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‘No constables’, all Gujarat cops now to be called officers

Tuesday 29 September '09

Putting an end to the practice of addressing constables as police karamcharis...
Cops learn ragging lessons to curb menace in colleges

Monday 21 September '09

What is ragging? What are the different means of ragging? How can it be curbed? What action can be taken against those accused of ragging? Police trainees in Gujarat are now learning it all at the Police Training College in Junagadh.
Gujarat plans 111 Quick Response Teams to tackle 'terror 24x7'

Friday 18 September '09

Gujarat has sought Central nod for anti-terror teams, armed with hi-tech weapons, even armoured vehicles and on call 24x7.
Akshardham attack accused retracts statement

Monday 10 August '09

Shaukatullah Ghauri, the alleged key conspirator in the Akshardham Temple attack case of 2002, has retracted from his confessional statement and has alleged before a designated POTA court that the police had forcibly recorded his statement.
Cops asked to trail source of liquor in prohibition cases

Tuesday 4 August '09

The enforcement of prohibition rules by the state police will now mean more than just arresting the accused found in an inebriated state and seizing liquor consignments.
Cellphone detectors to track down ‘unreachable’ sets in jails

Thursday 30 July '09

In a bid to put a fullstop on cellphone use in jails, the Gujarat government has decided to equip all prominent prisons in the state with sophisticated mobile phone detectors that will digitally track down hidden phones.
Deaths in Majoor Gam stopped further supply of liquor in state

Monday 13 July '09

A State-Wide tragedy was averted as the supply of spurious liquor was stopped following reports that people in the Majoor Gam area of Behrampura had died after consuming it on Tuesday, the first day of the tragedy...
Dry and high

Saturday 11 July '09

It may be the only state in the country to have prohibition laws in force — a ‘tribute’ to Mahatma Gandhi...
Bootlegger sold 1,300 litre brew

Friday 10 July '09

In what should be a matter of serious concern for the dry state, bootlegger Harishankar Kahar, who was arrested by the Detection of Crime Branch...
Merchants of death had supplied 1,300 litres of killer hooch in city

Friday 10 July '09

In what can be a matter of major concern for the state government, Harishankar Kahar, the prime suspect in the hooch tragedy, is learnt to have told his investigators that over 1,300 litres of spurious liquor has already been supplied in the city.
Unique police welfare scheme to compensate kin of personnel killed in service

Tuesday 7 July '09

The Gujarat Police has launched the first-ever welfare scheme of its kind in the country. The force has decided to pay an immediate compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the kin of any personnel killed during their service period.
State’s police stations to have visitors’ rooms by December

Friday 3 July '09

Come December, all police stations in Gujarat will have special rooms for visitors to enhance police-public interaction and reduce the inconvenience faced by the common people.
Gujarat Police out to create your friendly neighbourhood cop

Tuesday 30 June '09

Imagine a policeman paying you a visit, interlacing his casual chat with courteous greetings and leaving his phone number with a request— “keep in touch”.
Suspended cop turns poet in prison

Monday 29 June '09

Suspended IPS officer D G Vanzara, the prime accused in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case of November 2005, has turned into a poet in the confines of the Sabarmati Central Jail.
’02 riots: Protection cell receives first complaint of witness intimidation

Friday 19 June '09

The Witness Protection Cell (WPC), which was set up by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) about a fortnight ago, received the first complaint of intimidation to a key witness of the 2002 riots on Thursday.
More wells around Gir covered after government hikes subsidy

Tuesday 16 June '09

Following the state government’s decision to double the subsidy for covering open wells located on the periphery of the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, the number of wells that now stand covered has also increased in the last two months.
GFSU to offer master’s course in forensic psychology

Thursday 11 June '09

Gujarat is all set to become the first state in the country to offer a course in forensic psychology.
Gulberg Society museum plan hits roadblock

Tuesday 9 June '09

The idea of a rights group to convert the 18 gutted bungalows and eight flats in Gulberg Society in the Chamanpura suburbs of Ahmedabad into a “Museum of Resistance” appears to have hit turbulence.
Security overhaul at Sachivalaya

Saturday 6 June '09

In a bid to counter the possible threat of a 26/11-like attack in Gujarat, the police now want to turn the sprawling New Sachivalaya campus in Gandhinagar into a digital fortress, literally.
All cops in state to undergo training in use of modern weapons

Thursday 4 June '09

Come November and all 56,000 personnel in the state police force will be fully trained to handle AK 47, INSAS, SLR and other weapons.
Gujarat security ‘revamp’: Intelligence officers hired on contract

Thursday 4 June '09

The Gujarat Government, which had vowed to make its intelligence gathering robust in the wake of the Ahmedabad...
Five Gulberg Society riot witnesses seek CISF protection

Monday 1 June '09

At least five witnesses of the Gulberg Society massacre of February 28, 2002, including the prime witness, Saeed Khan, are not happy with the state police protection they have been provided with since 2002.
48,516 applicants, 44 posts, salary Rs 4,500

Saturday 30 May '09

The Gujarat government, which had vowed to make its intelligence gathering robust in the aftermath of the Ahmedabad serial blasts last July...
CID finds Uttar Pradesh connection in 2007 Gir lions poaching case

Thursday 28 May '09

After Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh links have emerged in the Gir Asiatic lions poaching case of 2007.
Malaysian cops to learn forensic ballistics of tamancha

Sunday 24 May '09

They are a highly advanced police force equipped with sophisticated technology, but it is the tamancha (Indian country-made handgun) that has foxed the Malaysian Police.
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