The writer, a retired IPS officer, was Mumbai police commissioner, DGP Gujarat and DGP Punjab, and is a former Indian ambassador to Romania.
March 11,2016 17:23:09 PM
The Shah Banoo decision shocked the conscience of all liberal minded Indians. The Hindu right, of course, gained enormously.
Fri, Mar 11, 2016February 29,2016 00:03:15 AM
Send Delhi’s nationalist lawyers to the Kashmir front to do some real soldiering.
Mon, Feb 29, 2016December 19,2015 00:00:43 AM
He was the constable who became Salman Khan’s bodyguard. Mumbai Police must reflect on his story.
Sat, Dec 19, 2015October 06,2015 10:03:10 AM
All of you who got to see the IAF Corporal, Mohd. Sartaj, on television Sunday evening are bound to be moved by his level-headed equanimity, courage under adversity and lack of any anger or ill-will despite being wronged, horribly wronged. Sartaj is the elder of the two sons of Mohd. Akhlaq who was lynched to […]
Tue, Oct 06, 2015September 29,2015 00:06:22 AM
Rakesh Maria’s removal further undermines the morale of Mumbai Police.
Fri, Dec 25, 2015September 18,2015 14:19:14 PM
I am surprised that he should not have expected the government to frown on his decision to prosecute the VHP and Bajrang Dal leaders of Bundi who had been arrested by him and charged for fermenting a communal riot in the town.
Sun, Sep 20, 2015July 24,2015 00:00:00 AM
The courts must step in when governments persecute individuals like Setalvad.
Fri, Jul 24, 2015June 27,2015 00:00:47 AM
Going slow on ‘Hindu terror’ is dangerous. It’s also an insult to the memory of Hemant Karkare.
Sat, Jun 27, 2015May 27,2015 00:00:23 AM
Modi is a tall leader. Then why does his government sometimes act in petty, vengeful ways?
Wed, May 27, 2015April 18,2015 00:02:38 AM
Instead of ‘family planning’ for Muslims, Christians, let’s educate all our girls.
Sat, Apr 18, 2015March 16,2015 00:40:39 AM
And, as a Christian, suddenly a stranger in my own country.
Tue, Mar 17, 2015August 11,2014 00:08:12 AM
Only cadre officers, that is, those who have been absorbed into the IPS, can hold certain jobs like SPs in the districts.
Mon, Aug 11, 2014March 28,2008 23:02:55 PM
The main reason for the encounter cop’s rise was the inability of the judicial system to punish criminals
Fri, Mar 28, 2008November 29,2007 23:26:54 PM
Two IPS women officers have come to public notice this week, for reasons that are not flattering to the governments concerned.
Thu, Nov 29, 2007May 03,2007 22:45:15 PM
The law has to include a provision to make the parents also responsible. If it can be proved that parents have been culpably negligent then there should be provisions to punish them also
Thu, May 03, 2007April 18,2007 01:58:10 AM
Former Mumbai police commissioner Julio Ribeiro asks Maharashtra DGP P.S. Pasricha to step down even if the inquiry exonerates him of corruption charges. Damage to the service should be his main concern, he says
Wed, Apr 18, 2007September 29,2006 03:24:52 AM
That’s what the Supreme Court order on police reforms aims at: a law-enforcing system which, insulated from the political class, will be able to serve the public and win its trust and respect
Fri, Sep 29, 2006August 30,2006 02:21:03 AM
Indians being picked out for racial profiling is nothing new. The Sikhs showed, 20 years ago, how to tackle the problem from within
Wed, Aug 30, 2006December 02,2003 00:00:00 AM
Ranjit Sharma was a competent officer. He would have been of great service to the people of Mumbai if the culture of sycophancy and selfishn...
Tue, Dec 02, 2003November 12,2003 00:00:00 AM
The Mumbai city police are in a state of shock. A highly acclaimed force has lost its sheen. A joint commissioner in the rank of an IGP, who...
Wed, Nov 12, 2003June 01,2000 00:00:00 AM
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the Government of Maharashtra has at last taken a positive step to tackle corruption in the Mumbai pol...
Thu, Jun 01, 2000December 31,1998 00:00:00 AM
During my successive tenure as DCP in charge of two zones, I also had my baptism in trade union violence. Fernandes and the Communist uni...
Thu, Dec 31, 1998October 03,1998 00:00:00 AM
Judge Aguiar's findings will distress most policemen and even a sizable portion of the populace. In fact, it would not be surprising if p...
Sat, Oct 03, 1998July 22,1997 00:00:00 AM
Julio Ribeiro When the followers of the Prati Shiv Sena chief Bandhu Shingre attacked the American Consulate in 1982, the armed police gu...
Tue, Jul 22, 1997June 27,1997 00:00:00 AM
MUMBAI, June 26: Two recent news items reveal much about Gopinath Munde's concept of policing and of the Shiv Sena-BJP government's philoso...
Fri, Jun 27, 1997