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Mentally Challenged Man Beaten Up In Kashmir Over Braid-Chopping Rumours

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Friday October 20, 2017

A man with special needs was beaten up by an angry mob on the suspicion that he was a braid chopper. His attackers also tried to burn him alive in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore area, police said today. A cellphone video shows a group of men ruthlessly beating him, stripping him and attempting to set him on fire. The victim has been identified as Wasim...

Robbers Break Into Haridwar Express Train, Loot Jewellery, Cash From Passengers

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 19, 2017

Robbers struck a compartment of the Haridwar Express train and looted jewellery, cash and mobile phones from members of two families near Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, the police said.

Separate Police Investigation Wing For Women To Start In Maharashtra

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 18, 2017

In a bid to effectively deal with cases of crime against women, the Maharashtra government has decided to come up with a separate woman police investigation wing in all districts, a police official said today.

Dubai Police To Add Hoverbikes To Its Fleet

Sameer Contractor | Wednesday October 18, 2017

Going a step further, or should I say higher, in its quest for becoming the coolest city, Dubai Police has announced that it will be adding Hoverbikes to its fleet, a first globally. The announcement was made at the Gulf Information Technology Exposition (GITEX), the biggest technology expo in the Gulf region, and the Hoverbikes will be added as a ...

Pakistani Taliban Suicide Bomber Rams Police Truck, Kills 7

World News | Reuters | Wednesday October 18, 2017

A bomb blew up a Pakistani security force truck on Wednesday in the city of Quetta, killing at least seven people, police said

Anti-Corruption Blogger Killed By Huge Bomb In Malta

World News | Reuters | Tuesday October 17, 2017

Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta's best-known investigative journalist, was killed on Monday when a powerful bomb blew up her car, police said, in a case that stunned the small Mediterranean island.

Vyapam-Linked Deaths Controversy Result Of Police Goof Up

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 16, 2017

The controversy over the Vyapam scam-linked deaths erupted as Madhya Pradesh police had included the names of dead persons as accused in its FIRs registered in the cases pertaining to the admission and recruitment scam, the CBI has found.

UP Teen, Threatened By Alleged Rapists, Found Hanging At Home

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Sunday October 15, 2017

Threatened with rape again, a 15-year-old has allegedly committed suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district. The police said the girl hanged herself after three of the five men who abducted and gang-raped her four months ago, warned her of a repeat if she didn't withdraw her complaint.

Kashmir Cop Tied To Chair, Roughed Up Allegedly For Taking Photo Of Woman

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday October 14, 2017

A policeman in Jammu and Kashmir was tied to a chair and roughed up allegedly because he was caught taking pictures of a woman. He was held hostage by a crowd as they shouted slogans, a video of the incident being widely shared online showed, before being handed to the police and arrested. The incident took place on Saturday in the Ganderbal distri...

Don't Call 911 If Facebook Is Down, Tweets This Police Department

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Saturday October 14, 2017

The official Twitter handle for Bothell Police recently put up a tweet stating that Facebook being down isn't an emergency and one perhaps shouldn't call 911 about it. Their tweet has since been circulating and has collected quite the hilarious reactions.

Kolkata Schools Step Up Vigil Over 'Drug Candies Sold' Report

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Friday October 13, 2017

In a bid to counter the growing menace of drug abuse, schools in Kolkata have decided to step up security measures outside their premises. The alleged sale of drug-laced candies outside school campuses has prompted this measure

Identify Foreigners Staying Illegally In UP, Yogi Adityanath Tells Cops

Lucknow News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 12, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed police officials to launch a survey to identify foreign nationals staying illegally in the state.

18-Year-Old Jailed In UP For 42 Days, Beaten In Cell Over Facebook Posts

Muzaffarnagar News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 11, 2017

He made light of the Ganga being declared a "living entity", debated BJP's promise of building a Ram Mandir and wondered why the Centre was not withdrawing the Haj subsidy given to Air India.

Woman Hangs Herself As Husband In US Doesn't Answer Call On Karwa Chauth

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 11, 2017

A 37-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself, as her NRI husband did not pick up her calls on Karva Chauth, the police said today.

Two Police Officers Accused Of 'Harassing' Journalist In UP

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 11, 2017

Two senior police officers in Mathura have been accused of harassing a journalist who was trying to report on a seven-month-old unsolved murder case.

