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Topic: IPS officers

Dropped as DGP after Haryana suicide row, Shatrujeet Kapur gets top job in ITBP

1990-batch IPS officer will serve as Indo-Tibetan Border Police chief until 31 Oct. He was in the headlines after his name cropped up in connection with suicide of IG Y Puran Kumar.

HC asks Telangana to explain why IPS officers hold IAS posts. Case could stir up the services’ net

Decision on the petition could have far-reaching consequences on a practice that isn’t uncommon across the country, and has been a flashpoint between IAS and IPS officers.

Gujarat Dy CM Sanghavi, 30 IPS officers embark on two-day review of villages along Pakistan border

Sanghavi is expected to review a few key areas, including infrastructure, sanitation, healthcare, education, safety, and security during his visit to the bordering areas.

Haryana Police confronts caste beneath the khaki — divide out in the open for the first time

Retired bureaucrats from Dalit community say IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s experiences weren’t different from their own, whether it's untouchability, slurs, or humiliation over quota.

In Andhra Pradesh, 2 IAS officers’ protracted wait for postings under Naidu govt, 4 IPS in same quandary

While the 2 IAS officers, including current senior-most one in cadre, await postings for over a yr, 2 others who retired Monday were reposted in same positions as ex-officio secretaries.

Record 16 IPS officers to be posted to conflict-ridden Manipur as Centre cites ‘backlog’

The postings to Manipur from 2024 batch are twice the number posted in the state in 2023 & 4 times those posted in 2022. Police officers hint at strategic shift as ethnic unrest continues.

Just 8% of country’s police officers are women, 12% in IPS, finds India Justice Report 2025

Breakdown of numbers show 52% are sub-inspector, 25% ASIs & 13% constables. Similiar scenario in judiciary as 38% of judges in the lower judiciary are women, 14% at HCs.

Tharoor’s new vision for Congress—speak to the future instead of dwelling on the past

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Cop by day, writer of thrillers & researcher by night, who is Maharashtra IPS officer Brijesh Singh

Principal secretary in Directorate General of Information & PR, Singh has written 3 books with the latest, The Cloud Chariot, released about 3 months ago.

After INLD leader’s killing, ADGP (law & order) among 15 IPS officers transferred in Haryana

Opposition is targeting BJP-JJP govt after Nafe Singh Rathee's killing. Five Haryana Police Services (HPS) officers also figure in transfer list.

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India is successfully walking West Asia tightrope. Modi has skilfully avoided taking sides

The Modi government avoided diplomatic adventurism and bravado but engaged sincerely with all the stakeholders in the Iran conflict upfront.

Why the US shouldn’t try to outsmart the oil market

Selling oil futures would be a desperate ploy, born of panic about rising US gasoline and diesel retail prices ahead of the midterm elections.

Israel’s tolerance for persistent threats on its borders has eroded: US intel on Iran war

When conflict with Iran ends, says the report, area’s key players are likely to reexamine longstanding assumptions & alliances as they determine how best to advance their interests.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.