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85 fortified police stations to come up in Maoist-hit areas of Bihar

PATNA: The Union home ministry has okayed construction of 85 anti-Naxalite police stations in Bihar. This is the largest number of such police stations okayed by the Centre for any state.

Giving this information to TOI on Thursday, DG Ashok Kumar Gupta -- who is also CMD of Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation(BPBCC) - said the Union home ministry had okayed construction of 400 anti-Naxalite police stations (fortified police stations) in nine Maoist-affected states. "We had sought 100 such police stations. The Centre has given approval for 85. With this, Bihar has got approval for the largest number of such police stations," Gupta said. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra are among the other states which would have the anti-Naxalite police stations. Funds for setting up these police stations have also been allotted by the Centre, Gupta added. Read more

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Kharghar cops work from rented residential flat

Mumbai : Even as the crime rate rises in the hub of Navi Mumbai, policemen are jostling for space in an apartment that has no lock-up or room to store records, as the construction of their permanent office building lies in limbo

Space jam: Cops sit in a corner of the building's staircase and register complaints. They grumble that it is difficult for them to carry out their work in the space provided

The satellite city of Navi Mumbai has been growing at an exponential rate, and crime rates have gone up in proportion to the burgeoning population that comes hand in hand with development, especially in Kharghar. Read more

Source : mid-day.com

WHAT GOES UP

It is almost like a new era in West Bengal. Almost. The chief minister has said that no government employee who is absent from work on February 28, the day of the all-India industrial strike, will be granted leave. There is not only firmness in this but partial consistency too, for the statement falls in line with the general anti-bandh approach that Mamata Banerjee has been championing as chief of government. Actually, this attitude is slightly older. Towards the end of her stint as Opposition leader, Ms Banerjee had displayed her sense of responsibility by refusing to call bandhs or support them even if they were called by allies. But that came after years of disruptive rallies and bandhs by the Trinamul Congress. The sudden anti-disruption stance had a very persuasive political cause: Ms Banerjee was out to win all segments of the urban vote and show by her actions that Bengal would turn around if she came to power. Now she is undoubtedly doing her best, but is it enough for people to forget that the anti-strike passion is of rather recent vintage?

To be fair, is there any leader in Bengal who has a principled stand regarding strikes, be it for or against? Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has just demonstrated that bandhs are neither good nor bad, only position makes them so. Read more

Source : telegraphindia.com

Addiction drives many to commit crimes: Bangalore top cop

Bangalore : Drugs are hard to resist, particularly in a city like Bangalore where the urban crowd thinks it is ‘cool’ to abuse drugs. Youth group Terapanth Yuvak Parishad held an anti-addiction awareness drive at Surana College. The event, which was attended by commissioner of police, BG Jyothiprakash Mirji, was flagged off at Madhavan Park on Tuesday morning.

Mirji warned students to keep away from addictive substances. “You will end up being trapped. These substances may look more attractive to you and might seem glamorous but you will end up as the prey,” he said. Read more

Source : dnaindia.com

Firozabad seeking better infrastructure, education to stem migration

Firozabad (ANI): With four of seven phases of polling over in Uttar Pradesh, residents of Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad city, the state's famed glassmaking hub, have to contend with a lack of water, power supply and education, which is fuelling the migration of its residents to other cities, as well as abroad. 

Speaking about the acute water problem, social activist Waqaruddin Ahmed said apart from the receding water table, the paucity of power often forced people to walk long distances to fetch water. Read more

Source : newstrackindia.com

Border areas need to be developed: Antony

ITANAGAR – The Centre is aware of the challenges faced by the people living in the border areas and the government is according topmost priority to infrastructure development in these areas, said Union Defence Minister AK Antony while speaking during the silver jubilee celebrations of Arunachal Pradesh Staehood Day here today.

