Seven personnel of the Andhra Pradesh Police Service (APPS) were on Tuesday promoted as Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. Chief Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad issued a G.O. (Rt. No. 1901) to this effect, and said that the President of India approved their appointment against the vacancies determined by the Government of India for Select List … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 5, 2024) issued notices to the Delhi police and a woman on a plea by a former Army officer who sought quashing of a charge sheet against him in an alleged rape case. A Bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah while agreeing to examine the man’s plea … Read more
Water from the Panthalkudi channel enters homes at Kattabomman Nagar in Sellur, Madurai, on Monday, October 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: R. Ashok The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department has nominated 38 nodal officers for each district in the State to monitor the preparedness for the Northeast monsoon, which is likely to set in around … Read more
Chief Minister of Odisha Mohan Charan Majhi addressing IAS and IPS officers in Bhubaneswar on September 28, 2024 | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Close on the heels of a massive controversy that erupted around the alleged custodial abuse of an Army officer and his fiancée in a Bhubaneswar police station recently, Chief Minister Mohan Majhi … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with State DGP Prashant Kumar during an event. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Uttar Pradesh government has granted the highest pay scale to its acting Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar, bypassing at least 12 senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers above him in the hierarchy. The … Read more
The Odisha government has transferred 18 senior IAS officers, a notification issued by the General Administration department said. Satyabrata Sahu was appointed Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Home department while D K Singh was appointed Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management department. Mr. Sahu is also allowed to hold additional charge of ACS, Forest, Environment … Read more
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose sought a report from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on July 8 on whether she had taken any action on a report sent by the Raj Bhavan to the Government of India against the Kolkata Police Commissioner and … Read more
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi speaking during an event in Hyderabad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Hyderabad parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi expressed concern over the law and order situation in Telangana, and demanded that the Congress government post duty-oriented officers to keep communal conflagrations at bay. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president, at a recent … Read more
The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal has reinstated four police officers who were earlier transferred to non-electoral posts by the Election Commission of India during the Lok Sabha elections. The election commission had transferred several officials, including the Director General of Police (DGP), and relieved them from election duty. Among the officers, Aminul Islam … Read more
An IAS officer shared a video on X showing her son enjoying his summer vacation and fully engrossed in playing on her mother’s work desk while she is working. In her post, Pamela Satpathy humorously said that summer vacations become the most “dreaded time of the year” when you are a mother of a boy. … Read more