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 ...
- Kejriwal hits back Centre
New row sparked between LG Najeeb Jung and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over order notification cancelling the appointment of Krishna Saini as the chairman of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC). CM Arvind Kejriwal directly hits at Centre and LG for “big conspiracy.”
The Delhi governemnt and LG Jung have not good terms and Kejriwal always targets Centre for conspiracy agaisnt the AAP governemnt.
Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal have cancelled the LG's order and alleged that removal of Saini was part of a conspiracy to increase power tariff in the capital to benefit the discoms.
Kejriwal said Saini would continue as DERC chief as LG did not consulted with CM or power minister Satyendar Jain before ordering his removal.
“It's sad that he (Jung) is cutting salaries of people, stopping mohalla clinics, closing schools. He has turned governance into a joke in Delhi. Does he intend to shut down Delhi” Kejriwal asked at a press conference on Saturday.
Who is Krisna Saini?
Former chief income tax commissioner Krishna Saini was appointed as new chairman of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) on March 2016. Saini, a 1981-batch Indian Revenue Service officer and he was the fourth chairman of the commission.
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