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Topic: IPS officers

Modi govt to slash IPS posts by 50% at Centre as ‘states refuse to spare them’

Home ministry has told states that central govt plans to to reduce Central Deputation Reserve quota of IPS officers from 1,075 posts to about 500.

‘We’re not monsters’ — IPS officers say celebration of ‘Hyderabad encounter’ in poor taste

IPS officers say certain situations warrant ‘extraordinary responses’ but any celebration of such acts bodes ill for the Indian judicial system.

‘Hostility must stop’ — Amit Shah wants IPS and armed police forces to talk, end disputes

During his maiden visit to CRPF headquarters, Home Minister Amit Shah said no disciplinary inquiry needed against officers going public with grievances.

Govt questions legality of IPS Association, says it never sanctioned such a body

According to an RTI reply, home ministry says no member of police force has right to form any association without the 'express sanction' of the central govt.

Every new IAS, IPS, IRS officer will now have to ‘adopt’ and mentor a teen for life

Modi govt has already linked 425 teenagers from Gujarat’s Kevadiya with 2019 batch civil servants. Now it plans to expand the scheme country-wide.

What IPS officers are saying in WhatsApp groups on Delhi Police crisis

Delhi Police personnel protested outside the HQ Tuesday, demanding justice after their colleagues were assaulted by lawyers at city courts.

Arunachal, Goa and Mizoram could soon have their own cadre of IAS, IPS officers

Arunachal Pradesh has raised the issue of having a separate cadre of IAS, IPS and IFS for the state with PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

IPS officers win battle to head central police forces as Supreme Court rules in their favour

IPS and CAPF officers had been scrapping over the top posts in these forces ever since the Supreme Court granted ‘Group A’ status to the latter in February.

Modi govt refuses to bring pay parity between IPS and central police officers

The government has not revised the recruitment rules of the central forces to ensure parity of service conditions with IPS.

Stop publicising standoff with IPS officers on social media, Home Ministry tells CAPFs

Several CAPF officers have formed Twitter accounts like ‘We the OGAS’ and ‘Movement for OGAS to CAPFs’ to bring attention to their demands.

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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.