HR Police: Gurgoan: नए साल आने में अभी टाइम है, पर शराब पीने वालों की संख्या 50% बढ़ी..

GURGAON: Millennium City is a top hit among party hoppers in NCR when it comes to celebrate New Year. However, with more parties in Gurgaon, more cases of drunk driving are also registered here. While Delhi recorded a decline of more than 20% in cases of drunk driving, party revelers went wild on Gurgaon roads. Traffic cops in the city recorded a whopping 50% increase in the number of drunk driving from last year. Despite prior warnings of zero-tolerance against such violators by cops, as many as 366 drunk drivers were caught during the last week of December.

As part of its initiative to raise awareness, cops had deployed citizen volunteers near pubs and liquor shops in the city. However, efforts of these volunteers went in vain with rash driving cases being reported from all parts of the city. Policemen armed with alcometers (breathalyzers) were out at all major traffic junctions to nab tipsy revelers behind the steering wheel. When asked, DCP (traffic) Bharti Arora said: Drunk driving cases go up during festive seasons. To keep tabs on untoward incidents we had launched this drive. More cops and volunteers were deployed in the east zone, which has high number of pubs and bars. Records of 2010 show a steady increase in drunken driving cases in Gurgaon. While 6930 people were challaned for the offence in 2009, the number jumped to 7,360 in 2010. The city police issued 1.5 lakh challans for traffic violations in 2010. However, the madness on the roads could not be stopped by challans alone.

Punjab Police: Chandigarh: शराब में मदमस्त बिगड़ैल शहजादों के ट्रैफिक पुलिस वालों को टक्कर मारने पर कार्रवाई हो, ट्रैफिक पुलिसवालों को अवार्ड,पैसा मिलें..

CHANDIGARH: When a cop on duty is knocked down by rash or errant drivers, a case is registered swiftly, but little happens after that. However, the recent conviction of a Noida-based engineer who hit a traffic cop with his vehicle and his being sentenced to 3 years' jail has brought into focus 11 cops who were at the receiving end of motorists' wrath in the Tricity. It has also renewed their hopes of getting justice. A majority of these case files are gathering dust in record rooms or courts. The are five instances of Chandigarh policemen being targeted on duty at traffic nakas, four of Panchkula cops and two of Mohali police personnel.

In two instances, the cases were filed as untraced after cops failed to identify any of the accused. In July 7, 2009, constable Satish Kumar, deployed on traffic duty at Sector 10 roundabout in Panchkula, was knocked down by a helmetless motorcyclist. A case was registered at Sector 5 police station, but marked untraced after cops failed to identify the accused. In Chandigarh, head constable (HC) Prit Pal Singh of UT police was attacked with blunt weapons at Sector-34 roundabout on January 21, 2010. But, police sent an untraced report. The most serious one occurred in September 2007 when head constable Karanbir Singh was run over by Jitender Pal Singh of Mohali, who was driving a gypsy, near Sector 39. He suffered multiple fractures in his left leg and is unable to carry out any taxing job even today. Karanbir told TOI, ''I was discharged from hospital after one-year medical treatment and am not able to undertake any hectic activity. I attend the court hearings regularly, but sometimes the investigative officer fails to come, and the case is put off to the next date.'' The trauma that constable Anil Kumar went through is no less. On May 2, 2010, this PS-31 cop was dragged for half a kilometre by an SUV being driven by a tipsy Ashok of Ramdarbar. He fractured his right arm. Though, the accused, Ashok, was arrested, delay in his medical examination failed to confirm presence of alcohol in his blood. 'Our priority' Assuring action, officiating SSP (UT) Hardeep Singh Doon said, ''These cases are on our priority list and an untraced report was filed only in one case.'' When asked about the reason for delay, Doon said investigation of these cases would be reviewed.

UP Police: Allahbad: इलाहाबाद में अब शराब पीकर गाड़ी चलाने वालों की खैर नहीं..

