Kerala Police head for hot seat?

With the appointment of M L Kumawat as the new Director General of BSF, a key position in the Home Ministry...

With the appointment of M L Kumawat as the new Director General of BSF, a key position in the Home Ministry, that of Special Secretary (Internal Security), is up for grabs. The government is yet to announce the name of his replacement. With internal security being a matter of heated public debate of late, the post has become extremely high-profile. Kerala DGP Raman Srivastava is said to be the front-runner for the post, although many other names are also in the reckoning. Srivastava, a 1973-batch IPS officer, has been heading Kerala Police for over three and a half years now and is said to be keen to take up the job.

Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Sonu and Thippiri Tirupathi alias Devuji

Spate of surrenders later, Maoists get new public liaison who vouches for ‘armed struggle’

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The banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) has found a new public voice after its ideological head Mallojula Venugopal Rao alias Sonu surrendered along with 60 cadres in Maharashtra earlier this month. According to Telangana intelligence sources, Thippiri Tirupathi alias Devuji, believed to be the current General Secretary of the party, has doubled up as its public face under the pseudonym Abhay

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