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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicPolice Commissioner

Topic: Police Commissioner

26/11 investigator, Fadnavis’s favourite cop & now Mumbai Police chief, who is Deven Bharti

The high profile IPS officer has had several key postings in Mumbai, but has also been embroiled in multiple controversies.

Khaki to khadi: Arup Patnaik to Bhaskar Rao, police commissioners who tried their luck in polls

Though many former IPS officers have tried luck in polls, the numbers are relatively less when it comes to police commissioners taking this route. BJD's Arup Patnaik is one of them.

Row over Mumbai Police’s 1st special commissioner — ‘Fadnavis’s blue-eyed boy’

Opposition says by creating new post & appointing Deven Bharti, BJP wants to create 'dual power structure' within police force. Deputy CM, however, says it's like 'adding missing link'.

Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh transferred days after Sachin Waze arrest

Maharashtra govt appointed IPS officer Hemant Nagrale to the post of Mumbai police commissioner. Param Bir Singh will take charge of Home Guards.

Don’t laud UP police commissionerates yet. You can’t be judge, jury, executioner: IAS officer

The Uttar Pradesh govt implemented the Commissionerate system in Lucknow and Noida earlier this year, but touting its success misses the bigger picture.

‘Leaked tapes’ of Karnataka IPS officer, murky power deal — scandal hits Yediyurappa govt

The clips, in which police chief Bhaskar Rao is purportedly talking to a power broker, have renewed allegations of political appointments in the police.

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Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.