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Hitler’s birthplace in Austria begins new life as a police station

Hitler’s birthplace in Austria begins new life as a police station

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The building Adolf Hitler was born in near the Austrian border with Germany officially begins a new life as a police station on Wednesday, a conversion Austria’s government hopes will prevent it serving as a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis. Picture taken on July 16, 2026 shows a staircase inside the listed building of the birth house of former German dictator Adolf Hitler that is turned into a police station, in Braunau am Inn, Austria. (AFP) After years of debate about the large, traditional terraced house in the town of Braunau am Inn, which was in private ownership and had housed a charity for handicapped people, Austria made a compulsory purchase in 2017 and announced in 2019 it would be remodelled and turned into a police station. Even before the conversion, the only sign of its historical significance was a rock on the pavement from the Mauthausen concentration camp with the inscription “Never again fascism” that does not mention Hitler. The rock remains in place. The only sign added to the white facade reads “Police”. …

Army officer, 40 personnel booked for ‘assaulting’ cops

Army officer, 40 personnel booked for ‘assaulting’ cops

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Jammu and Kashmir Police has booked several Army personnel, including a commanding officer, for allegedly storming a police station in Kishtwar district, assaulting police personnel, and damaging government property. The incident occurred after a police party intercepted and seized a private vehicle owned by an Army official for alleged traffic violations. The FIR registered at Atholi police station stated that the incident occurred on Wednesday when the Station House Officer (SHO), Inspector Amrit Kotach, was away for a meeting.  Around 30 to 40 personnel from 17 RR, Camp Kijayee, led by Major Vikash Sharma and Naib Subedar Shankar Gurkhe, launched a “planned” attack after scaling the main gate of the police station, SHO Kotach said. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, …

Mohali: 2 Baltana cops sent to lines after woman tries to self-immolate outside police station

Mohali: 2 Baltana cops sent to lines after woman tries to self-immolate outside police station

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A day after a woman attempted self-immolation outside the Baltana police post in Mohali, two officials were sent to the police lines on Wednesday. Besides, a departmental inquiry was initiated against them for “inaction” on her complaint regarding cheating and sexual assault on the pretext of marriage, officials said. Police said that the accused has been on the run since the incident came to light. (HT File) “The incharge (sub-inspector) of the police post and an investigation officer have been sent to police lines pending investigation,” senior officials said, confirming that accountability was being fixed amid allegations that the survivor’s repeated pleas for action were ignored. The woman has accused a man of befriending her under the pretext of a marriage and also for business partnership. According to police officials, the man, who ran a salon, promised the woman that they would operate it jointly. The woman is said to have invested her personal savings in the venture. However, the relationship allegedly turned exploitative, culminating in repeated sexual assault, according to her allegations. The accused …

Blast at police station in eastern Syria leads to casualties: reports | World News

Blast at police station in eastern Syria leads to casualties: reports | World News

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CJI Gavai miffed over protocol lapse during Maharashtra visit: ‘Question of respect…’ 2 hr ago Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Sunday drew attention to a protocol lapse during his visit to Mumbai for a felicitation programme and said that all three pillars of democracy are equal and must show respect to one another. Miffed over the absence of Maharashtra’s Chief Secretary, Director General of Police or the city police commissioner to receive him during the visit to his home state — a first after assuming the top post, CJI Gavai said: “If the Chief Secretary of the state, DGP or Mumbai police commissioner does not want to come there, when the CJI, who is from Maharashtra, has arrived for the first time, it’s up to them to think about whether it is right or not,” CJI Gavai said. Mentioning that he was not insisting on adherence to protocol, he underlined that it is a question of respect by other organs of the institution to the judiciary. Justice Gavai was …

Public places like police stations, bus stands should display contact of nearest legal aid offices: SC

Public places like police stations, bus stands should display contact of nearest legal aid offices: SC

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A general view of the Supreme Court in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 23, 2024) said awareness is the key to the success of the functioning of the legal aid mechanism and a robust system should be put in place to ensure that beneficial schemes promoted by legal services authority reaches all. Passing a slew of directions on the issue of providing legal aid to prisoners, a Bench headed by Justice B.R. Gavai said in public places like police stations and bus stands, addresses and phone numbers of the nearest legal aid office should be prominently displayed. It said the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), in cooperation with States and district legal services authorities, shall ensure that the standard operating procedure for access to legal aid service to inmates in jail are operated efficiently. “We have also said that for… success of the functioning of the legal aid mechanism, awareness is the key,” the bench said. Also Read: Supreme Court holds States’ power to make laws on …

Uttarakhand Man Loses Rs 30,000 Cash, Laptop In Bengaluru Bus, Cops Respond

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Mukesh missed his flight and was left with only Rs 600. A certified mountain guide from Uttarakhand, faced a tragic turn of events after his belongings were stolen while he was travelling in a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus to Bengaluru. The man, Mukesh Pawar, a certified mountain guide, was on a bus journey from Salem in Tamil Nadu to Bengaluru and had to fly to Delhi from there. However, he found himself stripped of Rs. 30,000, a laptop, a Samsung tablet, and important educational documents during the trip. He reached out to Anand Sankar, a family friend and X user, who shared the incident on the microblogging platform hoping to get immediate police intervention. “I have been very sad and ashamed since yesterday at how the police in Bangalore treated an honest hardworking boy from my neighbouring village of Sidri in Tons Valley, Uttarakhand when he went to file an FIR because his belongings were stolen from a bus. Yesterday on arrival in Dehradun, I got a frantic call from Mukesh’s uncle …