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 ...
Tejas to replace ageing MiG series aircraft in next 15 years The first squadron named as 'Flying Daggers' By Dheeraj Fartode Indian Air Force (IAF) is all set to raise the first fighter squadron of indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas at Bangalore on July 1. The first squadron will have only two aircraft as opposed to global standard of 16 aircraft per squadron. It will be 45th squadron ane named as ‘Flying Daggers’ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) have developed Tejas -- a single-engine compound-delta-wing tailless aircraft -- after hard work of around 30 years and it will replace ageing MIG series aircraft in next 15 years. A top official of the IAF, preferring to be unnamed, confirmed the information and said that Air Marshal Jasbir Walia, AOC, Southern Air Command, would remain present for raising ceremony of the first squadron. LCA Tejas An official of HAL told ‘The Hitavada’ that...