Presently, a 3 per cent reservation is provided to sportspersons in the police and forest departments, and the government is poised to positively reconsider this percentage, extending the reservation to 2 per cent in other government sectors.
According to the Model Code of Conduct (MCC), no political party or leader can hold meetings or programmes of a political nature without a nod from the Election Commission or the police department.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has merged the Central awards conferred separately to the police, fire service, home guard and correctional service-- a move to streamline the honours for Central and state police personnel as well as departments and organisations of other related fields.
Police arrested the former Congress MLA after an official posted in the BDPO office requested the police to take action against him and his colleagues who were sitting inside the office for three days and allegedly obstructing official work including tampering with government documents.
A delegation led by BC Rajyadhikara Samiti President Dasu Suresh met the Telangana Human Rights Commission in Nampally, Hyderabad, on Monday and handed over a report for alleged violence and abusive language by the police at Pravallika's house, who had died by suicide in her hostel.
Police on Friday received a call in the police control room where the caller stated that some persons posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials had decamped with over Rs 3.2 crore from his house.
The police further said that the accused Vishal Shah, who claimed to be an authorised dealer of Falguni Pathak's event in Borivali (West), was selling passes for Rs 3,300, which is lower than the actual price of Rs 4,500.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the appointment of Justice Poonam A Bamba, a retired judge of the Delhi High Court, as the Chairperson of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) which deals with the complaints relating to Delhi Police.
According to the police on the night spanning Thursday and Friday, the accused Sumit and one of his friends stabbed Gulshan 15 to 20 times after a quarrel took place between them on some petty issues and ran away from the spot
Manipur police on Saturday appealed to the public to return looted arms, ammunition and explosives to the police immediately while adding that the situation in the state is under control.