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CAT steps in as West Bengal IPS officer risks losing top cop post due to delay amid state-Centre friction

IPS officer Rajesh Kumar, set to retire on 31 Jan, was eligible to be West Bengal DGP when the post fell vacant in 2023. He moved the Central Administrative Tribunal in Dec 2024.

Karnataka suspends DGP-rank officer for ‘obscene’ videos, causing ’embarrassment’ to government

Viral videos purportedly show 1993-batch DGP-rank IPS officer K. Ramachandra Rao misbehaving with multiple women in office, while in uniform.

‘Leaked charge sheet’ in bribery case linked to Haryana IPS suicide goes viral before court submission

Purported Rohtak Police charge sheet against Sushil Kumar, whose arrest in bribery case was linked to Puran Kumar’s suicide case, was signed by investigating officer 22 November.

Haryana ASI ‘suicide’: Mystery FIR yet to surface after kin allowed autopsy ‘on being told IPS wife named’

Gurugram: Two days after the Rohtak police reportedly told the agitating family of Sandeep Lathar—an ASI who committed suicide on 14 October—that they had...

8 days after ‘suicide’, Haryana IPS officer’s family consents to post-mortem, ending stalemate with govt

Y Puran Kumar’s IAS wife Amneet said she agreed to the process after assurances of fair probe by Chandigarh Police & Haryana govt. Funeral likely to follow post-mortem Wednesday.

Rahul meets Haryana IPS officer’s family & sends Saini govt a message: ‘Stop this tamasha’

Amid heightened criticism of CM's alleged inertia & protests by Dalit organisations, a rally where PM was to be chief guest has been cancelled. Analysts say Haryana govt in a state of paralysis.

IPS officer Puran Kumar’s ‘suicide’: Haryana DGP sent on leave; no decision on postmortem yet

Kumar’s family has been demanding the arrest of DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and the now-transferred Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya.

An IPS officer’s covert op to crack Jewar land scam, slap Gangster Act. ‘Had to get to root’

A call from Yogi Adityanath set Aligarh IPS officer Amrit Jain on the trail of an elaborate land scam that had duped even IAS officers. 'Both farmers and buyers were deceived.'

7 days on, Haryana IPS officer yet to be cremated. IAS wife vs govt stalemate continues

IAS wife has refused to even identify IPS officer's body at Chandigarh PGIMER. Stalemate causing embarrassment to CM Nayab Saini ahead of PM's rally in Haryana on Friday.

6 days after Haryana IPS officer’s ‘suicide’, body still in mortuary. Family seeks accused DGP’s arrest

Family has rejected govt’s offer to send DGP Kapur, who the officer accused of harassing him, on short leave. They want his & now-transferred Rohtak SP Bijarniya’s arrest. 

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.