The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home ...
By Dheeraj Fartode The invention of fire was a major breakthrough in the development of civilization. This is why the primitive people used to worship fire as manifestation of God. So long as fire is under control, it cooks our food and provides warmth in the chilly winter. Destroyed ship 'Fort Stikine' at Victoria Docks But the other side of the story is different. If fire is left untackled an if it is allowed to spread beyond control, it causes much hazard by devastating lives and properties. Keeping fire under control, therefore, has been the primary task of mankind to avoid its devastating effects. the greatest fire tragedy in India was the Bombay Docks explosion occurred on April 14, 1944 in a ship called ‘Fort Stikine’ in the Victoria Docks of Bombay (now Mumbai). The ship was carrying a mixed cargo of 9,000 bales of cotton, 1,400 ton of explosives, ammunition, oil barrels, timber scrap iron and 124 gold bars. At Karachi ship took bales of cotton. Prior to ...