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The number of police personnel who have tested positive for HIV-AIDS from January this year has increased by 4.4 per cent.

According to the statistics prepared by the Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre (VCTC) of the police hospital, from January this year till date, the number of police personnel have tested positive for HIV has gone up by 4.4 percent.

In 2007, the percentage for the read more »
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The special court hearing the 1993 serial blasts case has given its verdict after what came to be known as 'the world's longest terrorism trial, a book has been written on the explosions and a film too screened in theatres across India.

Yet, all is clearly not over for the Mumbai police in the case. On Tuesday, 15 years after the blasts, the crime branch arrested one of the accused, Abbas Mo read more »
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Mumbai Police on Monday suspended the licenses of 35 cinema halls of the city for not adhering to the Maharashtra government's order for mandatory screening of Marathi movies for minimum of four weeks a year.

There are only seven to eight single-screen cinemas in the city, including the Plaza and Bharatmata, which show Marathi movies regularly. As these cinema halls are overbooked, they canno read more »
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After days of dithering, Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested MNS chief Raj Thackeray and SP leader Abu Azmi on charges of promoting enmity between groups. Both, Raj Thackeray and Abu Azami were later granted bails. read more »
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Former National swimmer and police constable battled with tides as high as 6 feets to rescue 6 young band standers on sunday. 2 of them Prachi (20) of Aslapha and Kishore Chandanshive (23) of Saki Naka could not be saved. read more »
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In February last year, three college students, who had been partying till late into the night, crashed their car near Malabar Hill, an elite south Mumbai locality.
One of the boys died on the spot. Another was critically injured; and the third (the driver of the luxury car) Jatin Mehra, was arrested for drink driving. read more »
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Policemen in the city appear reluctant not only to file FIRs, but also to detain and book suspects even after they are caught by citizens.

Goregaon residents caught an alleged robber and handed him over to the police on Tuesday. Instead of detaining him, the police released him, declaring the suspect 'insane.'

Now comes the twist: the police, realising their mistake, are hunting for the read more »
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Author: J Dey
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OVER the years, I was a little curious about why policemen are street-smart.

I realised that even a fresh recruit from the officers’ training academy knew how to behave with seniors.

It was only last week that I stumbled upon the secret. Some policemen call it the five-point formula for police employees’ success, which of course, is not included in the s read more »
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Sanjay Dutt is almost released by the Supreme court.

He had received from the underworld an AK56 assualt rifle & hand grenades during the sensitive and dangerous times of Mumbai riots.

The court declared that an AK56 can be called a personal protection device and he got it for protecting his family !! It also changed the charges from stricter TADA to the much more lenient Arms Act.

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Even as security across Mumbai and Maharashtra was intensified following serial blasts in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police are on the alert after an intelligence report stated that a truck laden with explosives was heading towards Mumbai. read more »
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Mumbai Police have booked 568 people and organisations for violating noise pollution control rules during the Diwali festival even as environmentalists and activists called for more efforts to check the menace. read more »
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It is been two years since dance bars were banned in Mumbai but many are still running, and the Mumbai Police is cracking down on them. read more »
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Sketches of suspected terrorists released by the Mumbai police on Friday. They are suspected to be doing “reconnaissance” around religious places and five star hotels in the city. read more »
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His father wanted him to become a teacher but he became one of the most dreaded sharpshooters of the Mumbai Police. Sharma is involved in 82 encounters and his prime targets have been Chhota Rajan's key associates Vinod Matkar, Sadiq Kalia, Goa ka Tony and others of their ilk. read more »
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Senior police officers have revealed that 40,000 policemen are trying to track a suicide bomber who has reportedly been assigned to carry out a strike in the city during the festive season. Intelligence reports indicate the bomber is planning to strike at a busy hub, or at a religious function, said police sources. read more »
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