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Eradicating India’s jungle insurgency – can it be done and at what human cost?

Critics say the government’s plan to eradicate the country’s decades-long Maoist rebellion comes at a bloody price – and questions whether there are motives other than a wish for peace

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Nearly 25% of India cops back mob violence, 18% think Muslims naturally prone to crime: Report

One in four police personnel in India support the idea of mobs acting as judge, jury and executioner in matters they consider grave. And 22 percent of police personnel believe that killing ‘dangerous criminals’ is better than giving them a legal trial.

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Punjab: Two criminals injured in police encounter

Two miscreants were shot in the leg during an encounter with the Punjab police in Khem Karan of Tarn Taran on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Himachal Pradesh: Ex-Punjab Minister Sucha Singh's son among 5 arrested with heroin in Shimla

Five people, including the son of former Punjab Minister Sucha Singh, were arrested with 42.89 grams. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Sticks, stones, and bullet wounds in Haldwani

On February 8, 2024, municipal authorities in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, demolished a mosque and a madrasa claiming they were illegal structures. Consequent clash between the residents of the area and the police has claimed five lives

The Hindu

Air pollution raises risk of type 2 diabetes, says landmark Indian study

Seven-year study of 12,000 residents of Delhi and Chennai finds link between PM2.5 particles and increased blood sugar levels

The Guardian - UK

Not just a case about improving investigation

The Supreme Court of India needs to step forward and ask every State and Union Territory in India to report compliance of its directives on investigation and other issues in letter and spirit

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Is there a need to replace the IPC, the CrPC and the Evidence Act?

Amit Shah's introduction of three Bills to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian Evidence Act raises questions on whether existing laws are being misused. Prakash Singh and Shahrukh Alam discuss if the laws need to be changed.

The Hindu

Punjab law on naming DGP may pass muster

According to the Punjab amendment, the selection would be done by a seven member empanelment committee

The Hindu

Contempt plea filed in SC against U.P., Punjab for having ‘acting’ DGPs

In his contempt petition, petitioner-advocate Brajesh Singh has challenged the appointment of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Gaurav Yadav as the acting DGP of Punjab.

The Hindu

In Varanasi BJP’s Ashok Tiwari defeats SP by 1.33L votes to become new mayor

VARANASI: Maintaining its monopoly on the mayor’s seat of Varanasi Municipal Corporation since 1995, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Ashok Tiwari defeated Samajwadi Party’s Om Prakash Singh by a marhin of 1,33,137 votes on Saturday.

The Times of India

CRPF Chief Sujoy Lal Thaosen Takes Additional Charge Of Border Security Force DG

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) chief Sujoy Lal Thaosen on Saturday took over the additional charge of Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF). Read on for details:

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Punjab to go with officiating DGP, no panel sent to UPSC till now

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) government in the sensitive border state of Punjab has chosen not to send the panel of senior IPS officers to the Union Public Service Commission(UPSC) for the appointment of permanent head of the state police force and continues to have 1992-batch IPS officer Gaurav Yadav…

The Times of India

The shackles of 1861 need to go

Though much has changed, attention needs to be paid to lingering issues in India’s police agency

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‘Need for insulation of enforcement agencies’

HYDERABAD: The legality of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has to be strengthened with a new Act, said retired DPG and police reforms advocate Prakash Singh, on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Delhi University needs to shell out Rs 38 crore to free land allotted in 2004

NEW DELHI: At a time when Delhi University needs space to expand, it is fighting a battle to get back land allotted to it in 2004. But for the university to get breathing space, it has to pay Rs 38.3 crore to have the squatters removed, having already paid Rs…

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Former police officers slam drama over BJP member Tajinder Bagga’s arrest

Episode is ‘nadir of police professionalism’, they say, calling for police reforms

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