Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) mandated the transfer of 13 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, all in the ranks of District Magistrates (DMs), who are the district electoral officers (DEOs).As per the notification issued by the ECI in the afternoon, Jitin Jadav, a 2016 batch IAS officer, will be the new DM-cum-DEO of Cooch Behar district.Sandeep Ghosh, also of the 2016 batch, will be the new DM-cum-DEO of Jalpaiguri district.Vikek Kumar (2016 batch) has…
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Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) In a rare move, the state Police Headquarters (Bhabani Bhawan) in West Bengal has ordered the transfer of three women civic volunteers, a senior police officer said on Monday.A directive to this effect has been issued. However, in recent years, there has been no known precedent of the state police headquarters issuing a formal transfer notice for civic volunteers.Civic volunteers are not members of the state police force. The Calcutta High Court has already clarified this…
Gandhinagar, March 6 (IANS) The Gujarat government has carried out a major reshuffle in the state police administration, transferring 37 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers and assigning them new responsibilities.The changes, implemented with immediate effect in public interest, include several upgrades and downgrades of posts to accommodate officers of the appropriate rank.The reshuffle also comes ahead of upcoming municipal corporation and district panchayat elections in major cities of the s…
New Delhi/Hyderabad, March 4 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday and briefed him on the recent surrender of several Maoist leaders in the state.The Chief Minister, accompanied by Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy and other senior officials, also discussed the possible surrender of remaining Maoist leaders and their rehabilitation.Stating that significant changes have taken place in the state in the past two years, t…
Jaipur, Feb 24 (IANS) The Bhajanlal government has issued transfer and promotion orders for 21 IPS officers, affecting major changes in key positions across Rajasthan. Most of the reshuffle follows recent promotions within the cadre. In a late-night order on Monday night, the Police Commissioner of Jodhpur and the Special Police Commissioner of Jaipur have been replaced. Inspector General (IG) SOG Sharat Kaviraj has been appointed as the new Police Commissioner of Jodhpur.Jodhpur Police Commissi…
Amaravati, Feb 23 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday arrested IPS officer Sunil Nayak in Bihar in connection with the alleged custodial torture of current Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly, K Raghurama Krishna Raju, in 2021 when YSRCP was in power.Nayak, who had then served as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Andhra Pradesh, was arrested by a police team from Andhra Pradesh. Guntur district police confirmed the arrest.He is being b…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, the West Bengal government on Thursday carried out another reshuffle in the state police administration, transferring four IPS officers holding key positions in politically sensitive districts.A notification issued by the state Home Department stated that the transfers were made in the “public interest”. However, administrative and political observers consider the reshuffle significant in the context of preparations ahead of th…
Bhuj, Feb 19 (IANS) The Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP), Dr K.L.N. Rao, is scheduled to commence a two-day visit to the border regions of Kutch district on February 21-22 to assess the security measures in place for villages located near the India-Pakistan international border, as well as along the district’s extensive coastline, said officials on Thursday.Dr Rao is scheduled to preside over a high‑level crime conference in Bhuj, which will include senior representatives from the Indi…
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 …
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has posted young IPS officers to strengthen law and order and address key public concerns, particularly traffic congestion in the Greater Hyderabad. “As part of the government’s priority to improve civic governance, the transfers on Saturday are aimed at finding long-term and sustainable solutions to the traffic problems faced by city residents,” Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) B. Shivadhar Reddy said on Sunday.Young a…