When actor Akshay Kumar demonstrates his combat skills in Hyderabad’s National Police Academy

AT THE time of writing this article, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar’s Tweet on spending a day with police officers in Hyderabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy has been retweeted 2,600 times, with 8,700 people also liking it. The actor who was shooting his forthcoming biopic “Rustom” where he has been portraying the role of a Naval Commander named Rustom Parvi, in Hyderabad, took a day off from his schedule on Tuesday to visit the Academy where he had…

Rs 50 crore earmarked in Budget for building a befitting National Police Memorial

A part of National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington

THE new government’s maiden budget presented on Thursday set aside a sum of Rs 50 crore in the current financial year for building a befitting National Police Memorial. “The nation is equally indebted to the officers and the jawans of the Police forces, including the central armed police forces, who are constantly engaging with the enemy within and in the process sacrificing their lives in the line of duty,” finance minister Arun Jaitley said in his budget speech. In fact, National Police Memorial located in central London commemorates about 4000 police officers killed on duty, whereas in Washington’s Judiciary Square lies the…

Research proposals invited from police officers on Anna and Ramdev agitations

Baba Ramdev

FOR Indian police, there are lessons to be learned from agitations of Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev, and that arising out of Nirbhaya gang-rape case. Now, Hyderabad-based SVP National Police Academy has invited research proposals from serving and retired police officers on the following themes: