Tag: Dgp

In a major breakthrough in the Minister Maheswar Mohanty attack case, Director General of Police (DGP) Prakash Mishra claimed the police have got vital leads after visiting the crime spot on Saturday. He said the attack could have involvement of local miscreants

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has suspended Director General of Police (DGP) Jacob Thomas on charges of violating service rules, officials said on Wednesday. The suspension order came on Tuesday night. Thomas was suspended from service by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for violating the All India Service Rules after it surfaced that the officer had spoken […]

Bhubaneswar: Security has been beefed up across Odisha, especially in the Maoists affected areas, for smooth celebrations of the Republic Day on Thursday. Director General of Police K.B. Singh said elaborate security arrangements have been made for celebrations across the state. All district collectors and superintendents of police have been asked to stay alert during […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court passed today a slew of directions on police reforms in the country and ordered all states and Union territories to not appoint any police officer as acting Director General of Police (DGP). A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also directed all the states to send names of senior […]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of being asked by the State Election Commission (SEC), Odisha to curb any poll-related violence across state, Director General of Police (DGP) K B Singh today said all possible steps are being taken to prevent any untoward incident. Affirming that his office has received a letter from the SEC Rabinarayan Senapati, […]

Bhubaneswar : With violence continuing unabated across Odisha amid the ongoing Panchayat elections, the State Election Commission today asked the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police to ensure free and fair polling in the remaining three phases. “There are incidents of violence in the post-poll scenario at different places in the state, which is […]

Odisha Director General of Police K B Singh today said left-wing extremism (LWE) was under control even though their presence was felt in 19 out of 30 districts of the state

Identifying Maoist activities in the state as the single major challenge for Odisha Police, DGP Prakash Mishra on Friday asked the senior officers to act tough against the offenders

Chandigarh: Former Punjab DGP Shashi Kant today claimed that some policemen had tried to abduct him from outside his house in the city as he had been vocal against drug rackets in the state. Kant alleged that some police personnel in civil uniforms made an unsuccessful attempt to abduct him when he came out of […]

Odisha Police on Thursday cautioned citizens against cyber fraudsters who are duping people on the pretext of Covid-19 related help during the pandemic in the State

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday clarified its last year order on police reforms and said officers who have a minimum of six months tenure left in service shall be considered for the post of director general of police (DGP). A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the recommendation for post of DGP […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Bijay Kumar Sharma has been appointed as the Head of Police Force in Odisha. Sharma, who is currently the chief of Fire Services, Home Guards and Civil Defence, will assume the full additional charge as the Director General of Police from tomorrow. His new appointment comes shortly after Odisha Governor Ganeshi […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to implement the State government’s ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative in an effective manner from October 2, the Odisha Police has begun its groundwork with DGP BK Sharma on Wednesday directing the top police officials to set up call centres and streamline their functioning in all the districts to address the grievances of […]

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh on Sunday said 200 to 300 militants are active in the state and Pakistan has intensified cross-border firing to push in as many of them as possible before the onset of winter. He also said a large number of militants had managed to sneak into the state […]

Bargarh: Ahead of the Bijepur bypoll on October 21, Director General of Police (DGP), BK Sharma has assured that police will remain unbiased while discharging its duties and will not show undue favours to political parties and act as per the guidelines laid out by the Election Commission. During a review meeting held today at […]