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Over 380 Police Personnel Killed On Duty In Last 1 Year, Says Top Intelligence Officer

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 21, 2017

Over 380 police personnel including from central police forces such as the BSF have died while on duty in the last one year, the head of India's top domestic intelligence service said today

Watch: Cop Pulls Out Baby Gator With Bare Hands

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Wednesday October 18, 2017

A video shared on Facebook shows a Florida police officer removing a baby alligator from a flooded high school yard using his bare hands. The video will leave you both squeamish and impressed.

Was Darjeeling Gunfight Planted? GJM's Bimal Gurung Camp Raises Question

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Friday October 13, 2017

The Bimal Gurung faction of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has questioned the police operation in Darjeeling today in which a police officer was shot dead, allegedly by supporters of Mr Gurung at a forest area where the GJM chief was suspected to be hiding.

Cop Killed In Encounter With Suspected Supporters Of Gorkha Leader

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Debanish Achom | Friday October 13, 2017

A police officer has been shot dead in Darjeeling as a hail of gunfire erupted between police and suspected gunmen loyal to Bimal Gurung, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader who is on the run

New Timeline In Las Vegas Shooting Raises Questions On Police Response

World News | Reuters | Wednesday October 11, 2017

Las Vegas police faced new questions on Tuesday over their response to last week's deadly mass shooting, after releasing a revised chronology in which the gunman shot a security officer before, not after, opening fire from his high-rise hotel window.

Police Officer Shot Dead By Student At Texas Tech University

World News | Reuters | Tuesday October 10, 2017

A student shot a police officer to death at Texas Tech University in Lubbock on Monday and the campus was placed on lockdown before the suspect was arrested, officials said.

Jodhpur Court Annuls Child Marriage. Now Free, Girl Wants To Become Police Officer

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday October 10, 2017

Jodhpur: A court in Rajasthan on Monday annulled the marriage of a young woman who had been married off when she was just 12 years old. An order to this effect was issued by Family Court number 1 in Jodhpur on Monday. For Sushila, 18, it is a big victory. She had left her house a night before the “gauna” ceremony (associated with the consummat...

Hyderabad Cop's Pic With Kidnapped Baby He Saved Is Breaking The Internet

Offbeat | Sanya Jain | Monday October 9, 2017

A picture of a Hyderabad police officer smiling down at the 4-month-old baby boy he rescued from a kidnapping is currently going viral on social media.

Miami Beach Police Fatally Shoot Woman Driver Who Struck Officer

World News | Reuters | Tuesday October 10, 2017

Miami Beach police fatally shot a woman on Sunday after she crashed her car into another vehicle and then hit a police officer who was on foot as she tried to drive off, the department's chief said.

Fourth Terrorist Involved In Last Month's Banihal Attack Arrested: Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 9, 2017

Police have arrested another terrorist involved in the deadly terror attack on the SSB party in the Banihal belt of Jammu and Kashmir last month, taking the total number of arrests to four, a senior police officer said today.

Three Shootings In Three Years, And Officer Wins Back Job

World News | Theresa Vargas, Kimbriell Kelly, The Washington Post | Sunday October 8, 2017

Philadelphia police officer Cyrus Mann stood on a rain-slicked road, pointed his gun at a moving car and pulled the trigger five times, hitting the driver.

Cop Allegedly Forces Woman To Abort After Raping Her In Ghaziabad

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday October 8, 2017

Police in Ghaziabad have booked one of their officers on charges of raping a woman and forcing her to go for abortion.

CRPF Officer Injured In Terrorist Attack In Jammu And Kashmir

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday October 8, 2017

A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was injured in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday evening, police said.

Police Bodycam Shows Officer Fatally Shoot A Man Who Ran. Prosecutors Say It Was Justified.

World News | Eli Rosenberg, The Washington Post | Saturday October 7, 2017

Authorities in Salt Lake City have cleared a police officer in the fatal shooting of a man who ran after being stopped on his bicycle, an incident caught on police body-camera video that was released this week.

Top Officer's Medal Cancelled By President Over 'Staged' Encounter Charge

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Friday October 6, 2017

A top police officer in Madhya Pradesh, honoured 10 years ago for killing a dreaded criminal, has been stripped of his gallantry medal by the President. The encounter that Dharmendra Choudhry was awarded for was staged, the National Human Rights Commission has found.

Brazil Arrests Olympic Committee Chairman On Rio 2016 Corruption Charges

Agence France-Presse | Thursday October 5, 2017

Following an investigation dubbed "Unfair Play" that spanned several countries, Brazilian officials last month said Nuzman was the 'lynchpin' in a plot to bribe the International Olympic Committee into awarding Rio de Janeiro last year's Games.

