Veteran Bengaluru IPS officer Kamal Pant to retire today after 34-year career: Report
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Veteran Bengaluru IPS officer Kamal Pant to retire today after 34-year career: Report

Hindustan Times  

Kamal Pant, the veteran IPS officer of the 1990 batch, renowned for his impactful tenure in Bengaluru, is set to retire on superannuation today. File photo of former Bengaluru police commissioner Kamal Pant. Born on June 21, 1964, in Uttarakhand’s Pithorgarh, Pant pursued his MSc in Applied Geology from Delhi University before joining the Indian Police Service on August 20, 1990, the Deccan Herald reported. Notably, Pant's tenure as Bengaluru Police Commissioner from 2020 to 2022 marked a period of significant reforms and stringent law enforcement measures.

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Former Mumbai police chief Sanjay Pandey joins Congress, to contest assembly polls
3 months ago

Former Mumbai police chief Sanjay Pandey joins Congress, to contest assembly polls

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Retired IPS officer and former Mumbai police chief Sanjay Pandey entered state politics by joining the Congress party. He is expected to contest the upcoming state assembly elections from Mumbai, with the party considering fielding him from a constituency with a significant north Indian population. Former Mumbai police chief Sanjay Pandey. An alumnus of IIT-Kanpur and a 1986 batch …

Mamata Banerjee reinstates senior IPS officer Rajeev Kumar as West Bengal DGP
5 months, 1 week ago

Mamata Banerjee reinstates senior IPS officer Rajeev Kumar as West Bengal DGP

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: Senior Indian Police Service officer Rajeev Kumar was reinstated as the West Bengal director general of police by the Mamata Banerjee administration on Monday. Rajeev Kumar was appointed to head West Bengal’s information technology department after the Election Commission of India removed him Kumar was appointed to head West Bengal’s information technology department after the Election Commission of India …

All about former West Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar, considered ’close’ to CM Mamata Banerjee
9 months ago

All about former West Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar, considered ’close’ to CM Mamata Banerjee

Live Mint  

An hour after removing West Bengal Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar on Monday ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission of India appointed IPS officer Vivek Sahay as the next DGP. Apart from Rajeev Kumar, the ECI also ordered the removal of home secretaries of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, as well as the …

Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood to take over as CBI chief
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood to take over as CBI chief

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka director general of police Praveen Sood will be the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation for a period of two years, the appointments committee of the Union Cabinet said on Sunday. The 1986- batch Indian Police Service officer will replace Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, whose two-year tenure as CBI chief will end on May 25. “Approval of the …

Pratap Reddy is new city police chief
2 years, 7 months ago

Pratap Reddy is new city police chief

The Hindu  

The State government on Monday transferred city Police Commissioner Kamal Pant, replacing him with C.H. The post of the Bengaluru Police Commissioner is of ADGP rank, and Pant is the second DGP-rank officer to head the city police after Ajay Kumar Singh, who was the city Police Commissioner in 2005 after his elevation to the DGP post. Mr. Pant, who …

Mamata Banerjee promotes one IPS officer posted on central deputation
3 years, 11 months ago

Mamata Banerjee promotes one IPS officer posted on central deputation

Op India  

Notwithstanding central government’s directive of putting 3 IPS officers on Central deputation following the mob attack on the motorcade of the BJP’s national president JP Nadda earlier this month, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool government, which has been at odds with the Centre, arbitrarily promoted one of them and transferred another on Monday. Instead of releasing the 3 IPS officers on …

Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey takes voluntary retirement, speculations of contesting elections rise
4 years, 3 months ago

Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey takes voluntary retirement, speculations of contesting elections rise

India TV News  

Bihar Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey on Tuesday took voluntary retirement from service, triggering speculations that the outspoken officer would contest the coming state Assembly polls. Pandey’s request seeking voluntary retirement was approved by Governor Phagu Chauhan, a notification issued by the state home department said. Pandey, a 1987 batch IPS officer, was involved in the investigation of actor …

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