Ahmedabad, July 1 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Wednesday appointed senior IPS officer Anupam Singh Gahlaut as the new Ahmedabad City Police Commissioner, transferring him from his present post as Surat City Police Commissioner.According to a notification issued by the Home Department, Gahlaut, a 1997-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Gujarat cadre, has been appointed to the vacant cadre post of Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad City.The post has been downgraded from an ex-cadr…
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New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to investigate the devastating fire at a commercial building in Lucknow’s Aliganj area, reached the spot on Tuesday and began its investigation into the incident that claimed the lives of 18 young people.The SIT, formed on the instructions of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, comprises Additional Chief Secretary Amrit Abhijat and Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Lucknow Zone Praveen Kumar. Bo…
Chandigarh, June 7 (IANS) Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), in a well-coordinated operation with Ferozepur Police and Jammu and Kashmir Police, has apprehended two Rajasthan-based shooters involved in Ferozepur shopkeeper’s murder case from Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Sunday. Those arrested have been identified as Vishnu Kumar, a resident of Rupbas in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur; and Rahul Mahawar, a resident of Anantpura in Rajasthan’s …
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday strongly condemned “persistent caste-based discrimination” in India, citing a shocking case from Odisha where parents have boycotted an Anganwadi centre for three months because the helper-cum-cook is a Dalit woman. Kharge described how the Anganwadi, meant to support children’s physical and cognitive development through nutrition and early education, has been effectively shut d…
Noida, Jan 19 (IANS) Noida Authority CEO Lokesh M. has been removed from his post and placed on the waiting list following the death of a 27-year-old software engineer who fell into a water-filled ditch in Sector 150. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the incident and ordered a high-level probe.Acting on the Chief Minister’s directions, the state government has constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to examine the circumstances leading to…
Bhopal, Dec 31 (IANS) As the year drew to a close, the Madhya Pradesh Home Department on Wednesday issued a series of orders announcing large-scale promotions of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers across ranks, effective January 1, 2026.The promotions cover appointments to the ranks of Special Director General of Police (Special DGP), Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Inspector General of Police (IGP), Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Senior Scale and Junior Administrative…