In his speech, Antony admitted that Arunachal Pradesh is a strategically important State with hilly terrains, which has been facing serious challenges from outside the country. Showering praise on the people of Arunachal for their patriotic spirit and love for the nation, the Defence Minister said, “Arunachal Pradesh is in the heart of the people of our country. In the path of development, peace and prosperity, the whole nation is with Arunachal Pradesh.” Read more

Source : assamtribune.com

Poverty not declining in Bihar, despite high growth

Patna : Bihar has been changing and developing fast but its poverty is not declining, warned Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen here.

"It is a matter of serious concern that there is no decline in poverty in Bihar despite a high growth rate and development," Abhijit Sen, who is here to attend a three-day global meet on changing Bihar, told IANS. Read more

Source : prokerala.com

Industry doyens give thumbs up to Bihar dvpt, credit Nitish for progress

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that though the state’s interest had been ignored by successive central governments since Independence, the spirit of the people had not been dampened and they had set the course for development with social justice under NDA rule.

Speaking at the conclusion of the three-day Global Summit on Changing Bihar, Kumar singled out agriculture as the backbone of the state’s economy. Read more

Source : firstpost.com

Abuse of minors on rise, experts call for more legal teeth

Delhi's penchant for crime is well known and it's not safe for kids as well - not even in the 'safe confines ' of home. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, among India's top 35 cities, Delhi headed the list of crime against children with a whopping 42.9% in 2009. A Union home ministry report almost echoes it - against the national average of two cases per one lakh population, the crime rate against children in the capital is 16. The same Crime in India 2009 report puts the number of rape of minors at 296 and incest at 11 in Delhi.

Senior policemen, who have seen the city grow since the Asiad days, blame unfulfilled social aspiration. "Children are the most vulnerable and naive. They become easy target of people who are otherwise craving for something which they cannot achieve in real life," said a senior officer of Delhi Police's special unit for children. "Nithari was just the tip of the perversion iceberg . Child pornography and child sex workers attract the 'highest chunk of customers' ." Read more

Source : articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Alarm bells: Maoists ‘win’ 30 blocks in Orissa panchayat polls

In a quiet coup of sorts, Maoists have taken control of panchayats in about 30 blocks of Malkangiri and Koraput districts in the ongoing panchayat elections in Orissa. All their nominees have been elected unopposed after the Maoists warned local people against nominating any other candidate. Close to 2,500 members of these panchayats have also been elected unopposed. Sources said at least 32 heads of panchayats (sarpanches) have known Maoist links.

Security personnels (PTI)

Wary that this could undermine anti-Naxal efforts by helping them expand their base, an alarmed centre has asked the state government to step in. The main cause of worry is that panchayats have access to considerable funds under various social schemes including NREGS, besides what accrues from the devolution package. Read more

Source : indianexpress.com

Govt to set up panel to study status of women

NEW DELHI: At a time when crime against women is steadily increasing and there is evidence of continued marginalization of women, the government is setting up a high level expert committee to report the socio-economic, political and legal status of women in India and evaluate the impact of government schemes. 

The committee - to be notified shortly - will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ruma Pal. The 15-member panel will examine the overall status of women including the socio-economic, health and nutritional, legal and political status disaggregated by rural and urban populations, economic and social position. The analysis is expected to take into account cross-regional differences and focus on inequalities both within and outside the household. Read more

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Naroda moves on... Patiyawalas still stuck

Ahmedabad : A young boy gets down at the last stop of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) on the RTO-Naroda route and says, “Where is this Naroda Patiya, the riot spot, actually located?” Nobody knew Naroda Patiya till 2002.

Muslims who survived the biggest post-Godhra massacre are now called Patiyawala, a term they own up with pride. They lost their loved ones but their lives has since seen a sea of change, with the BRTS running right outside their homes and the surrounding development making their own abodes high on the demand list. Read more

Source : .indianexpress.com

Bhujbal, Chavan lash out at civic administration

NASHIK: Launching a scathing attack on the saffron alliance that rules the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, while promising better civic amenities and development, hinted at administrative changes for improving civic amenities and law and order in the city.

