Chennai, June 3 (IANS) Senior IPS officer Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal assumed charge as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday morning, becoming the 34th officer to head the state police force.He took charge at 10.45 A.M. at the DGP Headquarters on Kamarajar Salai in Chennai.Aggarwal’s appointment comes in the aftermath of the recently-concluded Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, which were held in a single phase on April 23.Following directives issued by the Election Commission…
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 26 (IANS) In a dramatic escalation of the politically sensitive Nava Kerala Yatra assault case, five police personnel attached to former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, including his gunmen, were suspended on Tuesday while the state government simultaneously weighed strong action against senior police officer M. R. Ajith Kumar over allegations of attempting to derail the investigation.The suspended officers include gunmen Anil Kumar and Sandeep, along with escort …
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging interference by then West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior state police officials during search operations conducted earlier this year at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC).A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria earlier deferred the matter after Solicitor General Tushar Meht…
Hyderabad, May 12 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son Bandi Bhagirath has approached the Telangana High Court seeking interim bail in connection with a POCSO case registered against him.Due to ongoing summer holiday for the High Court, the petition has been filed before the Vacation Bench. The petition will come up for hearing on May 14.A case was registered against Bandi Bhagirath on May 8 at Pet Basheerabad Police Station of Cyberabad Commissionerate und…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of a deeply disturbing report concerning large-scale sexual exploitation of women and minor girls in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur, and has sought a detailed report on the matter within seven days. This case is from Kolhapur, where a pharmacy student has been accused of abusing multiple young women, recording explicit videos, and allegedly using them for blackmail. The development comes soon after t…
Hyderabad, April 10 (IANS) As many as 42 cadres of CPI (Maoist), including People’s Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) Battalion Commander Sodi Malla alias Keshal, surrendered before Telangana Police on Friday, along with 36 firearms and 800 grams of gold. The Maoists who surrendered before Director General of Police (DGP) B. Shivdhar Reddy include 21 cadres of PLGA, 11 cadres of Telangana State Committee (TSC) and 10 cadres of Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC).Barring an Area Committe…
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) NCP leader Rupali Chakankar, who was embroiled in the self-styled godman Captain Ashok Kharat controversy, on Friday finally resigned from her post as the President of the Maharashtra NCP women’s wing. She has forwarded her resignation to the NCP national president and state Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar.Chakankar, amid demand from the opposition, had resigned on March 20 as the chairperson of the Maharashtra State Women’s Commission but did not step down as the…
Chandigarh, March 25 (IANS) A delegation of the BJP, led by the party’s Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar, on Wednesday met with Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here and demanded a CBI investigation into the alleged suicide case of Divisional Magistrate Gagandeep Singh Randhawa. Speaking to the media, Jakhar said, “When ministers of the government themselves are facing allegations, how can one expect a fair investigation from that government?” He said the deceased’s family and the people of Pu…
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday lambasted the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the latter’s decision to transfer bureaucrats and police officers in the state and also sending many of them on deputation as general and police observers in other poll-bound states almost daily since the model code of conduct came into force after the announcement of the polling dates for four states and one union territoryThe Chief Minister also accused the ECI …
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) The Legislative Council on Tuesday passed the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026, amid concerns expressed by both opposition and ruling legislators over possible misuse of its provisions by authorities and self‑proclaimed protectors of religion. The government said the Bill seeks to prohibit unlawful religious conversions carried out through force, coercion, allurement, misrepresentation, or other fraudulent means.The Bill was opposed by the Congress and the Nat…