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Kerala Police Association moves High Court against Home dept.’s order restructuring police forums
ACS (Home) ordered restructuring of KPA including all ranks from CPOs to grade SIs, and revamp of KPSOA by including ranks from SI to SP (non-IPS). The move renders another association, KPOA, redundant. KPA contends that each forum has its own objectives and questions the ACS authority to pass such an order
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NHAI removes 361 encroachments from national highways after Supreme Court order
The nationwide drive ensured a ‘smooth and effective enforcement’ of removing illegal access points, encroachments, unauthorised structures and median cuts along highways, the NHAI said in a statement
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Karnataka High Court questions conduct of Malur judicial officer on public road; stays FIR registered against three for overtaking her car
Taking serious exception to the conduct of a judicial officer on a public road, the High Court of Karnataka stayed the investigation against three persons based on a First Information Report registered against them for allegedly overtaking a private car of the judicial officer at Malur in Kolar district
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Anti-corruption drive ‘Project Zero’ launched in Kerala
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said that the project is aimed at catching not just bribe takers, but those giving bribes too
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HRD Minister Lokesh to lay stone for two clean energy projects worth ₹5,750 crore in Rayalaseema on July 30
Being established by Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited, the projects are coming up at Kanekal in Anantapur district and Pattikonda in Kurnool district
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CPI(M) Ernakulam district secretary accuses State govt., MP of inaction over FACT crisis
Hibi Eden rejects the allegations, saying he had raised FACT-related issues in Parliament and sought action on a nano urea plant
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Centre’s assurance cannot override statutory processes governing withdrawal of FIRs, experts say
‘Once an FIR has been registered, it cannot simply be cancelled; police can file a closure report if it finds no material to proceed or the public prosecutor may seek withdrawal from prosecution; however, court can reject them and still order a fresh probe'
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Land row: Karnataka HC directs State govt. not to dispossess HMT from its land while asking company not to fell trees
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Join BJP or parents will be in trouble: Dipke's mother recalls ‘video threat’ her son received
Anita Dipke said that the intimidation forced the parents to flee their home and take shelter at a relative's residence in the Konkan region for 16 days
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Centre urged to develop Buddhist circuit in Krishna-Godavari region: A.P. Minister
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ED raids Hyderabad, Chennai in ketamine trafficking money laundering case; ₹82.82 lakh cash, $18,000 seized
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Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation refutes claims of 500 idle electric buses, says fleet operating normally
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Rahul Gandhi demands Amit Shah’s resignation over police brutality during Delhi protests
Mr. Gandhi vows that the Opposition will hold the Centre responsible for the police brutality; he asks PM Modi to sack Mr. Shah and order a probe into the crackdown
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Cochin Shipyard launches seventh anti-submarine warfare vessel for Indian Navy
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India getting ready for Xi, Putin visits in September
Both leaders expected to attend BRICS summit in Delhi on September 12, 13; Foreign Secretary holds wide-ranging talks in Beijing as Chinese officials arrive in Delhi to oversee security preparations
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BJP alleges Rahul Gandhi spread misinformation on police action, demands apology
Sambit Patra accuses the Congress leader of insulting students by dividing the protesters at Jantar Mantar into three categories — ‘students’, ‘idiots’ and ‘andhbhakt’ (blind devotees), and of repeatedly using the unparliamentary word ‘idiot’ in the Lok Sabha
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Farmers block NH-16 in Ongole seeking remunerative prices for tobacco
Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader asks the Chief Minister to explain the underlying reason for the sudden reduction of the low-grade tobacco price to ₹110 per kg
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