Chavan was speaking in Nashik on Friday, a day after municipal commissioner B D Sanap and police commissioner Vinod Lokhande were transferred out of Nashik, which was described recently by the state election commission as the most sensitive place in the state after Gadchiroli in the run-up to the local polls. Read more

Source : articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Police brutality caught on camera in Punjab

Chandigarh (IBNS) : A cop has been caught on camera thrashing a woman at a police station in Bareta in east Punjab for allegedly selling spurious liquor, in another incident of police brutality in the north Indian state.

According to media reports on Monday, the victim, along with another girl, was selling liquor without license in Mansa. They were brought to the local police station and thrashed by the cops. Read more

Source : indiablooms.com

‘Red tape is rampant’

The Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd recently released a report, which stated that Indian bureaucracy is the worst in Asia . To begin with, the report needs to be looked at in perspective. It is not a comprehensive analysis but only the outcome of a survey of the opinions of 1,300 expatriate businessmen. They were asked to rate the countries on a scale of 1 to10 on six parameters namely voice and accountability; political stability and absence of violence; government effectiveness; regulatory quality; rule of law and control of corruption. If India scored 9.21 where 10 is the worst score, I can only conclude that the expatriate businessmen polled had no idea of what India is and how businesses in India — both local and foreign — are thriving. The report is, therefore, fit to be consigned to the dustbin, where I am sure it has already gone.

Having said that, it does not mean that all is well with Indian bureaucracy. Petty corruption at the lowest levels that affects the vast majority of the population, is rampant. Consider the difficulties ordinary people face in getting a ration card, driving licence, gas connections and a host of other daily essentials. Here it is the sheer volume of applications and the lack of adequate number of staff that is one major reason for the delay and consequent corruption. Read more

Source : .hindustantimes.com

Pangs of paribartan in West Bengal

Suo motu declarations are as valid as appraisals by external agents; by that reckoning, the eight-month-old government of chief minister Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal has delivered on each of the campaign promises as listed in the manifesto and the Chief Minister is confidently asserting “touch me if you can”, which is a paraphrase of a Bengali idiom that describes towering, spectacular achievement.

In her own estimation, Ms Banerjee has solved the “burning” problems that was the legacy of the CPM-led Left Front government — the land acquired for the car factory in Singur has been returned to “unwilling” farmers in law; the Maoist insurgency in Jangalmahal has ended and the people are “laughing” instead of “crying”; the fissiparous Darjeeling movement has been tamed; industry is eagerly exploring the investment opportunities created by the change of regime and reforms in education have been successfully launched by gifting to the Presidency University a mentor group that is working overtime to convert a down-at-heel institution into a world-class one. There are other achievements too: minority students have been distributed scholarships and madrasas have been mainstreamed. Peace and harmony is back in West Bengal instead of the chaos and violence that prevailed earlier. The stage is set for the state to stride ahead and wipe out the past. Read more

Source : deccanchronicle.com

Delayed investigation weaking most cases

CHENNAI: The police may be quickly solving the 11 murders committed in 10 days this year, but not many are likely to get convicted. Going by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics for 2010, in close to 50% of Indian Penal Code (IPC) cases in the state, the accused were acquitted. 

NCRB statistics suggest a direct correlation between a state's population and its conviction rate in heinous crimes. While less populous north-eastern states like Mizoram (93.6%), Nagaland (78.5%) and Manipur (68.5%) had high conviction rates for IPC cases, states like Maharashtra, Odisha, Bihar and West Bengal fell below the national average of 40.7%. The lowest rate was reported in Maharashtra (9%) followed by Odisha (9.9%). In all, 22.2 lakh IPC cases were registered in the country in 2010, of which 10% were in Tamil Nadu. Read more

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Principals should be impartial and above politics: minister

Kolkata (PTI) : A minister in the West Bengal government today described the attack on the principal of the Rampurhat College, Sibashis Banerjee, as 'unacceptable', saying that principals of educational institutions should be impartial and above politics. "Nobody expects such incidents, we also don't support these incidents,", West Bengal Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Firhad Hakim said. "It is also true that the CPI(M) and its friend political party trying to politicise the issue banking on such stray incidents", Hakim, a Trinamool Congress leader said.

