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The Madras High Court on Friday upheld the convictions of 215 people involved in the heinous 1992 Vachathi Atrocities Case. In 2011, a lower court had convicted 215 policemen, forest and revenue officials for raping 18 women and torturing men.

The police in all the major cities across the country are prepared for crowd control on New Year's eve. In Mumbai, some 10,000 policemen and 1,500 officers will watch. Delhi Police has deployed over 18,000 personnel.

A court in Shahjahanpur has directed the police to register a case against 18 policemen including the then superintendent of police chief in an alleged fake encounter case in which two persons were killed 18 years ago.

A court in Bihar's Muzaffarpur area on Friday ordered that an FIR be lodged against 18 police personnel who had looted cash and jewellery, valued at more than Rs 50 lakh, from the house of a retired serviceman earlier this year.

A mob of sword-carrying Sikh protesters broke through barricades at a Gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded last evening and attacked policemen, leaving four injured, after the police refused to allow a religious procession because of the Covid surge in the state. A case has been registered over the violence and the violation of the state's Covid safety...

Eighteen policemen have been suspended a day after a murder accused was shot dead inside a courtroom in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor. The man accused of killing two people was shot dead by three men inside the court. A policeman and a court staff are in hospital.

Just minutes away from the last 18 steps to the Sabarimala shrine, hundreds of protesters stood in front of policemen, determined to stop two women from entering the temple. Around 300 policemen had escorted the women on a five-km walk to the hilltop shrine, which has opened for the first time since the Supreme Court ended a ban on women of menstru...

Five policemen were suspended for dereliction of duty and 18 people arrested for unruly behaviour on Sunday following the violence that rocked Puri on October 3 over protests at Jagannath temple, police said.

Turkish authorities ordered the dismissal of more than 18,500 state employees including police officers, soldiers and academics, in a decree published on Sunday. The Official Gazette said 18,632 people had been sacked including 8,998 police officers in the emergency decree over suspected links to terror organisations and groups that "act against na...

The unrest in Jammu and Kashmir has taken a new turn, with armed terrorists robbing policemen of their weapons - often in broad daylight - a trend that has so far been seen only in Maoist-hit areas. The police department has been forced to arrest 18 of its men for not offering any resistance to the terrorists.

In a unique effort to reach out to all 18 lakh policemen in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to send SMSes to each one of them on the coming Republic Day.

At least 18 policemen have come under the vigilance department's scanner every week this year for alleged involvement in corrupt practices.

Egypt extended a state of emergency in parts of the Sinai Peninsula for three months, as a roadside bomb wounded 18 policemen today in the insurgency-wracked region, security officials said.

Eighteen Indian Army officers who assaulted policemen and a police station in Nashik in Maharashtra on Wednesday, were on Thursday sent to 14 days' judicial custody but later released on bail, officials said.

Two Meghalaya policemen were killed and another was injured today in a blast at Tebronggre, about 18 km from Tura in West Garo Hills. The cops who were killed - a constable and a driver - were on a patrolling duty when the IED blast took place at around 5 pm.

The Madras High Court on Friday upheld the convictions of 215 people involved in the heinous 1992 Vachathi Atrocities Case. In 2011, a lower court had convicted 215 policemen, forest and revenue officials for raping 18 women and torturing men.

The police in all the major cities across the country are prepared for crowd control on New Year's eve. In Mumbai, some 10,000 policemen and 1,500 officers will watch. Delhi Police has deployed over 18,000 personnel.

A court in Shahjahanpur has directed the police to register a case against 18 policemen including the then superintendent of police chief in an alleged fake encounter case in which two persons were killed 18 years ago.

A court in Bihar's Muzaffarpur area on Friday ordered that an FIR be lodged against 18 police personnel who had looted cash and jewellery, valued at more than Rs 50 lakh, from the house of a retired serviceman earlier this year.

A mob of sword-carrying Sikh protesters broke through barricades at a Gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded last evening and attacked policemen, leaving four injured, after the police refused to allow a religious procession because of the Covid surge in the state. A case has been registered over the violence and the violation of the state's Covid safety...

Eighteen policemen have been suspended a day after a murder accused was shot dead inside a courtroom in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor. The man accused of killing two people was shot dead by three men inside the court. A policeman and a court staff are in hospital.

Just minutes away from the last 18 steps to the Sabarimala shrine, hundreds of protesters stood in front of policemen, determined to stop two women from entering the temple. Around 300 policemen had escorted the women on a five-km walk to the hilltop shrine, which has opened for the first time since the Supreme Court ended a ban on women of menstru...

Five policemen were suspended for dereliction of duty and 18 people arrested for unruly behaviour on Sunday following the violence that rocked Puri on October 3 over protests at Jagannath temple, police said.

Turkish authorities ordered the dismissal of more than 18,500 state employees including police officers, soldiers and academics, in a decree published on Sunday. The Official Gazette said 18,632 people had been sacked including 8,998 police officers in the emergency decree over suspected links to terror organisations and groups that "act against na...

The unrest in Jammu and Kashmir has taken a new turn, with armed terrorists robbing policemen of their weapons - often in broad daylight - a trend that has so far been seen only in Maoist-hit areas. The police department has been forced to arrest 18 of its men for not offering any resistance to the terrorists.

In a unique effort to reach out to all 18 lakh policemen in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to send SMSes to each one of them on the coming Republic Day.

At least 18 policemen have come under the vigilance department's scanner every week this year for alleged involvement in corrupt practices.

Egypt extended a state of emergency in parts of the Sinai Peninsula for three months, as a roadside bomb wounded 18 policemen today in the insurgency-wracked region, security officials said.

Eighteen Indian Army officers who assaulted policemen and a police station in Nashik in Maharashtra on Wednesday, were on Thursday sent to 14 days' judicial custody but later released on bail, officials said.

Two Meghalaya policemen were killed and another was injured today in a blast at Tebronggre, about 18 km from Tura in West Garo Hills. The cops who were killed - a constable and a driver - were on a patrolling duty when the IED blast took place at around 5 pm.