Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Tuesday the Union Public Service Commission’s petition challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s order directing the Mamata Banerjee government to complete the recruitment process of the new DGP by January 31.Since the legal complications in the matter are ongoing, even as the state government had named Peeyush Pandey as Rajeev Kumar’s successor, Pandey was appointed as an acting DGP, not as a permanent DGP.All eyes will …
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Hyderabad, Jan 30 (IANS) Telangana Police Officers’ Association and IAS Officers’ Association have condemned the remarks made by BRS MLA P. Kaushik Reddy against Karimnagar Police Commissioner Gaush Alam. They demanded that the MLA withdraw his remarks and apologise to the Commissioner and other police officers.The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA from Huzurabad remarked on Thursday when police stopped him from heading to his native Veenavanka in Mulugu district to attend Sammakka Saralamma …
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday named 15 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 10 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from West Bengal as special roll observers (SROs) for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) exercises in other states.A communique from the poll panel reached the West Bengal Secretariat ‘Nabanna’ on Wednesday, asking these 15 IAS and 10 IPS officers. officers to join the two-day training for the SROs on February 5-6.After the …
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Further complications have arisen over the appointment of new Director General of state police in West Bengal as the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has approached the Delhi High Court challenging an order from the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) earlier this month directing the Mamata Banerjee government to complete the process of recruitment of the new DGP by January 31, the day of the retirement of the current Acting DGP, Rajeev Kumar.On January 21, the CAT…
New Delhi/Gandhinagar, Jan 25 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry on Sunday announced that 16 officers and personnel of the Gujarat Police Force will be conferred with police service medals on the occasion of Republic Day on January 26, in recognition of their distinguished and meritorious service. The awards will be presented by the President Droupadi Murmu as part of the national Republic Day honours.As per the official list released, two senior officers from the Gujarat cadre of the Indian Police …
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the West Bengal government to send to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) the names for empanelment to select the new Director General of Police (DGP) by January 23.Based on the empanelment proposals sent by the state government, the UPSC will have to notify the panel by January 28 and declare the name of the new state police chief.Currently, West Bengal Police does not have any fulltime DGP. Acting DGP Rajeev K…
Patna, Jan 9 (IANS) The Bihar Home Department, on Friday, transferred 71 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in a major administrative reshuffle, officials said. The General Administration Department issued an official notification regarding the transfers.Among the key changes, 1991-batch IPS officer Preeta Verma has been appointed as the Director General of the Bihar Police Building Construction Corporation in Patna.She was earlier serving as the Director General (Training) of Bihar Police.The…
Kolkata, Jan 5 (IANS) The West Bengal Government on Monday announced a massive reshuffle in the state police ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections.According to a notification issued by the West Bengal Police Directorate, as many as 26 senior police officials, both of the Indian Police Service (IPS) and West Bengal Police Service (WBPS), have been shifted.However, the maximum of the transferred officials — 23 — are of the IPS, while the remaining are of the state police service.Three of the …
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…
Mumbai, Dec 31 (IANS) Former National Investigation Agency (NIA) director general Sadanand Date has been appointed as Maharashtra’s director general of police (DGP) for a two-year term, the state government announced on Wednesday. Date, a 1990 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, will take over from incumbent Rashmi Shukla when she completes her tenure on January 3.According to the government order, Date has been appointed to the post for two years, irrespective of his retirement date. H…