The minister alleged that the CPI(M) was involved in politicising education with its diktats from the party headquarters directly and the case of Santosh Bhattacharya, former Vice Chancellor of the Calcutta University, was an example of this. He said that Mamata Banerjee government was committed to removing politicisation of education. Read more

Source : ibnlive.in.com

2,000 slum dwellers damage GVMC building

VISAKHAPATNAM: About 2,000 slum dwellers from seven slums in the city under the banner of Murikiwada Nivasula Sanskhema Sangham gheraoed the GVMC office on Monday, in protest against forcible slum evacuation disrupting the Council meeting on budget.

The agitators tried to enter the GVMC meeting hall and stopped corporators and GVMC officials from attending the meeting by blocking the entrance gates. Read more

Source : ibnlive.in.com

Lulling women into false sense of security

Open any newspaper and you will see small news items on burglaries. Break-ins and robberies are on the rise. Youngsters are taking to burglary to fund a lavish lifestyle. They rob from the upwardly mobile, the rich and fence the goods that they have stolen to earn cash that they use to buy more. They want a quick and easy way of earning money. Most burglaries are not violent and are opportunistic crimes. If you looked at the root cause of the crime it is that there are people in the world who have more than the robbers. And it is that ‘more’ that becomes an object of attraction. If people didn’t earn money, become rich and have wealth there would be no one who would want to rob them.

Robbery, as a crime, therefore is not caused by people who want to get rich quick, but by excessive wealth. Rather than criminalise robbery we should seek to get to the root causes of burglary and that is prosperity. People rob from those who have more. So, if everyone had less there would be no robbery. The solution for robbery is not better policing but to ban wealth. Read more

Source : dnaindia.com

The eternally expanding city

From a pensioner's paradise to IT capital…how is Bangalore going to grapple with its unprecedented growth?

LIMITLESS: Bangalore is a city without borders. Photo: Sampath Kumar G.P.

Garden City, Air Conditioned City, Pensioner's Paradise, Fashion Capital, India's Silicon Valley… all these phrases described how Bangalore was. However, recent years saw Bangalore changing itself into Garbage City, Filthy City, Crime City and so on. All the planned efforts seem to be evaporating in thin air, resulting in unplanned development. And this is in spite of having plans, development organisations and umpteen projects. The reasons for such chaotic advances and consequential financial implications on the Corporation, planning authority, etc., need a critical review, as the New Year has just taken off. Read more

Source : thehindu.com

India's Maoists Going Urban?

Naxalites reportedly switching their attack to India’s cities

Naxalites want to take this slaughter urban

India’s Naxalite rebels, for years bottled up in the poverty-stricken middle and eastern regions of the country, have forged a new strategy to infiltrate into India’s premier industrial hubs, intelligence officials say. Read more

Source : asiasentinel.com

Rajasthan: Cops can avail holidays from this year

Jaipur: The year 2012 has brought some good news for the policemen. If everything goes right, cops deployed at police stations will be able to avail holidays as per government norms. Senior police officials have informed that the state government has in principal approved a proposal to deploy 60 jawans in each police station in urban areas while 45 jawans in rural police stations. The proposal will be sent to the state government in first week of January. At present, due to manpower crunch at police stations, cops have to work for more than 16 hours and as a result they become irritated.

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Source : daily.bhaskar.com

Police gear up to handle massive crowd on New Year's Eve in Kolkata

KOLKATA: While the unprecedented crowd on Park Street translated into better business for restaurants on Christmas, it has also many made in central Kolkata wary ahead of the New Year eve. Several have asked for more security from the police and even beefed up their own safety arrangements for December 31, which happens to be a Saturday. To ensure quicker traffic movement on Park Street which came to a virtual halt last Sunday, a few adjacent roads have been earmarked for parking.

