Skip to main content

Major reshuffle expected in Maharashtra Police leadership

By
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
Post a Comment

Multi-tier security for Ind-Desh T20

By
Published on November 10, 2019

A multi-tier security system and closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will function to ensure foolproof safety during the India vs Bangladesh 3rd T20 cricket match at Vidarbha Cricket Association’s (VCA) Jamtha Stadium on Sunday.
Addressing a press conference on Additional Commissioner of Police (Adll CP) (Crime) Nilesh Bharne said that whole premises of the stadium will be covered under CCTV cameras to monitor the movement of the general public in and outside the stadium, entry to dressing rooms and all parking stands.
As many as five Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCPs), 11 Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACPs), 18 Police Inspectors, 52 API/PSI, and more than 450 constabulary force would be deployed for the match, he added. Dog squads and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads (BDDS), would be engaged at all entry points, said Bharne and added that Quick Response Teams (QRT) and two Ambulances would be placed on the alert to respond to any eventuality. 
More than 40 metal detectors, door frame monitor would be installed at all entry points as security measure. “Every person would be checked twice by the police,” he said.  DCP Traffic Chinmay Pandit and DCP Zone I Vivek Masal were present in the press conference.

Food, water, flags with sticks not allowed

Cops will not allow spectators to carry food items, drinking water, flag with sticks with them inside the stadium due to security reasons. Addl CP Bharne cited security reason for the decision. “We will allow only small purse, ticket and mobile phones,” he said and added that measure would be taken for security of the spectators.

Traffic arrangements 


  • Movement of heavy vehicles barred on Outer Ring Road 
  • Heavy vehicles coming from Hyderabad and Wardha would be stopped at Buttibori 
  • Vehicles coming from Kamptee and Bhandara Ring Road and heading towards Wardha would be put on hold at Vela Hari toll plaza 
  • Vehicle coming from Amravati Road would be stopped at Mohgaon Zilpi turning 
  • Call to Traffic police at 0712-2555566/2555577 for queries. 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

IGP Prasanna : The man who stopped Obama’s convoy

By
IGP Mallikarjuna Prasanna By Dheeraj Fartode  Published on Feb/17/2019 NOT many are aware of an episode during the then US President Barack Obama’s visit to India in 2010. The world’s most powerful man was made to wait for 11 minutes in his car while an Indian cop took on American officials for their unwarranted interference in the US President’s security. KM Mallikarjuna Prasanna, Special Inspector General of Police of Nagpur Range, still continues to work with the same pride, wearing his patriotism on the sleeve. “Had they (Americans) deployed their personnel for area security, then the message would have been Indians are unable to protect VIPs in their nation,” recounted Prasanna on the episode that is one of the highlights of his distinguished career of a skillful investigator. The story of the IPS officer of 2000 batch is worth a film. In fact, a movie (Nagarjun-starrer ‘Officer’) has already been made by Ram Gopal Verma last year. His real life script also ha
5 comments
Read more

Longest cable-stayed bridge to boost tourism at Ambhora

By
CONSTRUCTION work of 700-metre-long cable-stayed bridge, longest in the country, with a viewing gallery at the top at Ambhora in Kuhi tehsil is near completion. The bridge would be open for traffic in December this year providing a major boost to tourism at Shree Chaitanyeshwar Mahadev temple at Ambhora. It is set to open doors of development for the backward area of Kuhi and Umred tehsil. Ambhora, located 75 km from Nagpur city, is a famous religious and tourist place in Vidarbha. It is situated at the confluence of five rivers -- Wainganga, Kanhan, Aam, Kolari and Murza. Just around a decade ago the river bank housing Ambhora used to see a flux of tourists from all over the State. However, the banks were submerged in water after the construction of Gosikhurd dam which led to rise in water levels. Since then, tourist flow at Ambhora has also declined. However, now with the construction of the new bridge tourists will get a chance see the scenic backwaters across the river bed which is
Post a Comment
Read more

DCP Sunil Kolhe gets IPS cadre

By
DCP (crime) Sunil Kolhe By Dheeraj Fartode About 28 State Police Service (SPS) officers were granted  Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre on Monday. At Nagpur, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Crime) Sunil Kolhe is among these officers. With their promotion, Maharashtra Government will fill-up the existing vacancies of cadre posts across the State. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India, approved the promotion and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), issued the notification of 28 state police officers into IPS cadre.  Maharashtra Government had earlier empanelled the 28 officers for promotion of SPS officers into IPS and criteria was they should have served for atleast eight years as Superintendent of Police (SP) or Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). The list includes names of officers belonging to Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy.SP) batches between 1988 and 1995, who were promoted to the IPS cadre. The officers are S V Jadhav, B G
Post a Comment
Read more