ALLAHABAD: It would surely be a hall of shame for those being caught by khaki clad on the charges of drunken driving as their names along with address would be enrolled in drunken driving registers with traffic police personnel after issuing a challan . The police officials with an aim to check increasing cases of drunken driving, have cracked a whip against tipsy drivers acting tough against them from February 19. Interestingly, traffic police officials would also offering assistance to those who are willing to quit drunken driving by taking them to social organisations working in the same regard. After acknowledging that 397 out of 877 road mishap deaths were occurred in allahabad region in 2010 due to drunken driving, the cops have also come with a new slogan dont drive when your are drunk . This seems to be the latest mantra taken up by traffic and thana police and special squads have been formed to check the cases of heavy vehicle drivers on highways. Police officials ,however ,claim that after consuming liquor , the judgement power of the drivers gets impaired a threat to road safety. Due to its effects, driver tends to take more risks, becomes more aggressive and takes a longer reaction time. It has been well established that the relative probability of causing crash increases with the rising blood alcohol levels.

Last year, a total 877 persons were killed in road mishaps and more than 945 others sustained injuries in the region. While traffic police authorities claim , drunken driving is customary in commercial vehicle drivers , private car owners and youngsters are also major players in the game. Small liquor shops along the national and state highways are of prime concern to control drunken driving and to make the matter more worse, the gamble of destiny is that, traffic cops are not well equipped with the necessary equipments required to introduce checks on driving at every check point. Experts claim that the country has laws to check the drunken driving but its effective implementation is still to be worked upon. The Motor Vehicle act -1939 has a clause which states that driving by a drunk person shall be punishable at the first offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with a fine which many extend to Rs 2,000 or both. As per law, drinking and driving was not allowed to be mixed up, but its amendment in 1994 ,an amount upto 30mg per 100 ml of blood has been permitted to a driver. Talking to TOI , Superintendent of police , traffic , Uday Shankar Jaiswal said we have constituted teams equipped with breath analyzers who would be carrying out surprise checks to check the cases of tipsy driving. The teams have been instructed to conduct medical test of driver and he was found guilty, he would not only challaned but his name would be enrolled in drunken driving registers. He added that a tipsy driver is a potential killer as he cannot perform his tasks without risks and endangers road safety. Drunken driving, an illegal act should be governed by strict laws which entail not only levying hefty fines or revocation of license , but also prosecution, same as a criminal offense. Through the department has no data of persons being penalised on the charges of drunken driving ,the department had issued over 13,000 challans to the defaulters on same cause.

AP Police: Hyderabad: CID DSP D Nalini submitted her resignation in support of separate Telangana..

HYDERABAD: Crime Investigation Department (CID) deputy superintendent of police (DSP) D Nalini, who had submitted her resignation a few days ago, on Thursday alleged that she was being harassed by her higher-ups since she is a staunch supporter of the separate Telangana cause.

Addressing a press conference, Nalini said on November 1, the AP Formation Day, she had submitted her resignation from the post of DSP to the office of DGP in support of separate Telangana. When questioned to name the officials who harassed her, she refused to disclose and said that she was ill-treated by not providing a vehicle, a typist and support staff and made her work at odd hours. "I decided to quit my job in support of Telangana unable to resist the harassment of Seemandhra officers", Nalini said. She announced that henceforth she would participate directly in the Telangana agitation by working with various Telangana organisations. She threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike in support of Telangana from December 9 in case the Union government fails to take a decision on the issue by then. It is the second time Nalini quit her job in support of Telangana.

AP Police: Hyderabad Traffic Police: हैदराबाद में ट्रैफिक नियम तोड़ने वालों की अब नहीं खैर, ट्रैफिक पुलिस ले जाएगी सीधे कोर्ट..

HYDERABAD: The days of drunken drivers being let off with a simple fine are over. Beginning Friday, they will be produced in court. As part of a 'Drive/Enforcement Against Drunk Driving,' the police have decided to book the tipsy motorists under section 185 (a) of the Motor Vehicles Act and haul them up in court along with a chargesheet the next working day for prosecuting them. Turning the knife, the traffic police would seize the vehicles of the offenders to prevent them from driving in drunken condition.

