Hyderabad, July 27 (IANS) Telangana High Court on Monday directed the Chief Secretary to immediately replace Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) Commissioner, A.V. Ranganath for repeatedly flouting court orders.Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti asked Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju to identify a suitable officer to replace Ranganath as the head of HYDRAA.The High Court gave the direction on a contempt case relating to a 40-acre parcel of land at Lothkunta involving a private co…
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Baghpat (UP), July 22 (IANS) Director General of Tripura Police (DGP) Anurag was cremated with full state honours at his ancestral town of Baraut in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district on Wednesday, officials said. Anurag’s son, Abhishek, lit the funeral pyre at the cremation ground near Bawli Chungi on the Delhi‑Saharanpur highway in the presence of family members, senior police officers and hundreds of mourners.Before the cremation, the Uttar Pradesh Police accorded a ceremonial guard of ho…
Agartala, July 21 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday said that the state has lost an honest, efficient and dedicated police officer with the untimely demise of Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag, whose commitment to public safety and maintenance of law and order would always be remembered.The body of Anurag was found in hanging position under mysterious circumstances in the bathroom attached to his official chamber at the state Police Headquarters here on Monday.Expressing …
Agartala, July 20 (IANS) The Tripura government on Monday declared a one-day state mourning on Tuesday as a mark of respect for Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag, whose body was found under mysterious circumstances in the bathroom attached to his official chamber at the state Police Headquarters earlier in the day, officials said. The senior IPS officer was rushed to the Agartala Government Medical College and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.Head of th…
Agartala, July 20 (IANS) Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the bathroom attached to his chamber at the state Police Headquarters on Monday, officials said. The senior IPS officer was rushed to the Agartala Government Medical College and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.Head of the Department of Medicine at the Agartala Government Medical College and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Dr Pradip Bhowmik,…
Gandhinagar, July 14 (IANS) The Gujarat government has formally appointed six newly inducted Indian Police Service (IPS) officers to continue in their existing assignments after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) promoted them from the Gujarat Police Service to the IPS under the Select List 2025. In a notification issued by the Home Department on Tuesday, Principal Secretary Sanjeev Kumar said the appointments were made pursuant to the MHA’s notification dated July 2, which promoted the officers…
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Tuesday announced the formation of a judicial commission to probe the different cases of institutional corruption during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state from 2011 to 2026. The Commission will be led by former judge of Calcutta High Court, Justice Biswajit Basu (retired).As per the notification issued from the State Secretariat of Nabanna, an investigation will be conducted into allegations of corrup…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Punjab Kings cricketer Shashank Singh on Sunday opened up about a recent controversy involving his family, alleging that a “false FIR” was used as a tool for extortion to tarnish his reputation as a public figure. Last month, Shashank and his father, retired Special Director General (DG) of Police Shailesh Singh, were booked by the Ratibad police in Bhopal after a cook employed at their residence accused them of assault, abuse and forcibly taking away his mobile phone. …
Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) A trial court in Kolkata on Saturday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe allegations by the parents of the R.G. Kar rape and murder victim about tampering with viscera specimens of the victim, thus manipulating her final viscera report. The additional judicial magistrate of the lower court at Sealdah in South Kolkata directed the CBI to initiate the investigation in the matter immediately and also submit a preliminary report to the same court by Ju…
Raipur, July 10 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has announced a comprehensive transfer order for several Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, affecting key positions at the state police headquarters, ranges, armed battalions, and district levels. Senior officer Ajay Kumar Yadav (2004 batch) has been moved from Director of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose State Police Academy, Chandkhuri, Raipur, to Inspector General of Police, Rajnandgaon range.Balaji Rao Somawar (2007 batch), previously IG Rajna…