside a Karnataka High Court order indicting the state's then police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari, terming him worse than Saddam Hussain and Muammar Gaddafi, and directing his removal from the post.A bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C.K. Prasad said the state, however, was free to appoint anyone of its choice as the director general of pol ... read more