Manish Kumar Gupta (IAS: AGMUT:1991) has been appointed as ACS Land and Building, Government of Delhi

Sanjay Kumar Jha (IAS: AGMUT:2008) has been appointed as Special Secretary (Finance) GNCTD.

Arun Mishra (IAS: AGMUT:2010) has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, North East District (GNCTD).

Ms Geetika Sharma (IAS: AGMUT:2012) has been transferred as GM DTTDC, Government of Delhi

Mrs Gurpreet Deo (IPS:PB:1993) ADGP, CAD & Women Affairs has been promoted to DG rank in Punjab Police

Varinder Kumar (IPS:PB:1993) ADGP, Chief Director Vigilance Bureau has been promoted to DG rank in Punjab Police

Ishawar Singh (IPS:PB:1993) ADGP, Human Resource Development has been promoted to DG rank in Punjab Police.

Jitender Kumar Jain (IPS:PB:1993) ADGP, PSPCL has been promoted to DG rank in Punjab Police

Satish Kumar Asthana (IPS:PB:1993) ADGP, Policy and Rules has been promoted to DG rank in Punjab Police

Mrs Sashi Prabha Dwivedi (IPS:PB:1993) ADGP Railways has been promoted to DG rank in Punjab Police

R.N Dhoke (IPS:PB:1993) ADGP Internal Security has been promoted to DG rank in Punjab Police.

Naveen Singla (IPS:PB:2009) SP, Punjab Police has been promoted to rank of DIG Punjab Police.

Kuldeep Singh Chahal (IPS:PB:2009) SP, Punjab Police has been promoted to rank of DIG Punjab Police.

Swapan Sharma (IPS:PB:2009) SP, Punjab Police has been promoted to rank of DIG Punjab Police.

Ajay Mahuja (IPS:PB:2009) SP, Punjab Police has been promoted to rank of DIG Punjab Police.

Rakesh Kumar Kaushal (IPS:PB:2009) SP, Punjab Police has been promoted to rank of DIG Punjab Police.

Budhiti Rajashekar (IAS:AP:1992) has been appointed as Special Chief Secretary Panchayat, Andhra Pradesh Government.

Gopal Krishna Dwivedi (IAS:AP:1993) has been transferred as Special Commissioner Rythu Bharosa Kendramas, Andhra Pradesh Government

Roop N Sunkar (IRSE:1985) was appointed as Member/Infrastructure, Railway Board. Currently, Sunkar is working as GM, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar.

Ms Anjali Goyal (IRAS:1985) was appointed as Member (Finance), Railway Board.

Ms Jaya Varma Sinha (IRTS:1986) was appointed as Member (Operations & Business Development), Railway Board.

Naresh Lalwani (IRSE:1985), BG Mallya (IRSEE:1985) and Manoj Sharma (IRSE:1985) were empanelled for holding GM Railways post (HAG+) at Level 16 in Indian Railways.

Naresh Lalwani (IRSE:1985) was appointed as GM, Central Railway (Mumbai)

BG Mallya (IRSEE:1985) was appointed as GM, Integral Coach Factory (Chennai)

Manoj Sharma (IRSE:1985) was appointed as GM, East Coast Railways (Bhubaneshwar).

Anup Singh Rauthan was appointed as Joint Director in the Directorate of Enforcement. Currently, he is Deputy Director, ED.

Ajay Singh was appointed as Joint Director in the Directorate of Enforcement. Currently, he is Deputy Director, ED.

The Central Deputation tenure of Extension of Ms Aishvarya Singh (IAS:2008:SK) was extended for a period of one year beyond 05.02.2023. She is Director, Prime Minister’s Office.

Ms Nidhi Tewari (IFS:2014), Under Secretary in PMO, was re-designated as Deputy Secretary in PMO w.e.f. her date of joining i.e. 06.01.2023.

