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Uber adds safety net: Riders can now share live location updates with cops

Riders or drivers will be able to share their live location along with their name and contact details at the swipe of a button on the Uber app with the police

Amravati killing mastermind Shaikh Rahim sent to police custody till July 7

A local court on Sunday sent the mastermind of Amravati-based shop owner Umesh Prahladrao Kolhe's murder, Shaikh Irfan Shaikh Rahim to police custody till July 7.The police on Saturday arrested the mastermind and seventh accused in the brutal killing of Amravati-based shop owner Umesh Kolhe.Earlier, six accused who were arrested have been identified as Mudassir Ahmad (22), Shah Rukh Pathan (25), Abdul Thoufique (24), Shoaib Khan (22), Atib Rashid (22) and Yusufkan Bahadur Khan (44).Exactly a week before tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli was hacked to death in Udaipur, Umesh Prahladrao Kolhe, a 54-year-old chemist, was killed in Maharashtra's Amravati district on June 21.Initial investigation by the City Kotwali Police Station in Amravati following a complaint by Umesh Kohle's son Sanket Kohle led them to arrest two persons - Muddsir Ahmad, 22, and Shahrukh Pathan, 25, on June 23.Investigators so far believe that Kolhe was killed allegedly in retaliation for a social media post supporting BJP's

Amarnath pilgrims' entry into J&K post 3.30 pm barred for security reasons

Pilgrims and tourists have been barred from crossing over to Kashmir from Banihal area of Ramban district after 3.30 pm, the cut-off time, due to security concerns, an officer said on Friday. The measure has been taken by the police in view of unregistered Amarnath pilgrims travelling in the guise of tourists to the Valley, thereby causing security problems in view of heightened security threats, the officer said. "Unregistered pilgrims, travelling without RIFD (radio-frequency identification) and devotees travelling in the guise of tourists will not be allowed to move to Kashmir from Navyug tunnel in (Banihal area) after cut-off time of 3.30 pm," Ramban Superintendent of Police Mohita Sharma told reporters here. For security reasons, vehicles of Amarnath pilgrims and tourists will not be allowed towards Kashmir after 1.30 pm at Chandrakot and after 3.30 pm from Banihal tunnel. However, trucks and other local traffic will ply as usual, she said. The SP further said the pilgrims, w

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair taken to Bengaluru for probe

Sleuths of Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) of Delhi Police has brought Mohammed Zubair, fact-checking website Alt News's co-founder to Bengaluru on Thursday for further investigation.

Timely action by police would have saved Udaipur tailor's life, says Owaisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said the killing of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal as well as past killings of Pahlu Khan, Mohammad Akhlaq and Mohammed Bhatta Sheikh were all "acts of terror".

Setalvad seeks time to reply to queries, Sreekumar claims innocence: Cops

Social activist Teesta Setalvad and retired IPS officer RB Sreekumar remained mostly tight-lipped during their interrogation and refused to reveal anything about their role in fabricating evidence

Home ministry directs all CAPFs, CPOs to go digital in all spheres

The digital payment systems should be done by online banking/UPI/PoS mode and further provision for generating computerised bills may also be placed with the given time

CID probing irregularities in police SI recruitment summons MLA Kharge

CID probing the irregularities in the recruitment of police sub-inspectors has summoned Congress MLA Priyank Kharge, Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said on Monday.

Policeman, civilian shot dead in separate incidents in J-K: Report

Militants Wednesday shot dead a police officer and a civilian within minutes of each other in two separate incidents in Kashmir valley, officials said. While the police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was shot dead in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir's Anantnag district, the civilian was gunned down in Nawakadal near Eidgah locality of the city, they said. "At about 6 pm, terrorists fired at & critically injured a civilian namely Rouf Ahmad near his residence in Nawakadal area of Srinagar," a police official said. He said the injured person was shifted to SMHS hospital here, where he succumbed to the injuries. In another incident shortly afterwards, militants fired at and injured police ASI Mohammad Ashraf outside Bijbehara hospital, the official said. The injured ASI was taken to the same hospital, from where he was referred to a medical facility in Srinagar, the official said. However, he said, Ashraf succumbed to the injuries, the official added. The areas have been cordoned off

Cyber-ready? India's 2.1 mn police personnel had 13,000 laptops in 2019

Kerala was the only state with 23 computers per 100 police officers: the rest of the states had fewer than 20 computers.

IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal takes charge as CBI director

Jaiswal is a 1985-batch officer of the Maharashtra cadre

In India's conflict-ridden zones, 60% trust state police over army

Thirty-nine per cent also believe that the police are corrupt in conflict-affected regions, while 20 per cent shared such a perception of the paramilitary/army, study says

Extortion, corruption are results of structural deficiencies: Neeraj Kumar

Neeraj Kumar, former commissioner of police, Delhi, says extortion and corruption in the force are the results of structural deficiencies. Excerpts from his interview with Aditi Phadnis

Over 20,000 police officials transferred within 2 years of posting in 2019

Over 20,000 police officials across states and union territories were transferred in 2019 within a period of two years of their posting, with more than 70 per cent of the shunting happening at the station house officer (SHO) level, according to official data. Altogether, there were 20,637 transfers of police officials during 2019 within two years of their field posting, the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) stated in its latest data on police organisations updated till January 1, 2020. Officials included in the tally are SHOs, deputy superintendents of police (DySPs), assistant commissioners (ACPs), district SPs (SPs), deputy commissioners (DCPs), deputy inspector general (DIGs), inspector general of range (IG Range), additional CPs, and police commissioners who were transferred within a year or between one and two years of their posting. As per the BPR&D figures, 12 police commissioners were transferred within one year while another 12 transferred between ...

Police personnel on duty surpass sanctioned strength by 35%: Data

West Bengal, Punjab, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir have the maximum numbers of people getting police protection, even as the all-India figure reduced by nearly nine per cent in 2019, according to official data. Also, the number of police personnel put on protection duty in 2018 and 2019 for ministers, MPs, MLAs, judges, bureaucrats, etc., outnumbered their sanctioned strength for the job by around 35 per cent, showed the latest data released by the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). The number of people getting police protection across India stood at 19,467 in 2019 and 21,300 in 2018 -- a reduction of 1,833 (or 8.7 per cent), the BPR&D stated in its latest data on police organisations updated till January 1, 2020. The number of police personnel sanctioned for protection duty in 2019 was 43,556, whereas 66,043 personnel were deployed for the job, the data showed. In 2018, the sanctioned strength was 40,031, while 63,061 police personnel were deployed on ...

Best of BS Opinion: No escape from extra borrowing, Covid-19, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Forget the uniform, focus on power

The constitutional principle against self-incrimination is a vital and crucial element for society

Now, no police officer can force 'good Samaritan' to disclose identity

The govt on Thursday said it has come out with rules for the protection of 'good Samaritans' under which no police officer can force the person to disclose his/her identity or other personal details.

Covid hits National Police Academy in Hyderabad as 80 staff test positive

As many as 80 staff in administrative and maintenance departments of the city-based Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) have tested positive for COVID-19

Fearing the cops

The simple fact is that, however harsh and violent the militarised police in the United States may be, any Indian knows that our reality is much worse