The crowd on Park Street and in parts central Kolkata is expected to be at least 30% more than what it had been on Christmas. "As it is, we had a bigger crowd this Christmas. We expect it to be substantially more on New Year eve and a law and order problem can't be ruled out. We are in a precarious position, being surrounded by a number of dance bars which usually attract a rowdy crowd. We fear that trouble might spill on to the streets from these joints, as it had happened three years ago. So, we have sought protection from the local police station and have also strengthened our own arrangements that we had put in place after the Mumbai terror attack in 2008," said SK Khullar, owner of Amber and vice-president of the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Owners' Association, Eastern India. The restaurant will have two surveillance cameras and six security guards keeping vigil at the entrance. There will be two additional guards inside the 440-seater restaurant with four floors. Read more

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Of gore, gumption and a cheating mahant in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR: The high profile abduction of a collector by Maoists and the audacious murder of a wheelchair-bound MLA by suspected Red rebels were the highpoints of crime in Odisha in 2011. Along with these unprecedented incidents, the arrest of a mahant in Puri for trying to siphon off the mutt's treasury, loots, thefts and murders made for spine-chilling headlines throughout 2011.

A killing & a kidnapping

Former legislator of Umerkote Jagabandhu Majhi (BJD) and his personal security officer were gunned down on September 24 at a public function in the Maoist-infested Nabarangpur district, exposing the poor law and order system in the state, especially in Red-dominated zones. Read more

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

AP police has reason to cheer

The incidence of extremist offences in the state this year is the lowest in the last 30 years. The police can justly take credit for the turnaround in the situation. It is the cops who have fought the extremists over three decades at the cost of their lives and the safety of their families, when every other institution of the state cowered: the media bought peace, civil society was outraged but could not muster courage to protest and business and industry paid a price for their legitimate activity. The police has also handled the Telangana agitation with great restraint in the face of grave provocations — any excess on their part would have made the situation worse — and resisted vile attempts to divide them on regional lines. We must also give credit to the police for intervening in right time to check drug-peddling in a big way in the twin-cities. All this is good news. But the good news seems to end there! Read more

Source : deccanchronicle.com

'Better streets will make Delhi safer for women'

NEW DELHI: That Delhi is India's rape capital is a fact repeatedly stressed by crime statistics, but recent studies show safer streets could help to make the city safer for women. Research by Jagori, with the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women, shows that wider pavements offer women more manoeuvring room when challenged.

Another survey showed 42% women were harassed while waiting for public transport. "We have suggested sites for hawkers near bus stops to ensure these areas are not isolated," says Kalpana Viswanath of Gender Inclusive Cities Programme. Read more

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

2011 saw a slew of anti-graft measures in Bihar

Patna : A slew of anti-graft measures by the Nitish Kumar government, launch of L K Advani's yatra, a computer operator winning the Rs 5-crore KBC jackpot, the Forbesganj police firing and arrests of many hardcore Naxalites made news in Bihar in 2011.

 

 

Year is marked with more ups than downs from Advani's yatra to Sushil Kumar -- KBC winner.

The Right to Service Act and Bihar Lokayukta (Amendment) Bill 2011 were enacted and the government announced confiscation of assets of public servants accumulated through corrupt means. Read more

Source : indianexpress.com

Cauvery riots victims get relief

BANGALORE: The 20-year-long wait for compensation of the 1991 Cauvery riot victims ended with the state government deciding to disburse the compensation.

Based on the orders passed by the Cauvery Riots Relief Authority, the state directed the Mysore deputy commissioner to disburse the relief amount of Rs 3,33,900 among 24 victims whose properties were damaged during the riots in protest against the interim award of the Cauvery River Water Tribunal. Read more

Source : ibnlive.in.com

Maoists new threat for NE, says Assam Governor

GUWAHATI – Identifying the Maoist threat as the new challenge for the security agencies of the North East, Governor JB Patnaik today said that the Maoist are functioning under various organisations among students, youth, tea labourers and mega dam resistance forum.