Additional commissioner of police (Traffic) CV Anand, in a press release issued here on Thursday, said drunken drivers would henceforth be booked under section 185 (a) of the MV Act and produced in court. According to section 185 (a) of the MV Act, "Whoever drives or attempts to drive a motor vehicel under the influence of alcohol and if the BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) level exceeds 30 mg/100 ml of blood when checked by a breath analyser, shall be punishable for the first offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend up to six months or with fine which may extend to up Rs 2,000 or with both. For a second or subsequent offence committed within three years of the commission of previous offence, the imprisonment may extend up to two years, or a fine, which may extend up to Rs 3,000, or both''. Till now, the traffic police have been letting off motorists by collecting fine under 184 (b) of the MV Act. Recently, traffic police had entered into a partnership with the World Health Organisation to control accidents with special focus on drunken driving.

MP Police: Indore: SI Recruitment: सब-इंस्पेक्टर परीक्षा में धांधली को लेकर आरोप, कोर्ट में जा सकते हैं आवेदक..

INDORE: Candidates who appeared for the sub-inspectors entrance examination conducted by Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) last month have protested against technical problems and mistakes in the question papers and have threatened to move court on the issue. Alleging a scam in conduct of the examinations, the candidates said that the board's credibility was at stake. One of the aspirants, Chandra Shekhar Patel, said, "Results have disappointed me as I performed fairly well in the examination. A number of questions had wrong answer choices. Technical problems occurred in biometric machines that were installed at centres to avoid impersonation." There were nearly 50 centres in city where biometric machines were installed by the board and allegedly at every centre, the machines did not function due to technical glitches. These were the machines, which were earlier used in pre-medical and pre-PG entrance examination for which Rs 35 to Rs 40 were charged from each student. According to sources, the board spent nearly Rs 12 lakh in PMT, Rs 1.25 lakh in pre-PG exam and Rs 18 lakh in sub-inspector examinations across the state.

Another candidate, Vikram Singh Raghuvanshi, has complained of getting an interview call under female quota. Alleging that a bundle of answer sheets was lost in Bhopal, one of the students said a complaint was registered with the police. Now, students are looking to move the court in this regard. The examination, which was conducted on September 25, had questions related to general knowledge, science and languages. The results of the examination were declared on October 14. With the answers being published on the website, students started raising questions. Nearly 10 questions were found with wrong answer choices. Board spokesperson Sunil Srivastava said, "Biometric machines were used considering the sensitivity of examinations. However, at a few centres technical problems occurred in machines. Apart from this, the board has cancelled the questions that had wrong answer choices."

Maharastra Police: Nagpur: नागपुर में बढ़ेंगे पुलिसवाले, और पुलिसवालों की हो सकती है भरती..

NAGPUR: City's understaffed police force are set to get a boost. The state home department has sanctioned additional manpower for traffic wing as well as for the proposed Mankapur, Shanti Nagar and Bajaj Nagar police stations. Commissioner of police Ankush Dhanvijay confirmed the development. Recently the city police commissionerate received a communication from its Mumbai head office informing about the home department's nod for manpower for new police stations, riot control and traffic department. In all the city police would get 366 additional hands including seven police inspectors. Sources said, the home department has sanctioned 82 posts including two police inspectors, two assistant police inspectors, seven ASIs, two drivers and 25 police constables for Mankapur police station. Similarly, 93 posts have been sanctioned for Shanti Nagar police station and 79 for Bajaj Nagar.

The city's top cop, however, said they had not yet finalised location for these police stations and the search for premises was on with various government agencies and private bodies. At present, areas proposed under these stations are part of Koradi, Dhantoli, and Lakadganj police stations. The traffic department will get a big respite with 85 additional posts. Currently, traffic police have only 448 personnel out of sanctioned strength of 512. Even though city and vehicles have been growing, the number of traffic personnel failed to keep pace. "Almost 12 lakh vehicles are plying on city roads. The need for police at various points is increasing rapidly," said a senior cop. "Times like today, when there is high alert, put more stress on us. The current manpower crisis has stretched us, but we are managing well with what we have," he said. With rise in riot cases, city's police long-pending demand for a separate riot control unit was also approved by the home department. It will start with 27 posts including one PI, one API, three head constables and 15 police constables.