The state govt has decided to appoint deputy superintendents of police (DSPs) to head cyber police stations. This significant policy decision aims to bolster investigation of cyber crimes and ease the pressure on inspector in-charge (IIC) officers.
A 19-year-old boy vanishes from New Delhi Railway Station to avoid a trip to freezing Leh. His friends and police search for him, but he is found later in New Delhi. Read more about the incident.
IAS officers reshuffled in Ranchi. Director general of Shree Krishna Institute of Public Administration (SKIPA) Sukhdeo Singh has been given the additional-charge of the chief residential commissioner, Jharkhand Bhawan New Delhi.
Senior IFS officer S Prabhakaran has taken charge as the new director of Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Mysuru. His immediate challenge is to tackle summer forest fires and ensure adequate water supply to wildlife. Bandipur Tiger Reserve has the highest number of tigers in Karnataka.
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a new building of the Bharatpur police station with a creche facility. The Bharatpur police station is perhaps the first place with a creche facility for working women police officers.