He also said that the Paresh Baruah faction of the ULFA is also in constant touch with the Maoist and is willing to provide both sophisticated arms and requisite funds. Read more

Source : assamtribune.com

Centre fires Maharashtra salvo on women safety in Mumbai

Mumbai : The rising crime against women in the city has alarmed even the central government. The union home ministry has shot off a missive to the state, pointing out that Mumbai has for long served as a role model to other metropolises in India and the world in terms of safety of women.

The home ministry's data points out, "The total crime against women in 2011 (up to August) is as high as 906 cases (in Mumbai). It includes 108 cases of rape, 124 kidnappings, 306 molestations, 178 cases of cruelty by husband and family, 90 immoral trafficking cases, 93 sexual harassment cases and five dowry deaths." Read more

Source : dnaindia.com

Maoists in ‘Golden Corridor Area’

Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), or Maoists, in short, have reportedly established a firm base in what is known as the Golden Corridor area. This was stated by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in reply to Question No. 3117, in the Lok Sabha, on December 13, 2011.

In its response, the MHA said, “… CPI (Maoist) [has] formed a ‘Golden Corridor Committee’ to build its base in the industrial areas of Gujarat and Maharashtra.” The MHA also noted: “The CPI (Maoist) is active in Gadchiroli, Gondia and Chandrapur districts of Maharashtra, and has plans to expand their movement to Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Mumbai, Nasik, Pune and Yavatmal districts”. Read more

Source : idsa.in

Crimes take sheen out of Ahmedabad

Movers and shakers like Sachin Tendulakar and Amitabh Bachchan are building their dream houses in Ahmedabad. But now it turns out that this biggest city of Gujarat is the best place for even have-nots, never mind its spiraling crime rate. 

Earlier this week, Ahmedabad, India’s seventh largest city, bagged the national award in the category of ‘Best City in the Implementation of Basic Services to Urban Poor ‘ under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. Read more 

Source : khaleejtimes.com

 

Uttar Pradesh to recruit 1,800 new medical officers

LUCKNOW: Chief minister Mayawati on Thursday reviewed the law and order situation in the state and asked the officials to ensure that peace is maintained. She also directed the officials to take stringent action against anti-social elements. The meeting assumes significance, against the possibility of UP assembly elections being held in February.

These directions were given by the CM after a review meeting of top civil and police officials held jointly by cabinet secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh and chief secretary Anoop Mishra. Among others, the meeting was attended by district magistrates, district police chiefs, divisional commissioners, principal secretaries of different departments and the director general of police. Read more

Source : articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Maoists eyeing commercial hubs in Western India to spread Red terror

NEW DELHI: After facing some reverses in their strongholds, the CPI (Maoist) has formed a 'Golden Corridor Committee' to build its base in hitherto untouched industrial areas of Gujarat and Maharashtra, stretching from Pune to Ahmedabad, including commercial hubs like Mumbai, Nashik, Surat and Vadodara.

Besides, the Red Ultras have planned to expand their movement to Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara and Yavatmal districts of Maharashtra in addition to their existing bases in Gadchiroli, Gondia and Chandrapur in the state. Read more

 

 

 

 

 

The CPI (Maoist) has formed a ‘Golden Corridor Committee’ to build its base in hitherto untouched industrial areas of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Our mean streets seen as safest in urban India

Despite the recent spate of murders, robberies, attacks on women and petty thefts here, Mumbai in general perception remains among the safest cities in the country. Respondents to The Times Of India-IMRB Quality of Life Survey felt Mumbai, along with Ahmedabad, have the best law and order of eight Indian mega-cities. The two state capitals received an equal rating of 3.1, which was slightly more than Pune's 3 and Hyderabad's 2.9 but, expectedly, way better than Delhi's 2.4.

