Change of guard in Mumbai, Maharashtra police
Mumbai, June 30: Senior IPS officer Subodh Jaiswal took over on Saturday as the new Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, in place of Datta Padsalgikar, who has been elevated as the new Maharashtra Director General of Police, an official said.
The high-level changes in the city and state police setup came after the retirement of DGP Satish Mathur on Saturday.
Jaiswal, 55, is an IPS officer of the 1985 batch and has previously served with the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) and was on deputation with the Centre prior to his appointment to the top police post in Mumbai.
During his earlier stints in Mumbai, he was part of the crack team which investigated the ill-famed Telgi stamp-paper scam running into thousands of crores of Rupees which broke out in 2003, besides the Mumbai serial blasts in suburban locals trains in July 2006.
With a stint in the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Padsalgikar - an IPS officer of 1982 batch - is due for retirement on August 31, but is likely to get an extension for fixed two year term as DGP, as per a recent Supreme Court verdict.
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Dissanayake on way to become Sri Lankan President, postal voting results suggest
Colombo (PTI): National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake seems set to become Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president on Sunday with an impressive show in the presidential election, according to postal voting results of seven electoral districts.
The polling took place on Saturday from 7 am to 4 pm local time at over 13,400 polling stations in 22 electoral districts.
The 56-year-old leader had taken an unassailable lead over his rivals, the main Opposition leader, Sajith Premadasa, 57, and the incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe, 75.
According to results declared in postal voting of seven of the 22 electoral districts, the NPP leader has gained 56 per cent of the votes, with his rivals trail him by grabbing 19 per cent each.
According to the trend shown in postal voting results, analysts say Dissanayake is likely to win the presidency by 50 per cent plus votes.
This comes after predictions that a second preference vote count might be needed to determine the winner among the three front runners.
The election, dubbed a three-cornered contest between Wickremesinghe, Dissanayake, and Premadasa of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), shows signs of being a landslide for Dissanayake, who would become Sri Lanka’s first ever Marxist head of state.
