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Topic: DGP

Police transfers Vizianagaram terror case to NIA, 2 accused in judicial custody

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana police held a joint operation on 17 May that led to the arrest of Siraj Ur Rehman & Syed Sameer, for conspiring to carry out bomb blasts in Vizianagaram.

Who is 1991 batch IPS Rajeev Krishna, UP’s 5th acting DGP in a row

Krishna replaces Prashant Kumar, considered close to CM Yogi. The appointment comes amid speculation of rift between state govt & Centre over DGP appointments.

Amid Centre-state tussle, legal suspense over Jharkhand DGP’s post retirement tenure

Anurag Gupta was due to retire on 30 April, 2025, when he turned 60. However, it remains unclear whether Gupta is working with or without a salary.

Karnataka ex-DGP murder case: Home minister says CCB probing motive

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara says police have arrested ex-DGP's wife Pallavi in connection with the murder, and she has admitted committing the crime.

Karnataka ex-DGP murder case: Wife threw chili powder before stabbing, police say

Prakash, a 1981 batch IPS officer, was found dead at his house Sunday. Police have detained his wife as the key suspect.

Amid President’s Rule & an arms ultimatum, Manipur DGP urges ‘misguided’ youth to take up sports

DGP’s appeal to youth to join sports coincides with Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla’s call to people across communities to surrender weapons looted from state armouries.

Election body transfers Maharashtra top cop Rashmi Shukla weeks before assembly polls

Mumbai: The Election Commission of India has ordered the immediate transfer of the Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) Rashmi Shulka and ordered the...

Amid ‘fake encounter’ claims, UP DGP issues guidelines, emphasises need for autopsy & photos from site

In letter to senior officers, UP DGP has issued 16 guidelines to be followed in encounter cases. Opposition has alleged that latest encounters in Sultanpur & Bahraich were fake.

‘Warned, didn’t act in time’ — rights body notice to Manipur DGP, security adviser on Jiribam violence

MHRC asks for report from DGP besides issuing notices to state officials & secretary to the CM who provided intelligence. Tension broke out in Jiribam after police found body of Meitei man.

Archaeology buff who pushed ‘panchang policing’ — Vijaya Kumar, 2nd retd DGP to join UP politics

Kumar had served as fourth acting UP DGP from June 2023 to January 2024. Before him, former state police chief Brij Lal had taken this route.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.