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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.

On Camera

Racial attack on Northeast people finally has govt’s attention. What about Muslims?

The largest number of victims of identity-based abuse in India are Muslims. In this case, the abuse comes from people at the top, and nobody is willing to do anything about it.

After Bharat Taxi, Cooperation Ministry plans insurance sector entry via IFFCO-Tokio

After launching Bharat Taxi, the ministry explores offering insurance products across cooperative banks via IFFCO-Tokio with cooperative banks as corporate agents.

Navy, Germany’s TKMS wrap up cost negotiations for new submarines, P-75I deal likely early next fiscal

It is estimated the deal would eventually work out to cost around $9 bn at least for 6 submarines—negotiated down by India. Original bid by state-run MDL & TKMS was over Rs 1.2 lakh cr.

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.