Video: Police Officer Mistakes Actor For Real Robber, Fires At Him

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Thursday October 5, 2017

A chilling bodycam video released by the Crawfordsville Police Department of Indiana, USA, shows a police officer firing at a masked man - an actor posing as a robber.

'Godwoman' Radhe Maa Spotted In Police Officer's Chair, Probe Ordered

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday October 5, 2017

Amid controversies circling self-declared gurus, "godwoman" Radhe Maa is on camera lording it over Delhi policemen who are now in serious trouble. An officer is being investigated after a photograph showing the so-called spiritual leader sitting in his chair surfaced on social media.

Notice Tagging Retired Soldier As Bangladeshi A 'Mistake': Assam Police

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday October 4, 2017

In face of immense criticism for accusing a retired soldier of being a Bangladeshi, the Assam police on Tuesday admitted that there has been a goof-up. The papers were meant for another man and got sent to retired Junior Commissioned Officer Mohd Azmal Haque, said the police. The notice, sent by the foreigners' tribunal, demanded that Mr Haque prov...

Constable Drinks Poison In Madhya Pradesh, Blames Officer In Video

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Wednesday October 4, 2017

A head constable committed suicide in his quarters at a police station in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district on Tuesday, alleging after he was mentally and physical harassed by the in-charge officer.

Terrorist Pretended To Be Soldier, Then Turned His Gun On CRPF

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited bu Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday October 3, 2017

One of the three terrorists who broke into a Border Security Force (BSF) campus near the Srinagar airport in military uniforms on Tuesday morning, pretended to be a soldier and fired in the same direction as the security forces until he was spotted and killed, a top officer leading the operation told NDTV.

Madhya Pradesh Senior Cop Found Dead In His Residence; Suicide Suspected

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 1, 2017

A Sub-Divisional Officer of the Madhya Pradesh Police was today found dead in his official residence in Morena district with bullet wounds in his chest, a senior official said.

Sena Men Allegedly Assault Senior Doctor For Marking Mumbai Stampede Victims

Mumbai News | Reported by Anant R Zanane, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Sunday October 1, 2017

A group of Shiv Sena workers barged in to Mumbai's KEM Hospital on Saturday and allegedly assaulted a senior doctor formarking of bodies of the Elphinstone Road station stampede victims, police said. They overpowered him and tried to scribble on his forehead last evening, a senior police officer said.

Criticised As Insensitive, Varanasi University Top Officer Does It Again

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Friday September 29, 2017

Accused of mishandling student protests at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), which led to a controversial police lathicharge on women protesting sexual harassment on campus, Vice Chancellor Girish Chandra Tripathi has waded into deeper trouble with another in a series of imprudent comments.

Lashkar Behind Killing Of BSF Jawan Who Took On Terrorists In Kashmir

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Thursday September 28, 2017

Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, or LeT, is involved in the brutal killing of the young Border Security Force jawan Mohammad Ramzan Parray shot dead in his north Kashmir house late on Wednesday evening, a top police officer said today. The heavily-armed terrorists had tried to kidnap the 31-year-old BSF jawan who had come home on a vaca...

Probe Ordered Into 'Kill Journalists' Audio Clip In Chhattisgarh

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 27, 2017

The Chhattisgarh Police has ordered a probe into a clip of a "wireless message", circulating on social media, in which a man is purportedly heard telling another to kill journalists reporting on Naxalites, a senior officer said today.

Andhra 'Godman' Arrested For Allegedly Cheating Followers Of Rs 50 Lakh

Andhra Pradesh News | NDTV News Desk | Wednesday September 27, 2017

A 44-year-old self-proclaimed godman who has taken over Rs 50 lakh from his followers has been arrested in Hyderabad for threatening them when they asked him to return their money, a senior police officer said

Abdul Qayoom Najar, Top Hizbul Mujahideen Terrorist, Killed In Baramulla

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 26, 2017

Top Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Abdul Qayoom Najar was today killed in an encounter with security forces near the Line of Control in Uri sector as he was trying to sneak into the valley to take charge of the outfit, a senior police officer said.

The Cat That Adopted An Officer: It Jumped Into Cop Car, Refused To Leave

Offbeat | Sanya Jain | Tuesday September 26, 2017

The 'super friendly and loving' cat jumped into a police car through an open car window and refused to leave Officer Butler, who was inside.

Police Officer Performs Rituals At Durga Puja Pandal After No-Show By Priests

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Tuesday September 26, 2017

After setting up a Goddess Durga idol for their first-ever Puja celebration, a village in Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand waited for a priest to perform the rituals. And waited. When no priest showed up for hours, they called the police, who responded to their SOS and more.