As a force protecting a large metropolis, the Mumbai police are burdened with dealing with everything from terror to underworld and from street crimes to murders. But while it was considered among the best in the country, the force has slipped over the years. All importantly, it has failed to fend off the many terror attacks on the city because of poor intelligence gathering. Read more

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Bihar a 'BIMARU' state even 64 years after freedom: NCP

PATNA: Observing that the Bihar has continued to remain a 'BIMARU' state even 64 years after the country attained freedom, the NCP on Saturday lashed out at the politicians and political parties for the prevailing backwardness of the state and its people.

"Bihar has lagged behind other states in terms of development even more than six decades since the independence which speaks volume of the failure of the political class to deliver the goods," the NCP national general secretary Tariq Anwar said at at symposium held on the occasion of 127th birth anniversary of the first president Rajendra Prasad. Read more

Source : economictimes.indiatimes.com

Extra cover for frontiers

Patna : The Centre has decided to set up two battalions of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Bihar to curb crime in areas along the country’s frontiers with Nepal and Bangladesh.

The deployment of ITBP personnel assumes significance in the wake of intelligence reports suggesting the state’s borders being used as a conduit for carrying out terror activities across the country.

During his visit to Bihar last month, Union home secretary R.K. Singh had hinted at the Centre’s concern over the situation along the country’s borders with the two neighbours passing through the state.

ITBP spokesman Deepak Kumar Pandey today said while one battalion of the force would be stationed in Katihar close to Indo-Bangla border, another unit would be established in Chhapra, the district headquarters of Saran. Read more

Source : telegraphindia.com

Convention on crimes against women in Bangalore

Bangalore : The All India Mahila Samskritika Sanghatane (AIMSS) has organised a national convention on crime against women at Ravindra Kalakshetra on November 29 and 30.

The convention will feature several workshops dealing with specific nature of the crime. Women, including professionals, working women from both rural and urban areas and students from 20 states will deliberate at the various sessions lined up for the convention. Read more

Source : deccanherald.com

Government considering separate community policing wing

NEW DELHI: The government would consider institutionalising community policing by setting up a separate wing in police forces and allow law-abiding citizens to participate in police processes, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday.

Chidambaram said such a force will have an entirely different uniform than that of regular police forces. Read more

Source : economictimes.indiatimes.com

Bhubaneswar safe for walkers

BHUBANESWAR: A study on walkability in Bhubaneswar has revealed that it is “safe” to walk in the Capital but walking is not necessarily comfortable all the time.

The “Walkability in Indian Cities” study, carried across six cities in the country, placed Bhubaneswar among the top three with a score of 50 out of 100. Rajkot (with 53) and Pune (54) scored higher. Read more

Source : ibnlive.in.com

Red zone shrinking: Government stats

New Delhi : Maoists have been forced to back out from 41 districts over the last three years and have a presence in just about 182 districts, home ministry statistics put out on Tuesday have revealed. In 2008, every third district, 223, on an average was under the shadow of the Maoists. Home minister P Chidambaram had put this figure in public domain in August 2009, making it clear that the Maoist challenge was tough and very real.

On Tuesday, minister of state Jitendra Singh put out statistics in the Lok Sabha that indicated the change in trend. Read more

 

 

 

Source : hindustantimes.com

Haryana police to launch more all-women units across state

Chandigarh : The Haryana Police is in the process of launching all-women police units in almost all districts of the state to handle offences committed by and against women. To begin with, some of the units will be set up in Gurgaon, Karnal, Rohtak, Faridabad, Hisar, Panchkula and Ambala.

The Haryana police had, recently, constituted an all-women traffic wing in Gurgaon, comprised of 24 female police officers, who are entrusted with the responsibility of nabbing erring women drivers, particularly those who indulge in drunken driving. Read more

Source : indianexpress.com

Panem in panic, seeks extra cover

Ranchi : The dreaded M-word has returned to haunt industries in Jharkhand now that rebel involvement in the killing of Sister Valsa John has been established and the management of Panem Coal Mines Limited has voiced concern about the future of their operations in Pakur unless the state was able to provide extra security.

