IGP Chandra Kishore Mina By Dheeraj Fartode Chandra Kishore Mina, an IPS officer of the 2006 batch, has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Currently serving as Special Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Mina has held several important positions in Nagpur and the Vidarbha region. While serving as ASP in Gadchiroli, Mina led a successful anti-Naxal operation in 2009, which resulted in the Petha encounter, weakening the Naxal movement. This operation earned him the DG Insignia. As SP in Akola and Nanded, Mina used innovative methods to maintain communal harmony and resolve tensions effectively. He uncovered a state-wide kidney transplant racket in Akola and, as DCP in Nagpur, dismantled organized crime syndicates through MCOCA and MPDA cases. In Nanded, Mina detected a recruitment scam that affected the entire state. His technological skills were evident when he implemented the court monitoring system in Akola. As DCP in M...
Pranab Mukherjee City administration is gearing up for mega-farm fair ‘Krishi Vasant’ at city. Senior administrative officers on Monday visited the spot, where the farm fair would be organised, and issued necessary directions. President of India Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the farm fair, which will be held at the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), Panjra on Wardha Road between February 9 and 13. During their joint inspection, Divisional Commissioner B V Gopala Reddy, Collector Saurabh Rao, Joint Commissioner of Police Sanjay Saxena, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Chandra Kishore Mina and Director of CICR Dr. Keshav Kranthi reached the spot on Monday afternoon and examined entire route. The senior officers also examined the main dais of the programme, proper parking place for President’s convoy and other VIP’s. Sources informed that around 5,000 invited persons will attend first day inauguration function including 2,500 farmers from across the coun...