EXPLAINED: 11 | Vintage Vibes

CAT stays transfer of IPS officer Ravi D. Channannavar

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has stayed the transfer of IPS officer Ravi D. Channannavar from the post of Managing Director, Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (KEONICS).

The Hindu · Jun 13, 2023

Need to maintain utmost vigil along international borders: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a Chintan Shivir with CAPFs and NSG stressed upon the need to have utmost vigilance along the international borders to ensure zero infiltration and smuggling of drugs and arms.

The Hindu · Jun 12, 2023

Madras High Court to hear on June 15, a contempt plea moved by M.S. Dhoni against IPS officer Sampath Kumar

The Madras High Court on Monday decided to hear on Thursday, a contempt of court petition filed by ace cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni against Indian Police Service (IPS) officer G. Sampath Kumar for having allegedly made contumacious remarks against the Supreme Court and the High Court.

The Hindu · Jun 12, 2023

Manipur gets new DGP as incumbent, a Kuki, is shunted to a post created overnight

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared inter-cadre deputation of Mr. Singh from Tripura to Manipur ‘for a period of three years from the date of joining, in relaxation of the policy as a special case in public interest’, the order read.

The Hindu · Jun 1, 2023

HC rejects plea against dismissal of IPS officer who probed Ishrat Jahan encounter case

The Delhi High Court rejected a plea by former IPS officer Satish Chandra Verma, who assisted the CBI in its probe in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, against the Centre’s order dismissing him a month before his scheduled retirement.

The Hindu · May 24, 2023

Dhanush Kumar, who once wanted to become a sanyasi, clears civil services exam

Dhanush Kumar B.S., who once wanted to become a sanyasi (a monk), has secured the 501st rank in the Civil Service Examinations and is hopeful of getting into the Indian Police Service (IPS).

The Hindu · May 24, 2023

Contempt plea filed in SC against U.P., Punjab for having ‘acting’ DGPs

In his contempt petition, petitioner-advocate Brajesh Singh has challenged the appointment of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Gaurav Yadav as the acting DGP of Punjab.

The Hindu · May 21, 2023

Seven years of scaling Everest

LUCKNOW: On May 21, 2016, as the clock struck 8.30am, Aparna Kumar, an IPS officer and a mother of two, was on top of the world, literally, as she had become the first police officer to scale the mighty Mount Everest. Seven years on, Kumar, who has already completed the…

The Times of India · May 21, 2023

Karnataka govt. announces in-charge DG&IGP

The Karnataka government has given additional charges to the seniormost IPS officer, Alok Mohan, as the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police until further orders

The Hindu · May 20, 2023

Will not rest till I bring Sanjiv home: Shweta Bhatt

Shweta Bhatt, wife of jailed Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, has said she will not rest till she brings her husband home

The Hindu · May 20, 2023