“We are feeling unsafe after revelations that Maoists plotted the Sister’s murder,” said Panem’s Pakur-based executive director N. Kumar, about the nun’s gruesome murder at her Pachuara village home on November 15 and police’s subsequent claim that as many as 15 villagers and 30 rebels were involved in the killing that had the tacit backing of Maoists. Read more

JVM supporters in Ranchi demand a CBI probe into the murder of Sister Valsa John on Monday. (Hardeep Singh)

Source : telegraphindia.com

Cyber policing in Sikkim, in need of gear up

Gangtok : Cyber crime in Sikkim is taking its slow foot steps ahead using various means. So far four cases have been registered under the cyber crime cell but no arrests have taken place and the cases registered are still under investigation.

Cyber crime stands for illegal activities done solely using computers resources or conjunction with the traditional means like using computer resources and communication devices as tools to commit conventional crime, which is an offence under section 2 of Information and Technology Amendment Act 2008. Read more

Source : isikkim.com

NIA may investigate Maoists cases

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA), established after the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack, may soon deal with cases related to the Maoist insurgency, two government officials said.

The elite unit now investigates cases related to terrorism, narcotics and counterfeit currency. Cases related to Maoists are either probed by the state police or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Read more

Source : livemint.com

The real picture behind our crime statistics

The National Crime Records Bureau has just released ‘Crime in India 2010’. NCRB will have to be complimented for bringing it out in quick time. In the past, at least two years elapsed between the occurrence of crime and its official reporting nationally. The bureau is at the mercy of state police organisations to obtain figures and collate them into an understandable compendium that should form the basis for policy making in criminal justice. NCRB does not make any extravagant claim that the report is 100% reliable. If the state police forces bungle the process or dishonestly massage the statistics, the NCRB cannot be faulted.

Distortions in registering crime occur at two levels. First, no chief minister wants to admit that crime had gone up under his or her regime. The issue has become so politicised that any discussion of crime is highly disoriented and tendentious. The second level is police stations, whose officers are concerned that they are not blamed for any abnormal spurt in crime in their jurisdiction. This is the genesis of the obnoxious practice of non-registration of crime even when it is cognisable. Read more

Source : dnaindia.com

Gehlot makes officers pay for Gopalgarh

Jaipur: Heads have started rolling, this time from the top, in Ashok Gehlot government which is facing heat over its administrative failure to control Gopalgarh riots. In a small but important bureaucratic reshuffle on Thursday, Gehlot showed the door to additional chief secretary (home) PK Deb and replaced him with GS Sandhu who heads the Urban Development and Housing department.

The government also got its crisis man, deputy Inspector general of police, Anand Srivastava, back in Bharatpur by shunting out Sunil Dutt who was serving as Bharatpur Range IG. The government did not immediately assign Dutt any responsibility and asked him to await posting orders (APO). Read more

Source : daily.bhaskar.com

More coordination among forces needed to tackle ultras

Midnapore (WB) (PTI) : In a high-level meeting to review law and order situation, security forces today laid emphasis on more coordination among the agencies in the three districts of Maoist-affected Jungle Mahal region to tackle the ultras.

West Bengal Home Secretary G D Gautama said the meeting held here resolved to have better coordination among forces of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura so that Maoists do not flee from a district to another after committing crimes. Read more

Source : news.in.msn.com

Leverage synergies between IT and telecom for better governance: ASSOCHAM

New Delhi: Information and telecommunication technologies offer tremendous untapped potential that can be leveraged to curb corruption and ensure good governance at all levels in public life, apex industry body ASSOCHAM said today.

Mass adoption of technologies for e-governance and m-governance can improve the quality and speed of public services delivered to citizens in urban and rural areas. Telecom infrastructure – especially towers located in remote locations – can also be used to promote various social and economic development initiatives, said The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). Read more

Source : orissadiary.com