Any number of examples could be quoted when conscientious police chiefs had defied political leadership to protect the public from criminals and safeguard police morale.
Sahin Vaze is in NIA's custody for his alleged role in planting an explosive-laden SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in Mumbai on February 25.
ATS on Tuesday said suspended police officer Sachin Vaze was the prime accused in the Mansukh Hiran murder case, adding it will approach the special NIA court here to get his custody.
Param Bir Singh had sought an urgent hearing of his petition in top court over alleged corrupt malpractices of Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
API Riyazuddin Kaazi, who was Vaze's colleague at the Crime Intelligence Unit, was transferred to the Local Arms unit, a relatively low-key department, the police official said.
Param Bir Singh’s petition has been listed before a bench of Justices S K Kaul and R Subhash Reddy.
Issuing a statement, Anil Deshmukh said that he was hospitalised from February 5 to 15 after he was tested positive for Covid-19 on February 5.
Sources said that the security was beefed up after the protests held by BJP and NCP workers on Sunday.
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh has levelled allegations of corruption against Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh.
Shiv Sena warned BJP that a fire will erupt if the saffron party tried to undermine the majority enjoyed by the MVA government.
Ambani Bomb Scare: On March 5, Hiran,46, an owner of an interior car decor shop in Thane, was found dead early at Kalwa creek near Reti Bunder.
IPS officer Param Bir Singh, in his letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, alleged that Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh had asked police officers to collect Rs 100 crore every month from bars and hotels.
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh had alleged that Anil Deshmukh had asked police officers to collect at least Rs 100 crore per month from bars, restaurants, and other establishments.
According to NIA officials, suspended Mumbai cop Sachin Vaze had used fake vehicle registration plates to conceal his movements.
The agency is also checking if the car was used by Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze to meet Mansukh Hiran on February 17 when Hiran’s Scorpio had allegedly gone missing.
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and other ministers including Eknath Shinde, Balasaheb Thorat, Anil Parab and Jayant Patil were part of the meeting.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
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The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.