Mumbai, May 17: The Maharashtra government, on Friday, in a bureaucratic reshuffle transferred 27 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in the state.

Prasad Akkanvaru, who is the principal of the police training centre at Marol, has been appointed as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police of Maharashtra State Security Corporation; Pune Rural Superintendent of Police, Pankaj Deshmukh, as Pune Additional Police Commissioner; A. Gavkar, who is the Deputy Police Commissioner (Prohibition) as DIG state CID (administration); G. Shridhar, who is the DIG of State CID has DIG, police communication in department of information technology and transport; and Mokshada Patil, who is Commander in State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) has been appointed as SRPF DIG.

The state government has transferred Rakesh Kalasagar, Commander in SRPF as Railways Commissioner; Priyanka Narnavare, Commander in SRPF as Additional Police Commissioner (Traffic) in Mumbai; Arvind Salve, Superintendent of Police of highway security as Joint Director of Maharashtra Police Academy, Nashik; Suresh Mengde, Superintendent of Police and Chief Security Officer, CIDCO in the same post after his promotion as DIG; and Dhananjay Kulkarni, Superintendent of Police of Ratnagiri as Additional Police Commissioner in special branch, Mumbai.

The government has transferred Vijay Magar, principal of police training centre at Latur as SRPF DIG in Pune; Rajesh Bansode, Superintendent of Police in wireless department, Pune, as Additional Police Commissioner, Pune city; Vikram Deshmane, Superintendent of Police in Nashik rural as Additional Police Commissioner Central Regional Division, Mumbai; and Rajendra Dabhade, Superintendent of Police, civil rights protection at Thane as Additional Police Commissioner, Nagpur.

The government has transferred S.T. Rathod, Additional Police Commissioner (South) in Nagpur as DIG anti-narcotics task force, P.P. Shevale, Additional Police Commissioner (North) in Nagpur as DIG in anti-terrorist force, Mumbai; A.H. Chavaria, Additional Police Commissioner (Administration) in Pune city as Police Commissioner in Amravati and Vinita Sahu, Additional Police Commissioner (protection and security) in Mumbai as Additional Police Commissioner of Armed Police Force, Mumbai.

The government has transferred Anil Paraskar, additional police commissioner, central regional division, Mumbai, as additional police commissioner protection and security, Mumbai; Shailesh Balkawde, additional police commissioner (crime), Pune city, as additional police commissioner (crime), Mumbai; M. Ramkumar, additional police commissioner (traffic), Mumbai, as director of Maharashtra state intelligence institute, Pune; Shashikumar Meena, additional police commissioner (crime), Mumbai, as additional police commissioner, Nagpur city; and Aarti Singh, who was on waiting for her posting, as the joint police commissioner (Intelligence), Mumbai.

The government has shifted Pravin Patil, additional police commissioner (south west division), Pune city, as additional police commissioner, Nagpur city; Sanjay Patil, additional police commissioner (crime), Nagpur city, as additional police commissioner, Pune city; Vasant Pardeshi, additional police commissioner, Pimpri Chinchwad, as additional police commissioner, Nagpur city; and S.D. Awhad, DIG, state CID, Pune, as additional police commissioner, Pimpri Chinchwad.

New Delhi, May 17: Just a while after the Centre announced the names of seven Members of Parliament (MPs) who would lead Indian delegations abroad to expose Pakistan’s role in the recent Pahalgam terror attack, the Congress on Saturday revealed its own list of nominated MPs that it had sent to the government for the endeavour and notably senior leader and former diplomat Shashi Tharoor’s name was missing from the list.

While Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has named Tharoor as one of the leaders of the delegations alongside MPs from other parties, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh’s post revealed that the list of four MPs sent to the government by the party did not mention Tharoor among them.

“Yesterday morning, the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, spoke with the Congress President and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. The INC was asked to submit names of 4 MPs for the delegations to be sent abroad to explain India’s stance on terrorism from Pakistan,” Jairam Ramesh posted on X.

He added that by noon on May 16, Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi had written to Rijiju with four names on behalf of the party: Former Union Minister Anand Sharma, Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi, Rajya Sabha member Syed Naseer Hussain, and Lok Sabha MP Raja Brar.

India has decided to send seven All-Party Delegations to strategic partner nations, including members of the UN Security Council, with the objective of presenting a united stance on cross-border terrorism and exposing Pakistan’s alleged involvement in the Pahalgam attack, which killed 26 people.

The delegations will include MPs from different political parties, prominent figures, and senior diplomats.

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has named Shashi Tharoor (Congress), Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP), Baijayant Panda (BJP), Sanjay Kumar Jha (JDU), Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (DMK), Supriya Sule (NCP-SP), and Shrikant Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena) as those expected to lead the delegations.

According to the Ministry, these delegations are expected to visit key partner countries such as the United States, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, South Africa, Egypt, and Japan later this month.

Nagpur, May 16: Tiranga Yatra has been organized in Kamathi, Nagpur under the leadership of Maharashtra Revenue Minister and Guardian Minister of Nagpur Chandrashekhar Bawankule. A large number of people have joined the rally with the tricolor in their hands. During the yatra, BJP leader Ashish Deshmukh talked about the success of Operation Sindoor. He also answered questions related to Sanjay Raut’s book, the future of the Indy alliance and Rahul Gandhi’s Bihar tour.

Ashish Deshmukh, while talking to Media, said, “Today there is a wave of happiness in the whole country. Operation Sindoor has increased the glory of India. When public sentiments were increasing against Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started Operation Sindoor through the armed forces and it was successful. Today, every Indian has the feeling of patriotism and love for the country. As a symbol of this, we are taking out the Tiranga Yatra. We believe that every party should join this Yatra. The tricolor is the pride of 140 crore Indians. Therefore, whoever loves the tricolor must definitely join this Yatra. In this, any party should join the Yatra by erasing its ideological differences.”

Responding to a question related to Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut’s book ‘Narakatala Swarga’, Ashish Deshmukh further said, “I do not have much information about what Sanjay Raut said. But he says something every day, so that his and his party’s name keeps coming in the media.”

On the question that senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram has expressed concern about the future of the ‘Indy’ alliance, Deshmukh said, “Whatever he said seems right to us because he is an experienced leader and he has said this accordingly. It is true that the Indy alliance will completely disintegrate in the coming times. An example of this is coming in front of us right now when Sharad Pawar’s party will merge with Ajit Pawar’s party. This process has started in Maharashtra. This will be seen in the country as well.”

Ashish Deshmukh also expressed his views on the question related to Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Darbhanga in Bihar and his statement in front of the students there. Rahul Gandhi had talked about caste census in front of the students coming from backward classes, in which he had said that Congress forced PM Modi to conduct this census. On this, Ashish Deshmukh said, “Workers like us have taken out OBC Yatra in Maharashtra. Our state president has also given a statement on OBC census. PM Modi has done the work of conducting caste based census. PM Modi is continuously working for the upliftment of backward classes. What Rahul Gandhi did in Bihar was not right considering the stature of the Leader of Opposition. Rahul Gandhi has tried to take credit for the government’s decision to conduct caste census.”