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Two Policemen Suspended For Detaining Entrepreneurs
INDIA

Two Policemen Suspended For Detaining Entrepreneurs

Two policemen have been suspended and show cause notices issued to two police officers following the detention of two entrepreneurs who had allegedly created ruckus at a start up meet in the presence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The two entrepreneurs, who were frequently speaking without the chief ministers permission at the programme on March 21, were detained by the Patna police and questioned at Gandhi Maidan police station for a personal background check. "Two policemen, including sub-inspector Dilip Chauhan and constable (Munshi) Shambhu Sharan Paswan, posted with the Gandhi Maidan police station were suspended yesterday for unnecessarily detaining the two entrepreneurs," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manu Maharaj said today. "Show cause notices have been iss...
‘112’ To Soon Become Single Number For All Emergency Services
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‘112’ To Soon Become Single Number For All Emergency Services

NEW DELHI: People will soon have to dial just a single-number '112' for help during emergency situations such as availing services of police, ambulance and the fire department. The proposal to have a single number for various emergency services, approved by the inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission, would be similar to the '911' all-in-one emergency service in the US. All existing emergency numbers will be phased out within a year of rolling out 112, depending upon the awareness about this new facility. "Telecom Commission has accepted Trai's recommendation on single emergency number 112. It will now be drafted by the Department of Telecom and will require Telecom Minister's (Ravi Shankar Prasad) approval. It will be rolled out within months rather than a year," an official s...