Lucknow | 2 hours ago
Three cops suspended for assaulting their woman officer
Lucknow, Sep 3 - Three traffic constables have been suspended in Uttar Pradesh for assaulting a woman police officer and dragging her over a distance while fleeing in their car after she caught them extorting money, police said Friday.The three constables, who are yet to be arrested, roughed up Superintendent of Police - Kalpana Saxena late Thursday evening after she caught them extorting money f ... read more

Ranchi | 1 day ago
Communal clash during Janmashtami function, eight injured
Ranchi, Sep 2 - Eight people, including two policemen, were injured in a communal clash at a function organised for Janmashtami here, police said Thursday.The clash took place at Hindpiri colony late Wednesday over loudspeakers being used on the occasion of Janmashtami - the birth of the Hindu god Krishna. Some Muslims opposed the loudspeaker being used at Tarabi, the prayer offered during Ramadan ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Maharashtra spares cop for Gujarat riots probe
New Delhi, Aug 31 - The Supreme Court was told by the Maharashtra government Tuesday that it was making its senior Indian Police Service - officer K. Venkateshan available to the Special Investigating Team - probing the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases.The court was told that the state government has already written to the union home ministry about it. An apex court bench of Justice D.K. Jain, Justice ... read more

Srinagar | 3 days ago
Boy killed in south Kashmir firing, toll rises to 65
Srinagar, Aug 30 - An 11-year old boy was killed in security forces' firing in south Kashmir's Anantnag town as stone pelting protesters clashed with the security forces Monday evening, taking to 65 the casualites in the Valley since June 11.'Irshad Ahmad Parray, 11, was brought to Srinagar with a gunshot wound and doctors at a local hospital could not revive him despite their best efforts,' a sen ... read more

New Delhi | 4 days ago
Rajya Sabha adjourned over Sohrabuddin case
New Delhi, Aug 30 - The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till noon Monday after opposition members voiced protests over a Gujarat police officer's petition to the Supreme Court that she was being pressurised to implicate former state minister Amit Shah in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing.As soon as the Rajya Sabha assembled for question hour, members of the Bharatiya Janata Party - raised the issue of ... read more

Raipur | 4 days ago
Maoists ambush security patrol in Chhattisgarh, kill five
Raipur, Aug 29 - Five security personnel were killed as over 100 Maoists ambushed a patrol in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region Sunday, leading to a gunfight, police said.'Maoists ambushed a police patrolling party drawn from the Border Security Force -, district force - and special police officers - in a thickly-forested area,' Inspector General of Police - T.J. Longkumer told IANS over phone ... read more

Kolkata | 4 days ago
15 die as bus falls into ditch in West Bengal
Kolkata, Aug 29 - At least 15 people were killed and around 20 injured when a bus fell into a ditch in West Bengal's Coochbehar district Sunday, an official said.'I have received reports of 15 casualties till now. Between 15-20 people were injured in the accident at Dewanhat town,' District Magistrate Samraki Mahapatra told IANS over the phone. Inspector General of Police Ranveer Kumar said: 'The ... read more

Raipur | 5 days ago
Maoists kill five security men in Chhattisgarh
Raipur, Aug 29 - Five security personnel were killed by Maoists Sunday as the rebels ambushed a patrolling team, leading to a gunfight in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.'Maoists ambushed a police patrolling party drawn from the Border Security Force -, District Force - and Special Police Officers - in a thickly-forested area,' Inspector General of Police - T.J. Longkumer told IA ... read more

Raipur | 5 days ago
Five security men killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack
Raipur, Aug 29 - Five security personnel were killed by Maoists Sunday in a gunfight that broke out in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.'Maoists ambushed a police patrolling party drawn from the Border Security Force -, District Force - and Special Police Officers - in a thickly-forested area,' Inspector General of Police - T.J. Longkumer told IANS over phone from Jagdalpur, headq ... read more

Raipur | 5 days ago
Five security men killed in Chhattisgarh gunfight
Raipur, Aug 29 - Five security personnel were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in a forested area of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region early Sunday, police said.'Maoists ambushed a police patrolling party drawn from the Border Security Force -, District Force - and Special Police Officers - in a thickly-forested area,' Inspector General of Police - T.J. Longkumer told IANS over phone. 'Two BS ... read more