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The real picture behind our crime statistics

The prevention and detection of crime will never show the kind of qualitative improvement that is witnessed in many developed nations.
Section: Analysis  | Monday, October 31, 2011 10:30 IST

RK Raghavan: The witch hunt against Intelligence

The Delhi blast has led to the knives being pulled out once more against intelligence agencies.
Section: Analysis  | Friday, September 9, 2011 10:00 IST

RK Raghavan: Efficient policing, not punishment, will cut crime

A few days ago, I stumbled on a report from the US, which highlighted why effective policing was more important than incarceration as a crime reduction strategy.
Section: Analysis  | Thursday, September 1, 2011 8:00 IST

Hasten slowly should be India’s post-Laden mantra

South Block must have been as much surprised and shocked as Islamabad when US president Barack Obama announced news of Bin Laden’s killing. If Pakistan prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilan was to be believed, he had no clue whatsoever of the US operation.
Section: Analysis  | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:56 IST

Raising the level of honesty in the civil services

There cannot be a pithier statement on how civil servants should conduct themselves. It reflects an ideal that every citizen cherishes for the civil servant, and the lament that this has proved to be a myth.
Section: India  | Friday, April 22, 2011 4:25 IST

Professionalise the CBI, let it report to Supreme Court

At present, unfortunately, the CBI has the image of being a handmaiden to the Union government.
Section: India  | Friday, April 8, 2011 3:07 IST

Something amiss in way we select our civil servants

An Indian Administrative Service couple in Madhya Pradesh was recently hauled up for amassing property worth more than Rs300 crore.
Section: India  | Saturday, February 12, 2011 2:00 IST

Sen verdict a chance to make justice system more credible

But it is unexceptionable that we need a law that punishes incitement of disaffection against the State and promotion of violence and disorder in society
Section: Analysis  | Thursday, December 30, 2010 2:47 IST

PM has to step in to bolster the anti-Maoist gameplan

The latest Maoist atrocity shows that the lower echelons of the police may soon get demoralised. We need political intervention at the highest level to set things right.
Section: Analysis  | Thursday, September 9, 2010 0:23 IST

In J&K, overdependence on central police forces is folly

The tragedy of policing in Kashmir is its absence. We need to improve grassroots policing. Or else the local community will be permanently alienated from the civil administration.
Section: Analysis  | Wednesday, August 11, 2010 2:43 IST
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