Mangaluru: IAS officer Sindhu B has been appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district.

The order comes in the wake of resignation tendered by Dy commissioner Sashikant Senthil on Friday citing personal reasons.

Sindhu B  is the 2011 batch IAS officer and she served as Udupi zilla panchayat CEO before being posting as DC of Dakshina Kannada district.

She was a B.E(E&C) graduate from NIE college in Mysuru and she also secured first place in the state in civil service examination on the year of 2011.

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Agra (UP) (PTI): Four people were arrested, after a prompt response by police following a social media alert, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a girl inside a moving bus here, officials said on Tuesday.

According to an official police statement, at 12:27 am on April 27, information was received on the social media platform X about an incident of sexual assault on a bus travelling from Kanpur to Ahmedabad, which was approaching Namner crossing in Agra.

Acting under the direction of Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar, the Agra Police social media team immediately alerted the Rakabganj police station within minutes and coordinated with the victims to confirm the incident and obtain the exact location, it stated.

Police teams launched intensive checking at Namner crossing and intercepted the bus as it reached the spot. The four accused involved in the incident were apprehended on the spot, and legal action was initiated against them, the statement said.

The police said the swift response and coordination between the social media team and field units ensured timely action, bringing relief to the victims and other passengers, who expressed gratitude towards the police, it added.