RSS Activist Attacked, Beaten With Rods In Kerala's Kannur

Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday October 10, 2017

An activist of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP, was dragged out of his vehicle and beaten up with iron rods near Kerala's Kannur today. The assault came at a time the BJP is in the middle of a 15-day foot-march in the state to highlight what it calls the "murder politics" of the ruling CPM. The police say initial inve...

Fed Up Andhra Cop's Hilarious Reaction To Traffic Offenders Is Viral

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Tuesday October 10, 2017

Abhishek Goyal, Deputy Commissioner of Police -Traffic East, Bengaluru, shared a picture of a family of five riding on one bike - all of them without helmets.

Woman Commits Suicide, Note Blames UP Police For Failing To Find Parents' Murderers

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Monday October 9, 2017

A 20-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide in Uttar Pradesh seven months after her parents were murdered in a robbery at her home. She was reportedly depressed and consumed Sulphas tablets on Saturday. A suicide letter allegedly written by her has been recovered in which she has blamed the police for failing to find her parents' murderers for ...

After Soldier Row, Assam Police Efforts To Catch Migrants Faces Scrutiny

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Monday October 9, 2017

After a retired a retired Army soldier was accused of being an illegal immigrant last week in Assam, the entire process of identifying foreigners by the Assam Police has come under the scanner. Many have accused the police of picking up innocent people just to demonstrate they are doing their job.

Jail With No Food For Parents Not Sending Kids To Schools: UP Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 8, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar has warned that parents who fail to send their wards to schools will be locked up in police stations without food and water.

On Putin's Birthday, Thousands In Russia Protest Asking Him To Quit

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday October 8, 2017

Russian police violently broke up a rally in Saint Petersburg as thousands took to the streets across Russia Saturday on President Vladimir Putin's birthday, urging him to quit power.

Woman, 30, Allegedly Gang-Raped In Front Of Husband, Child In UP's Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Saturday October 7, 2017

A 30-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang-raped by four men in front of her husband and their three-month-old baby, the police said. They stopped them, snatched the baby, beat up the man and dragged the woman to a sugarcane field.

A Rapist's Ear: What It Took A Woman To Get A Case Registered

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 7, 2017

It took three days for an alleged gangrape victim to get a case registered at a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh, and that too after producing a damning piece of evidence -- the severed ear of one of the rapists which she had bitten off.

2 Men Beaten Up In Srinagar Over Braid-Chopping Rumours

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Sunday October 8, 2017

In fresh violence over rising incidents of chopped braids in Kashmir, a furious mob yesterday beat up two men suspecting them of being plait slashers, police said. Samir Ahmad Khan and Tahir Ahmad Beigh were punched, kicked and hit with sharp objects in Ishber's Chopan Mohalla in Srinagar. But timely police action saved their lives.

Villagers Defeated 7.8 Metre Python, Then Whole Village Ate The Snake

Offbeat | Agence France-Presse | Thursday October 5, 2017

A giant python attacked an Indonesian man, nearly severing his arm, before hungry villagers chopped up the reptile and ate it, a police chief said Wednesday.

Schoolgirl Molested By Teacher In Uttarakhand

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 5, 2017

A class 12th student alleged that she was molested by her teacher in Pauri district's Lansdowne. According to the police, when the girl informed the principal about it, he tried to cover up the incident.

Class 12 Student Called 'Gay', Beaten Up In Delhi

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 4, 2017

The Delhi Police said today that they have registered a case against a group of unidentified men for allegedly calling a class 12 student "gay" and beating his family members following the incident in Shakarpur area.

9 Injured In Clashes Between Two Communities In UP

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

Tension flared in the Parampurva area in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district after six people were injured today in a clash during a Muharram procession that saw members of two communities throwing bricks at each other and setting vehicles on fire, the police said.

Cop Allegedly Tries To Rape 6-Year-Old Inside Checkpost In UP, Arrested

Lucknow News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Monday October 2, 2017

A policeman had allegedly attempted to rape a 6-year-old inside a police checkpost in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh. The sub-inspector, Tejveer Singh, was caught by the villagers and he has been arrested.

UP Police Begin Probe In Late-Night Violence At Banaras Hindu University

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Saturday September 30, 2017

Twenty top university officials have been sent notices by UP police's crime branch days after clashes broke out at Banaras Hindu University. They have been asked to record their statement in the late-night violence in which several students, including women, and two journalists were injured.