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 ...
As the countdown starts for ensuing polls of District Bar Association (DBA), aspiring candidates are busy fine tuning their strategies to ensure victory at the hustings. Election mood is setting-in at 'Nyay Mandir' as aspirants are busy warming-up to their professional colleagues for their support in the election scheduled to be held on December 9. For the post of President, Advocates Roshan Bagde, Prakash Jaiswal, Pankaj Kothari, Madan Senad and Pramod Upadhyay are readying their candidature as per the talk in the district courts. The aspiring candidates revealed their agenda for the polls. Adv Roshan Bagde Adv Roshan Bagde said, "He is readying to contest as an independent candidate" and claimed his focus on streamlining sitting arrangements for the lawyers in the new ‘Nyay Mandir’ building, including for lawyers coming from rural courts. He has also chalked out plans to provide insurance cover to each member of the District Bar and also solve their problem and grie...