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Topic: DGP

Haryana IAS seeks police protection for family after wife’s complaint against ‘illegal raid’ by ACB

D. Suresh, posted as resident commissioner of Haryana in Delhi, has also sought FIR against ACB's 'illegal' probe against him in connection with allotment of a Gurugram plot in 2019.

Karnataka Director General of Police Praveen Sood appointed next CBI director

Sood is a 1986-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Karnataka cadre & has been appointed to the post for two years after Subodh Kumar Jaiswal completes his tenure on 25 May.

Acting DGP retires, UP puts another officer in his place — no clarity still on state’s next top cop

Appointment of permanent DGP will take time as govt has to send fresh panel of officers to UPSC for consideration after the body raised objections on removal of Mukul Goel last yr.

9 months after its top cop was shunted out, why UP Police is still without a permanent DGP

Acting DGP D.S. Chauhan is set to retire on 31 March. With no movement in the process to appoint a new DGP, Opposition has raked up the issue time and again.

In 8 months, one DGP has juggled CRPF, BSF, SSB, ITBP. For others, there’s no work

IPS officer Sujoy L. Thaosen is currently chief of CRPF with additional charge of BSF. Meanwhile, many DG-rank officers are at a loose end. IPS officers call it ‘injustice’ to all.

Who will be Nagaland’s next top cop? DGP’s resignation puts focus on web of politics & ‘bias’

Nagaland DGP T. John Longkumer put in his papers Monday, a week before final Supreme Court hearing on the matter of his tenure being extended for 6 months after his retirement.

‘Chief justice calling’: How Bihar IPS officer ‘conned’ DGP into withdrawing liquor case

IPS Aditya Kumar has 'gone underground'. He & one Abhishek Agarwal plotted to get liquor case withdrawn, for which Agarwal called DIG posing as Bihar HC chief justice, police say.

‘Bhula dena mujhe’: Domestic help who killed J&K top cop was unstable; caught after manhunt

Main suspect Yasir Ahmed was of aggressive nature, says Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh.

J&K’s DG Prisons found murdered at Jammu home, police suspect domestic help

The 57-year-old Hemant K Lohia was found dead Monday night, with burn injuries on his body & a slit throat. A manhunt had been launched to nab the domestic help identified as Yasir.

Why the appointment of DGPs has become a tussle between states & UPSC since 2006

In 2006, SC had passed a judgment saying state DGP should be appointed by state govts and UPSC. But since then, states have been trying to avoid involving the UPSC.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

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.