How a protest over one liquor shop ended up injuring 32 policemen, 80 villagers near NagpurProtests demanding the closure of a country liquor shop in Maharashtra's Gondia district turned violent, resulting in at least 32 police in...
10 Apr, 2026, 03.24 PM IST
Nagpur violence: Alleged mastermind Fahim Khan arrestedNagpur Police arrested Fahim Shamim Khan over recent communal violence. The unrest injured 30 police personnel, including anti-riot command...
19 Mar, 2025, 02.11 PM IST
‘Riots Orchestrated’: Maharashtra government and Opposition blame each otherShiv Sena (UBT) leader and former MP Chandrakant Khaire on Monday claimed riots were being instigated in Maharashtra to stop Muslim votes f...
16 May, 2023, 12.38 AM IST
Maharashtra: Twenty policemen injured in Sambhaji Nagar riotPolice officials said the incident took place around midnight on Wednesday. The cause of the riot is unclear with some claiming that inflam...
31 Mar, 2023, 12.25 AM IST
Delhi Police acted swiftly, in impartial manner during northeast Delhi riots: Govt to Lok SabhaReddy said the police used appropriate force to control the crowd and disperse it and necessary legal and preventive actions were taken by ...
09 Feb, 2021, 07.18 PM IST
Ramzan: Mumbai cops to use drones to enforce lockdownPeople are being told to observe rituals keeping in mind the lockdown in place for the coronavirus outbreak, and help will be taken from NG...
24 Apr, 2020, 09.03 PM IST
Delhi violence: 254 FIRs registered, 903 people arrested or detainedAccording to police, they did not receive any PCR calls of rioting in the last four days. The situation in the riot-affected areas is under...
01 Mar, 2020, 07.37 PM IST
Protests & riots due to agrarian distress almost doubled in 2016According to the latest NCRB report, farmers took to streets in large numbers demanding their rights last year with 4,837 riots taking plac...
02 Dec, 2017, 12.17 PM IST
Police cannot be brute, will have to be civilised: Rajnath SinghThe minister also urged the police forces, both under the Centre and the states, to adapt new technology and psychological solutions to "co...
07 Oct, 2017, 06.21 PM IST
120 women hired: Bengaluru to get its first anti-riot women policeThe recruits are undergoing special training in the Koramangala KSRP division and will be deployed in Bengaluru and Belagavi after completi...
28 Feb, 2017, 10.57 AM IST
During lathi-charge, it's the cops who suffer most: NCRBIn 2014 lathi-charge was carried on 382 occasions. While 262 people got injured, the number of policemen suffering injuries stood at 557.
21 Aug, 2015, 12.16 PM IST
Muzaffarnagar riots: R M Shrivastav then Home Secretary, ADGP record statements"R M Shrivastav, the then Home Secretary and Arun Kumar, ADGP, Law and Order have recorded their statements yesterday," the inquiry commiss...
06 Feb, 2015, 02.12 PM IST
Congress sees pattern in Trilokpuri riots, seeks explanation from PMO, MHA, L-GCongress sees a political plot and bid to polarise communities before polls in Trilokpuri riots and demanded an inquiry by an independent i...
28 Oct, 2014, 04.17 AM IST
Delhi cops, govt ‘colluded’ during 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sting operationAccording to some, while news of arson and rioting poured into the police control rooms, only 2 per cent of the messages were recorded.
22 Apr, 2014, 09.12 AM IST
Sushilkumar Shinde to inaugurate 1st police riot control academy in MeerutShinde will inaugurate the academy on November 10. The academy was conceptualised about two years back.
08 Nov, 2013, 04.06 PM IST
Ayodhya verdict: Nearly 3000 troublemakers held in MumbaiThe Mumbai Police has rounded up nearly 3000 troublemakers in the city since last night, taking the total number of preventive arrests in v...
30 Sep, 2010, 03.11 PM IST
- Communal tension spreads to 2 more Maharashtra towns
Even as the riot-torn north Maharashtra town of Dhule is struggling to get back to normal, two other towns in the Marathwada region, Aurang...
11 Oct, 2008, 02.06 AM IST