Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has opposed the reported move of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to merge the DSP cadre of the Chandigarh Police with the police officers of all Union Territories, including the Delhi Police.He has demanded that status quo be maintained till the territorial dispute of Chandigarh between Punjab and Haryana is settled.The Chief Minister has also directed the Chief Secretary to initiate steps for the establishment of a special cell, in the General Administration branch, to deal with all Chandigarh-related issues in order to protect the interests of Punjab. He has asked the CS to bring a formal proposal on this in the next cabinet meeting.

In a statement issued here, the Chief Minister said any move to erode the state’s stake in Chandigarh was not acceptable to Punjab. The existing pattern of all Chandigarh UT posts being shared between Punjab and Haryana in 60:40 ratio should continue, he demanded.The reported move to merge the Chandigarh DSP post with other UTs would disturb the fine balance achieved over the years, he said, warning that it could be counter-productive. Besides, said the Chief Minister, any such move would limit the avenues for the career progression of senior Punjab officers in line for promotion.The proposal of the MHA would lead to all sanctioned posts of DSP of the Chandigarh UT being merged with the entry grade of the combined cadre of Delhi and other UTs, which would allow their transfer/posting in any UT, the Chief Minister pointed out.

He expressed concern over the attempts to gradually dilute Punjab’s stake in Chandigarh, pointing to the fact that a similar erosion had already taken place, over the years, in the post of Class I Gazetted Officers. Punjab would not allow further erosion of its interests, he added.

LUCKNOW: A Class-X boy created a Twitter handle using the name of UP director general of police (DGP) just to make local cops in Gorakhpur district take action in a cheating case in which his elder brother had been gypped of Rs 45,000. The cops, who had not been taking action on their complaint, acted swiftly and the cheat even returned Rs 30,000 to the minor’s brother and promised the remaining amount soon.

The boy and one of his friends involved in the case were detained and let off with a stern warning at the behest of the DGP. “We took a reformative approach and let off both the school-going kids, as any action would have affected their future,” DGP OP Singh said.

The incident came to light over a month ago when the DGP office reported the matter to the Hazratganj police and subsequently a case was registered. The case was assigned to the cyber cell, which found that the Twitter handle, in the name ‘OP Singh’ and displaying the DGP’s photo, was being operated from a phone in Maharajganj police station area of Gorakhpur. The cyber cell worked on the case further and tracked the boy behind the cyber fraud.

Cyber cell detained the boy on saturday.On questioning boy said that one Sadiq Ansari of Maharajganj had taken Rs 45,000 from his brother, promising him a job in Dubai. When Ansari did not keep his promise, his family lodged a complaint with the Gulharia Bazaar police but no action was taken.

According to the boy, on many occasions he accompanied his family to the police station to pursue the case but did not get any help.

In his statement, the class-X student spoke about the other boy from his village who suggested to him to make a Twitter account in the name of the DGP and then instruct SSP Gorakhapur to expedite the case.

Former Indian foreign secretary Dr S Jaishankar will be taking over as the Tata Group’s president in global corporate affairs, Tata Sons announced on Monday.Company said in statement that “In his new role, he will be responsible for the Tata group’s global corporate affairs and international strategy development and Tata Sons’ international offices will report to him,”.

1977 batch Indian Foreign Service officer S Jaishankar was appointed Foreign Secretary in January 2015 and serves this post till January 2018. He held many key roles during his career including stints as high commissioner to Singapore, ambassador to China and the United States. He also played a key role in negotiating the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.A graduate of St Stephen’s College, Jaishankar is an MA in Political Science and an MPhil and PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

For the Tata group, the appointment of Jaishankar will come as a shot in the arm as the group’s large portion of revenues now comes from abroad. The group has to negotiate with various governments to lobby for its interests.

BHUBANESWAR : Former Police Commissioner of Mumbai Arup Patnaik joined the Biju Janata Dal in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday. Interestingly, the development makes Patnaik the second Mumbai police chief to join politics after Satyapal Singh, who had quit as Mumbai top cop in 2014, to contest the Lok Sabha election on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket.

Asked if he will contest the 2019 elections, Arup said he has not given a thought to it yet. “I am happy that I have got an opportunity to work for my State after serving for 36 years in Maharashtra. It is the beginning of a new chapter in my life,” he added.

Known as the “bar busting cop”, Patnaik is a 1979-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer retired as the Director General of Maharashtra State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation on September 30,2015.

Patnaik was appointed Mumbai police chief in 2011. During his tenure bar busting mission was started by the Mumbai police. He was removed as Mumbai police commissioner in August 2012 after facing flak for his handling of the Azad Maidan riots in the same month. He was succeeded by Satyapal Singh.

Before being appointed as Mumbai top cop, Patnaik held the post of Additional DG (Highway Traffic). It has been learnt that Patnaik was first posted in Latur. After that he was transferred to Jalgaon and Nagpur. He was then appointed as the Zone 6 Deputy Commissioner of Police. Patnaik, however, is also credited with checking crime in Latur as the district SP during 1983-86.