Kaushlendra Pratap Singh (lTS:2011) was appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Defence for a period of four years. He belongs to Indian Trade Service.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Nagaland government to pass an order appointing Senior IPS officer Rupin Sharma (IPS: 1992: NG) as the Director General of Police (DGP) of the state.

Chandigarh: The Punjab government promoted seven additional director generals of police (ADGPs) to the rank of director generals of police (DGPs) taking the count to 13, which is an all-time high in the state. Punjab had 12 DGPs in 2017.

Seven 1993-batch IPS officers promoted on January 23, 2023 include ADGP community affairs division (CAD) and women affairs Gurpreet Deo, chief director vigilance bureau Varinder Kumar, ADGP human resource development Ishwar Singh, ADGP PSPCL Jitendra Kumar Jain, ADGP policy and rules Satish Kumar Asthana, ADGP Railways Shashi Prabha Dwivedi and ADGP internal security RN Dhoke. ADGP law and order Arpit Shukla is the only 1993-batch IPS officer whose promotion has been deferred due to a case in the Punjab and Haryana high court.

Four DGP rank officers — Samant Goyal (IPS: 1984: PB) (RAW chief), Dinkar Gupta (IPS: 1984: PB) (NIA chief), Parag Jain (IPS: 1989: PB) (additional secretary), Harpreet Sidhu (IPS: 1992: PB) are on central deputation.

VK Bhawra (IPS: 1987: PB) (chairman, Punjab Police Housing Corporation), Prabodh Kumar (IPS: 1988: PB) (DGP human rights), Sanjeev Kalra (IPS: 1989: PB) (special DGP home guards), Sharad Satya Chauhan (IPS: 1992: PB) (MD Punjab Police Housing Corporation), Gaurav Yadav (IPS: 1992: PB) (acting DGP) and Kuldeep Singh (IPS: 1992: PB) (special DGP STF against drugs) are serving in the state.

Chandigarh: The whistleblower IAS Officer Ashok Khemka (1991: HY) has written a letter on January 23, 2023 to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and offered to ‘to root out corruption’ with a stint in the Vigilance department. In his letter to CM, Khemka said that he sacrificed his service career in his zeal to end corruption. While there is not enough work in his present posting — the Archives department — some officers are overloaded with multiple charges and departments due to which they are always fire-fighting. In the letter Khemka wrote “lopsided distribution of work does not serve public interest.”

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Govt has promoted around a dozen IPS officers of 2014 batch to the Junior Administrative Grade (Matrix – 12) from January 1, 2023. These officers are:

Nagendra Singh, DIG, Law and Order and Security, Police Headquarters Bhopal.

Pradeep Sharma, Commandant, 14th battalion, Gwalior.

Avijit Kumar Rajan, Commandant, 35th Battalion, Mandla.

Deepak Kumar Shukla SP, Barwani district.

Sachin Sharma, SP, Chhatarpur District.

Dr Gurkaran Singh, SP, Narmadapuram District.

Vikas Kumar Shahwal, SP, Raisen District.

Anurag Sujania, SP, Mandsaur District.

Saikrishna S Thota, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone I, City Police, Bhopal.

Aman Singh Rathor, SP, Datia District.

Vahini Singh, Commandant, 8th Battalion, Chhindwara.

Ashutosh, SP, Satna District.

New Delhi: Officers and all ranks of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) mourned the sad demise of former CBI Director Rajendra Shekhar and prayed to the Almighty to provide the family strength, succour and fortitude to bear with the tragedy. Rajendra Shekhar (Retd IPS: 1957: RJ) served the CBI for about 14 years in different capacities. He served as Director, CBI from 11.01.1990 to 14.12.1990. He was the 11th Director of CBI after its formation in 1963. He held important positions in Rajasthan Police including the post of DGP.

Rajendra Shekhar, a highly decorated officer with true professional acumen, was an alumnus of Mayo College, Ajmer and St Stephens College, Delhi. He had also authored several books.