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Major challenges await Seemanth Kumar Singh, new commissioner of police, who took charge on April 30.

The awards include two gallantry medals, two distinguished service medals and 18 meritorious medals.

The state intelligence department does not have a face but it has an image and there's an urgent need to set up a State Intelligence Academy, said IGP Gopal B Hosur who was heading the wing till recently.

There will be no let-up in combing operations launched by the Anti Naxal Force (ANF) against Naxalites at least till the polling for Udupi-Chikmagalur parliamentary by-election gets over on March 18.

Forensic analysis played a key role in court convicting a man of heinous crime. The district and additional sessions judge MS Azmi sentenced double lifer to Suraj Shahu for kidnapping and murder of 14-year-old Raj Pande after forensic analysis supported the prosecution theory. The court also imposed a fine of Rs1 lakh on Shahu.

Gopal B Hosur, former IPS officer from Karnataka, has been nominated security adviser for the 119-member Indian contingent to the 2016 Rio Olympics, Brazil.

Despite the debacle in Karnataka assembly elections, ticket distribution in the southern state has kindled the hopes of many veteran leaders in Madhya Pradesh to get a ticket for their kin.

After touring 66 assembly seats known as BJP bastions in the state, former chief minister and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh has submitted his report to state Congress president Kamal Nath. In fact, Nath had asked Digvijaya to take charge of these 66 assembly seats which the Congress has been repeatedly losing to BJP.

The aim of the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) is to build a healthy society, said retired IPS officer Gopal B Hosur who is also the vice president of IRCS's Karnataka branch.

Daivadeenam, 53, the employee of Chinmaya Mission Hospital (CMH) who was forced to clean a manhole, has been admitted to the ICU of the same hospital after experiencing breathing difficulties, unstable blood pressure and other complications.

The district police will seriously consider invoking stringent provisions of the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act against those involved in organized crime, IGP (Western Range) Gopal B Hosur said here on Sunday.

Bangalore City police have solved the mystery behind the desecration of two places of worship in JC Nagar and Hebbal, that had caused communal tension in the city three weeks ago.

Bollywood mourned veteran actor Dharmendra at a 'Celebration of Life' prayer meet. His sons Sunny and Bobby Deol were visibly moved by Sonu Nigam's musical tribute. The event saw a galaxy of stars paying their respects to the legendary actor, who passed away at 89.

In order to keep tabs on the rising instances of mugging by cab drivers during the night, the police have directed call centres to keep vigil on their drivers.

Shankar M Bidari is Bangalore’s new police commissioner. On Thursday, in a major surgery of the police top brass affecting nearly 40 IPS officers, the government posted Bidari as Bangalore city police commissioner.

A 20-year-old engineering student has been arrested on charges of attempting to rape an Australian woman holidaying at a beach resort in the coastal district of Uttara Kannada, police said.

BANGALORE: Justice N Kumar of the Karnataka High Court has admitted separate petitions seeking compensation of Rs 1.5 crore from the state and three police officers for foisting a case under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against two businessmen and a CBI inquiry against the officers, into the alleged charges.

Police officials and staff working in the district police office premises got a police commemoration day present in the form of an exclusive SBI ATM for them on Wednesday.

International Society for Krishna Consciousness will conduct competitions for children in connection with Sri Krishna Janmashtami festival on July 26 and Aug 3.

In a reshuffle of 14 IPS officers on Wednesday, western range IGP Gopal B Hosur has been posted as new additional commissioner of police for Bangalore city.

Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths probing multiple cases against gangster Ravi Pujari have taken into their custody Yousuf Bachkana, a Mumbaibased underworld element, from Central Prison.

BANGALORE: Eleven officers from the Karnataka state police were awarded the President's Police Medal for distinguished service and police medal for meritorious service.

Policing is a challenge today and not the same as it used to be three decades ago, said DIG western range, Gopal B Hosur here on Wednesday.

Chandramma (65) was found murdered in her house in Cubbonpet on Sunday morning. She's been living alone in this house since 1996.