Security beefed up at commercial hubs
CHENNAI The Tambaram police are keeping a vigil around the shopping areas ahead of Deepavali. Tight security arrangements have been made at busy areas to ensure a crime-free shopping experience....
View ArticleHeat, boredom numb cops on Gemini flyover
CHENNAI: Grilled by the relentless sun and inhaling polluted air, these policemen could well be counting the number of vehicles that pass by on the Gemini flyover or keep a log of the number of planes...
View ArticleBike gang goes on snatching spree
HYDERABAD: On a day when the state home minister remarked in the assembly that the city is turning "a dangerous place to live," chain-snatchers struck in quick succession at several places in...
View ArticleHyderabad cops to get 100 new body cameras
HYDERABAD: Inspired by none other than US President Barack Obama, the Hyderabad police have decided to go hi-tech with its surveillance and monitoring mechanism. A week after Obama, in the wake of the...
View ArticleFashion police? No real cops - Watch on new year revellers ABHIJEET...
Durgapur, Dec. 27: The Asansol-Durgapur police commissionerate has decided to deploy lady police personnel in fancy party dresses near hotels and pubs in the twin towns to catch eve-teasers and drunken...
View ArticleWeb casting tech to monitor idol immersion
CHENNAI: The immersion of idols in the sea off the city beaches on September 6 and 7 at the conclusion of the Vinayaka Chathurthi celebrations will be monitored with the help of hi-tech measures,...
View ArticleRanganathan Street comes to north Chennai
For residents of north Chennai, Purasawalkam High Road is Ranganathan Street during Deepavali. For the police though, the two-km road is a nightmare. They have to handle the surging crowd and also keep...
View ArticleWanted: A permanent eye on traffic
The traffic in Mumbai is horrific. The roads here are narrow and vehicular population exploding. But the problem is also us. The motorists among us refuse to follow traffic rules, smug in the knowledge...
View ArticleCops to patrol graveyards at night to nab criminals
'Offenders visit cemeteries to plot crimes or hide booty' In an effort to check crimes and apprehend law-breakers, police have launched an operation as part of which they will regularly patrol...
View ArticleBustling T. Nagar to get face-detection cameras
The police are leaving no stone unturned to ensure the bustling streets of the city’s major shopping hub remain crime free in the following weeks. In the run-up to Deepavali when pickpockets make the...
View ArticlePehle app: Cops show some tech-style
JAIPUR: Policing in the Pink City has come a long way over the past few years while the cops are trying to grapple with the rising crime graph. Residents feel that with the introduction of new...
View ArticleCops nab notorious chain-snatcher, seize 6 kg gold
HYDERABAD: Unlike most chain-snatchers, who work in twos or threes, Sayeed Hussain operates alone. He also uses international SIM cards to avoid police detection and takes the help of middlemen to...
View ArticleGPRS-enabled PDAs to help cops identify habitual traffic offenders
HYDERABAD: Traffic offenders' escape routes will close soon as police are planning to crack the whip on motorists involved in serious offences with the help of latest technology. Once the Cyberabad...
View ArticleHouse break-ins rattle Trichy
TRICHY: People in Trichy city have lost their sleep fearing burglars after back-to-back house break-ins at two locked houses in the same locality a few days back. Police admitted that the lack of...
View ArticleCaught on camera: Tamil Nadu cops on stolen bike
CHENNAI: Satheesh Kumar, who lost his motorbike near Marina Beach last March, was shocked by a photograph in a Tamil daily on Tuesday. In the picture, two policemen were seen riding down the wrong side...
View ArticleCaught on cam: Tamil Nadu cops on stolen bike
CHENNAI: Satheesh Kumar, who lost his motorbike near Marina Beach last March, was shocked by a photograph in a Tamil daily on Tuesday. In the picture, two policemen were seen riding down the wrong side...
View ArticleChennai cops snapped riding stolen mobike
CHENNAI: Satheesh Kumar, who lost his motorbike near Marina Beach last March, was shocked by a photograph in a Tamil daily on Tuesday. In the picture, two policemen were seen riding down the wrong side...
View ArticleTo escape cops, chain snatcher jumps off flyover, breaks leg
CHENNAI: A chain snatcher ran out of luck and fractured his leg after he jumped off a 15-feet high flyover to escape from police on Sunday in Padi. Police said Ramani,...
View ArticleCCTVs prove crucial in crime investigation
The decisive factor that aided investigations in the case of Ambur MLA Aslam Basha’s claims of a murderous attack on him, and the killing of Subbiah, a doctor, in R.A. Puram, last year, was the footage...
View ArticlePatrol vehicles get security cameras
CHENNAI: Buoyed by the success of high-definition CCTV cameras installed at the airport recently, the city police have fitted 200 patrol vehicles with these sophisticated cameras for better...
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