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Monday, February 23, 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.

On Camera

Calm down, people. Alia Bhatt didn’t make history by saying Namaskar at BAFTA

What really troubles me is the idea of an actor with British citizenship representing India at the UK’s national film awards ceremony, all while wearing an Italian designer.

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.

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

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.