Tag: IPS officer

Ex-IPS officer slams Prashant Kishor for associating his name with ‘Jan Suraaj Abhiyan’

A retired IPS officer in Bihar has hit out at political strategist Prashant Kishor for reportedly associating his name with the latter's 'Jan Suraaj Abhiyan' without his consent.

May 11, 2023

Allahabad HC declines police custody of tainted IPS officer

The bench of Justice B.R. Singh passed the order on the revision petition filed by the state government, which had challenged the order of November 9.

November 18, 2022

SC stay on dismissal of IPS officer who probed Ishrat Jahan encounter

A bench of Justices K.M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy directed Verma to take appropriate steps to amend the petition pending before the Delhi High Court to challenge the dismissal order.

September 19, 2022

Calcutta HC slaps notice on state top cop

All three police officers will have to be present at the Calcutta High court's Division Bench of Sabyasachi Bhattacharya on July 30.

July 1, 2022

Telangana’s ex-IPS officer joins BSP

He joined the party at a public meeting held in Nalgonda, in the presence of its national coordinator Ramji Gautam

August 9, 2021

COVID-infected senior IPS officer Panigarhi shifted to Kolkata in air-ambulance

A special team of doctors from a private hospital in Kolkata supervised Panigrahi’s airlifting, said officials.

June 9, 2021

R&AW, IB heads get one-year extension

The extensions were cleared by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet, the order said.

May 27, 2021

IPS Amitabh Thakur forced to retire as unfit to serve

Thakur had urged the Centre to transfer him to some other state till the departmental inquiries against him got over, accusing some senior state government officials.

March 23, 2021

Around 100 Kashmiri youth who visited Pakistan on visa in last three years are missing

The intelligence sleuths, along with immigration officials, are keeping a tab on movement of youth at Wagah border as well as at the New Delhi airport.

February 8, 2021

Narada scam: ED issues fresh notices to five TMC leaders

Earlier notices in July seeking their “compliance” had failed. Sources privy to the development said that the “quintet” of the ruling party, who had been served fresh notices, are Saugata Roy, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Afrin Aparupa Poddar, Subhendu Adhikari and Ratna Chatterjee wife of former mayor Sovan Chatterjee, a BJP turncoat.

August 25, 2020

Mumbai billionaires violate lockdown; IPS officer sent on leave for helping them

The senior IPS officer had issued a letter exempting the Wadhawans from the lockdown norms citing a 'family emergency'.

April 10, 2020

Gujarat govt gives post-retirement promotion to former IPS officer DG Vanzara

Vanzara had retired from the IPS as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) on May 31, 2014, after eight years in jail for his alleged involvement in fake encounters by Gujarat Police during Narendra Modi's government in the state.

February 26, 2020

Andhra Pradesh govt places senior IPS officer under suspension for alleged ‘acts of treason’

Earlier, on the eve of the elections in April last year, the Election Commission had ordered the transfer of intelligence chief following a complaint filed by Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), the then opposition party alleged that Chandrababu Naidu was using police officials to subvert election process in the state.

February 9, 2020

The Saturday Interview | ‘Stringent laws made action possible’

Some of Karnal Singh's tech-intel SOPs were used by US intelligence agencies in the 9/11 terror attack investigations.

December 21, 2019

CBI interrogates IPS officer Arnab Ghosh in Saradha case

The SIT was formed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to probe the Saradha chit fund scam before the CBI began an investigation at the orders of the Supreme Court in 2014.

November 14, 2019

Yogi Adityanath suspends IPS officer on corruption charges

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath has suspended an IPS officer posted in Bulandshahr. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said that N Kolanchi, who was posted as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) was found guilty of irregularities in postings of Station House Officers (SHO) in the district which led to corruption charges against...

August 4, 2019

CBI quizzes businessman, IPS officer over ponzi, Narada cases

Panja was found to have been involved in both the Rose Valley and Saradha ponzi scam cases.

July 12, 2019